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Samsung Tablet Ban Lifted For Most of EU

Posted by samzenpus on from the buy-while-you-can dept.

jkcity writes "The ban on sales of Samsung's 10.1 tablet in the EU has been lifted everywhere except Germany. The new ruling is in effect until August 25th while it is decided whether the original court had the power to enforce an EU wide ban. With allegations that submitted evidence was not 100% accurate, the case could be bogged down in the court for years."

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  1. Honest Mistake by Spad · · Score: 4, Funny

    So they accidentally resized the image of the 10.1 so that it looked identical to the iPad for a side-by-side comparison, it's a mistake anyone could have made on a key page of court-submitted legal documents...

    1. Re:Honest Mistake by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      Yes, of course. Since the point was to show how similar the two tablets are, what better way to demonstrate it than to resize them to the same aspect-ratio and remove all brand-logos and other stuff setting them apart. Apple is only trying to make help the court reach the correct and just decision. That is how userfriendly they are, always making it easier.

    2. Re:Honest Mistake by maxwell+demon · · Score: 5, Funny

      But they could have helped seeing the similarity even further by simply using two iPad images. Nobody would have missed the stunning similarity between the devices.

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    3. Re:Honest Mistake by tdc_vga · · Score: 4, Funny

      Don't forget that if they'd simply bothered to show up to the ex-parte hearing, Samsung could have easily informed the court that the camera man had made such a terrible mistake. So, clearly, it's their fault.

    4. Re:Honest Mistake by robthebloke · · Score: 4, Funny

      Oh, so they've added copy and paste then? :p

  2. Re:Android tablets by Dunbal · · Score: 2, Funny

    If a product is bad it will just result in the situation where nobody buys it.

    Then why do people buy Apple?

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  3. Re:Android tablets by GooberToo · · Score: 3, Funny

    A tablet is not a serious puter in most scenarios, it's an accessory.

    Not so. It really depends on what you consider "serious." For most people, simply reading their friend's posts of, "Just drank coffee - mmmm", followed by, "just had my second sip - mmmm - even better - yummy", is about as serious as it gets.