This is just insane. Have a look at this: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/02/13/apple_us_ban_nexus/
Apple is coming off as a spoiled brat to me and it is getting really annoying. They get to sue Samsung for its alleged rip-off of features but when apple rips off android's notification system no one should sue them!!! Jackasses. :/
I wish Google sues them real big for the notifications rip off and teach apple to shut the f*&k up and go f*&k themselves!
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The patent system is broke. That's the REAL culprit here because it enables companies to make these ridiculous lawsuits.
I don't think Google would sue over the notifications because they understand that in this industry everybody is going to use a good idea when they see it. Success isn't just good ideas, it's who makes the best product with the idea. I wish Apple would just suck it up and get back to work like everyone else.
This is also really hypocritical of them. A long time ago, Steve Jobs attributed their success to the fact that they're not afraid to steal good ideas.
Also, the fact that they're targeting the Nexus's lockscreen, which is less like Apple's than most phones out there, proves that this is purely competitive, and less about protecting IP.
Those who can, do. Those who can't, sue.
Eh, it goes both ways. There's hardly a company in the mobile industry that doesn't have ongoing lawsuits against them and and started by them. It's just the way these things have been allowed to happen. Yep, ip law is very broken.
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These corporations are really not all that worried about these law suits add you might think. For the most part, they continue on with business as usual... (from engineering and business standpoint)
Legally, these law suits are a political game. Apple has an unbelievable amount of money. They are trying to run the legal costs of these companies to run them out of business.
Apple sees a competitor who is actually doing better than them and they try and ban the phone. God, I hate Apple. So what are they suing over?
"Apple is fighting the Ice Cream Sandwich-loaded Nexus over four patents: predictive text; a data-tapper feature, which recognises data such as phone numbers and provides a link directly to the dialler, for example; a voice search feature that Apple believes is imitative of Siri; and the popular using-an-image-to-unlock feature."
This is ridiculous, Apple.
Ok suing for predictive text? Really? How is there's so different from all the other's?
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Ok suing for predictive text? Really? How is there's so different from all the other's?
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It's on their flagship phone. Get the picture?
Everything they are sueing for now has been on droids for years...doesnt make sense
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Everything they are sueing for now has been on droids for years...doesnt make sense
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Exactly. Because Samsung is doing better than them now. They just want to eliminate the competition. Pretty shady on Apples part.
What is that smell??? Ooh, it's burnt Apple
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The funny part, sueing about siri, we had built in voice support BEFORE siri.
May Apple, Jobs, and whatever disgusting law firm that is representing them all burn in hell for eternity.
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The funny part, sueing about siri, we had built in voice support BEFORE siri.
May Apple, Jobs, and whatever disgusting law firm that is representing them all burn in hell for eternity.
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They are, Steve Jobs is dead....the rest are poor losers
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Wow found this on a search of how Apple is Evil. This company never stops with it's lawsuit three file in less than a week. This time it's Kodak, what the hell does Kodak have to do with them? Is Apple this greedy or are they this desperate to prove something? All the parts maker should stop supplying this pathetic company with parts. The idiot fan boys just can't fathom that Samsung builds the components inside these apple pieces of crap. The best parts of these dumb phones is probably the Samsung parts. The idiots that run this company is just that idiots, following a God they name as the DEVIL JOBS. Maybe Jobs is the anti Christ remember they said he would be back and when he dies he will deceive the people with his charm and then Armageddon?
Jerk off of the year!
Breaking news:
Apple wants to file patent lawsuit against Kodak, fully aware that Kodak's bankrupt
This reminds me of an awesome quote from the Sitcom Scrubs (Edited to fit the scenario)
Apple: This Friday I am receiving an award from the AMA..
Dr. Cox (interrupting him): Jerk-off of the year.. no.. bastard of the year.. don't you tell me.. "Guy I despise so much I'd pay someone to kill you and stuff you and leave you by my bed so that when I wake up in the morning I gotto roll over and punch you in the face"... of the year.
Related
http://www.phonearena.com/news/HTC-sues-Apple-over-patent-infringement_id21252
"HTC just filed the lawsuit with the U.S. District Court of Delaware. Wearen’tsure what the 3 patents that Apple is being accused of infringing upon are, but we know that they have to do with the iPhone, the iPad and Mac computers. According to Reuters, HTC is even seekingtriple damages for what HTC is calling willful infringement. HTC is also said to be seeking compensatory damages."
I for one think that these lawsuits are going out of hand. But it's nice to hear that HTC finally has something to stike back after they lost a suit from apple.
Uhhhhh oh... As far as "real" is concerned I do believe that is what **** has just got.
