Small Spanish tablet maker wins Apple lawsuit, countersues for anticompetitive behavior

13. The_Miz posted on 02 Nov 2011, 11:57 1 13

How dare Apple sues to protect their products and their brand. It's not like the competitors haven't copied them or anything.

15. Sniggly posted on 02 Nov 2011, 12:10 11 1

How dare anyone else make a tablet that's a rectangle with rounded edges? After all, tablets have only looked like that for about EIGHT YEARS PRIOR to the iPad.

20. The_Miz posted on 02 Nov 2011, 13:35 1 15

Riight, because Android hasn't infringed on any patents or copied any designs and/or software or anything. I guess I was so mistaken.

P.S. thumbing my comments down won't affect me since I am still going to give my opinion, with support of course, so please continue proving my point.

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21. Sniggly posted on 02 Nov 2011, 14:06 11 0

And Apple's designs and everything, software, communications tech, and hardware is all completely original, right?

We can exchange snarky comments back and forth all day. Doesn't change the fact that you're enacting a beautiful double standard for Apple. And for the record, there's very little that you can claim Android "stole" from iOS. Ooh, touchscreen. Ooh, icons. SO original, Apple.

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23. The_Miz posted on 02 Nov 2011, 15:04 1 11

Nothing in the tech world is ever original, just like the precious Motorola phones you love defending. But here, we're talking about style and execution, something Apple has done that no other manufacturer has been able to duplicate, other than through copying what Apple has done, aka Samsung.

Yes, we could. But I don't have all the time of day to go around and making double standard comments on Apple while backpedaling on anything said about Android.

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24. Sniggly posted on 02 Nov 2011, 17:47 6 1

You got Apple and Android backward there, son.

But seriously, other companies have come up with some great phone designs without out and out copying Apple, and the physical design of the Captivate was gorgeous while differentiating from the iPhone.

The iPhone is actually quite bland. It's boring. It's generic. Phones like the Photon and Razr offer up unique design cues while still retaining a familiar form factor.

Miz, you can go ahead and like Apple. You don't have to like Android. But for f**k's sake, learn to give credit where it's due.

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26. The_Miz posted on 02 Nov 2011, 22:42 1 3

No I didn't, I said exactly what I meant to say, son.

Right, because Samsung didn't copy Apple's design in any way, shape, or form. I mean it's not like the first impression someone gets when they see a Galaxy S phone is "iPhone."

Oh riight, the iPhone is bland. But I see you wasted little time in smooching all over Motorola since you named two of their devices and not any other Android devices. It's not like everyone's a big happy family with Motoblur and all.

You first.

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27. Sniggly posted on 03 Nov 2011, 00:02 3 1

You're right. I am first. I do give Apple credit where it's due. They make quality devices that are easy to learn and use and work well, and they have robust support for apps.

The iPhone design has remained virtually unchanged since 2007. Okay, so now instead of a chrome bezel it has a giant f**king antenna around the edge, and instead of being rounded on the back, it's squared off, which cuts into the palm nicely. Awesome ergonomics. Sarcasm.

Anyway. Yes, I love Motorola phones and I like Motoblur. I think they and HTC do the best job with smartphone design. I just like Moto's aesthetics a little more, so I chose to mention them. And their devices are the most unique looking on the market.

I've never denied that Samsung didn't take design cues from the iPhone for many versions of the Galaxy S, but I don't condemn them because the Captivate exists. Also, the S2 is different enough that it doesn't draw any ire from me. They're also working on differentiating their designs even further.

The Galaxy Nexus and Nexus S are also really nice phones that are pretty different from other phones out there.

Android is not an iPhone clone, and the Android OEMs do not make iPhone clones. Apart from being a rectangle with rounded edges, and its home button, what significant design cue does the iPhone have over other phones when youre looking at it?

Come on, Miz. You're smarter than this.

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28. InspectorGadget80 posted on 03 Nov 2011, 00:05 3 1

The_Miz. SHUT YOUR MOUTH AND KNOW YOU'RE ROLL