Wednesday could bring U.S. ban on HTC's Android devices

3. Sniggly posted on 11 Dec 2011, 23:22 9 3

We'll see what happens. Bans can be overturned. Phones can be rereleased with software or hardware that works around the infringed upon patents. And Apple had better be very careful what bans it requests.

4. wumberpeb posted on 11 Dec 2011, 23:30 35 5

Apple: The turd that just won't flush...

5. ILikeBubbles posted on 11 Dec 2011, 23:39 11 4

i this goes through i will personally go find steve job's grave and pee on it. I don't see how creating a monopoly will help apple in the future. why can't they just take it like Madona and use the press to create revenue instead of trying to squelch all competition? how many times do they have to try to ban their only real competition before they can be stopped by some sort of ANTI-monopoly law...

6. willywill_evo posted on 12 Dec 2011, 00:09 6 2

apple is like a geek that became popular in high school but after time it became annoying to everyone and now its just trying to get attention but anyways i dont think htc phones will be ban, htc been making phone longer then apple i bet whatever apple us suing htc for, htc had on their phone four years ahead of apple

7. snowgator posted on 12 Dec 2011, 00:24 2 1

What a horrid precedent this would set. All kinds of litigation could drop from the skies if manufacturers believe they could get their competitors removed from the market. Even if the ITC rules in favor of Apple, a real possibility, there is no reason to assume they will automatically ban HTC. The ITC is full of moderately smart people, and they have to now the trap door they would open in the billion dollar mobile industry if they ban products. There is a very good chance that the ITC may just force restitution for the infringement, which is what Apple, HTC, Samsung and all the dozens of other suits should have been shooting for anyways.

8. bbblader posted on 12 Dec 2011, 00:41 3 1

remember that thing that steve jobs said about android copying ios and he will try to destroy android?yeah that wont happen
what should have been written on his grave:
since 5 years old he had never changed his kid attitude and only his techological mind grew.kind of cuz he stole everything

9. ledbetterp3 posted on 12 Dec 2011, 00:42 14 1

God dammit Apple, I hope Motorola takes care of you!

10. ivanko34 posted on 12 Dec 2011, 00:52 7 1

I hate apple more and more

12. luis_lopez_351 posted on 12 Dec 2011, 02:06 1 4

This is a good thing. People will finally realize that apple is a colt, monopoly, anti-capitalist and most important, we prefer your money than satisfaction company. Can't wait till wp7-8 becomes a threat so apple can poke htc again but fail since bill gates will be defending them.

20. lubba posted on 12 Dec 2011, 05:35 1 2

Like Steve said, "thermonuclear." HTC having too many issues with Android. Maybe its time to go full force Wp.

24. kshell1 posted on 12 Dec 2011, 08:07 3 0

if they ban HTC im going to be p*ssed because i have 2 EVOs still and they still perform just as good as the day i bought them over a year ago

25. LewsTherin006 posted on 12 Dec 2011, 10:30 1 0

its not going to be banned. A person on reddit in r/android found a patient that dates back to the 1980s that basically puts apple's case out to the paster. He has emailed google and HTC, getting replies from high ups in both companies. Down vote me all you will, but apple is going to have a hard time taking android from its nerd/programing community when it tries to lie its way to victory.

28. antifanboy (banned) posted on 12 Dec 2011, 11:22 0 0

People on here need to quit freaking out. Let's be realistic. All these companies (Apple, Samsung, HTC etc) are too big to be actually banned from an entire market. Everyone is suing everyone and in the end there will be some settlements and that will be the end of it.

30. hepresearch (unregistered) posted on 12 Dec 2011, 11:55 0 0

Taking good high-demand products out of the hands of the consumers who would certainly have bought them, given the opportunity, is wrong and hurts the consumer. Forcing a company to stop selling their wares to their highest-volume (in this case, majority-volume) market is a kick in the teeth, and a potential death sentence, for that company. I did not like having to see Samsung go through this, and I do not want to see either Apple or HTC go through this either... consumers who have done their research and decided on what they want, and have been waiting for these products to be released in their market, will be highly disappointed and will have to look for alternatives that may not be as viable for their purposes.

33. paulyyd posted on 12 Dec 2011, 15:13 1 1

when a company uses an OS like android that has blatantly copied patents that are found in iOS, then yes they deserved to be ban.

34. THETECHTEAM posted on 12 Dec 2011, 15:22 1 0

YOU KNOW WHAT APPLE WE LOVE ANDROIDS UM HOW ABOUT WE HAVE PLENTY TO CHOOSE FROM WHIE YOU ONLY HAVE THAT ONE DANG PHONE! WHY WOULD I EVEN WANT TO GET A PHONE WHERE I HAVE TO PAY FOR ALMOST EVERYTHING!! PEOPLE JAILBREAK THEY iPHONES JUST SO THEY CAN HAVE THE FREEDOM THAT ANDROID USERS HAVE WITH THEY PHONES!! I LOVE MY HTC THEY ROCK...

HAVE YOU ALL SEEN THAT NEW MOVIE?
THE MOVIE WHEN ANDROID PUT THE IPHONE TO DEATH?

THAT MOVIE IS GREAT!!! LOL

35. THETECHTEAM posted on 12 Dec 2011, 15:26 0 0

@PAULYYD NO ONE COPIED APPLE IF ANYTHING THEY COPIED ANDROID OS ANDROIDS OS WHERE OUT WAY BEFORE THAT DANG IOS SYSTEM ANDROID OS ORIGIONALLY STARTED ON PC'S BEFORE THEY COME TO PHONES! WHY DO PEOPLE STAND IN LINE FOR THOSE PHONES ANYWAYS?

38. mills0806 posted on 12 Dec 2011, 16:02 1 0

The only way Apple is going to be happy is by manufacturing its own products. Which they won't because it would lower there profit for a day. Considering how much money they have.

49. Johnny_Mnemonic posted on 12 Dec 2011, 20:59 0 0

Apple is afraid. Cause its loosing the battle.

51. remixfa posted on 12 Dec 2011, 21:43 1 0

wow, somehow this article nearly escaped me. HMMM..

mizzy your such a cute parody of a real person.. lol