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EDIT: Now that I am home and can type easier I just have to say that out of the context that we are all very well aware of I whole heartedly do not condone such obvious abuses of the patent system and the courts nor do I appreciate the stifling effect this most obviously does have on innovation. If you aren't a huge multi-billion dollar player with a huge patent pool and Google ain't got yo back, well, you are not entering the market. The barrier to entry is fncking astronomical. There will be no more paradigm shifting inventions from little guys...unless the little guy sells his innovation to someone with the money and the muscle and the connections to go to war with the likes of AAPL and MSFT. Monopoly, oligopoly, whatever form it takes...so long as bull**** like this persists there will only be tiny incremental moves forward in technology.
That said, I'm glad HTC is doing this. It is the only way to do big-tech business apparently. Between teh GOOG's fncking gigantic new warchest of patents from the damn near oldest member of the tele-comm market and HTC with counter-suits and counter-injunctions I've got to admit to having a nerd-rage inspired b0nar. I hope they tear the whole fncking system to pieces.
...more realistically, I just hope this IP-based game of mutually assured destruction, where the only way to win is to not play, is seen as truly as absurd as it is and thusly instigates reform...though I doubt it.
Enough being reasonable, off with Apple's head...
I am getting the popcorn ready...this is getting to be fun.
Apple is going down like a sweet muffin...
HTC gonna make some Apple sauce.
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Apples lawyers after they heard the news
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I love this picture.
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That said, I'm glad HTC is doing this. It is the only way to do big-tech business apparently. Between teh GOOG's fncking gigantic new warchest of patents from the damn near oldest member of the tele-comm market and HTC with counter-suits and counter-injunctions I've got to admit to having a nerd-rage inspired b0nar. I hope they tear the whole fncking system to pieces.
...more realistically, I just hope this IP-based game of mutually assured destruction, where the only way to win is to not play, is seen as truly as absurd as it is and thusly instigates reform...though I doubt it.
Enough being reasonable, off with Apple's head...
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I agree the patent wars are quite insane, but mainly because it's mostly apple going after every android manufacturer because they sell a touchscreen device. Google has made it known that patent reform needs to happen now. I think all of the moto patent's are going to go towards crashing the system.
Google doesn't want to take out apple they make too much money off ads on their products. HTC on the other hand I think would like to mount Steve Jobs head on a pike in the front yard!
Give HTC a warm Slice of Apple Pie
Karma coming Apple's way
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I think all of the moto patent's are going to go towards crashing the system.
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100% Agreed. I tip my next beer in hopes of this working out exactly in this manner.
Google doesn't want to take out apple they make too much money off ads on their products. HTC on the other hand I think would like to mount Steve Jobs head on a pike in the front yard!
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...mount...lol...I can get behind that...lol...
http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2011/08/24Letter-from-Steve-Jobs.html
To the Apple Board of Directors and the Apple Community:
I have always said if there ever came a day when I could no longer meet my duties and expectations as Apple’s CEO, I would be the first to let you know. Unfortunately, that day has come.
I hereby resign as CEO of Apple. I would like to serve, if the Board sees fit, as Chairman of the Board, director and Apple employee.
As far as my successor goes, I strongly recommend that we execute our succession plan and name Tim Cook as CEO of Apple.
I believe Apple’s brightest and most innovative days are ahead of it. And I look forward to watching and contributing to its success in a new role.
I have made some of the best friends of my life at Apple, and I thank you all for the many years of being able to work alongside you.
Steve
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Long live android!
October sprint gets the iphone5...this will be a less guilty thing to do now
Is Tim Cook a tight ass like Steve Jobs?
If not , I'll be looking forward to great things from them.
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Is Tim Cook a tight ass like Steve Jobs?
If not , I'll be looking forward to great things from them.
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I'm going to assume he is, why else would Jobs want him to take over.
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Is this a moving or a non moving violation?
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First (er... Second) reported here!
http://androidgz.wordpress.com/2011/08/24/breaking-news-steve-jobs-steps-down-as-apple-ceo/
Pew! Pew! Pew! From my Mo-Pho!
Already saw this but putting my hate for Apple aside...
The tech industry will not be the same without him. Say what you will but the man knows what he's doing. I suspect if it wasn't for the owners themselves, I would own a Mac product. Either a MBP or a iPod but I digress. He changed the way consumers looked at smart phones and created a following that blindly followed, not trying to be mean here but giving credit where credit is due and plus you can say the same thing about Android.
I applaud all that he has done for the industry and I could care less what people think of me in this forums because half of the people here will say "YA OMGZ LIEK ANDRIOD ASOP IS ONE!!!11!"
