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Samsung Galaxy S3 Stripped of Local Search

Posted by Soulskill on from the it's-not-a-feature-it's-a-bug dept.

DavidGilbert99 writes "Ahead of a legal battle with Apple, Samsung has begun disabling the local Google search functionality on the international version of the Galaxy S3. This mean S3 owners will no longer be able to search contacts, messages, or other content stored locally on their phones using the in-built Google app. The interesting thing is that Apple has yet to sue Samsung over this feature in the EU or the UK and so it seems as if Samsung is being ultra cautious ahead of the the companies' big court date on Monday next."

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  1. Ugh by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Fuck you, Apple.

    1. Re:Ugh by ZorinLynx · · Score: 5, Insightful

      How is being able to search for something "innovative"?

      Apple shouldn't be able to have a monopoly on obvious features like this.

    2. Re:Ugh by CosaNostra+Pizza+Inc · · Score: 5, Insightful

      I second that. Fuck you, Apple

    3. Re:Ugh by MachDelta · · Score: 5, Insightful

      Edison didn't invent the first incandescent light bulb. Ford didn't invent the automobile. The Wright brothers didn't even invent the first experimental aircraft, they were just the first to get the thing off the ground reliably.
      Jobs is not God, Apple is not good, and you sir are a terrible troll.

  2. didn't i have local search on my Mac years ago? by alen · · Score: 5, Insightful

    oh wait, that's why apple is suing them

    seriously, google had local PC search like 10 years ago with google desktop. apple had it with finder i can't remember when.

    unless samsung has really dumb lawyers that's prior art right there. local search has been on computers since the 1990's

  3. Lawyers Profit by RichMan · · Score: 5, Insightful

    The lawyers profit. It is their game.

    1. Petition for patents on everything.
    2. File Patent lawsuit with billable hours.
    3. Profit.

  4. Re:But... by PopeRatzo · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Is that not an admission of guilt of infringement?

    No, it's an indication that the patent system is completely insane.

    Not only is it NOT encouraging innovation, but it's actually preventing innovations from being used.

    How the hell does a local search infringe on anything. I search locally for my keys every morning. Do I owe Apple something for that?

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  5. Re:pre-emptive stripping by easyTree · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I can tell you that when my awesome, light powerful Samsung phone with a great screen, camera, lots of ram, fast processor etc.. is stripped of features because of Apple's bullshit, Apple have just won themselves a lifelong non-customer.

    Fuck you Apple. I sincerely mean that, you money-grabbing cocksuckers. Make your shitty, locked-in products a reasonable price so that the n00bs that buy them can afford to eat. Pay your employees a decent wage.

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