Apple woos chip design guru away from Samsung

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  • Reply 41 of 92

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    Originally Posted by Tallest Skil View Post


     


    You're hilarious. 


     


    By your definition, the concept of originality doesn't exist.



     


    It is hard to be original these days as so much has already been done.


     


    Apple has done some great things but I'm at a loss at what they have done that is truly original I did some research and come up with the following:


     


    iPod.               No. The MPman was done 4 years earlier in 1997


    iTunes Music   No.  Ritmoteca.com was out  5 years earlier in 1998


    iTunes Player   No.  Winamp was around in 1997


    iPhone.           No.   Palm Kyocera 6035 was around 6 years before the iPhone (2001)


    App Store.       No.  Handago/InHand was 5 years earlier than the App Store (2008)


    iPad                No.  Nokia 7770 Internet tablet was released in 2005.


    Siri.                 No.  Google Voice Search was available a year earlier (though the search was not personafied as Siri is)


    Maps.              No.  Mapquest, Google Maps, etc...


    GUI                 No.  Xerox with the Alto PC (not sold commercially) and the Star.


    All-in-one


    Computer.        No.  HP put out the first all in one computer in 1972 though Apple turned the concept into commercial successes with the Macintosh and the iMac.


     


    So what I've learned from this little research exercise was that while Apple may not have come up with the idea at first, they are extremely good at improving it and making it attractive to the average consumer.   I don't know the innards of Apple history like some people do on this board but I'm open to hearing about Apple's inventions.

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  • Reply 42 of 92

    Quote:

    Originally Posted by Tallest Skil View Post


     


    You're hilarious. 


     


    By your definition, the concept of originality doesn't exist.



     


    It is hard to be original these days as so much has already been done.


     


    Apple has done some great things but I'm at a loss at what they have done that is truly original I did some research and come up with the following:


     


    iPod.               No. The MPman was done 4 years earlier in 1997


    iTunes Music   No.  Ritmoteca.com was out  5 years earlier in 1998


    iTunes Player   No.  Winamp was around in 1997


    iPhone.           No.   Palm Kyocera 6035 was around 6 years before the iPhone (2001)


    App Store.       No.  Handago/InHand was 5 years earlier than the App Store (2008)


    iPad                No.  Nokia 7770 Internet tablet was released in 2005.


    Siri.                 No.  Google Voice Search was available a year earlier (though the search was not personafied as Siri is)


    Maps.              No.  Mapquest, Google Maps, etc...


    GUI                 No.  Xerox with the Alto PC (not sold commercially) and the Star.


    All-in-one


    Computer.        No.  HP put out the first all in one computer in 1972 though Apple turned the concept into commercial successes with the Macintosh and the iMac.


     


    So what I've learned from this little research exercise was that while Apple may not have come up with the idea at first, they are extremely good at improving it and making it attractive to the average consumer.   I don't know the innards of Apple history like some people do on this board but I'm open to hearing about Apple's inventions.

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  • Reply 43 of 92
    asciiascii Posts: 5,936member
    Why is it these executive level people that always get the credit? It's probably some low level genius engineer's obscure decision that he didn't tell anyone about (and if he had, this guy probably would have been against it because it delays delivery 1 week) that is the reason the chip runs 25% faster than the competition and causes the product to be more of a success.
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  • Reply 44 of 92
    hftshfts Posts: 386member
    tooltalk wrote: »
    or work for a copycat for the rest of your life?


    It seems like Apple's business strategy  is largely consisted of stealing Samsung's business partners (Intrinsity, Anobity) or stealing employees from Google Maps or Samsung's semi team.  Can Apple do anything original? 

    Maybe they can steal you to save us reading your troll posts.
    By the way why are you on here ?
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  • Reply 45 of 92
    hftshfts Posts: 386member
    jfanning wrote: »
    Like Apple, Samsung are evolving products that existing previously.

