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Is this sarcastic?

by gsivil 15y ago

Is this sarcastic?

redthrowaway 15y ago
Clearly.
dextorious 15y ago
Yeah. But also misguide: Apple doesn't object to such trivialities. There are a lot of tablets out there with different designs which they don't challenge at all. Samsung choose to copy almost everything of Apple's design. Hell, a representative for the company couldn't even tell between an iPad and one of their devices when they were shown to him in court.
- cheald 15y ago
  Which is kind of mindblowing given that the two have vastly different aspect ratios. It was a lawyer, though, and not an employee of the company, but yeah. Bad.
  - bane 15y ago
    And one has a button smack in the middle of the bezel, while the other has no button on its face.
- fpgeek 15y ago
  Actually, Apple has challenged a number of other tablets. They're suing Motorola over the Xoom somewhere in Europe (from what I understand, this trial has fewer fireworks because the Xoom was already being sold, so a preliminary injuction is both less likely and less important). Apple also tried to push criminal charges against a tablet vendor in Spain (over a technical, but unimportant infraction related to an import ban, IIRC). Fortunately, the charges were dismissed. I suspect Apple is focusing their legal energy on Samsung because they think they are the strongest cases and because they view Samsung as the most threatening competitor, but there is plenty of evidence that they're planning to head down their list of competitors if they have legal success.
  - dextorious 15y ago
    """Actually, Apple has challenged a number of other tablets.""" I fail to see how this contradicts my statement though, which was: """Apple doesn't object to such trivialities. There are a lot of tablets out there with different designs which they don't challenge at all.""" I didn't say the don't challenge any other tablet --just that they challenge for good reasons. The Xoom was also bloody similar. (Mind you, there are also patents related to the UI etc, not to the external design).
    - fpgeek 15y ago
      >The Xoom was also bloody similar. First, Apple is suing over the Xoom's design, not a technical patent (the details came up in the Samsung lawsuit): http://www.macworld.com/article/161675/2011/08/apple_motorola_xoom_lawsuit.html http://www.macworld.com/article/161675/2011/08/apple_motorol... Second, here's a photo gallery of the iPad 2 vs the Xoom: http://www.zdnet.com/blog/mobile-news/ipad-2-vs-motorola-xoom-in-photos/1595 http://www.zdnet.com/blog/mobile-news/ipad-2-vs-motorola-xoo... It was obvious to me which was the iPad and which was the Xoom in every comparison shot. Since you disagree, it sounds to me like you're one of the people who actually think Apple should have the exclusive rights to minimalist, black rectangles with rounded corners.
      - dextorious 15y ago
        """First, Apple is suing over the Xoom's design, not a technical patent""" Gee, maybe that's why I fn wrote "Xoom was also bloody similar", and added the technical patent issue on a separate* line where I'm NOT talking about Xoom. """It was obvious to me which was the iPad and which was the Xoom in every comparison shot. """ You really believe that the litmus test of an original not derived design is that you are able to tell which is which? There are tons of Rolex clones that you can easily tell from the original, but that doesn't mean the haven't copied it. """it sounds to me like you're one of the people who actually think Apple should have the exclusive rights to minimalist, black rectangles with rounded corners.""" And it sounds to me like you're one of the people who actually defend companies not even trying to come up with something different.

Is this sarcastic?

by gsivil 15y ago

Is this sarcastic?

redthrowaway 15y ago

Clearly.

dextorious 15y ago

Yeah. But also misguide: Apple doesn't object to such trivialities. There are a lot of tablets out there with different designs which they don't challenge at all. Samsung choose to copy almost everything of Apple's design. Hell, a representative for the company couldn't even tell between an iPad and one of their devices when they were shown to him in court.

cheald 15y ago
Which is kind of mindblowing given that the two have vastly different aspect ratios. It was a lawyer, though, and not an employee of the company, but yeah. Bad.
- bane 15y ago
  And one has a button smack in the middle of the bezel, while the other has no button on its face.
fpgeek 15y ago
Actually, Apple has challenged a number of other tablets. They're suing Motorola over the Xoom somewhere in Europe (from what I understand, this trial has fewer fireworks because the Xoom was already being sold, so a preliminary injuction is both less likely and less important). Apple also tried to push criminal charges against a tablet vendor in Spain (over a technical, but unimportant infraction related to an import ban, IIRC). Fortunately, the charges were dismissed. I suspect Apple is focusing their legal energy on Samsung because they think they are the strongest cases and because they view Samsung as the most threatening competitor, but there is plenty of evidence that they're planning to head down their list of competitors if they have legal success.
- dextorious 15y ago
  """Actually, Apple has challenged a number of other tablets.""" I fail to see how this contradicts my statement though, which was: """Apple doesn't object to such trivialities. There are a lot of tablets out there with different designs which they don't challenge at all.""" I didn't say the don't challenge any other tablet --just that they challenge for good reasons. The Xoom was also bloody similar. (Mind you, there are also patents related to the UI etc, not to the external design).
  - fpgeek 15y ago
    >The Xoom was also bloody similar. First, Apple is suing over the Xoom's design, not a technical patent (the details came up in the Samsung lawsuit): http://www.macworld.com/article/161675/2011/08/apple_motorola_xoom_lawsuit.html http://www.macworld.com/article/161675/2011/08/apple_motorol... Second, here's a photo gallery of the iPad 2 vs the Xoom: http://www.zdnet.com/blog/mobile-news/ipad-2-vs-motorola-xoom-in-photos/1595 http://www.zdnet.com/blog/mobile-news/ipad-2-vs-motorola-xoo... It was obvious to me which was the iPad and which was the Xoom in every comparison shot. Since you disagree, it sounds to me like you're one of the people who actually think Apple should have the exclusive rights to minimalist, black rectangles with rounded corners.
    - dextorious 15y ago
      """First, Apple is suing over the Xoom's design, not a technical patent""" Gee, maybe that's why I fn wrote "Xoom was also bloody similar", and added the technical patent issue on a separate* line where I'm NOT talking about Xoom. """It was obvious to me which was the iPad and which was the Xoom in every comparison shot. """ You really believe that the litmus test of an original not derived design is that you are able to tell which is which? There are tons of Rolex clones that you can easily tell from the original, but that doesn't mean the haven't copied it. """it sounds to me like you're one of the people who actually think Apple should have the exclusive rights to minimalist, black rectangles with rounded corners.""" And it sounds to me like you're one of the people who actually defend companies not even trying to come up with something different.