Please sign this petition. Let our voices be Heard!!!!
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WE ARE VICTIMS OF APPLE PATENT # 5,946,647 <---( BrianBaker )
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Thank your sir!
Did you post this on fb etc??
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Did you post this on fb etc??
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Hell yea. FB, Myyearbook, Twitter, Sent to technobuffalo, and few more.
Signed and I approve of this but you should add one more target to the delivery system in the petition http://www.uspto.gov/ (The United States Patent & Trademark Office). But I agree this is the way to do it, hate mail will just get deleted and ignored. If we get enough signatures representatives in congress will take note especially in an election year.
Well a crap storm we started last year got htc to unlock their boot loaders by petitions , fb etc
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Signed.
I'm not trying to be a jerk and I hope the OP doesn't take this the wrong way...but no one is going to take it seriously unless it's corrected (maybe not then either, but at least it'll have a better shot). I've corrected the text, below. You might want to change it.
The scrutiny has gone on long enough. You did not innovate the Slide-to-Unlock. Android did on its first phone. You did not innovate the Notification system, Android did. You did not create Face Unlock, Android did. You're trying to patent anything and everything that your iPhone claims is the best phone available. You have pushed Android users around long enough. You settle your competitions in the courts, not on the market. You've changed nothing since the first phone besides making it extremely prone to breaking. You have no 4g on it, no decent sized screen, no customization. You're falling behind in the mobile world. INNOVATE!!! Don't BAN devices from being sold. You're a bully, and nothing more than a low-balling group of rich people who don't give two craps about anyone but yourselves.
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The scrutany has gone on long enough. You did not innovate the Slide-to-Unlock. Android did on its first phone. You did not innovate the Notification system, Android did. you did not create Face Unlock, Android did. your trying to patent anything and everything that your iPhone claims is the best phone available. You have pushed Android users aroung long enough. You settle your competitions in the court's not on the market. You've changed nothing since the first phone besides making it extremely prone to breaking. You have no 4g on it, no decent sized screen, no customization. Your falling behind in the mobile world. INNOVATE!!! Don't BAN devices from being sold. Your a bully, And nothing more than a Low-balling group of rich people who don't give two craps about anyone but yourselves.
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I'm not trying to be a jerk and I hope the OP doesn't take this the wrong way...but no one is going to take it seriously unless it's corrected (maybe not then either, but at least it'll have a better shot). I've corrected the text, below. You might want to change it.
The scrutiny has gone on long enough. You did not innovate the Slide-to-Unlock. Android did on its first phone. You did not innovate the Notification system, Android did. You did not create Face Unlock, Android did. You're trying to patent anything and everything that your iPhone claims is the best phone available. You have pushed Android users around long enough. You settle your competitions in the courts, not on the market. You've changed nothing since the first phone besides making it extremely prone to breaking. You have no 4g on it, no decent sized screen, no customization. You're falling behind in the mobile world. INNOVATE!!! Don't BAN devices from being sold. You're a bully, and nothing more than a low-balling group of rich people who don't give two craps about anyone but yourselves.
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The scrutany has gone on long enough. You did not innovate the Slide-to-Unlock. Android did on its first phone. You did not innovate the Notification system, Android did. you did not create Face Unlock, Android did. your trying to patent anything and everything that your iPhone claims is the best phone available. You have pushed Android users aroung long enough. You settle your competitions in the court's not on the market. You've changed nothing since the first phone besides making it extremely prone to breaking. You have no 4g on it, no decent sized screen, no customization. Your falling behind in the mobile world. INNOVATE!!! Don't BAN devices from being sold. Your a bully, And nothing more than a Low-balling group of rich people who don't give two craps about anyone but yourselves.
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just saying:
i typed this without my contacts in, in the dark @ 2 am. xD
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Done and Done!
signed...
*Free the Evo*
leo72793 said:
just saying:
i typed this without my contacts in, in the dark @ 2 am. xD
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Wasn't criticizing. Just figured you might want to clean it up a bit is all
I signed.
I want my lte!!!!!!!!
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http://www.slashgear.com/htc-bypasses-apple-patent-ire-for-2012-android-range-27167647/
Whether HTC shares this or not someone should get a patent on the new way found to avoid a run up of this. As much as I like the apple products they are becoming a bully which is just sad.
hchavarria said:
Whether HTC shares this or not someone should get a patent on the new way found to avoid a run up of this. As much as I like the apple products they are becoming a bully which is just sad.