    Show the proof.
    That's right you can't.
    Now back to your troll den to hibernate until you next think up some more utter garbage.
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  • Reply 46 of 92
    jfanningjfanning Posts: 3,398member
    And claiming something paid for is the same as something stolen is very IAU of you.

    Pardon? When did I claim anything of the sort?
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  • Reply 47 of 92
    jfanningjfanning Posts: 3,398member
    gtr wrote: »
    So, to take a single example, you wouldn't consider the iPhone, as Apple introduced it in 2007, as an original product?

    No I wouldn't
    gtr wrote: »
    There were plenty of examples of this kind of device before 2007?

    Phones? Yes, billions of them. Smartphones? Yes, millions of them sold. Like I said, Apple evolved what was current available.
    gtr wrote: »
    I'm aware of multiple Samsung devices, but not even one example that changed the world in the way that Apple has, not once, but multiple times.

    Changing the world? That isn't what you said, you said orignal products, have you finally realised what you said?

    gtr wrote: »
    Provide some examples where Samsung has done the same.

    Done what? Your original claim, or the one you have changed to now?
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  • Reply 48 of 92
    hftshfts Posts: 386member
    jfanning wrote: »
    No I wouldn't
    Phones? Yes, billions of them. Smartphones? Yes, millions of them sold. Like I said, Apple evolved what was current available.
    Changing the world? That isn't what you said, you said orignal products, have you finally realised what you said?
    Done what? Your original claim, or the one you have changed to now?

    There were billions of types of different phones ? Really !
    In your warped logic nothing is original ?
    You are wrong on so many levels, even you can't believe yourself and keep a straight face.
    So the word invention is meaningless ? You kill me with your brilliant logic.
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  • Reply 49 of 92
    jfanningjfanning Posts: 3,398member
    hfts wrote: »
    There were billions of types of different phones ? Really !
    In your warped logic nothing is original ?
    You are wrong on so many levels, even you can't believe yourself and keep a straight face.
    So the word invention is meaningless ? You kill me with your brilliant logic.

    1. I didn't say types, that was you
    2. I have already answered that question, read the thread before making false assumptions
    3. If I am wrong on so many levels please explain, if you can't, why?
    4. What? Why are you confusing the word invention, with the word original? They are different, if you don't understand that, maybe that is why logic escapes you??
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  • Reply 50 of 92
    rayzrayz Posts: 814member

    Quote:

    Originally Posted by Gazoobee View Post


     


    This is a really good point, but in my experience, the number of folks running parallels (or any kind of Windows virtualisation), on their Mac is dropping off quite a bit lately.  I only see one of these setups every three or four months lately whereas I used to have to deal with them all the time.  I think a lot of folks did the virtualisation thing only as a way of justifying the fact that they were leaving Windows behind, which they eventually did.  



     


    Would it be possible to have some kind of co-processor box that runs through Thunderbolt?

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  • Reply 51 of 92

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    Originally Posted by jfanning View Post





    Not one of Apple products etc are original, they are evolution of an existing product or service. Don't confuse a successful item with an original item




    By your logic if a scientist comes up with a cure for baldness in a form of a pill, he did not invent anything because pills existed before that.  All he did was improve on a existing product such as tylenol.  That is great logic.  How can anyone ever again be an inventor in your world?  The iPhone wasn't just an improvement on existing products it was a revolution and very original.  Go back and look at the history of apple and take a look at the products they came out with only to have the industry follow in their foot steps (sometimes to close *cough* *cough* Samsung *cough* *cough*).


     


    Samsung isn't a slouch, of course they come out with better products year after year because technology improves so that's a given but you can't possibly say they are on Apple's level for creativity.  Samsung slavishly copies whatever the new technology fad is, Apple the majority of the time starts those fads. 


     


    We get it though, you hate Apple, but give credit where credit is due.

