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Samsung's VP for Design Offended by Apple's Allegations of Copying
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I viewed this site on my iPhone and zoomed in on the pic of the Samsung phone and it was like looking into a mirror that has a mirror placed opposite of it or taking a camera and focusing on the view finder. 
Define "normal people"
As I just pointed out in another thread, we had browsing, GPS navigation, apps, Google Maps, Slingplayer, VoIP and in many countries, video calls, in what you think were the dark ages before the iPhone came along.
Normal people as in people who would not put up with those so called "web browsers" on those so called smartphones before the iPhone came along.
Sure, he really had great taste and gave consumers what they wanted, the sales are evident of this
- You need to have the best products, ideas and also run a great business and he micro managed it all.His friends would say different, and those people close to him at Apple who he spent the most time with.
He strived for perfection, he should be given credit for the idea to do it the right way and getting people talking, he may not have done all the dirty work himself but he got people doing the best work of their lives.
Just wanna let you know that galaxy s is neither the same size as the iphone nor the same aspect ratio. I also like how they photoshopped the menu and back button out too, real classy. Also if any of you guys have actually used android you'd realize its definitely not similar to ios at all. The home screen is entirely different and its a lot more context based. Theres some things that apple should actually copy from them like the dedicated back button as opening a link in an email and then going back to an email is very disorienting in ios.
A lot was going on back in 2007. Most of us had tiny phones with tiny screens and no apps.
It was a matter of time before screens got larger. So really, I can say with a straight face that even without iPhone, we may have still gotten phones with larger screens and no physical keyboards.
I can also say that the iPhone is *THE* prettiest and sexiest device out there. Sadly, the sleekness is ruined by people putting on cases to protect how sexy it is.
Quite so. We all know about the inventiveness and artistic achievements of the Chinese and Japanese. The Koreans are believed to have invented movable metal type well before Gutenberg and I believe that they built the first iron ship.
Samsung's designs may be rather derivative but they certainly make good components or there wouldn't be so many of them in Apple's products.
Just look at it
When you see the outright copying of trade dress, icons and so on -- even down to the white box that these phones are packed in -- the copying is obvious. Note, not patents, but pure imitation.
When you see the outright copying of trade dress, icons and so on -- even down to the white box that these phones are packed in -- the copying is obvious. Note, not patents, but pure imitation.
Apple bought the smartphone to the masses. Case closed. Some reporter using some smartphone in 2001 that no one knew about, or had, or probably could afford means nothing hehe
I actually disagree with that. Palm brought the smartphone to the masses. They then subsequently ******* it up.
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On an iPad it's a single swipe of your hand. On the iphone its a click of a home buton and a tap of the mail icon ( which almost everyone has on thier dock.) not that difficult. The back button and the home button duplicate functionality most times on Android....bad design.
Apple bought the smartphone to the masses. Case closed. Some reporter using some smartphone in 2001 that no one knew about, or had, or probably could afford means nothing hehe
I am just going to point out that this is an example of Apple lovers doing the standard rewriting of history.
Apple did not start the smart phone wave nor were they the ones to bring it to the masses.
That falls on both Rim and yes Samsung. The first smart phone I saw really being out there in the masses was the Samsung Blackjack which was released well over year or 2 before the iPhone.
So you base a good part of your argument on comparing the App draw being open Android to iOS.
You should put them on the home screen. iOS only has the android equivalent of the App draw.
hehe the Samsung Blackjack! I'll rephrase what I meant: Apple bought smartphones that people actually wanted to the masses. The blackjack hehe, that's a good one
FYI you aren't comparing, no pun intended, Apples to Apples. That's the App Drawer. For better comparison show home screen to home screen.
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I only saw that in pictures until a few days ago. I seriously thought it was a third part Apple charger. I had to chuckle knowing the controversy around all this when I fjnay saw the Samsung logo. I was tempted to plug it into my iPhone but that would be debauchery.
I only saw that in pictures until a few days ago. I seriously thought it was a third part Apple charger. I had to chuckle knowing the controversy around all this when I fjnay saw the Samsung logo. I was tempted to plug it into my iPhone but that would be debauchery.
Agree with earlier poster that Samsung has been ripping off others for years.
They finally started making their own designs (pretty good ones) but the lawsuit is about the ones they ripped off.
We have to remember this was the culture for years as they tried to compete with Japanese, American and European designs.
They finally started making their own designs (pretty good ones) but the lawsuit is about the ones they ripped off.
We have to remember this was the culture for years as they tried to compete with Japanese, American and European designs.
The black glass is actually the only thing that the US District Court has commented might make Samsung infringe.
Nope. The rounded corners and slit earpiece are functional, and thus not protectable. They were also used in a Sharp Japanese design patent that was filed two years before the iPhone's first two design patents (in the middle):
Nope. Phones had front-facing cameras before Apple, and home buttons have always been below the screen.
Btw, the side view is not protected. Apple left it out of their design patents by using broken lines:
On the contary, the detail differences are partly what legally decides what is a copy or not.
The court commented on this aspect. They said that the similarity between the Sharp and Apple front views meant that more attention could be paid to the smaller details such as the difference in number and shape of buttons, and the fact that the Samsung had a front-facing camera which did not exist on the iPhone designs at the time. They also pointed out the big Samsung logo and carrier markings could be considered.
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Difference is Braun isn't competing against Apple in the same market and isn't one of Apple's suppliers.
Did you read the biography? This is coming out of his friends mouths. They think he's a great guy, but they are well aware that he's an *******.
Exactly. I work for a fortune 400 company in IT and I am always amazed at the disdain most technical folks have for the average Joe.
I told one of my co workers during a heated Mac versus PC battle when he claimed Apple users were idiots, that I would bet him a months paycheck if he would go with me to the mall here in Hawaii and try to pickup girls, winner take all.
He could bring his 15 Pound laptop with SLI and Raid and show the pretty girls his Level 85 Shaman on WoW, and tell her sweet things like how fast his RAID is, or that he modded the BIOS to over clock the CPU 4.62 percent.
I, in turn, would take my Macbook Air and ask the pretty girls if they would like to look at pictures of Maui and listen to some cool tunes.
He declined.....
I've noticed that in this thread, posts bashing Samsung are massively upvoted, while posts saying otherwise are downvoted. Stay classy.