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Becoming? They have quite the long track record of bully status and general douchebaggery.
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Becoming? They have quite the long track record of bully status and general douchebaggery.
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This. It's just that up until recently they were neither big enough nor relevant enough to matter. Jobs is just being jobs as always... Unfortunately now he has the money and influence to be more than a just a sideshow to the technology industry... A zany footnote in computer history..... Now he's just acting like an extremely selfish only child.
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This. It's just that up until recently they were neither big enough nor relevant enough to matter. Jobs is just being jobs as always... Unfortunately now he has the money and influence to be more than a just a sideshow to the technology industry... A zany footnote in computer history..... Now he's just acting like an extremely selfish only child.
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Considering Apple, Inc. was on the verge of folding just a few short years ago, I'm really surprised by the turn that Apple's made.
/sarcasm
Every company forgets where they were and how far they've come. Take HTC as an example; they just about did it. They went from a company that embraced the developers and then, in a few short years, turned around and locked down their bootloaders.
Without social media outlets such as facebook, I highly doubt they would have reversed their decision to maintain locked bootloaders.
Apple needs the same kind of treatment to be reminded that the mass majority of users out there do not support their products (Android phones are outselling the iPhone, Android tablets have eaten into almost a third of the iPad market, and Macs still don't have nearly the same level of market penetration into the desktop/laptop sectors).
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Apple needs the same kind of treatment to be reminded that the mass majority of users out there do not support their products .
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Uhh, yeah. Good luck with that. While I agree whole heartedly apple fans are nowhere near as brand agnostic as, well, anyone else. Drank the koolaide, etc etc etc.
In a recent poll of 4000 consumers 35% said they wanted an iphone 5, even knowing nothing about it.
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Every company forgets where they were and how far they've come. Take HTC as an example; they just about did it. They went from a company that embraced the developers and then, in a few short years, turned around and locked down their bootloaders.
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What do you mean, "just about did it." A-holes still haven't unlocked jack sh....
Kind of a slap in the face to apple which is always worth a smile:
http://m.engadget.com/2012/07/20/go...-focused-email-app-maker/?icid=eng_latest_art
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. Ok, so to make this seem like it is actually an important piece of news can anybody actually give any statistics showing that this was an item widely used and loved by people? I'm a clown, I know nothing about it. If you say google hired tim cook away from apple that means something to me. Google only paid 25 million for this outfit does that mean it sucks or will any of us android users benefit from this? Sorry to come off stupid but i am. Give me a little knowledge please and thank you.
Sparrow is loved by many people because although it can be used for multiple email services, it specializes and really shines with GMail. In fact, having used it, I can say it's almost better looking and more functional than our own Android GMail app. The desktop app for OS X (which I played with on my brother's Air) is fantastic, and I sorely wish we had something similar on Windows. Thunderbird just isn't what I want.
That being said, I don't know how this is a "slap in the face to Apple". The Sparrow team specifically said they're not dropping the app at all, and it will continue to receive support. If this makes you giggle, I guess you laugh very easily then...
True that they'll still support Apple, but would it be safe to say that Google won't want them supporting it as much as usual? I would think their attention will be elsewhere typically.
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Sparrow is loved by many people because although it can be used for multiple email services, it specializes and really shines with GMail. In fact, having used it, I can say it's almost better looking and more functional than our own Android GMail app. The desktop app for OS X (which I played with on my brother's Air) is fantastic, and I sorely wish we had something similar on Windows. Thunderbird just isn't what I want.
That being said, I don't know how this is a "slap in the face to Apple". The Sparrow team specifically said they're not dropping the app at all, and it will continue to receive support. If this makes you giggle, I guess you laugh very easily then...
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Anything that directly or indirectly affects apple in their gloat train does make me laugh. For google to purchase a company that up until today only supported apple, makes it a good day. True they'll still support apple as google already does, but it takes yet another item away that apple can say is 'theirs' per say.
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Anything that directly or indirectly affects apple in their gloat train does make me laugh. For google to purchase a company that up until today only supported apple, makes it a good day. True they'll still support apple as google already does, but it takes yet another item away that apple can say is 'theirs' per say.
