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Apple Wins Injunction Barring U.S. Sales of Samsung Galaxy Nexus Phone
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It is nor fact, there were TWO kind of prototypes, the WMesque ones and touch only ones.
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You're joking, don't you?
Color screen devices were around before 2002. I would know, I had one.
I had a Pocket PC from 2005 ( I think ).
And everything an iPhone could do at launch. It could do it better, and faster than an iPhone
If I recall, the Apple vs Microsoft argument was already played out in court long ago. Apple was Jobs, Gates, Woz and created the windows type personal PC i.e.; the macintosh which then became famous much to the chagrin of IBM which only operated on DOS. Gates left the partnership and created Windows based on the Apple windows system & OS. so that DOS /IBM computers could operate with a desktop like a mac..ie: windows. Unfortunately for Jobs, he did not patent the software but had only patented the hardware, so Jobs lost his action suit against Gates and Microsodft Windows was born. The rest is history.. Nevertheless, both were pioneers and friends/shareholders of Apple stock in the end.
How about the Kindle Fire? The RIM Playbook? The HP TouchPad? Did they all rip-off the iPad? If you'd ask me, the Nexus 7 is more Kindle Fire-y than the iPad. Why? It's designed to compete with the Kindle Fire, not the iPad. Explain how the Nexus 7 "blatantly" rips off the iPad?
Oh that's right, you can't have anything rectangular with rounded corners.
It boggles the mind how Apple who uses Samsung's products IE Screens,SSDs etc in their own Macbook's and relies on them very heavily for these products can also be Samsung's own worst enemy.
I am going to sue the pants off you but lets remain great business partners .
I love Apple and Samsung for the record and i have no ill will towards Android either as competition is a good thing for all of us.
I am going to sue the pants off you but lets remain great business partners .
I love Apple and Samsung for the record and i have no ill will towards Android either as competition is a good thing for all of us.
Apples claiming that not me. You asked what think is being stolen or copied. I gave examples. I'm not in the know of what Apple knows/doesn't know to be stolen or copied. I've repeatedly stated that, "its for the courts to decide". I don't know who or whom owns what patents for which parts are being accused of being infringed upon by any party involved. I am stating that if any party felts as though there IP is being infringed upon. They have a right to fight it in court and prove as such. If your asking my opinion I stated that "well the whole phone". Which you state is inaccurate. Well, Apple feels otherwise (Steve Jobs), and they get to fight that our in court.
Seriously, how can you claim that they have "copied the whole phone". How are we suppose to interpret that? If literally, then you are claiming that an Android phone is a direct clone of an iPhone, which clearly is false. If figuratively you must mean that "a lot of features were copied", then which features exactly, can you finally explain that or will you keep hiding behind the vaguest of possible arguments?
Apple is Samsung's customer and Samsung the supplier for some components for Apple. Patent disputes on proprietary products are a separate issue that they will resolve in court. It's not personal, its just business and clarification needed between two companies that compete on some levels.
Which is a bit like saying molecules don't exist because most people have never seen one ...
It's actually nothing like saying that.
Where are you getting those informations? LOL.
http://www.droid-life.com/2012/05/0...s-to-61-in-the-u-s-during-q1-ios-drops-to-29/
Apple has lost a huge smartphone market share.
Misinformation is bad. Get your sources properly so you don't post BS.
As for desktop market share, those sources get vendor's pre-built PC's sales.
Yes, Apple has been selling more than before, but it's still behind companies like HP (http://www.appleinsider.com/article...et_as_apple_takes_106_of_us_pc_shipments.html).
Also, please don't forget that PC's aren't exclusively pre-built machines like Macs.
Many people (I mean, A LOT of people) prefer to build their PCs by buying spare parts separately and assembling the machine by themselves.
At last, maybe this says something to you: http://www.netmarketshare.com/operating-system-market-share.aspx?qprid=10&qpcustomd=0
That's a worldwide market share, not only US market share.
Apple doesn't care about overall marketshare.
They are more concerned with dominating the high ASP (Avg Selling Price) markets. So HP sells more computers because they're pounding out low margin dreck but when you look at the computer sales above $1000 where the margin is Apple is cleaning house with probably 65% share or better
Oops I was too conservative the number is likely 90%
http://betanews.com/2009/07/22/apple-has-91-of-market-for-1-000-pcs-says-npd/
Same process is happening with iOS. Apple doesn't care for the low end. Even a free 3GS on contract nets Apple $400.
That's why they have 100 bil in the bank and can afford to sue Samsung silly if they want to. They have the patents, money and influence.
They are more concerned with dominating the high ASP (Avg Selling Price) markets. So HP sells more computers because they're pounding out low margin dreck but when you look at the computer sales above $1000 where the margin is Apple is cleaning house with probably 65% share or better
Oops I was too conservative the number is likely 90%
http://betanews.com/2009/07/22/apple-has-91-of-market-for-1-000-pcs-says-npd/
Same process is happening with iOS. Apple doesn't care for the low end. Even a free 3GS on contract nets Apple $400.
That's why they have 100 bil in the bank and can afford to sue Samsung silly if they want to. They have the patents, money and influence.
Where are you getting those informations? LOL.
http://www.droid-life.com/2012/05/0...s-to-61-in-the-u-s-during-q1-ios-drops-to-29/
Apple has lost a huge smartphone market share.
Misinformation is bad. Get your sources properly so you don't post BS.
As for desktop market share, those sources get vendor's pre-built PC's sales.
Yes, Apple has been selling more than before, but it's still behind companies like HP (http://www.appleinsider.com/article...et_as_apple_takes_106_of_us_pc_shipments.html).
Also, please don't forget that PC's aren't exclusively pre-built machines like Macs.
Many people (I mean, A LOT of people) prefer to build their PCs by buying spare parts separately and assembling the machine by themselves.
At last, maybe this says something to you: http://www.netmarketshare.com/operating-system-market-share.aspx?qprid=10&qpcustomd=0
That's a worldwide market share, not only US market share.
well thats like comparing Apples and Oranges. Those are market shares for OS used, not companies. Compare Apple's shares in relation to all the PC makers, then calculate each co's share in the market.
In a perfect world PC would operate on mac OS and Mac would be as buildable as a PC IMO
He didn't mean it, just like 90% of the *****e he said on stage. As someone earlier said he was nothing more than a used car salesmen. A damn good one, but nothing more.
If it was a major feature then sure fair enough ask questions. Apple are trying to create a monopoly. They will find the other manufacturers starting to collaborate before long then they could be in trouble.
I wish they would just spend the money on improving their own products instead of running scared of the competition.
I doubt anyone is running scared from anyone be it Microsoft or Apple. However these are times of flux and believe that both Apple and Microsoft are redefining their future.
Apple's service.
You can get an iPhone for free and thus have great support at an Apple store if you're close enough. No one else is delivering that kind of service.
Well it doesn't. Just like a Mercedes is too expensive for the average consumer Apple focuses on the high end..like Alienwares, MainGear...
