I thought they were only available to a "closed audience"? All of the keynotes contain promotional material and are available to the general public.
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I thought they were only available to a "closed audience"? All of the keynotes contain promotional material and are available to the general public.
Probably were more, but here's a sampling.....Guys, this ad does not denigrate Apple. It actually puts Apple in the light of a known, superior position which Samsung is trying to catch. Not sure that's a good idea for Samsung, I guess we'll see.
WHAT!?! I'm pretty sure anything farther than where I work is just "another place", all the same.
Speaking as a long time Apple user / enthusiast / shareholder & technologist, there's no substitue for a full understanding of what's happening with the competitors. It's Apples blind followers that are the ones to be caught out. What goes up must come down.
Should Apple decide to invest all of their resources & expertise on innovation and moving forward, they will enjoy even greater success.
Conversely, if they insist on driving while looking in the rearview mirror with a jaundiced eye, the only one they're hurting is themselves.
I know, I know, the truth hurts...
I wasn't sure before, but now i'm definitely buying Samsung Tab.
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The bright side is that you are wrong.
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The bright side is that you are wrong.
I believe you guys were discussing several of Samsung's ads all at once. This ad referenced in this story does not attack users, but the one making fun of people who stand in line for phones does. (which those people probably deserve)
Mac vs PC ads were about hardware. It was a metaphor, you seriously don't see that? Maybe you should watch them again, esp the ones that DID have users in them. The users were always treated well by the ads.
cuz the "PC" being a bumbling dork didn't have anything to do with the mocking...
You don't suppose there was a reason they chose those specific representations of each?
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Shows how clueless Apple can be sometimes. The HP logo is there because? WebOS is nothing at all like iOS.
For starters, I have not said a "straight copy". Using a different camera and relocating speakers that are hidden from the front view anyway, does not make a "unique" design. That is like creative plagiarism, where people change the copied work of others by moving sentences around and changing some of the words. But it is still stealing another's ideas, even when an weak attempt is made to make it look different. But if that is the limit of your ability to see the similarities of Samsung's product, then that is fine. But Apple's charge has been substantiated by more than one court, so it certainly has merit. And Samsung has made changes to the product as a result, merit proved again. There are plenty of touch-interface, rectangular shaped, glass faced tablets that have not had this legal problem with Apple. So the unique similarities of Samsung's product standout as being more substantial than your claims of it being different.
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This is like someone breaking into your house and stealing your TV. Then when they try to fence it and you complain, they put up a cardboard sign that says, "This is the TV that the original owner, "your name", did not want you to have."
It's really wrong on so many levels.
BAD Samsung.
It's really wrong on so many levels.
BAD Samsung.
Thanks for the laugh.
It's not about right or wrong, it's about free expression of ones thoughts, opinions & experience. This is a _forum_ of public opinion, for the purpose of discussion.
In _this_ format, there is no right or wrong
This. Exactly what I was going to say. You only have to look at the PC vs Mac ads to see why its wrong to say that Apple has never done such a thing. For those who are saying that the ads were only comparing hardware, you're wrong. Look at this and this and this and this
I can go on for quite a while. It's clear the ads are referring to Microsoft Windows
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I'm not so sure... Apple has poked fun at IBM in ads when they first entered the PC market...
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Can't you see they picked a businessman for the PC and a college student for the Mac? You could have exactly the same commercial for Homda civic vs Ford Trucks.
GET OVER IT
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Can't you see they picked a businessman for the PC and a college student for the Mac? You could have exactly the same commercial for Homda civic vs Ford Trucks.
GET OVER IT
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Thanks for the laugh.
It's not about right or wrong, it's about free expression of ones thoughts, opinions & experience. This is a _forum_ of public opinion, for the purpose of discussion.
In _this_ format, there is no right or wrong
You are welcome.
Really? You are correct, though. I should have said software. Though some do reference hardware issues.
Still not users.
Oh I'm over it, I think the old Mac vs PC ads are hilarious personally. But saying that Apple has never mocked users is incorrect.
I think the Samsung ad mocking the iPhone line was funny too. As did my iPhone using friends. Stereotypes can be funny both ways.
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This is by far the lamest "battle" in the tech word today.
Apple tries to ban a low quality copy of the iPad that poses no real threat to it, it gets banned but the ban is lifted, and now it's time to break Apple's world-domination but that won't happen since no one wants this tablet so who cares?