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I am unsure what you mean by "gloat train", and I'm not sure I agree with your opinion about "taking away an item", but that of course is your opinion.
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Anything that directly or indirectly affects apple in their gloat train does make me laugh. For google to purchase a company that up until today only supported apple, makes it a good day. True they'll still support apple as google already does, but it takes yet another item away that apple can say is 'theirs' per say.
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lol I can hear the same iOS fanboys that groaned about android getting instagram groaning again.
And in a few a mod comes & shuts down another perfectly good thread. That stuff is getting really annoying
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And in a few a mod comes & shuts down another perfectly good thread. That stuff is getting really annoying
LT. EVO reporting sir!!!
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Sorry you feel that way. Threads get shut down when they get out of hand, you know, flaming, trolling, etc. So if this one can stay civil, then it will remain open.
"Google has struggled with its Gmail app for iOS. The company likely brought the Sparrow team in to help improve its Gmail experience on iOS and Mac, as well as potentially Android and PCs" This is a quote from mashable. So in reality It seems they are trying to make google and mac work better together. There could be no better outcome than that.
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Sorry you feel that way. Threads get shut down when they get out of hand, you know, flaming, trolling, etc. So if this one can stay civil, then it will remain open.
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Most of the debates I'm the Apple threads are entertaining & educational. I learn a lot from reading threads & replies here, but every time a mod shuts down all the fun. A heated debate won't kill nobody
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So our Gmail app is getting a face lift. Sounds good! Hopefully in the long run they will stop supporting apple. Long shot though.
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So our Gmail app is getting a face lift. Sounds good! Hopefully in the long run they will stop supporting apple. Long shot though.
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So this program will work better or have more features when they stop supporting apple? Please explain?
woody296 said:
So this program will work better or have more features when they stop supporting apple? Please explain?
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Naw man. I just don't like apple lol. I know that you and liquidsolistice don't have a problem with apple and that's cool. You guys make it known every thread that has anything to do with apple.
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Naw man. I just don't like apple lol. I know that you and liquidsolistice don't have a problem with apple and that's cool. You guys make it known every thread that has anything to do with apple.
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I know, i cant' help myself. I keep seeing people panicking over things that will probably mean nothing and it drives me nuts. Mark my words all this patent crap, etc will turn out to be nothing when it's over. One side will win for a while, and the other, it's the old unstoppable force meets an immovable object.
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I know, i cant' help myself. I keep seeing people panicking over things that will probably mean nothing and it drives me nuts. Mark my words all this patent crap, etc will turn out to be nothing when it's over. One side will win for a while, and the other, it's the old unstoppable force meets an immovable object.
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Yeah. I will continue to panick
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Most of the debates I'm the Apple threads are entertaining & educational. I learn a lot from reading threads & replies here, but every time a mod shuts down all the fun. A heated debate won't kill nobody
LT. EVO reporting sir!!!
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While true, like V said, if the threads didnt have flamming/trolling and profanity going back and forth, they would stay open every time, no question...
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LiquidSolstice said:
Sparrow is loved by many people because although it can be used for multiple email services, it specializes and really shines with GMail. In fact, having used it, I can say it's almost better looking and more functional than our own Android GMail app. The desktop app for OS X (which I played with on my brother's Air) is fantastic, and I sorely wish we had something similar on Windows. Thunderbird just isn't what I want.
That being said, I don't know how this is a "slap in the face to Apple". The Sparrow team specifically said they're not dropping the app at all, and it will continue to receive support. If this makes you giggle, I guess you laugh very easily then...
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I was on Appadvice today and they were basically having a "wake" for the Sparrow iOS app. The question that comes to mind is... "What about Chomp?" It was an app that help you when shopping for an app in the overcrowded Google Play Store but once Apple bought it...Poof! Gone!
Google's mobile branch makes most of its money thru Apple and Mac users. So, unless there is a google boycott from Apple causing a dip in the red, why would google stop supporting them?
Maybe got a little too ahead of myself. Just makes little sense for google to acquire Sparrow and have them continue to support Apple. That is until u know the details of what Sparrow makes and why Google acquired them. Not sure why Apple would mind Google sponsoring development of the gmail app for Mac.
If there is something I'm missing please let me know before calling me names, but shouldn't Apple be giggling?
