Sale of Galaxy Nexus Banned in the US

New submitter busyqth writes "After the injunction against the Galaxy Tab 10.1 earlier in the week, A U.S. district court judge has now also granted an injunction against the sale of Google's flagship ICS phone, the Galaxy Nexus. Is Steve Jobs laughing in the great beyond? Is this the beginning of the end for Android?" Two blows to Samsung in one week, and now the FTC is investigating Google for misuse of Motorola Mobility patents in relation to RAND standards.

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Patent trolling is the new iWhite...

[ozmanjusri]

Slide to unlock? Unified search bar?

I wonder, do the engineers and techs working at Apple feel ashamed all this trolling?

I know it's management and legal who make the decisions, but still...

Re:Patent trolling is the new iWhite...

[IamTheRealMike]

But that doesn't explain why their UI, external design, and OS suddenly became indistinguishable.

Have you actually used a Galaxy Nexus? I have one in my pocket right now. It looks nothing like an iPhone. The physical design and the way the OS looks and feels are entirely different. Not only is the design different, the hardware is superior in many ways. My friends routinely get me to take photos at parties because in low lighting conditions the GN camera seems to do a better job than the iPhone.

This is the most stupid decision yet. The GN has a very distinct design to the iPhone.

Re:Boycott Apple

[Inda]

It's not very easy. It's very hard.

My closest friend bought the iPhone 4 just over 18 months ago, even after all my efforts. He kept telling me it was an iPhone and that's all that mattered.

He's too cheap to buy the apps, another mate half-jailbroke it, stopping all his banking apps working, iTunes was taking half a day to backup and often failed, the phone wouldn't factory reset, we couldn't even copy his contacts. He's pissed off with the lack of high quality free mapping. No Siri. Dull screen. The list of moans is endless.

He's just bought his daughter one. His wife is getting one in a few weeks time.

I can't understand it. They've seen my S2 connect to their TV via a common USB cable and streaming 1080p. They've seen me wirelessly send files to their laptop. They've seen Google Maps on Android. They've seen the photos it takes. And it's not even the best Android phone any more!

It's not easy at all.

Re:Well they are both rectangular

[SternisheFan]

Did'ja ever notice how when a bully is confronted with the truth, they get louder. They start to attempt to intimidate by any means at their disposal. When confronted with facts, they get confused, and don't know what to do as their audience catches on and begins to drift away. That's when they become more desperate and turn to larger bullying tactics. Then the bullied either stands their ground or meekly lets the bully win. There are times when the best course of action for the bullied is to walk away, and hopefully live to fight another day. IMHO, for this is not one. Apple has been losing their ardent followers for some time now. People have seen android as a very viable alternative, and are switching over. Apple knows this, or they wouldn't be resorting to these bully tactics. I root for the underdog in life, and love it when the bullies lose.

Really?

[cmdrbuzz]

You hate Apple because they required you to update your operating system when you installed a new development kit?

Seriously?

If thats enough for you to hate a company, then you may want to look at anger management classes.

Best of luck with iPhone development on Fedora then.

Re:Well they are both rectangular

[AmiMoJo]

Apple is in danger of triggering Armageddon. Google has been fairly good natured so far, but if they decide to start a war things can only get worse for the consumer.

We need to put a stop to this. Patent reform is the only way.