Except that no one besides those at the receiving end of Apple's lawsuits actually care.
Apple's legal maneuvers and patent activities don't factor into consumer buying decisions. Nor is there any point for it to be otherwise.
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Except that no one besides those at the receiving end of Apple's lawsuits actually care.
Apple's legal maneuvers and patent activities don't factor into consumer buying decisions. Nor is there any point for it to be otherwise.
this whole thing is bringing down apples image here in germany. Seriously. Im so sick of those "haha whos apple gonna sue next jokes" i here from ppl and in the media every day.
and this thing looks even less like the ipad, more like the htc fly. Its getting redic
and this thing looks even less like the ipad, more like the htc fly. Its getting redic
I've been disgusted with Apple ever since the iPod had its monopoly on the digital audio player.
That clever deal with Samsung to provide Apple dibs on NAND memory at low cost before any other competitor could sell a product at a fair price was TOTAL BULL.
Price fixing at its best.
Apple owes a LOT to Samsung for its success. If the iPod was never created or got off the ground like it did, it would NEVER have been the company it is today.
So why the hell have people been defending Apple so damn much?
As for the downrank, I dont care, I expect that on macrumors, its been very obvious as history has shown that any criticism towards apple is always downranked, not matter how much in favour of the consumer it may be in. Its blind ignorant worship at its finest.
Apple could release a product, throw in the typical limitation (choice) and I could point it out and I'd get downranked.
Basically, NO! Apple is a holy entity that cannot be questioned! Makes me sick to my stomach that people are THAT obsessed over an effing BRAND.
I buy apple's product for their PURPOSE, not for any other reason.
Not only do you insult people but you dont have a clue what you are talking about.
I suggest you do some reading here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Community_design
..and then in a polite matter edit your post.
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Exactly, and why is Apple only targeting Samsung, and not all the other iPad ripoffs? Samsung and Apple should try to have a special positive relationship due to the dependance on various parts I don't think there's a point in this, and it's true that there aren't many ways to make a tablet: a screen is always rectangular, and a touchscreen means that there are no buttons, so that's all there is: a rectangular screen. There's not much you can do to make it special.
Sure, Apple was the first to say that tablets are awesome, and everyone followed. But you have to deal with this, and instead of forcing others to stop copying you, make something that they can't copy and let the others keep making bad products, which is already the case anyway. There's no point in making your competitors hate you, especially if you rely on them for your products, and especially if there is no real point since Samsung tablets don't really compete with iPads.
And I understand that it sucks that you have a great idea and everyone copies you with no respect, and that you just want to defend yourself and make justice, but in today's world you can't really fight it. It's the natural flow of things and unless it doing real harm, it has to be left alone...
Totally agree with you. If someone wants Galaxy Tab they want it for it being an Android device. I don't know of people who are going to confuse the two.
The box is going to have SAMSUNG GALAXY printed on it... not Apple iPad
Apple should just let it go. Use their money for something more productive.
Yeah, like making their own products better before worrying about others.
Didnt steve jobs once say 'Apple doesnt need Microsoft to lose in order for Apple to succeed' ??
For your analogy to work Apple would need to be suing anyone who made a tablet that utilized a touchscreen for its primary input method. Theyre not. If Ford were to do what Samsung has done, it would be more akin to them taking the Porsche 911, extend the wheel base a few inches, using their own engine engine and a new interior and trying to say it was their own. You better believe Porsche would be suing Ford out of business if they tried to do that.
There are quite a few competitors who didn't produce ripoffs. Take Sony: http://www.sony.co.uk/hub/sony-tablet Or take Toshiba: http://thetoshibatablet.com/ Nobody would confuse one of these with an iPad. Not even a Samsung lawyer.
What you're trying to say:
I was hurt when Apple had monopoly over the digital audio player market through their iPods.
Does it even make sense?
The original iPod was a great product. And iPods have a come a long way since then. Being sad or disgusted just because a company sells a ******** of their stuff is not just stupid, but sad too.
I acually did. I sent it back for repairs and sold it because:
1) The battery died on me in less than 10 months, lasting me no more than 25 minutes on a 'full charge'
2) Once the battery died, the hard drive inside was reporting as failed.
Apart from that, I never went back to an ipod because:
-forced use of itunes
-no removable battery
-no way to retrieve music or other files from the device from other computers
-no custom 3 or 5 band equalizer settings
-piss poor battery life regardless of new or used
-awful sound quality (not even debatable, its been proved that apple's SQ is the worst)
-no support for other formats (ogg, flac, etc)
-etc.
Its only saving grace was the scroll wheel.
ps. It must be humbling being proven wrong.
You're thinking of trademarks. Maybe you shouldn't be so quick to post with certainty like that.
So why do you keep buying Apple gear and then posting about how much you hate Apple on an Apple-centric forum?