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Quote: Originally Posted by Hiro Apple has said from the beginning of iPhone/iOS that they are defending their IP, and are not interested in outbound IP licensing of iPhone/iOS. From Apple's perspective they spend a lot of money to generate uniq…
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Quote: Originally Posted by freckledbruh Apple's community design was registered in 2004 so that would have been inapplicable. This is from 1994: http://youtu.be/JBEtPQDQNcI Tablet computer, minimalist design, rectangle with rounded corner…
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Quote: Originally Posted by island hermit I'm quite sure you're wrong on this point, Menno. Why? ... because I wasn't talking about the judgement. I was talking about Apple's litigation actions in the first place. I'm quite sure if Samsung …
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Quote: Originally Posted by AbsoluteDesignz don't you know that since Apple changed the game and effectively created a new market they should be the sole owners of such a design. Granted it's exactly like if the first flatscreen thin profile TV/m…
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Quote: Originally Posted by island hermit All Samsung had to do is offset the actual working area of the glass... thin bezel on top with a thicker bezel on the bottom... Nope, the size of the screen, or the amount of bezel (or shame of screen)…
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Quote: Originally Posted by sennen You over-simplify things to suit your simplistic argument. Is Apple suing all tablet manufacturers over this same issue? No. Because typically what you do in cases like this is win a case and then use that wi…
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Quote: Originally Posted by sennen You do industrial designers around the world a disservice, who for the most part are more creative than those employed by Samsung. Apple has the community design on a RECTANGLE. Again, the community design…
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Quote: Originally Posted by mjtomlin Apple doesn't want or need the licensing money... What they want is for other companies to design their own products... This is what will truly benefit consumers. This isn't barring Samsung from entering these…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Gatorguy The ban will likely be extended to 7" devices too. Nothing to do with how the device works or what OS it uses. It could be a Windows8 device for that matter. If it's a rectangle with rounded corners it may be…
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Quote: Originally Posted by solipsism So nearly everyone is now paying MS for using Android, but no one is paying Apple? Microsoft actually approached the companies and worked out a settlement deal. To our knowledge, ALL apple has done is su…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Ireland If Apple lost it would have been foolish, but the fact that they won only helps the consumer in that it'll help spur wholly original innovation. Despite the fact that I think a 7" is a stupid size I admire Amaz…
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Quote: Originally Posted by pooman625 well not really. The reason they want to make stylus tablets is because its cheaper. A stylus uses a resistive touchscreen which is just plastic over the screen, basically. An iPad uses capitative which has s…
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Quote: Originally Posted by freckledbruh 1) blackberry's prices to carriers have gone down. Its financial statements prove it. More phones sold+less profit=cheaper phones 2) the only thing I would have changed would be the length of time the p…
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Quote: Originally Posted by fathomsdeep This is a quote from an earlier article: "A video demonstrating a new feature in Microsoft's upcoming Windows 8 also appears to out a bold new design decision by the company to closely copy Apple's contr…
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Quote: Originally Posted by sennen You're being disingenuous. Even prior to the release of the iPhone, you weren't going to get a "start up" to design, manufacture, market and sell a mobile phone. It's simply too big and expensive an industry. …
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Quote: Originally Posted by hill60 At a rate that is "fair and reasonable". So are you saying that companies must accept ANY terms demanded, without question? No, but if a company refuses to offer them at that rate you DON'T USE THEM. …
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Yes, because making a tablet for an OS you already make computers and phones for is TOTALLY hedging your bet. You used the same title when they announced the newest version of Bada as well. are they also "hedging their bet against windows" bec…
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Quote: Originally Posted by freckledbruh Regarding patents, I am going to refrain from responding because I completely disagree. Period. As for the above quote, Apple charges twice as much as the other handet makers for their phones. That ha…
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Quote: Originally Posted by ConradJoe Why not do both? Increase the price to, say, $20 and reduce the size to a half-gram or so? Will that increase the profitability of a candy bar? Why not? Because people rebel at a higher price point mo…
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Quote: Originally Posted by freckledbruh Can't multi quote since it's now split between two pages but I'll try to reply accurately. 1) sorry but even without patents I don't see a start up creating a new phone ex nihilo. Development, manufact…