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http://m.engadget.com/2012/08/24/apple-samsung-respond-september-20th-injunction-hearing/
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These threads should be banned, as they generate little to no actual discussion.
Sure, it sucks for Samsung. But a lot of what Apple went after them for at least made a little sense. Samsung blatantly copied Apple in many situations. And even if there were examples of prior technology that fit the case, Apple was able to show that Samsung intentionally copied Apple's work instead of basing work off of said prior technology.
Before we start a circlejerk of people condemning Apple and all of its employees to hell, please realize that this was a legitimate legal decision and the people who made this decision put a lot of thought into it. I'm not happy that Samsung lost either, but I also believe that they lost for a reason.
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These threads should be banned, as they generate little to no actual discussion.
Sure, it sucks for Samsung. But a lot of what Apple went after them for at least made a little sense. Samsung blatantly copied Apple in many situations. And even if there were examples of prior technology that fit the case, Apple was able to show that Samsung intentionally copied Apple's work instead of basing work off of said prior technology.
Before we start a circlejerk of people condemning Apple and all of its employees to hell, please realize that this was a legitimate legal decision and the people who made this decision put a lot of thought into it. I'm not happy that Samsung lost either, but I also believe that they lost for a reason.
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i agree with sorax64....part of Samsung success with galaxy s versions is that Samsung copied Apple's work...
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This is why i only buy HTC. If i wanted an iphone clone i would buy Samsung.
eric00716 said:
This is why i only buy HTC. If i wanted an iphone clone i would buy Samsung.
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eric00716!!!! i agree with you bro
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This major win with a major competitor will only give birth to a whole new round of suits and new strategy that will probably lead to us being phucked over. The realization of apple being a monopoly is becoming ever more true. You think the bs we had to put up with when our EVOs were held in customs was crap, just wait. I see bad things heading our way. I know Samsung copied apple. We all said that awhile ago. But jeez, if the courts will agree with apple that a rectangle with rounded corners is copying, then what does that say for us?
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If I was running apples legal department I would Sue Samsung also they are tearing there sales apart all apple needs to do to dominate the market again is make more choices for there phone bigger screens easy hacking and better ui improvements come on apple dust off those thinking caps and make a new product instead of pumping out the same phone every year.
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Maybe apple deserved this one...but This sets precedent.for apple to go ape**** on everyone ..and they will...they just acquired another billion dollars ..enough to have a full time kill android legal team for 200 years
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Maybe apple deserved this one...but This sets precedent.for apple to go ape**** on everyone ..and they will...they just acquired another billion dollars ..enough to have a full time kill android legal team for 200 years
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Ha.. A billion dollars. Should be able to pay their lawyers with that.
It's not like Apple is going to be able to go willy nilly on other OEMs now. They don't have the resources for that, and if they keep it up, Google will eventually step in.
Exactly that's what I'm saying...apple isnt gonna stop at this..google is gonna need to get involved..which it looks like they did with the Motorola suit..everyone knows moto is an ip bank..
I wonder what type of phones the judge and members of the jury use?
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As much as I love Android, I kind of have to agree that some of the devices that Samsung were making did look like iFails. Hell, I think Touchwiz does. I will say though, that Apple suing anyone for stealing ideas when they themselves have done so repeatedly in the past is just bs.
Here's the break down of what was infringed. Placement of home button? Thin frame with rounded corners? Serious!? I'm no Samsung fan, but for the sake of our future of android devices I was rooting for Sammy.
http://m.engadget.com/2012/08/25/br...oom-victory-over-samsung/?icid=eng_latest_art
Hahaha its already begun:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=30692579
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Like I.said..that's the scary part..they went to court with these bs patents and they won..now every phone that has those traits can be targeted..this is just the beggning im afraid..esp when its prob difficult to find a jury that isn't a iPhone or android user ..and its the patent that's the issue..once granted the court will uphold their decision..that's where reform needs to begin
I wouldn't worry. This will probably be overturned. A lot of mistakes by the jury.
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I can see it now. 10 minutes after the court case is over. The judge and jury walk back to their cars talking on their IPhones... Lol
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This thread has turned out better than one from yesterday started by the "law school" guy
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fpineda101 said:
This thread has turned out better than one from yesterday started by the "law school" guy
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That's like saying the dump you took today didn't smell as bad as the one you took yesterday.
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That's like saying the dump you took today didn't smell as bad as the one you took yesterday.
