Apple Forces Google To Degrade Android Features

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."

Comments

Re:six hundred dollars?

[VMSBIGOT]

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

Thanks Apple!!!

[sensationull]

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

Re:Why no voice maps on iPhone?

[Anonymous Coward]

Bing is becoming acceptable.

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

Re:six hundred dollars?

[Pringless]

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.

Re:Didn't Google do this first?

[thePowerOfGrayskull]

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?

Re:Kill Patents

[Grishnakh]

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