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  • Reply 52 of 92
    rlowerlowe Posts: 21member

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    Originally Posted by Jivanile View Post




    jfanning you sir are an idiot.  I don't like to insult people but I'm making an exception this one time.  You need to know it so you can maybe think before you say things.  By your logic if a scientist comes up with a cure for baldness in a form of a pill, he did not invent anything because pills existed before that.  All he did was improve on a existing product such as tylenol.  That is great logic.  How can anyone ever again be an inventor in your world?  The iPhone wasn't just an improvement on existing products it was a revolution and very original.  Go back and look at the history of apple and take a look at the products they came out with only to have the industry follow in their foot steps (sometimes to close *cough* *cough* Samsung *cough* *cough*).


     


    Samsung isn't a slouch, of course they come out with better products year after year because technology improves so that's a given but you can't possibly say they are on Apple's level for creativity.  Samsung slavishly copies whatever the new technology fad is, Apple the majority of the time starts those fads. 


     


    We get it though, you hate Apple, but give credit where credit is due.



     


    Haters let hatred affects their judgement, you know.

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  • Reply 53 of 92
    cnocbuicnocbui Posts: 3,613member

    Quote:

    Originally Posted by Tallest Skil View Post


     


    Now, we like to throw the word 'trolling' around a lot, and it's mostly valid, sometimes not.


     


    Explain how the content of this post is not anything but pure, unacceptable lying. This is not a request.





    Intrinsity was a Samsung partner that developed the Hummingbird soc for Samsung.  Apple bought Intrinsity after they had worked for Samsung. So what he said is not a lie, unless you want to redifine the term, which wouldn't surprise me.


     


    The very topic of this article involves Apple poaching talent from Samsung, as he stated, so if he's lying, so is this AI article.


     


    Here is the AI article about Apple hiring Google Maps engineers to fix their own mess: http://appleinsider.com/articles/12/09/23/apple_allegedly_luring_ex_google_maps_engineers_to_work_on_ios_6_maps


     


     


    Quote:





    Apple confirms Anobit acquisition: A strategic hit to Samsung?


    ...


    But perhaps worryingly for Samsung -- an Anobit customer







     


     


    As a moderator, you should not be slandering people.

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  • Reply 54 of 92
    rayzrayz Posts: 814member

    Quote:

    Originally Posted by cnocbui View Post




    Intrinsity was a Samsung partner that developed the Hummingbird soc for Samsung.  Apple bought Intrinsity after they had worked for Samsung. So what he said is not a lie, unless you want to redifine the term, which wouldn't surprise me.


     


    The very topic of this article involves Apple poaching talent from Samsung, as he stated, so if he's lying, so is this AI article.


     


    Here is the AI article about Apple hiring Google Maps engineers to fix their own mess: http://appleinsider.com/articles/12/09/23/apple_allegedly_luring_ex_google_maps_engineers_to_work_on_ios_6_maps


     



     


    Intrinsity was not 'poached', it was bought. It was a company, a separate entity from Samsung.


     


    Apple didn't hire Google Map engineers; they hired 'ex' Google map engineers. This implies they weren't working for Google when Apple approached them, so again, there was no poaching.


     


    And of course, the IT press will use the word 'poached' because it makes hit-worthy copy. In reality, he probably saw an ad in a trade journal, sent his resume, went for an interview, was offered a job, and left Samsung. That's what 95% of the population does.


     


    It's called 'getting a better job'.

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  • Reply 55 of 92
    jfanningjfanning Posts: 3,398member
    jivanile wrote: »

    jfanning you sir are an idiot. 

    Maybe you should read the rules of this site then, personal insults are not permitted, but if that is the only way you can argue something, then what do I expect?
    jivanile wrote: »
    We get it though, you hate Apple, but give credit where credit is due.

    That's right this is Appleinsider, what is it, Rule 99? If you disagree you are labelled a hater? Now of course I could reply to this, but someone will pop up another AI rule that rubbishes what I say.

