How anyone could look at the new Apple pull down window shade notification system and not think it is a total rip-off of Android I will never know.
If you put on your Apple glasses, you won't see it.
How anyone could look at the new Apple pull down window shade notification system and not think it is a total rip-off of Android I will never know.
June 19, 2009 Apple released Voice Control in 3GS
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPhone_3GS
January 12, 2010 Android 2.1 SDK released
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Android_version_history#2.1
Android 2.1 has voice actions, Android 2.2 adds to more parts of the phone
"Notification looks and behaves" isn't the same as pixel for pixel.
Notifications (Android)
OTA updates (Android)
iMessage (Blackberry)
Volume as camera button (WP7 and tons of others, heck my SE phone from 2005 had that...).
Voice Control (Any old phone. Appeared on my T610 or my w810 first, don't remember which).
There's a few more.
Don't believe me all you want, Apple does the same amount of "copying" that others do.
Isn't most of what Apple is suing for these days exactly that? How something looks or behaves? How many of Apple's lawsuit are because someone copied pixel for pixel?
Isn't most of what Apple is suing for these days exactly that? How something looks or behaves? How many of Apple's lawsuit are because someone copied pixel for pixel?
I hope Apple sues these scum out of existence. We all know that Apple invented the modern smartphone with the iPhone, everyone else just copies + follows along.
All these followers owe Apple BILLIONS. For them to sue Apple is a joke.
Don't you mean that Apple should be sued too because they didn't invent the cell phone? The joke is on Apple. They owe Moto billions.
Don't you mean that Apple should be sued too because they didn't invent the cell phone? The joke is on Apple. They owe Moto billions.
Sorry smarty, the cell phone patent expired years ago.
The only INNOVATION in this industry comes from Apple. All anyone else does is make "me too" products. Can't wait to see what the iPhone 5 has... so we know what we can expect HTC, Samsung and all the other "me too" companies to roll out 1-2 years later.
Apple sued over a rectangular shape. A button. Icons. Etc, etc. But if you're an Appleonian, this is ok. The Appleonians fail to see that by this logic, Apple should be sued for making a phone since they didn't invent it. And a device that uses a battery, etc. etc.
Innovation. That's why Apple invented a slide down notification system, Twitter integration, and OTA updates.
Oh, wait.....
Sorry smarty, the cell phone patent expired years ago.
The only INNOVATION in this industry comes from Apple. All anyone else does is make "me too" products. Can't wait to see what the iPhone 5 has... so we know what we can expect HTC, Samsung and all the other "me too" companies to roll out 1-2 years later.
When I say "smartphone" I mean a smartphone as we know them today not one that was just called a smart phone before the iPhone came along.
At that time, did all these other so called smartphones that you mention have large touch screens and a beautiful operating system that's a pleasure to use, not to mention movement and proximity sensors, a mute switch that you don't need to switch the screen on to use and a built in iPod? No I didn't think so.
Innovation. That's why Apple invented a slide down notification system, Twitter integration, and OTA updates.
Oh, wait.....
I love Apple products, but it seems the company is turning out pretty Orwellian lately.
Seriously, you think OTA updates are innovation?!? Windows 98 had OTA updates, nothing innovative about it at all. Apple chose not to roll them out until recently because mobile bandwidth is scarce. Google rolled them out too soon and got hit by wrath of carriers.
If you want to see what innovation looks like, but a Palm Treo next to the original iPhone. The day before iPhone launched, Treo was the standard in the smart phone industry. The next day...
If you think running Twitter on your phone is innovation then you don't know the definition of the word.
You're so blinkered its almost funny. Try this for innovation - open a web browser, to to market.android.com, pick and app and click install. Couple of seconds later your android phone will start installing the app. No wires, no itunes, just nice simple integration.There's lots more stuff out there that Apple hasn't even touched yet but is available on other "smartphones".
So yes others innovate and all you need to do is take those Apple blinkers off!
I agree with you 100%
And if Apple wants to instigate the madness and play these games they better realize that they are not always going to win.
Regarding this Patent BS and fighting : They say there is always someone bigger than you out on the playground, but nowadays it doesn't matter because some of the smaller kids pack a gun.
BTW....glad you took off the tinfoil hat Applescruff
Don't you mean that Apple should be sued too because they didn't invent the cell phone? The joke is on Apple. They owe Moto billions.
if we continue to use copy then technically everybody copied whoever first put a browser, email, media player, and all that on a phone. a copy should be something that looks similar or identical to another product or feature.