With that said....
YA OMGZ LIEK ANDRIOD ASOP IS ONE!!!11!
That's a bummer. Jobs has done a lot for the tech world. i'm sure he will still be involved obviously. Now time for Tim Cook to step up and handle the game.
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Wonder if this does anything to change all the lawsuits Apple keeps throwing out.
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Already saw this but putting my hate for Apple aside...
The tech industry will not be the same without him. Say what you will but the man knows what he's doing. I suspect if it wasn't for the owners themselves, I would own a Mac product. Either a MBP or a iPod but I digress. He changed the way consumers looked at smart phones and created a following that blindly followed, not trying to be mean here but giving credit where credit is due and plus you can say the same thing about Android.
I applaud all that he has done for the industry and I could care less what people think of me in this forums because half of the people here will say "YA OMGZ LIEK ANDRIOD ASOP IS ONE!!!11!"
With that said....
YA OMGZ LIEK ANDRIOD ASOP IS ONE!!!11!
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Very nicely put. Honestly I love Android so much I might get an iPhone simply so I can spend more time modding Android.
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Lmao! Analysts & Investors alike.
here are some pictures of him that just surfaced
http://www.tmz.com/2011/08/26/steve-jobs-apple-photo-resignation-ceo-sick
Okay not trying to be a jerk but you know someone will say it . What does this have to do with the Evo 3d or this form??? Your making the mods job harder... If you wanna talk about apple go to mac world ..
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Okay not trying to be a jerk but you know someone will say it . What does this have to do with the Evo 3d or this form??? Your making the mods job harder... If you wanna talk about apple go to mac world ..
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Umm, this has everything to do with the EVO 3d because like I said in my first post on here if the iPhone didn't exist then these bad ass android phones wouldnt be as bad ass because the simple fact that all phone manufacturers and I mean all are always comparing themselves to the iphone. Like it or not but the cellphone world would be nothing without Steve Jobs.
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Okay not trying to be a jerk but you know someone will say it . What does this have to do with the Evo 3d or this form??? Your making the mods job harder... If you wanna talk about apple go to mac world ..
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Your probably not trying to be a jerk, but you are being a ****. What do you mean what does it have to do with Evo 3D? The title is labled "STEVE JOBS RESIGNS". His post clearly states one of the possible reason of Steve Jobs resignation. You won't get brownie trying to tell somebody off.
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here are some pictures of him that just surfaced
http://www.tmz.com/2011/08/26/steve-jobs-apple-photo-resignation-ceo-sick
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..I really hate apple, their overpriced products and their whole product philosophy,
but in all honesty, NO ONE deserves this. Hope he will win the fight against his disease.
Seriously...?
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304782404577491510025271678.html
Most OEM's offer licensing deals for patent infringement, whereas apple wants to shut them out of the market completely. Apple knows they are going to lose this war just as they lost the desktop war during the 90's, they just want to delay the inevitable.
Are you kidding me?
U.S. District Judge Lucy Koh wrote that Apple had made a strong case that Samsung had violated its design patent, which describes the front, back and sides of a device that looks similar ...
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So.... now nothing can be made with a rectangle shape with curved sides? Give me a freakin break.
Having a bunch of fan boys/gals buy every piece of crap they make like drones isn't enough? Now they have to try and take away the competition because the "sides are curved"
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At least this time they have to pony up 2.6 million dollars to get it taken seriously. Hopefully they loose the case and the money.
Ohh I hate apple even though I don't buy Samsung. The way Apple runs their business just irks me... Never owned Apple never will
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At least this time they have to pony up 2.6 million dollars to get it taken seriously. Hopefully they loose the case and the money.
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2.6 million dollars to them is a mere blip of their overall worth.
I hate Apple with a passion. nothing to do with their product, everything to do with their corporate ego maniacs
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2.6 million dollars to them is a mere blip of their overall worth.
I hate Apple with a passion. nothing to do with their product, everything to do with their corporate ego maniacs
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are you f***ing kidding me apple?!?
that is so dumb... how are so many people oblivious to the things apple are doing, and just buying every product they make, year after year?!?
Thats just so iLame
Whats even worse than Apple's "ethics" is the "ethics" of the judge in this case. Either she is a complete moron or Apple has slipped her some money under the table....
I guess the HUGE ****ing Apple logo on the back of their devices isn't enough to distinguish the two devices. They're literally digging themselves a grave...
Can't they claim patent for the 3.5" didee screen; they can have that one.
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Whats even worse than Apple's "ethics" is the "ethics" of the judge in this case. Either she is a complete moron or Apple has slipped her some money under the table....
