Google Warned Samsung Galaxy Tab Was "Too Similar"

Posted by timothy on Friday July 27, 2012 @02:14AM from the word-to-the-wise dept.

tlhIngan writes "Some interesting news has come out of Apple's filings against Samsung. First, Google warned Samsung that their 'P1' (Galaxy Tab) and 'P3' (Galaxy Tab 10.1) tablets were 'too similar' to the iPad. In addition, Samsung's own Product Design Group note it was 'regrettable' that the Galaxy S 'looks similar' to the iPhone. Finally, how designers at a Samsung-sponsored evaluation noted the Galaxy S 'copied the iPhone too much' and 'innovation is needed.' Of course, Samsung has some ammunition of its own, including how Apple copied Sony's designs. In unrelated news, Judge Grewal has sanctioned Samsung for not preserving emails from automatic deletion, even after litigation has begun."

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It's a rectangle. by serviscope_minor · 2012-07-27 02:21 · Score: 4, Interesting

There were featureless rounded corner rectangle tablets before the iPad.
There were touchscreen driven grid of icons phone user interfaces before it iPhone.
Apparently the slide to unlock is so obvious that Apple have to publicly apologise for claiming otherwise.
They're similar because it's an obvious idea which had been done before.

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Re:Again? by CodeHxr · 2012-07-27 02:26 · Score: 5, Interesting

I'm sure that most of us are. It seems that our only recourse, though, is to simply not buy Apple products to show them we disapprove of their actions. Good luck getting the masses to part with their iToys though.