Reason to get iPhone over Android: Apple awarded the mother of all smartphone patents

[LIVEFRMNYC]

How am I being anti apple? Just because I don't agree with you doesn't make me anti apple. Infact every post I've made in this thread including this one has been from my iPhone.

You don't have to worship apple and believe they are 110% the best to use apple products and be an apple fan.

That's the type of reaction you get when you refered to me as a fanboy.

 

[depths]

Yes, it was. But it is 'universal search' ON the phone, not universal search of the interwebs or cloud. It was removed via an ota update from Sqmsung, as well as from Jellybean.

BUT, it takes about 30 seconds to restore it from Odin.

Interesting. I asked if it had been removed in the US on r/android and was told by numerous people that with 4.1.1 universal search on the phone was still included.

Do you have a Nexus to verify?

 

[onthecouchagain]

4.1.1 on the GNexus still has universal search.

 

[JoeG4]

The courts DO have control over the phones already sold - unless you'd be content staying with the same OS and not upgrading it over the life of your phone.

Apple IS paying licensing fees or, in the few cases they're not, they're fighting over the rate because of FRAND.

They can force the manufacturer to release an update that removes all of the infringing features, and the users can choose not to use that update. Their phones will still work just as well as the day they bought them OR they could go download 3rd party code (which on most popular android phones is in abundance) and go from there.

Of course, the big change will be when Google is forced to remove features from Android.

 

[matttye]

No, I don't. But the informed consumer might surmise that Android could get straight up shut down as a result of this? Will that happen? I don't know. But this thread probably wasn't written for the average consumer anyway.

Not going to happen. Patent wars are raging constantly and nothing has been shut down so far.

And like somebody else said, just because a patent has been awarded doesn't necessarily mean it won't be declared as invalid when they try to sue, which has happened recently.

 

[AlexJaye]

Everyone entitled to their own opinion. I can't imagine that someone's preferred mobile OS choice is making you sick. Each to their own.

There's a difference in "preferring an OS" and nearly worshipping a company and attempting to validate every single decision it makes, because it is that certain company and you will go along with whatever they do for no reason at all.

Until now I preferred iOS. Android has surpassed it. I don't care what anyone prefers, but corporate worship is pretty strange.

 

[Dontazemebro]

Apple is not at fault here. The US patent system is.

 

[Dmunjal]

Don't hate the player, hate the game?

 

[macingman]

There's a difference in "preferring an OS" and nearly worshipping a company and attempting to validate every single decision it makes, because it is that certain company and you will go along with whatever they do for no reason at all.

Until now I preferred iOS. Android has surpassed it. I don't care what anyone prefers, but corporate worship is pretty strange.

I understand that but why would you care about someone else you've seen on the internet.

 

[Mac.World]

4.1.1 on the GNexus still has universal search.

Universal search via the web yes. Universal search on the phone, no.

Samsung Updating GS3 as 'Precautionary Measure'
Monday, 10:50 AM

Samsung today provided an explanation of sorts for recent system updates sent to U.S. versions of the Galaxy S III. Both the Sprint and AT&T variants of the GS3 have been updated in recent days with a patch that removes the Universal Search function -- a feature for which Apple has an existing patent. "Samsung has updated the software for the Galaxy S III as a precautionary measure to ensure that U.S. consumers may enjoy using our innovative products without interruption," said Samsung in a statement provided to Phone Scoop. Further, Samsung said that this statement does not yet apply to the T-Mobile or Verizon Wireless versions of the GS3. Those two variants have not received updates removing the Universal Search function, and it's not clear if or when they will.
from Samsung

Last Friday Apple was granted a preliminary injunction on sales of the Galaxy Nexus in the United States, over alleged patent infringement. Samsung just lost its bid to stay the injunction, but that may not matter: Google and Samsung have a patch readied to address the issue that could be rolling out over the air as soon as tonight. We just spoke with a Google spokesperson, who informed us that the update, which will be rolling out to all Galaxy Nexus devices in the US regardless of carrier, will essentially dumb down the quick search bar on the Android homescreen, limiting its results to just those from the web. No local searches on the device will be performed at all, taking on-device apps, integrated Gmail, and other search results out of play. Voice search, which has been a point of contention in the trial, isn't going anywhere — but it will be restrained to the same set of limited search results.

 

[Technarchy]

And you know there are dozens of additional patents are are the path of being approved, so Google better up their R&D and "borrow" less or more bans, and court cases are in their future.

 

[onthecouchagain]

Universal search via the web yes. Universal search on the phone, no.

Is that an old report? Because I've read that the JB update 4.1.1 does not remove universal search from phone. My understanding is that Samsung removed it in the SIII only. But Google didn't do anything once the ban was lifted.

I can still do it. I'd take another shot with universal searches for my contacts, but that's private.

EDIT: Here's an article...

"The question was to ask Google if the update to Jelly Bean would include any changes to the Unified Search function for Google Search in the Jelly Bean update, Google of course replied and said that they did not make any changes to the search functionality."
http://www.tncnewscentral.com/2012/...bean-update-for-galaxy-nexus-rolling-out-now/