Posts by PowerMach

Quote: And again, you can get an iPhone for FREE with contract so I don't see the need for cheaper than FREE. The only people not on a contract are not Apple's normal customer base in the first place.   Seriously? It's...

Quote: Originally Posted by lkrupp    . I'm sure BMW doesn't really care how many cars Hyundai sells and I'm pretty sure Apple doesn't care how many smartphones the others sell, especially since Apple rakes...

Quote: Originally Posted by Slurpy  If Apple gave a shit solely about marketshare, they would do alot of things differently. They don't "solely" care about market share. But there is much more to that...

Quote: Originally Posted by jragosta  And they've already set the price at $0.00. So what is up with all the whining about price? If you want to build a computer that doesn't have any proprietary technology in it,...

"Intel is the sole owner of the Thunderbolt spec. Building Thunderbolt devices requires a license to use the spec but no royalties need to be paid to Intel. Intel is also the only supplier of Thunderbolt controllers. Without Intel's...

Quote: Originally Posted by Tallest Skil    I don't really see how they could do that. Trademark? Absolutely. Tear Samsung a brand new one (now they have a baker's dozen ones!) for their pathetic knockoff...

Quote: Originally Posted by jragosta  So? Considering that the Samsung logo looks almost completely different from the Apple one, what's your point

The icon is patented.   http://appleinsider.com/articles/12/11/27/apple-patents-siri-microphone-icon  

Quote: Originally Posted by Tallest Skil    Right, and some copyleft/creative commons licensing allows that. Hence it being called into question.   Yes. And...? Her images are copyrighted in the...

"if it was used it in a way that allowed free use."   They used it for commercial purposes. Fair use isn't even appropriate for discussion. The only discussion would be what the licensing terms allowed or did not allow.