iOS 6 Maps app to sport an in-house car navigation mode, says WSJ

2. mss1988 posted on 05 Jun 2012, 08:52 7 7

Actually Apple fanboys are biggest copycats. They simply can't stop quoting Jobs's words. You are the perfect example.

3. QinEmpire posted on 05 Jun 2012, 08:59 3 10

Its being quoted because its the truth.

21. dcgore posted on 05 Jun 2012, 12:07 2 4

From Alec Saunders, VP from RIM (via crackberry):
"Another thing about Android is — and Google even admitted it — it’s a rip-off of an Apple experience. So Apple is a five-year-old experience, Android is a clone of that five-year-old experience."

4. hung2900 posted on 05 Jun 2012, 08:59 5 5

Oh, do you know that i laughed a lot when i saw the notification bar in iOS 5? Because of the imitating but still being worse than Android!

5. QinEmpire posted on 05 Jun 2012, 09:05 5 13

Did Google patent it? No?

Did Apple Patent it? Yes. So Google stole Apple's technology.

7. mss1988 posted on 05 Jun 2012, 09:08 6 5

Apple stole your mind.

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10. shadowcell posted on 05 Jun 2012, 09:22 2 0

Actually, I know this is off-topic but the drop-down notification bar patent is actually pending but filed back in 2009.

Here's the sauce:

http://www.google.com/patents/US20090249247?printsec=drawing#v=onepage&q&f=false

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25. LAFN posted on 05 Jun 2012, 12:37 0 0

I do suppose that is different than the pop-UP notification bar I had on my Windows Mobile phone 6 years ago.

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8. JSern posted on 05 Jun 2012, 09:11 5 0

The notification bar came from Symbian first FYI

11. QinEmpire posted on 05 Jun 2012, 09:39 4 4

And again, Google didn't get the patent because they stole the notification from Symbian. Poor chap.

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15. tizz06 posted on 05 Jun 2012, 10:08 0 0

but at the end of the day that means APPLE copied 2 different companies and not just google. plus u sound like an idiot by apple patented it and google stole it then commenting later sayin o google stole it from symbian and not apple.

which in turn means apple stole from both google and symbian... very innovative

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19. rudlie posted on 05 Jun 2012, 11:04 0 0

Notification centre originally shown on palm os. It's called Attention Indicator. And for apple itself, notification centre is one the UI that was stolen by android. Notification centre is in the big roadmap/blueprint of ios version. Unlucky, android implemented first. Please sue apple and prove the notification centre is the originally from android. I think google will afraid.

14. McLTE posted on 05 Jun 2012, 10:08 2 1

Lets analyze this for a second..

Google has had a Maps app on the phone FOREVER, along with FREE navigation.

Apple is now, 5 years later going to implement it in iOS, in no small part because it's done so well in Android phones.. really changing the face of GPS vehicle navigation.

So Apple is rushing to get into the Nav game...

Hmmm... who is copying who here?

Really though.. who gives a s**t?!?!

Apple coming out with their own Nav does 2 things.. makes iOS users happy, which is great. It also keeps other companies like Google on their toes and I expect to see more and faster innovation as a result of this. A win-win for everyone!

20. QinEmpire posted on 05 Jun 2012, 12:07 2 2

Obviously Google is.

18. Whateverman posted on 05 Jun 2012, 10:55 0 0

You really don't have ANYTHING intelligent to say do you? If so, please do, we're all getting really bored with you now.

16. taco50 (banned) posted on 05 Jun 2012, 10:17 5 2

A lot of companies are starting to shut out google. Facebook and Wikipedia have also stopped using google maps API's.

27. Whateverman posted on 05 Jun 2012, 13:23 1 0

When will these companies stop using Google? I clicked onto a few random locations in my Facebook page and sure enough it pulled up a Google image.

23. taco50 (banned) posted on 05 Jun 2012, 12:23 2 3

Fandroids are not very bright. Having navigation isn't copying. It's only copying if it looks and feels like Google's navigation.

That's like saying android copied Apple because they had a web browser and music app.

Or google copied Tom Tom because Tom Tom had navigation first. Fandroids smh

26. wassup posted on 05 Jun 2012, 12:50 3 2

actually, i'm using iDiot logic, in other words, your logic.
Apple's notification bar looks and feels like Android's notification area, doesn't it?

On the tom tom thing, you are mistaken, because google did it on mobile calling devices, not on stand alone GPSs.
again iDiot logic, because the iPhone is revolutionary because it combined touchscreen n stuff into a mobile device, so google maps is innovative because it was first on a mobile device, wasn't it?
see how stupid iDiot logic is? stop using it.