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I do not like apple any more than the rest of us but . . . When somebody wins you have to give them their due.
Really, I expect that the judge did the best that could be done given the evidence. Samsung maybe pushed the limit a little to closely and didn't pull it off. Samsung has the edge anyway - except maybe not the size niche it would like. I think they'll get a lot closer after yesterday . . .
About time. Go get them Apple.:thumbup:
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Are you kidding me?
So.... now nothing can be made with a rectangle shape with curved sides? Give me a freakin break.
Having a bunch of fan boys/gals buy every piece of crap they make like drones isn't enough? Now they have to try and take away the competition because the "sides are curved"
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That patent pretty much describes LCD TV's, GPS devices, computer monitors.....ect. So stupid. This is why I hate on Apple. Not because I dislike their devices, because of their business practices.
If you think about the size of the companies involved there has to be enough creative talent to come up with an idea that is so different than what apple has it can't possibly be called a copyright infringement. The sooner these companies wise up and do that the better off we all will be.
The Patent Office needs to take some blame here too. Don't get me wrong, I do not approve of Apple's business practices, however, they're just doing whatever they can get away with. They shouldn't be able to get away with it, and that is why the blame should clearly fall on the Patent Office. The PO obviously has a lack of understanding pertaining to the technological field, so how are they the ones determining which patents to grant? They need to step up to the plate and throw away all of the frivolous patents that they ignorantly granted Apple. Again, that's the real problem here, if Apple doesn't have these absurd patents, they don't have all this power that they shouldn't have.
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why does everyone hate samsung so much?
Everyone says there products are cheap, but they aren't that bad.
I was thinking of getting
new samsung windows phone 8(sprint for unlimited data) when it comes out
prob a windows surface tablet by samsung
and a series 7(8?) gamer laptop when windows 8 comes out?
anyone want to try to talk me out of it for asus, htc, msi or sager -i don't buy alienware
or android or linux of this?
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2.6 million dollars to them is a mere blip of their overall worth.
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I actually really like Apple's products. I don't like the mice though, as they are awfully limiting in the UI. I don't like the complete closed house approach they use, but they are big enough to make it work well. I very much dislike their tactics though.
I can tell you that the vast majority of people out there just don't care about who is *****ing (sueing) at who etc. They just think Apple is the bee's knee's and that's all there is to it.
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2.6 million dollars to them is a mere blip of their overall worth.
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I just checked wiki for a comparision between the company I work for and Apple. My company's revenue and overall worth is much greater then Apple's. With that in mind....we had a prototype parts inventory audit last year and the initial numbers came back saying we were missing 1.2 million dollars (US) worth of parts. That became a huge deal. The parts crib went on a 2 week lockdown. R&D stopped. Big wigs from Germany came. 2.6 million dollars is a huge deal to them, trust me.
Is anyone else just totally sick of Apple's abuse of the court system? I recently had the displeasure of having to repair a MacBook Pro for my daughter and I have to say that they have what I can only see as built in design flaws. Like the keyboard. You have to replace the entire aluminum top shell when you replace the keyboard... really? Is that really necessary when the keyboard is designed with thin layers that creates a very strong capillary effect, making it just suck up any fluid that comes close? I replaced just the keyboard thank you. Tediuous and annoying but $65 beats $450 any day of the week. F Apple. I now steadfastly refuse to purchase anything they market. These are acts of fear and not much else I think... keep living by the sword Apple I can't wait to see the tides turn
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I won't ever personally buy an apple. however, sadly.. my company will be sending me another ipad because my company is in bed with apple. However, wish the ipad 3 would come out! lol
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I won't ever personally buy an apple. however, sadly.. my company will be sending me another ipad because my company is in bed with apple. However, wish the ipad 3 would come out! lol
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The iPad 3 is out...
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runcool said:
I won't ever personally buy an apple. however, sadly.. my company will be sending me another ipad because my company is in bed with apple. However, wish the ipad 3 would come out! lol
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Ummm.... I guess now that zero tolerance is in effect, I will just politely say... this seems to be a post designed to antagonize.
I have never owned apple... Never will that is that
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I think what i smell is the stench of another hate thread. I wish the words apple or samsung would be posted in the title so those of us that tire of reading this garbage could avoid clicking on it. Mods is this an option please?
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I think what i smell is the stench of another hate thread. I wish the words apple or samsung would be posted in the title so those of us that tire of reading this garbage could avoid clicking on it. Mods is this an option please?
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You could just read 8 words over and see its an apple thread and leave... I know it's a crazy concept, and completely against what you want. But its a thought.
OP Note: Apple is seriously pathetic. Even fanboys are leaving apple because of this crap. Which is funny.
