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Samsung's Massive Document Outlining How to Improve Galaxy S by Adopting iPhone Solutions Surfaces
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Is the HP Envy design an innovation of the MacBook Pro design? Are those Samsung iPhone clones innovations of the iPhone design? Android and iOS basically have the same button style and everything for the notification centers.
Well that's where opinion comes in. Lined up side by side and I'd say there is a clear improvement with iOS over Android's
It's one thing to take certain features and a few looks here and there. It's nearly impossibly today to come up with an entirely original product. But to just lazily take the most successful product out there and say "hey, lets do ours as close to this one as possible" down to so many details, it not fair to other companies like HTC, Nokia, RIM who are doing their own thing and trying to do it the right way.
And nowhere is Apple claiming that Samsung stole the button.
Apple is showing this as one of many examples of how Samsung got to look at very aspect of the iPhone and iOS when changing design choices to look more like the iPhone.
But way to go and pick one thing out of context to try to make a point.
While doing exactly what you are accusing Apple of doing.
In my opinion, the Envy brings nothing new to what the MacBook Pro offers and therefore isn't an innovation. Envy, could theoretically be an innovation on HP's own products, but I don't know enough about their stuff to comment on that.
As for the iPhone clones, I argue in some cases they do innovate (bring something new), but in other cases they are copying. This is why the case focuses on certain aspects of the phone and not the entire thing.
Really? If we go my the example posted - that's no different than what Samsung has done. Right? Afterall - it shows that they did their homework and worked to innovate and improve things
No one is claiming Apple invented the alert system. Seriously man, do I really need to spell it out for you?
Really? If we go my the example posted - that's no different than what Samsung has done. Right? Afterall - it shows that they did their homework and worked to innovate and improve things
No, if you go through the entire document and a post I made earlier, Samsung has literally tried to copy the iPhone, in a very systematic way. I don't think you've gone through the document, have you?
Don't rely on facts to help you. A lot of idiots still state that Microsoft owns Apple because of the caption at the end of Pirates of Silicon Valley. It never specified that Microsoft bought non-voting shares, a fact that can *easily* be heard by listening to Steve Jobs in the 1997 or 1998 Keynote where he came back. Once he said "non-voting," applause was thunderous.
Lol. Why does there has to be a button. That is point. Apple had a bigger button, Samsung could have easily said why don't we just get rid of it and get a better solution?
But no. iPhone had a button, S1 must have a button.
DECEMBER 7th Pearl harbor attack date on Samsung Calendar App.
Of course, but one must admit that is a pretty interesting date to put on an icon of a product competing with an american made product. (I'm Canadian if you think I'm a paranoid protectionist)
Perhaps just a dumb 1 in 365 chance.. but there had to be some intelligent engineer at Samsung who noticed!
Of course, but one must admit that is a pretty interesting date to put on an icon of a product competing with an american made product. (I'm Canadian if you think I'm a paranoid protectionist)
Perhaps just a dumb 1 in 365 chance.. but there had to be some intelligent engineer at Samsung who noticed!
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OK, so wouldn't you say that Apple at least copied the notification center design from Android?
I have. I just don't think it's as damning as others. I see it as a comprehensive competitor analysis document. Nothing all that outrageous or "smoking gun." Is the document a positive in Apple's defense - I am sure it raises suspicions and can be levied as such. I also believe that Samsung's lawyers can do a lot to minimize or neutralize that as well.
They could've picked any other date and offended someone else lol. Heck, December 7 could be the founder's birthday, the day someone got laid, the first time Samsung broke 1 billion market cap, the list is infinite!
But in this case why are you claiming that Android based their Notification System on Apple's alert system?
You're wrong. The entire idea of creating a service through which applications could post "notifications" was first developed by Apple in a phone (the alerts). Android then took that and improved it to create the notification center, using the same concept.
I find this document a great lesson in UX design. It points out many usability changes that Samsung felt they fell short of doing in their devices. I can see this appearing as educational material in design courses to reinforce design concepts and how one company successfully implemented them and the other playing catch up.
No. The Android notification center came first, and the jailbreaks mods were inspired by it. Don't go around calling people silly and misinformed when you yourself obviously have no idea what you're talking about.