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eren-tantekin 15y ago
nice argument, although a little manipulative and misleading. maybe one could fool the german court with this. but of course these were not the only tablets before ipad. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5f/Tablet_HP_TC-1100.jpg/665px-Tablet_HP_TC-1100.jpg http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5f/Tab... remove the physical keyboard and replace it with a soft keyboard provided by the os. voila! you've got an ipad! by the way did you know hp's iPaq precedes iPad? aren't these two names are dangerously similar? they both have rounded corners.
- polshaw 15y ago
  Relevant to note that the keyboard here was a detatchable dock.. so its 'default' form was closer to the ipad. http://img.tomshardware.com/us/2003/06/02/the_digital_writing_pad/compaq.jpg http://img.tomshardware.com/us/2003/06/02/the_digital_writin... -2003.
testcock1 15y ago
http://i.imgur.com/NbDRW.jpg http://i.imgur.com/NbDRW.jpg A ridiculous game to play, don't you think?
- doe88 15y ago
  So, iPad is not looking as previous tablets, and not all recent tablets look like iPad.
- tychobrahe 15y ago
  Ridiculous indeed. People think that Apple did a lot of things on the iPad, but all they did was removing the pen, removing some useless physical buttons, using a tailored touch-oriented OS instead of adapting one from desktop computers, bootstrapping this operating system on years of success of the one for phones, using a single sheet of glass instead of plastic screen + plastic bezel, using the internet for app and media distribution, cutting corners to provide a midrange-laptop instead of costing an arm or a leg... Don't forget how much they disappointed their geek fan base when they announced that their tablet was just a "bigger iPhone" instead of a "smaller iOS". And that's where Android wins: Android managed to actually change the opinions of geeks. Seriously, Apple did some breakthrough changes. Android follows suit. Those lawsuits might piss you off, but give credit where credit is due.
Tichy 15y ago
All this forgets technical progress that allows for slimmer tablets.
- shabble 15y ago
  plus I suspect that SSDs and similar non-mechanical parts means you no longer need to worry so much about drop damages, so you can remove all the rubber bumpers and get a cleaner look.

nice argument, although a little manipulative and misleading. maybe one could fool the german court with this. but of course these were not the only tablets before ipad. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5f/Tablet_HP_TC-1100.jpg/665px-Tablet_HP_TC-1100.jpg http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5f/Tab... remove the physical keyboard and replace it with a soft keyboard provided by the os. voila! you've got an ipad! by the way did you know hp's iPaq precedes iPad? aren't these two names are dangerously similar? they both have rounded corners.

polshaw 15y ago
Relevant to note that the keyboard here was a detatchable dock.. so its 'default' form was closer to the ipad. http://img.tomshardware.com/us/2003/06/02/the_digital_writing_pad/compaq.jpg http://img.tomshardware.com/us/2003/06/02/the_digital_writin... -2003.

testcock1 15y ago

http://i.imgur.com/NbDRW.jpg http://i.imgur.com/NbDRW.jpg A ridiculous game to play, don't you think?

doe88 15y ago
So, iPad is not looking as previous tablets, and not all recent tablets look like iPad.
tychobrahe 15y ago
Ridiculous indeed. People think that Apple did a lot of things on the iPad, but all they did was removing the pen, removing some useless physical buttons, using a tailored touch-oriented OS instead of adapting one from desktop computers, bootstrapping this operating system on years of success of the one for phones, using a single sheet of glass instead of plastic screen + plastic bezel, using the internet for app and media distribution, cutting corners to provide a midrange-laptop instead of costing an arm or a leg... Don't forget how much they disappointed their geek fan base when they announced that their tablet was just a "bigger iPhone" instead of a "smaller iOS". And that's where Android wins: Android managed to actually change the opinions of geeks. Seriously, Apple did some breakthrough changes. Android follows suit. Those lawsuits might piss you off, but give credit where credit is due.

Tichy 15y ago

All this forgets technical progress that allows for slimmer tablets.

shabble 15y ago
plus I suspect that SSDs and similar non-mechanical parts means you no longer need to worry so much about drop damages, so you can remove all the rubber bumpers and get a cleaner look.