Judge sets September 20th date for hearing on preliminary injunctions; Apple is grateful

13. Hammerfest (Posts: 384; Member since: 12 May 2012)

exactly, I mean did anyone read "At Apple, we value originality and innovation" and NOT end up laughing their metaphorical a$$es off? EDIT: besides blind apple fanboys of course

from a company who owns more patents that are based on PRIOR ART then any other company in existence, BULL$HI# is the first word that comes to mind

22. fanboy (Posts: 38; Member since: 07 Mar 2011)

The company says it values innovation and originality

53. neutralguy (Posts: 1152; Member since: 30 Apr 2012)

"we value originality and innovation"

but buys a company to acquire an innovative tech. Apple didn't innovate. It buys something innovative for it's own good. It's not original.

And i really hate the fact that apple's suing a company because the designs of their devices looks similar. I mean, where's the innovation in there?

Originality in icons?
Oh god. As if they are original with those icons. Nokia used gears for representing "settings" way before iPhone was being planned.

What's wrong in this system is the fact that those patents regarding the design of icons were granted to apple..

I would give credit to apple if they used the "pinch to zoom" function. I think they are the ones who started it. But please, stop being a monopolistic company.. Don't sue everyone.. If you love innovation, a competition is needed. Without competition, there's no innovation. Why innovate if no one's challenging your product right?

80. Ravail (Posts: 182; Member since: 14 Oct 2011)

Lol i dare Apple to take a shot at Nokia...

15. Droid_X_Doug (Posts: 5993; Member since: 22 Dec 2010)

Remember a couple of months back when HTC had its phones stopped at U.S. Customs? It was because of a ban order that the ITC issued. Remember how long sales of the banned HTC phones were suspended? About 2 weeks. 3 at the most. Know what was done to get the phones un-banned? Software changes were installed that were non-infringing.

Guess what Sammy is going to do? They probably will include a list of revised software that is going to be installed on the infringing handsets the day after the motion is filed that does not infringe the patents they were found to infringe.

Anyone with a current Sammy phone on the list of infringing phones might want to seriously consider disabling the OTA update function until this all blows over.

20. Savage (unregistered)

Yeah. That is a shame, Apple getting such trivial patents. An OTA update will set things right. But it is necessary to fix the broken patent system. Apple already has a patent for Google-Glasses like device and they ain't even started working on it.

33. Hunt3rj2 (Posts: 396; Member since: 11 Nov 2011)

Dude, HTC phones clearly infringe upon the iPhone. Especially with the original Desire. A chrome earpiece, and metal buttons with engraved channels for LED lighting, totally Apple technology. The Evo LTE, obviously a copy of the iPhone 4s with it's metallic back cover and EVO red kickstand on the back. The One X? HUMONGOUS COPY OF IPHONES MAN. Especially with the all polycarbonate back and lack of any physical buttons beyond power and volume controls.

Remember, it's about values.

35. wendygarett (unregistered)

yup htc is a copycat :)

38. tedkord (Posts: 14123; Member since: 17 Jun 2009)

Gorgeous....

Now, what were we talking about?

43. Hunt3rj2 (Posts: 396; Member since: 11 Nov 2011)

http://s3.amazonaws.com/picable/2010/12/02/2440629_Vietnam-Celebrity-Photo--Elly-Tran-Ha-52_400.jpg

Wut

51. Droid_X_Doug (Posts: 5993; Member since: 22 Dec 2010)

It would seem that Wendy is going to need to post a 'proof-of-life' profile pic... ;-)

47. Ohrules (Posts: 327; Member since: 11 Jun 2012)

http://www.tineye.com/search/46fbcf596fa3d2119bd102e1c94a2ef1f28b4ec9/?pluginver=chrome-1.1

55. MartyK (Posts: 947; Member since: 11 Apr 2012)

Right!, I have to give her a thumb up on the pic alone...lol

41. Droid_X_Doug (Posts: 5993; Member since: 22 Dec 2010)

Hi, Wendy! Let me ask you a question - do you confuse your HTC phone with your collection of iPhones? I mean like when you pick up the HTC and start to use it, are you thinking you are using iMessage to send a text to one of your friends?

46. wendygarett (unregistered)

Actually not at all :)
I never use the imessage my friend
It just that the pop up animation (i don't really know how to describe that) is so similar compare with iPhone...

50. Droid_X_Doug (Posts: 5993; Member since: 22 Dec 2010)

What pop-up animation are you referring to? Which app is producing the animation? Sense? Or?

52. Droid_X_Doug (Posts: 5993; Member since: 22 Dec 2010)

Wendy, I am not trying to push you on what is similar between the HTC and iPhone. Just trying to understand what it is that you think is similar.

63. wendygarett (unregistered)

I don't know what to say, most are follow android but just that part make me feels like using the iphone. Every time I click settings make me feels more like using the iphone

64. wendygarett (unregistered)

Im sorry doug, maybe i feel nervous first time using the android. But I will get used to it :)

65. remixfa (Posts: 14605; Member since: 19 Dec 2008)

unless something's changed, isnt iOS's settings in a light blue/dark blue motif? How does HTCs settings menu remind you of that?

66. wendygarett (unregistered)

of course not the colour. What i mean is, by the time you press the icon, the animation pop out from the middle of the screen, just like iphone with the faster speed so you won't notice

54. rf1975 (Posts: 259; Member since: 01 Aug 2011)

HTC was making nice windows phone for Qtek, imate etc. They newer make copycat product like Shamsung. Shamsung makes copycat product almost for all successful product that other company makes.

40. Droid_X_Doug (Posts: 5993; Member since: 22 Dec 2010)

Not any more. If the HTC phones infringed Apple's patents that were covered under the ITC order, they would still be sitting in shipping containers in U.S. Customs warehouses.

44. Hunt3rj2 (Posts: 396; Member since: 11 Nov 2011)

No man, we all know that HTC is infringing on Apple patents. Take a close look at the fact that you can pinch to zoom, and how the overscroll animation, especially in Sense 4, is an obvious iOS copy.

On the hardware side, note the display. The colors are accurate and calibrated, and the glass rolls down to the plastic to make the glass end without an edge. The display has a resolution high enough to be unable to distinguish pixels at most ranges. That's something that only Apple is allowed to do, even if they haven't done it yet.

;)

75. Savage (unregistered)

I hope you are being sarcastic.

82. Hunt3rj2 (Posts: 396; Member since: 11 Nov 2011)

Note the ;).

Now, what is this sarcasm you speak of?

79. PapaSmurf (Posts: 10457; Member since: 14 May 2012)

I seriously hope you were being sarcastic.

83. Hunt3rj2 (Posts: 396; Member since: 11 Nov 2011)

No no, I have to be completely serious. Apple is the only innovator in the history of the United States. Henry Ford didn't make mass produced cars, Apple did. Tesla didn't make AC electricity, Apple did.

/s