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Apple's Opening Court Statement Focuses on Samsung's Radical Shift in Phone Design
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No need to be sorry. (btw it's you're not your).
Samsung already had products in their pipeline that were solely touchscreen based. So to say they looked nothing like the iPhone before the iPhone is flat out wrong.
But we'll just agree to disagree - that way we don't have to rehash something that has already been discussed in detail throughout this thread.
Honestly I don't think many of us can say conclusively that Apple copied or Samsung copied.. I doubt we know the exact history of every single Samsung and Apple product made.. I'm sure there have been many prototypes that consumers have not had a chance to look at...
Haha, buddy... Yea I saw that right after I posted and edited it. I figured you'd have a go at the mobile posting skills. Working as a sales manager enabled me to demo pretty much every phone we carried. It was apparent that Samsung realized they were not able to compete unless they ripped off Apple's idea. The phones are copies and that is FACT. However, it's not a problem for me, I agree to disagree 
Good luck out there
Good luck out there Haha, buddy... Yea I saw that right after I posted and edited it. I figured you'd have a go at the mobile posting skills. Working as a sales manager enabled me to demo pretty much every phone we carried. It was apparent that Samsung realized they were not able to compete unless they ripped off Apple's idea. The phones are copies and that is FACT. However, it's not a problem for me, I agree to disagree
Thanks. And I know I said we could agree to disagree - buttttt.....You realize you just said you demo'd every phone you CARRIED. Therein lies the problem doesn't it. Because you're trying to say Samsung changed their phones to match/copy the iPhone. What I'm saying is - they didn't have to change anything given that they already had phones in the pipeline that were monolithic touch screens. And since Apple wasn't the first to market will a full touchscreen phone (I'm not arguing how "awesome" the iPhone is) then you could also argue that Samsung was copying other manufacturers "first" or "only."
This is why this trial is important. And that despite what some people might think is true based on internet gossip, FUD, blog posts, opinion pieces can't just come to the decision that Samsung is guilty and Apple is right.
And this is why it's very "exciting" to see the testimony and evidence.
Whatever man, it's cool. Relax... judging by the amount of posts regarding this topic you must be pretty worked up about this. We will just have to see what comes from the case... You have your opinion and I have mine. *agree to disagree*
Speaking of the truth, if we get any out of this case, it will be a miracle.
Apparently, Samsung is a big believer in Inbox Zero. Backing up data, mmmmmmm, not so much.
Apparently, Samsung is a big believer in Inbox Zero. Backing up data, mmmmmmm, not so much.
If you compare flagship to flagship, you'll find that the galaxy s3 rapes the 4s, and jellybean is a step above iOS for sure.
Plastic isn't always a bad material. Try making a rugged laptop with a glass screen, tell me how far you get
So who invented the newton?
Who came up with the Mac OS?
Who put all that technology together, got patents for it and sold it to the masses?
Ok forget that part, like all of it. What's a patent for? Cause if it's not to protect and invention. Then what's it for?
Plastic isn't always a bad material. Try making a rugged laptop with a glass screen, tell me how far you get
HP is trying just that with their laptops, er, ultrabooks. The new HP Envy 14 Spectre, that has styling elements that looks suspiciously familiar, has a glass front, back and trackpad.
The Galaxy S3 is newer... If i was going to buy an android that would be the phone. I like the galaxy nexus with it's clean version of Jellybean though too hmm... I'm interested to see what the next "developer phone" will be. I see your point about plastic. It just felt cheap to me. I've gotten used to the iPhone I guess. I really liked my original 2g iPhone. I liked the backplate. I just don't like the feel of plastic phones.
If you compare flagship to flagship, you'll find that the galaxy s3 rapes the 4s, and jellybean is a step above iOS for sure.
Plastic isn't always a bad material. Try making a rugged laptop with a glass screen, tell me how far you get
That's not a ruggedbook
ruggedbooks tend to be made of kevlar,lexan, metal, or polycarbonate. Lol
That's not a ruggedbook
True. It is not a Panasonic Toughbook. Just pointing out it the option is available since you brought it up.
While having glass all over the display, lid, palm rest, and touch pad might seem to invite danger, HP boasts that using Gorilla Glass will make the laptop more scratch-resistant. That may be true, but there's likely some concern about shattering. Then again, if you dropped any laptop on a hard surface, odds are you wouldn't be happy with the outcome.
I'm holding out out for carbon fiber.
Can't wait for tomorrow's testimonies.
True. It is not a Panasonic Toughbook. Just pointing out it the option is available since you brought it up.
While having glass all over the display, lid, palm rest, and touch pad might seem to invite danger, HP boasts that using Gorilla Glass will make the laptop more scratch-resistant. That may be true, but there's likely some concern about shattering. Then again, if you dropped any laptop on a hard surface, odds are you wouldn't be happy with the outcome.
I'm holding out out for carbon fiber.
Can't wait for tomorrow's testimonies.
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Haha yeah.
I'm not a fan of glass screens personally. They shatter way to easily, they look nice. But I'm clumsy, even with a decent case, I'm surprised my work phone, the 4S is in as good shape as it is, I've dropped it 1000 times at least, same with my two samsungs.
I miss the flipphones of the early 00s, I swear you could kill someone with some of those early Windows Mobile phones lol.
Apple made the Apple Newton and Apple did coin the term "PDA" so I guess you could argue that Apple invented PDAs and the Newton was the first PDA. Although the technology and the vision for such devices pre-date the Newton and even Apple itself.
Regarding the Mac OS, do you mean OSX or Mac OS (classic)?
If you mean Mac Os as in pre-OSX then you should read up on some history. Apple "slavishly copied" GUI technology pioneered by Xerox PARC.
And without UNIX OSX would not exist.
Yeah a picture is worth a thousand words. Samsung didn't even try to innovate they just went from a willing participant in the abortion of a smartphone market before apple to just flat out copying. Anyone claiming they could not have done something different or the design was obvious are either massively ignorant or lying.
If memory serves me well, Apple strait up "Purchased," not copied, all rights to the Operating System and the First Mouse ever, because Xerox didn't understand the potential or future of what their dev team had created. Apple then built on what Xerox created and formed it into their own OS. Someone did "slavishly copy" the GUI technology that Apple Legally Purchased from Xerox, while supposedly working with Apple on a joint project and they are known as, wait for it, MICROSOFT!!!