    I don't hate Apple, I don't like lies used as truth.
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  • Reply 56 of 92
    gtrgtr Posts: 3,231member
    jfanning wrote: »
    Maybe you should read the rules of this site then, personal insults are not permitted, but if that is the only way you can argue something, then what do I expect?
    That's right this is Appleinsider, what is it, Rule 99? If you disagree you are labelled a hater? Now of course I could reply to this, but someone will pop up another AI rule that rubbishes what I say.
    I don't hate Apple, I don't like lies used as truth.

    I'm going to have to agree with Jivanile on this one, fanning.

    What you're wafting our way doesn't smell very nice.

    I've seen some pretty staggering claims on this site but, as a rule, generally the person making the claims actually believes what they are saying. But to openly claim lack of recognition of what the iPhone did? Nobody could be that stupid.

    Could they?

    And what would be the point of discussing anything with a person with such an incredible lack of perception?

    If they couldn't see that, they're never going to see anything.

    Try not to 'blow' so much in the future, fanning.
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  • Reply 57 of 92
    bigmac2bigmac2 Posts: 639member

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    Originally Posted by jfanning View Post





    Yes it does, but to claim that Apple is creating "original" items, and Samsung isn't is purely naive.


     


    I don't want to be mean to you, but you're understanding of mobile technologies pre-iPhone era seams to be pretty narrow. 


     


    Apple greatest strength always has been it's abilities to take heavy and experimental technologies and bringing it to mass market.  Apple has done it countless times upon is +30 years of existence with many of their products. 


     


    Now, was the iPhone is in the same innovation league of the nuclear bomb? Sure not, but looking back of the past 30 years, the iPhone is still a undoubtful hallmark in the still short computer's history. 

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  • Reply 58 of 92
    jfanningjfanning Posts: 3,398member
    bigmac2 wrote: »
    I don't want to be mean to you, but you're understanding of mobile technologies pre-iPhone era seams to be pretty narrow. 

    Narrow? Nope, at a guess I would assume it is well in excess of your understanding. To claim that there wasn't phones before the iPhone is naive, to claim there wasn't smartphones before the iPhone is naive, to claim there wasn't touch screen phones before the iPhone is naive.

    Apple has evolved the smartphone, touchscreen, they are not an original device.

    To compare it would be like Samsung releasing a new TV and everyone claimed it was original, it can't be, they are have around for decades, they are just evolving previous ones.

    bigmac2 wrote: »
    Apple greatest strength always has been it's abilities to take heavy and experimental technologies and bringing it to mass market.  Apple has done it countless times upon is +30 years of existence with many of their products. 

    What does that have to do with someone claiming all Apple products are original?
    bigmac2 wrote: »
    Now, was the iPhone is in the same innovation league of the nuclear bomb? Sure not, but looking back of the past 30 years, the iPhone is still a undoubtful hallmark in the still short computer's history. 

    Again, do you understand what the work original means?

    Let's look at the Apple dictionary…

    original |??r?d??n(?)l, ?-|
    adjective
    1 present or existing from the beginning; first or earliest: the original owner of the house | the plasterwork is probably original.
    2 created personally by a particular artist, writer, musician, etc.; not a copy: original Rembrandts.
    3 not dependent on other people's ideas; inventive or novel: a subtle and original thinker.

    Well for number 1, nope, number 3, nope. Number 2, well I suppose you could throw Apple in there, but then every company that creates something can be called original (afterall Samsung made the oven I have)
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  • Reply 59 of 92
    jfanningjfanning Posts: 3,398member
    gtr wrote: »
    I'm going to have to agree with Jivanile on this one, fanning.

    What a surprise
    gtr wrote: »
    What you're wafting our way doesn't smell very nice.

    When reading this all I can picture is someone with their hands over their ears shouting "nah nah nah I can't hear you"
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  • Reply 60 of 92


    So Apple used to have spy in samsung's ground?

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