29. Whateverman posted on 05 Jun 2012, 13:49 2 1

Hahahahahaaaa! +1,000 for wassup! Using iOS fanboy logic against the iOS fanboys...PRICELESS! And damn funny too!

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31. taco50 (banned) posted on 05 Jun 2012, 14:15 2 3

Troll

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37. PhoneArenaUser posted on 05 Jun 2012, 16:40 0 1

You are

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41. Whateverman posted on 05 Jun 2012, 17:37 1 1

This is YOUR argument for the iPhone using the "first" touchscreen phone, yet that same argument can't be applied to any other phone? Ya know what sounds like to me? Sounds like fanboyism!

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33. wassup posted on 05 Jun 2012, 14:23 0 1

sometimes you just have to stoop to their level to make them understand

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34. gallitoking posted on 05 Jun 2012, 14:52 1 2

and how do you know what level are we on?. unless you are an apple fan boy you only think you know.. second... in the Smartphone business Google came in after Apple.. so the notification area is not even Google's or android , they don't have the patent. and that's a typical Android mentality.. Google is buying patents just like Apple.. so next time don't think you came down to our level. because. you will fail .. just like Android tablets.

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36. wassup posted on 05 Jun 2012, 15:04 0 1

first of all, dafuq did I just read?
Secondly, they have filed for the patent, it's not been approved yet... try to get your facts straight
Dude...how delusionally stupid can you get by saying the notification area isn't even google's? ....What kinda weed do you chickens smoke? lol
Android Tablets, not exactly failing are they? the Fire has been selling like well... Fire, and i predict in the next 1 or 2 years, Android tablet share will overtake iOS tablet share...just like what happened on phones.
oh BTW, Android was being worked on before iOS....your logic, like you, is stupider than a headless chicken, and so, you fail.
:D

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38. gallitoking posted on 05 Jun 2012, 17:23 1 2

notice how you use the relay on the future for all your comebacks.. example.-"Android tablet will sell in 3-4 years.. and why do you think the patent has been pending since 2009.. trust me . they will not give it to Google.. the Kindle Fire.. hmm 2 words... has faded... they are in 3rd place in the tablet market... I have been called many names but to question that I smoke weed.. that's a first... lol..

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40. wassup posted on 05 Jun 2012, 17:35 1 0

Well if they get it approved, Apple will have to remove the notification area in iOSx, and that will definitely piss of people. LOADS of people.
aah well, first time for everything

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43. CRICKETownz posted on 06 Jun 2012, 02:32 0 1

Man...if the Kindle Fire is the apex of Android tablets then I'll definitely stick w/iPad. Let's be honest here, when it comes to stability - iOs is a lot more of a sturdy platform. Android fans are like jealous siblings who seek attention - so you nit-pick about the most insignificant things. Apple says they want to create their own navigation & here come the green robots with their darts of envy. You think Adidas hasn't borrowed a bit from Nike? HP from Dell? Ford from Chevy? People...it happens, its a part of competition & Android isn't an exception to this rule.

Android may have been worked on before iOs (which may or may not be true - which probably is fabricated at best b/c Apple is one of the slowest companies to release anything as we all know so the fact they dropped first puts a dent in your theory) but the G1 was a pathetic excuse for a smart phone. Not until iPhone hit the market did we see a surge of innovation in the smart phone area. Every fire needs a spark & if you think Apple didn't shake the industry you name another phone in '07 that stirred the people as much as iPhone. Either you are just debating for debate's sake or you are 100% delusional. Every dog has its day & Android had theirs when the Motorola Droid hit which they havent looked back since. Android & iOs - two great platforms that have found different ways to do what they do. The bickering is ridiculous.

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28. gallitoking posted on 05 Jun 2012, 13:35 3 2

I just don't get you remix.. If Apple becomes more like Android than kiss innovation that you guys cherishes so much.. is thanks to Apple that keeps Android on its toes... the way I see it.. don't let Apple be like Android. and pray that iOS maintains is closed OS.. I will stop there as too much info for the fandroids to digest...

35. remixfa posted on 05 Jun 2012, 14:58 0 1

you spend half your posts rallying about everyone copying iOS, but when the obvious fact that iOS's latest hits have all come from other OS's, you just ignore it and keep on truckin. Sad sad.

39. gallitoking posted on 05 Jun 2012, 17:30 1 1

because honestly I don't care.. who copied whom.. that's for a judge to decide.. I just want product that works for me... and that's is the iphone. that what I defend.. second I don't go trucking.. I don't owned a truck... not since a Tonka back in childhood days

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32. taco50 (banned) posted on 05 Jun 2012, 14:16 3 1

Yup this is bad news for Google