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Funny since a lot of people around here do believe that their chit don't stink.... :beer:
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Seeing how samsung stock is plummeting and the overall affect this could have on the android operating system, I feel this is relevant. Mods close if you disagree.
My issue is this. Most of the tech mags im reading are not covering the glaring mistakes made by the jury. There seems to be a finality to the court decision in the news. "See we knew all along apple was being copied and this is what it will mean in the future". Personally I feel this will be overturned. I'm going to site a source from Gizmodo which also sites the Verge as one of their sources.
This is a good read. Please weigh in. Please be mature. And anyone with legal experience please lay your expertise on us.
The mistakes made by the jury are down right embarressing. And their desire to talk to the media is just making it worse for them.
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Over turned as well here. If not then Moto will win their suit against Apple hands down. Personally, they should just end the madness
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fpineda101 said:
Over turned as well here. If not then Moto will win their suit against Apple hands down. Personally, they should just end the madness
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I think it would need to go to the supreme court to really make a difference in the us
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Whatever the outcome, I hope this starts pushing manufacturers to just put AOSP ROMs on our phones--all Nexus, all the time.
Apple is only adding to its demise as a company and a staus symbol. Personally i feel that all this court time they're using is a waste of tax payers money and time. What happened to the law about monopolies in the US im pretty sure thats what apple is trying to become. Is there no such thing as being better because you are not because you own a patent. Imagine what it would be like if sports and car manufacturers were like this. What do we just turn our cheek since its an american company and they're going against foreigners. I say the legal system needs to say f u apple step up your game so u can compete instead of being a ***** and running to mommy because some asshole at school took your lunch money.
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Whatever the outcome, I hope this starts pushing manufacturers to just put AOSP ROMs on our phones--all Nexus, all the time.
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That's what I'm hoping for too. But Apple's vendetta is against android in general, so I'm sure they'll find something to sue over...and there's still the hardware to consider. If Apple truly owns "rectangles with rounded corners", it'll be interesting to see what kind of form factors we'll be looking at in the future.
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Software patent law in the U.S. is broken, and hurts the consumer - If you haven't already, consider signing the online petition for reform that's going around:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1853215
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Software patent law in the U.S. is broken, and hurts the consumer - If you haven't already, consider signing the online petition for reform that's going around:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1853215
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I hope that does some good. For the short term Samsung needs to appeal.
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I think android as a whole i.e. google, htc, sammy, moto, and the low low end companies need to unite and fight apple and there bs patents as a whole and not one by one because it will be ruled in favor of apple everytime because they got home turf advantage. No american is going to rule against an american owned american built american ran company in america. That would go against everything we as americans have been taught and what we believe in. And 90% of americans for whatever reason are blind to the fact that america dont produce a third of whats built and made in america. Hell my ford was assembled and built in canada my chevy was in mexico oh and the kicker is my stryker (the 8 wheeled armor vehicle the army uses) was manufactured built and thought up in canada the company is just based in america. So if our military is going to go outside the US for weapons and vehicles then we should be happy and willing to do the same for our cell phones and other electronics and at least not be biased when it comes down to it in a courtroom setting.
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All this is very upsetting to me .I don't like where this is going..and if something doesn't change the cell phone world may be in for some drastic changes... and I want my HTC s4 pro adreno 320 2gb DDR 3 ram and 4.7 HD display aosp phone... and i don't want apple ruining it
Despite being a dot net developer I've stuck with android because it can do more. If Google somehow loses ill go windows phone for sure cause I already know how to make apps for it.
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Despite being a dot net developer I've stuck with android because it can do more. If Google somehow loses ill go windows phone for sure cause I already know how to make apps for it.
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Android is the clear leader now. I wouldn't worry
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fernando sor said:
Android is the clear leader now. I wouldn't worry
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+1 its so obvious from apples actions that android is top dog and apples trying everything it can to level the playing field. They can feel the walls slowly closing in and the lights getting dimmer for their reign as a technological giant and all they can do is claw and scratch at the dirt walls of the hole they dug themselves into. I for one find it amusing that they have to resort to this level of pediness (sp?) And just all together humiliating tactics that theyre trying to use.
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must be overturned but we have seen stranger things.