Apple tries to ban a low quality copy of the iPad that poses no real threat to it, it gets banned but the ban is lifted, and now it's time to break Apple's world-domination but that won't happen since no one wants this tablet so who cares?
I don't really care about this ad from Samsung.
But I find it quite sad that a company that was founded in 1938 and has been selling electronics globally since the 1960's is not already a household name. Surely everyone has heard of Samsung by now...
But I find it quite sad that a company that was founded in 1938 and has been selling electronics globally since the 1960's is not already a household name. Surely everyone has heard of Samsung by now...
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So, no one said I had a problem with Samsungs ad.
I never said the Mac ads were just about hardware. Most of them were about how awful Vista was. Are you going to actually DEFEND early iterations of Vista??
Base on the video you posted, I can only imagine that you have a person standing next to you right now asking I its ok to read my response to your nonsense.
Tell him it's ok, an realize, the ads are about which person (person being the a tonge in cheek anthropomorphic representation of two different computers) would you rather spend your free time with?
Edit: lol, nice edit bro
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So, no one said I had a problem with Samsungs ad.
I never said the Mac ads were just about hardware. Most of them were about how awful Vista was. Are you going to actually DEFEND early iterations of Vista??
Base on the video you posted, I can only imagine that you have a person standing next to you right now asking I its ok to read my response to your nonsense.
Tell him it's ok, an realize, the ads are about which person (person being the a tonge in cheek anthropomorphic representation of two different computers) would you rather spend your free time with?
Edit: lol, nice edit bro
Wait, which vehicle is the student? Cause I don't see "rusty 1992 Camry" listed.
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"At the end of the day the media awareness certainly made the Galaxy Tab 10.1 a household name compared to probably what it would've been based on the investment that we would've put into it from a marketing perspective," [Samsung Australia vice president of telecommunications Tyler McGee] said.
Asked how many units of the Galaxy Tab Samsung was bringing in, McGee said "as many units as we can" but warned "there will probably be short supply against the demand".
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So did they sell all 20 units in AU then?
Seriously though, I don't understand this fight to the death on Samsung's part for a device that hasn't generated a whole lot of consumer interest... or sales.
In the states, Stores have more than enough Galaxy Tabs (ok, probably too many on shelves), and I haven't been able to find a single article in AU news that shows people storming the malls for a Galaxy Tab now that they can.
I don't think Samsung will ever recover their legal expenses from sales of this device... really, what they are spending in this legal battle with Apple has to be exceeding any profits made... never mind that they had to redesign, redistribute, and probably pay fines or royalties later on down the line in a few countries.
I know they say no publicity is bad publicity, but sheesh... "OH, you got that copy cat iPad for Christmas did ya?"
Asked how many units of the Galaxy Tab Samsung was bringing in, McGee said "as many units as we can" but warned "there will probably be short supply against the demand".
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So did they sell all 20 units in AU then?
Seriously though, I don't understand this fight to the death on Samsung's part for a device that hasn't generated a whole lot of consumer interest... or sales.
In the states, Stores have more than enough Galaxy Tabs (ok, probably too many on shelves), and I haven't been able to find a single article in AU news that shows people storming the malls for a Galaxy Tab now that they can.
I don't think Samsung will ever recover their legal expenses from sales of this device... really, what they are spending in this legal battle with Apple has to be exceeding any profits made... never mind that they had to redesign, redistribute, and probably pay fines or royalties later on down the line in a few countries.
I know they say no publicity is bad publicity, but sheesh... "OH, you got that copy cat iPad for Christmas did ya?"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-SJQdREDKM
Just to get it out there... Apple's infamous lemmings commercial. Comparatively, Samsung's blows are harmless.
p.s. is there a way to make the video embedded, or did i dream about seeing that future the other day?
Just to get it out there... Apple's infamous lemmings commercial. Comparatively, Samsung's blows are harmless.
p.s. is there a way to make the video embedded, or did i dream about seeing that future the other day?
Is that because you hang out in lines @ Apple Stores
Just kidding, I don't know any either to be honest. And if I were to buy a tablet it'd be between the new Transformer and an iPad...might wait till W8 tablets come out to compare though. No matter what I get it will just be taken over by my two year old wanting to watch toons anyways...