A recent lawsuit filed in the Eastern Texas District court complains of the iPhone's and iPod's abilities to download software and digital audio files, among other things. Yet another suit has snared Apple over the iPhone's included camera. Perhaps a sign of the iPhone's success, patent trolls have taken notice.
This week Google released Google Translate for iPhone app. It's a mobile version of Google Translate HTML5, which was released in 2008. This app marks a long way from when travelers had to carry phrase books and handheld translaters that required you to type a word or phrase, which then spit out a rudimentary translation.