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"""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

"""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.

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.