According to her document Google, of 2006, on operating software requirements, Android was not supposed to support touch screens.
The disclosure was made during the legal battle between Apple and Samsung last week and it's about a Google document describing the Android operating system as it was planned back in 2006. That is, before the iPhone even made its appearance.
The document titled "Android Project Software Functional Requirements" describes an operating system based on the Linux 2.6 platform. Also, the future device, which will use the new operating system, is planned to have physical keys control, without however excluding the future use of touchscreens.
That is, from this 2006 document included in the original Android SDK (Software Developer Kit) to the launch of the original iPhone, the use of screen touch from Google's operating system had not been finalized, but its use had not been ruled out either.
Other parts of the document in question, published by Recode, describe how to use Android removable media, support for third-party applications, develop widgets, how to notify new operating systems,
Another particular point of reference in the document describes its use of the FAT 32 file system Microsoft από το νέο λειτουργικό σύστημα. Η χρήση της συγκεκριμένης technologys, like others, allowed Microsoft to be able to claim payment for licensing patents from Android device manufacturers.