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Hey Apple, I have an excellent idea:
How about INSTEAD of suing your competition, you make your phones BETTER?
Too bad that's never gonna happen. This Cheapo-Depot company is going to make phone after phone after phone, and you wouldn't be able to tell the difference between them. They're going to lose one day, whether they give up or someone bombs their facility, theyll give up, and all of us Android users will laugh at their failure and pain.
The Next Sentence Is TRUE.
The Previous Sentence Was A LIE.
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You could just read 8 words over and see its an apple thread and leave... I know it's a crazy concept, and completely against what you want. But its a thought.
OP Note: Apple is seriously pathetic. Even fanboys are leaving apple because of this crap. Which is funny.
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So true, but then i would have missed out on the wealth of knowledge gained from these hate threads. Ok I have to ask, please show proof that apple fanboys are leaving. It matters not to me, but show us proof so we can all hold hands and celebrate.
http://phandroid.com/2012/07/17/new...amp/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=pulsenews
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Sickening! I know Google has been trying to stay out of this but they need to step it up and fight back. Time to take off the gloves.
Instead of using its resources to develop their products, Apple chooses to put out essentially the same phone year after year and attack Android for surpassing them. Apple should just pick up its ball and go home.
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Wow... Just wow. I'm glad I have an Android phone right now. They may be out of phones soon. Google won't be able to sell any of them.
The ONLY good I see from this is it will force Google to innovate, and completely reinvent the OS from the bottom up. It could prove revolutionary someday.
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here is a better link to explaining it btw...
http://www.patentlyapple.com/patent...nother-major-iphone-ios-interface-patent.html
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Apple really isnt doing anything but hurting themselves! They are getting alot of negative PR from all this patent crap. I hope this comes back to bite them ten fold!! I will continue my apple boycott....
I really just hate Apple more and more when I see these articles get released...
This is good in my eyes..hopefully a patent disaster is what it will take for the reform the patent system.desperately needs..until then apple is playing by the rules..even if the rules suck..until its fixed they will continue to add to their ip arsenal
I don't understand this patent and how much reach it has yet. It seems almost harmless from some of those images. Most apps I use and have seen aren't like that, at least not EXACTLY. So how similar can it be before Apple sues? I think that answer will determine how impactful this patent is on Android.
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It depends how broadly a judge would interpret them..ie..we open the gallery and have a bunch of clickable jpgs..it may not look the same but I think its the idea or processes behind it that matter..its such bs..mobile patents are ridiculous..and this whole.thing is getting out of hand..apple is acting like a spoiled child ..had everything handed to them and cry when the gravy train ends..now they will have to work to stay competitive. Shows their true colors ..
Apple is trying to patent the gui. They're going after everybody including Microsoft. I hope their company crashes and burns. A lot of people and companies had a hand in making gui interfaces for computers. And the smartphone is a computer. I guess they want us all to go back to the command line if we don't own a mac.
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sgt. slaughter said:
here is a better link to explaining it btw...
http://www.patentlyapple.com/patent...nother-major-iphone-ios-interface-patent.html
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Thanks for the link. Well if I read that correctly this may be the nail in the coffin for Android & everybody else. Those patents cover almost every smartphone on the market.
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Why doesn't google sue Apple for stealing the drop down notification menu?
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Omg... Not this bull**** again. Google do something for gods sake! I'm tired of Apple & their crap
LT. EVO reporting sir!!!
Apple is really starting to piss me off.
As others have said I think Google can't do anything other then try to convince a judge to declare bs because their software is open source.
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My reaction to all of this:
Meh
The patent system is garbage. This patent isnt going to held water. They will use it to ban a few products until it gets nullified
http://www.americanbar.org/groups/i...verview_of_open_source_software_licenses.html
We need to look at the reality of their patent. It's a snapshot in time of a gui interface. Every item in their depiction can be replaced with a newer more flowing one.
Apple has built a box, patented it, now they have to live in it.
For example they don't own a patent on jpg. They cannot have patented a 3d gallery since it didn't exist, at filing time. They didn't patent multitouch since the hwd was not available at patent filing time ( assuming at least 3 years to granting). ( I guess I'm saying here that Apple only patents technology the plan to release, they are an applied R&D house, lol ).
So Apple has a 2d, single touch, non-intuitive gui of years back. Great.
Think of all the Android Innovation this patent will cause.
If I can think of at two new paradigms for mobile platforms, think of what others can design.
This patent may, just be the impetus for new items. Who does new well?
It seems like the only way for google to protect themselves is to go closed source and then sue apple for everything they infringe upon
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