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Apple Forces Google To Degrade Android Features

Posted by timothy on from the advancing-the-arts-and-sciences dept.

walterbyrd writes "The latest in the ridiculous saga of the patent dispute between Apple and Samsung, which has resulted in Samsung phones and tablets being banned from sale in the U.S. is that Samsung, with the help of Google, has been pushing out an over-the-air software update to make its phones worse. Yes, the OTA update is designed to take away a feature, in an effort to convince the judge that the phones no longer violate Apple's patents. The feature in question? The ability to do a single search that covers both the local device and the internet."

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  1. If it were Adobe by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    You'd have to pay to be de-graded!

  2. Re:improvement by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Get a Samsung phone?

  3. Re:six hundred dollars? by VMSBIGOT · · Score: 4, Funny

    LOL; Gotta laugh when a search patent is being used against Google. Not saying anything on the merits, but still...

  4. Why no voice maps on iPhone? by fermion · · Score: 2, Funny

    I would feel sorry for Android users, but then I remember that iPhone has not voice directions. Android does on Google Maps. iPhone does not. Allegedly Apple pys more in license fees to Google than Google gets from Android. We know that MS probably gets more from Android than Google does. Google seems to playing an aggressive game, which is looking like a rear action. Bing is becoming acceptable. Apple is going to fight hard on maps, and probably give features that Google will not. Google is a trusted necessary brand for many people, no matter the platform. As it becomes platform specific, Chrome, Android, who knows what will happen.

    --
    "She's a scientist and a lesbian. She's not going to let it slide." Orphan Black
    1. Re:Why no voice maps on iPhone? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      Bing is becoming acceptable.

      Bwahahahahahah....*catches breath*....hahahahahahaha...when can I buy your DVD?

  5. Thanks Apple!!! by sensationull · · Score: 4, Funny

    We all love you really, now die in a fire!!!

  6. Re:six hundred dollars? by Pringless · · Score: 5, Funny

    If you have ever used any of Apple's products (especially OS X, iTunes or iOS) you know how great they are. They are also innovative to no end. Windows and Linux shows that innovation requires hard work and only Apple magically manages to do it. Apple is fantastic for this and deserves all the credit and patent fees.

  7. Re:Didn't Google do this first? by thePowerOfGrayskull · · Score: 5, Funny

    Grep on Unix had this feature long before Apple was a company.

    FTFY.

    How does that work exactly?

    grep "search term" /dev/mypc_and_theinternet?

  8. Re:Kill Patents by Grishnakh · · Score: 4, Funny

    Apple's corporate culture favors aggressive psychopaths. Microsoft's corporate culture favors incompetent and overweight psychopaths.