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This type of powerpoint presentation is frequently done in almost every large company in order to compare their products with the competition and identify areas for improvement. It's nothing unusual. I've also had a chance to read a little on that groklaw site, and it sounds like the verdict is on thin ice for various reasons: 1) The conduct of the jury foreman is in question as he incorrectly interpreted various points of law to his fellow jurors -- for example he was totally wrong about the need for interchangeability as it pertains to prior art. The rest of the jury therefore dismissed instances of prior art based on this incorrect interpretation. 2) The background of the jury foreman is in question. He was involved in contentious litigation with Seagate that he didn't fully disclose before the trial started. Samsung holds a very large stake in Seagate. It was therefore a conflict of interest. 3) Apparently, the jury returned confusing verdict forms, awarding damages for devices they found did not infringe on Apple's patents. 4) Some legal experts expect that this may go all the way to the Supreme Court due to the questionable patentability of UI elements -- that is if the verdict isn't thrown out by the trial judge or an appeals court first. So there's no clear or quick path right now for Apple to collect on this verdict. Samsung has a good chance to ultimately prevail -- or at least get the judgment significantly reduced. --Pat |
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11-17-2012, 12:56 AM | #544 |
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I read somewhere (I forgot where and now I hate myself for it, lol) about the conversation the management had with the team, and the complete one indicated that they wanted the team to use iOS as a benchmark of sorts, and to use that as inspiration to surpass Apple.
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And in that regard, according to current market penetration results, Sansung seems to have succeeded in surpassing Apple very well. Now, instead of responding with renewed design vigor, Apple is just trying to diminish competition by lawsuits.
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I think we can safely say that the original Galaxy phone was quite similar to the iPhone in many ways. Which was one of the reasons it wasn't as successful as later versions, who wants more of the same? Since then Apple has been pretty much samsunged in the mobile phone market, with Samsung taking the lead in looks, design, specs, and functionality. They sell more than twice as many high-end phones as Apple, even though major models cost the same (Galaxy III) or are even more expensive than the iPhone (Note II).
So if it happened, it is over and done with it, no phone from any major brand even remotely reminds us of the iPhone now --- let us face it, unless we are talking about a local Chinese brand, why would anyone want to copy the iPhone5? Last edited by HansTWN; 11-17-2012 at 03:22 AM. |
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You've missed the whole point about the distinctions between inspiration and blatant copying. As this was one of the main items being discussed, I can only assume that you missed some of the posts, got bored, or speed read the posts. You're not a Twitter user are you by any chance? |
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And that Lionel Messi? He just kicks a ball around. He's so good because he's small and nimble. Everyone else is too big and slow to catch him. I bet I could do that if that was all I had concentrated on since I was about 4! They are paid so much more than programmers or hardware designers, people who do really hard stuff, for stuff anyone can do. it's a massive injustice. 99% of phones are functionally more or less identical. They make phone calls, access the internet, send and receive messages and run apps. The main differences are design and price. Apple have proved that design matters, because people are prepared to pay a lot more for it. It's the design that has made Apple the most valuable company in the world. Pretty good for something 'that could be done by a high school student in 15 minutes!' You probably ought to accept that design is something you just 'don't get'. It's fine. There are lots of things I don't understand either. Like finance or electricity or Justin Bieber, and I'm sure you function a lot better in the world than I do! To some people, paying more for Apple products is like a red rag to a bull, and they will use words like "sheeple". But - it's the same principle as buying a BMW or an Audi instead of a Daewoo, or an Omega instead of a Timex. It always amuses me when I hear BMW drivers railing about idiots who overspend on Apple products. Quote:
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Your whole thrust of comparing one in a billion individuals to people who actually have to learn the work they do was amusing. I bet they could also put X squares in a rectangle with dimensions Y by Z with no trouble too. |
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Your complete denial of any skill or talent in design is really interesting. It's either mischievousness or complete ignorance. By this I mean ignorance in the true sense of the word as in 'having absolutely no knowledge of' instead of the perjorative term. Design has common principles across all its different disciplines. When you study design you genuinely do have to learn to appreciate the principles of context, contrast, balance, harmony, consistency etc. Some people are naturally more tuned to this stuff than others. It's not just sitting in a studio with a pencil behind your ear for 3 years (5 or 6 for architecture) screwing around and waiting for inspiration, with a bit of sketching thrown in. Your point is almost analogous to comparing a professional musician to a high school student, and saying "It's just musical notes, played in the right order". The point is that just because something looks easy, doesn't mean to say it is. You can substitute Michael Schumacher for Takuma Sato or Messi for Dejan Lovren (Croatian defender, plays for Lyon) if you are sensitive about demeaning the work of true masters, but it still doesn't change the fact that good design requires just as much skill, studying,talent and practice as many other things. You can, (and probably will) dispute this, but you'll be wrong, because you don't understand design and your perspective is skewed. |
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You seem to be under the impression that visual design is in the same category of difficulty as functional design in a smartphone product. While such designs are of obvious importance, they are still trivial in comparison to functional product elements. Samsung is by far the leader in the design of smartphone functional products, in the context of this threads subject anyway. So much so, that Apple has been buying those functional elements from Samsung, since Apple was incapable of producing those functional elements themselves. Also you seem to be substituting quantity of words for proof that the design elements that Samsung was sued about were actually worthy of the patent protection Samsung was wrongly accused of violating. That just does not work. |
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I've never come across a forum that would ban the use of relatively innocuous words such as "sheeple." This is not profanity we're talking about here. But, I guess to Apple fans, the word is profoundly profane. Which I find very funny in itself. If someone here were to say some or many Android fans were blind lemmings, so what? No big deal. That's merely someone's opinion and it isn't a personal insult. I can only conclude the use of the word "sheeple" in any context hit too close to home for many actually engaging in this and other recent Apple-related threads here in the news forum, which kind of validates the usage of the term to begin with. In regards to my own specific use of the "SH" word , I suggest you go back and read this entire thread as well as the thread titled "$329 iPad Mini" ... where I explained on more than one occasion my use of the term and specifically who it relates to. Obviously you (and others) missed it. --Pat Last edited by PatNY; 11-17-2012 at 06:04 AM. |
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