Apple wins out on Samsung, wins $1B

Samsung dug their grave. So many companies cautioned them about their project and Apple's trigger happy legal team. I can only hope Google and Motorola shut them down. Kind of sick of Apple punking other people's ideas and calling them innovations meanwhile suing anyone who does anything remotely similar to what they do.

Personally, I tried the iPhone. I'm with my pal Tyson when he says the Droid smart phones are superior. Now if only they had a stronger launch in Canada I might actually get one...
 
The thing that worries me is that Apple patents nearly every tiny thing, like pinch to zoom, slide to unlock... heck, even the elastic effect when you scroll to the bottom is patented, which would ruin the industry...
 
Zamurick said:
The Android had a rock-solid launch in Canada.
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They're everywhere here.
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I mean rock solid as in the companies that released them aren't Bell or Rogers..... their co-opetition is annoying.
 
I won't lie, they make a slick looking interface for all of their hardware. But that's about all that interests me really, heh.

Only reason I don't have an iPhone is probably because you need some fancy pants SIM card to use it? Whereas I can use my SIM card from Mr Old and Neglected Phone and put it into Mr New and Shiny Phone.

Also, Apple is one of those brands that forces you (and your friends) to buy all Apple to get the "best experience". Which is fair enough. But holy bitch maybe I use some shitty Panasonic, Palsonic or cheap shit brand and don't quite give an ass if my stuff isn't being backed up to a magical cloud.
 
NintenDan said:
I won't lie, they make a slick looking interface for all of their hardware. But that's about all that interests me really, heh.

Only reason I don't have an iPhone is probably because you need some fancy pants SIM card to use it? Whereas I can use my SIM card from Mr Old and Neglected Phone and put it into Mr New and Shiny Phone.

Also, Apple is one of those brands that forces you (and your friends) to buy all Apple to get the "best experience". Which is fair enough. But holy bitch maybe I use some shitty Panasonic, Palsonic or cheap shit brand and don't quite give an ass if my stuff isn't being backed up to a magical cloud.
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I think that Apple is going the same wrong Monopoly way that Microsoft one took and was sued up to his ass for doing so.
 
What is even more stupid is that Samsung doesn't really care about Apple sueing them and continues to produce materials that they build their iStuff with.
 
Fillfall said:
What is even more stupid is that Samsung doesn't really care about Apple sueing them and continues to produce materials that they build their iStuff with.
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Actually, Samsung launched a couter-suit and lost, and are now appealing the judge/jury's decision as far as they possibly can. The sad thing is, nothing that Samsung "stole" from Apple was actually patented... So it's not illegal.
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NintenDan said:
I won't lie, they make a slick looking interface for all of their hardware. But that's about all that interests me really, heh.

Only reason I don't have an iPhone is probably because you need some fancy pants SIM card to use it? Whereas I can use my SIM card from Mr Old and Neglected Phone and put it into Mr New and Shiny Phone.

Also, Apple is one of those brands that forces you (and your friends) to buy all Apple to get the "best experience". Which is fair enough. But holy bitch maybe I use some shitty Panasonic, Palsonic or cheap shit brand and don't quite give an ass if my stuff isn't being backed up to a magical cloud.
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[font=arial,helvetica,sans-serif]Actually you DON'T need any sim card to use it! You can use any feature that does not rely on the celluar network to function with wi-fi.[/font]
 
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BobTheBarker said:
Here's a statement from the Apple CEO:

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[font=arial, helvetica, sans-serif][background=rgb(238, 242, 255)]Many of you have been closely following the trial against Samsung in San Jose for the past few weeks. We chose legal action very reluctantly and only after repeatedly asking Samsung to stop copying our work. For us this lawsuit has always been about something much more important than patents or money. It’s about values. We value originality and innovation and pour our lives into making the best products on earth. And we do this to delight our customers, not for competitors to flagrantly copy.[/background][/font]
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What a load of crap. For starters, I'm sure Apple would LOVE to see all of their competitors circle the drain and disappear.
To value originality and innovation is also a load of crap, If the opposition wins by taking an idea and making it better, then they've won. That mean it's your turn to do BETTER. That's how competition works, Apple would love to be the only Smartphone maker and do it their way with their restrictive OS to attempt to own you by only allowing you to do as they dictate.
Apple can die in a fire and as much as I hate to support a monolith of a company like Google, but they're doing their stuff right, they're an innovative company that has made many products their fans have enjoyed, and if Apple can't handle it, they can just leave, or sue everyone until they're the only one left, which is clearly what they've chosen.

People give Jobs and Apple tons of credit for being innovators but Google is a WAY more expansive and daring company. For a company that has an underground lab researching self-driving cars and space elevators it's truly amazing it hasn't taken over the world, especially with their google accounts being used for everything and anything, for example most recently, this forum.
 
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