From reading the article it seems the jurors didn't have the knowledge or maybe the willingness to preside over this case. I'm going out on a limb here but wasn't Samsung supposed to be judged by a jury of it's peers. Obviously the jury couldn't consist of electronic companies but it should have been made of people that work in that field or people with specific educations. Juries in trials like this shouldn't be picked from the general masses.
Also is it possible for Samsung to get a fair trial in the U.S
Its not possible for any foreign company to get a fair trial in the US were way to biased for that. Plus were in a recession so we need american jobs to stay in america and go to americans. Honestly its all politics and whoever has the bigger wallet wins the case or at least can get a decision of what they want. The legal system in this country is so far in the ****ter that it would take a total revamp of it to get it to be 5% better than it is now. 2 cases i can think of off top of head that prove this: the oj trial (what a joke) and the jon bennet incident granted these cases are old as hell and some people reading are say wtf are you talking about it still proves my point. **** even if you take a look at big business cases martha stewart goes to jail for alleged insider trading where as the top people in charge of enron walk freely with their pockets stuffed to the max. And citizens wander whats wrong with the country and how did we end up in the economic state were in now. End rant.
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neoshi said:
Whatever the outcome, I hope this starts pushing manufacturers to just put AOSP ROMs on our phones--all Nexus, all the time.
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That would just make android more like apple. The point of android is choice, if all of our phones ran the exact same software and ui where's the choice? You would have to root your phone just to get something different. Which isn't a big deal to me because all of my phones have been rooted, but others like to be able to choose a different ui just by picking different phones by different manufacturers.
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+1 its so obvious from apples actions that android is top dog and apples trying everything it can to level the playing field. They can feel the walls slowly closing in and the lights getting dimmer for their reign as a technological giant and all they can do is claw and scratch at the dirt walls of the hole they dug themselves into. I for one find it amusing that they have to resort to this level of pediness (sp?) And just all together humiliating tactics that theyre trying to use.
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Pettiness.
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Pettiness.
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Thanks man i knew someone would fix lol
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No problem, I'm anal about that stuff, haha. It's my inner-teacher.
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700 question complaint and they take all of 22 hours to reach a verdict. Even patent experts would need more time to review. Apple's own lawyers weren't prepared for such a quick verdict
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Take a look at this, LG is using banner ads to troll on Apple, HTC, and Samsung to promote the G2. Bold but kinda messed up. LG is basically crapping on these devices. Lol how woukd you feel? This would piss me off not gain my appeal.
http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer...ls-iphone-htc-one-and-samsung-galaxy-s4-users
Walter21026 said:
Take a look at this, LG is using banner ads to troll on Apple, HTC, and Samsung to promote the G2. Bold but kinda messed up. LG is basically crapping on these devices. Lol how woukd you feel? This would piss me off not gain my appeal.
http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer...ls-iphone-htc-one-and-samsung-galaxy-s4-users
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Only in Sweden. It also doesn't say where the where the banners appear? Is it from websites selling advertising? If so it is no different than any other ad.
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Only in Sweden. It also doesn't say where the where the banners appear? Is it from websites selling advertising? If so it is no different than any other ad.
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This shows where the banners will appear. This isn't website advertising,this is clearly LG.
http://androidcommunity.com/lg-banner-ads-sense-and-mock-competing-smartphones-20131016/
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Not that sandbox fights between companies are pretty, but I don't see this as bad as Samsung vs Apple, AMD vs Nvidia or Mac vs PC ads. Though I hope LG won't continue with this before it gets worse.
Really the way I see it it's smart. A car salesman will tell you why his car is the better choice over the competitor.
Why shouldn't phone companies do the same? As long as there's no name calling and the ads just play with words I say it's innocent.
I mean, iPhones screen is smaller. If you don't want bigger, you won't care about the add. If you do, maybe you'll be happier with another phone.
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It still looks like website banner ads to me. Notice the browser is open. There has to be something to push these ads. Unless you install something then the only way I can think of its through the web. Unless carriers allowed push ads over their network, and if that starts we might as well through out our phones
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It still looks like website banner ads to me. Notice the browser is open. There has to be something to push these ads. Unless you install something then the only way I can think of its through the web. Unless carriers allowed push ads over their network, and if that starts we might as well through out our phones
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Yes it's targeted website ads, kinda like how Google does, but this checks what phone you have.
