Samsung: Android's Multitouch Not As Good As Apple's

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Samsung: Android's Multitouch Not As Good As Apple's

Posted by timothy on Friday September 7, 2012 @10:58AM from the when-the-facts-are-on-your-side dept.

itwbennett writes "Hoping to avoid a sales ban in the Netherlands, Samsung has said that Android's multitouch software doesn't work as well as Apple's. Samsung lawyer Bas Berghuis van Woortman said that while Apple's technology is a 'very nice invention,' the Android system is harder for developers to use. Arguing the bizarre counterpoint, Apple's lawyer Theo Blomme told judge Peter Blok, that the Android multitouch isn't inferior and does so infringe on Apple's patent: 'They suggest that they have a lesser solution, but that is simply not true,' said Blomme."

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Re:As good a time as any other by MrEricSir · 2012-09-07 11:02 · Score: 5, Funny

Yeah, but those are *square* icons, you see.

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What's wrong with this picture by puddingebola · 2012-09-07 11:04 · Score: 5, Funny

No, I swear to God, our multitouch sucks, its nowhere as good as Apple's. He's lying your honor, their Samsung multitouch is almost as good as Apple's
New sales pitch... by GrahamCox · 2012-09-07 11:39 · Score: 5, Funny

Samsung: Our phones are WAAAAY crappier than Apple's!
Apple: No they're not, they're just as good!

Bizarro world.
1. Re:New sales pitch... by geekoid · 2012-09-07 11:47 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  And you know what? Samsung will use Apples quote against them in marketing.
  "Apple says our screens are just as good...interesting..did you know our newest phone is 100 dollars less expensive? "
  
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2. Re:New sales pitch... by Anonymous Coward · 2012-09-07 12:36 · Score: 3, Funny
  
  SAMSUNG PHONES: So good yet so affordable they've been banned in 42 countries.
Simply fascinating by theRunicBard · 2012-09-07 11:40 · Score: 5, Funny

We have gotten to the point where Samsung is insisting Android is crap while Apple is insisting it is every bit as good as their technology. Could an actual flying pig be more than a week away?
Are we in opposite land? by subreality · 2012-09-07 12:12 · Score: 5, Funny

I feel like I've fallen into a Monty Python skit.
Vendor A: "I assure you our product inferior to the competition's!"
Vendor B: "Don't believe his lies! His product is every bit as good as ours!"
Something is seriously wrong in the market if we're getting arguments like this.
Re:Well that clears that up by fm6 · 2012-09-07 12:34 · Score: 4, Funny

They just said that to confuse me.
Re:Samsung is right by oakgrove · 2012-09-07 13:39 · Score: 3, Funny

Apple's touch is currently better. I find Android systems (including mine) as having much more trouble figuring out what my touches are supposed to do
That's strange since in my situation I've found it to be precisely opposite. When I'm using my iPad it's mostly for surfing the internet and I almost always have to tap twice on the urlbar before I hit the right spot for it to register. Dead on isn't it for some reason. Other parts of the OS have the same issue but maybe not as bad. Contrast that with my Xoom running Jellybean and the Xoom touches are always just right. My finger touches an element straight on and it hits it. Same with my Galaxy Nexus. Maybe my iPad's defective but it's always been that way since I bought it.

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