Maybe its me but I think people will have a problem with an advertisement tell them what device they have, and crap on it lol. This isnt TV, this is an ad showing up in your browser, identifying your device and crapping on your device. Its just gonna seem a little exploitative. To some people not all.
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Yes it's targeted website ads, kinda like how Google does, but this checks what phone you have.
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They already track thi s. Websites track your device, os, pc type, location and much more. LG just announced they are taking advantage of it. You might stop by not accepting cookies and you might not. I am not sticking up for anyone. I hate ads on the web. All I am saying is others are already tracking it. LG is just the first phone makers to do it. I guess I would rather have that, than have them getting my info and spamming my inbox. My son is an IT specialist. Some of the stuff he has shown me is far scarier.
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Bigralphn said:
They already track thi s. Websites track your device, os, pc type, location and much more. LG just announced they are taking advantage of it. You might stop by not accepting cookies and you might not. I am not sticking up for anyone. I hate ads on the web. All I am saying is others are already tracking it. LG is just the first phone makers to do it. I guess I would rather have that, than have them getting my info and spamming my inbox. My son is an IT specialist. Some of the stuff he has shown me is far scarier.
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Yes this is very true. I wanted to elaborate on that a little more but it was too much to type from my phone so thanks for acknowledging this. The thing I was trying to get at was yes ads and websites have been tracking devices and ISPs for some time now. Its just that some people rather not know this because your right, it is scary, and having websites with these ads pop up kinda makes you feel like the sites/ads are compromising your devices security.
Walter21026 said:
Yes this is very true. I wanted to elaborate on that a little more but it was too much to type from my phone so thanks for acknowledging this. The thing I was trying to get at was yes ads and websites have been tracking devices and ISPs for some time now. Its just that some people rather not know this because your right, it is scary, and having websites with these ads pop up kinda makes you feel like the sites/ads are compromising your devices security.
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Yes and thanks. More people do need to be aware. I have not rooted yet because it seems like it is mostly rooted users having issues. But that scares me to I used to root to install firewall.
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Marketing blunder.
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Bold move LG, but i like it..
They do get their facts right though..
I always preferred marketing teams that didn't mention their competitors in their ads. Seems wrong to insult another product that is so popular, some people may be offended.
If they are offended, then LG is right. I won't be offended if someone calls my car crap if it's not.
However if I have a crappy car it might sting because then it turns into an insult against me.
In other words, if you feel targeted, it's probably right.
Behavior and communication-theory student.
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I think it's funny. Plus, all of those statements are true. If they don't like it, that simply means they could've had better with the g2! Jealousy is often manifested as anger
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I recently returned from Stockholm, have never owned an Android device, iPhone from 2G all the way to 5. I wonder if those banner ads seduced me... Stockholm Syndrome! But seriously, though it has taken some time, I'm enjoying the LG G2.
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Ascertion said:
I always preferred marketing teams that didn't mention their competitors in their ads. Seems wrong to insult another product that is so popular, some people may be offended.
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Its hard to pull of an ad like this if it isnt done right. I think Nokia has done it right with its ads promoting its camera on the Lumia devices. Instead of putting down devices, it uses the people in its ads to do this. Seeing people fight over who's camera is better is a perfect concept anyone can relate to now, especially when it paints a picture of fan boys doing this, because everyone knows this is what fan boys do.
In most any business you never talk bad about your competition. When you talk bad about your competitors it makes you look worse. In my field of work I would never use negative tactics to attack another company in order to gain a customers trust.
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If they are offended, then LG is right. I won't be offended if someone calls my car crap if it's not.
However if I have a crappy car it might sting because then it turns into an insult against me.
In other words, if you feel targeted, it's probably right.
Behavior and communication-theory student.
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You almost have a valid point there but these are top of the line devices we are talking about here. These are flaship devices that people just spent hundreds of dollars on and now they have been insulted. LG isnt going after outdated devices, these ads are targeted towards high end devices that people use today. The argument here is that LG is using an intrusive method (most people will find this intrusive) of advertising, even though its absolutely legal, to promote the G2.
Honestly, if you're looking for a device that is the fastest, then find out through an add that your phone isn't the fastest, the insult might be in place xD
Bottom line in my mind is, do your research right, and you won't be offended. By a phone by its brand and without knowing what might be better, you're kind of stupid. Never buy for a brand.