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Samsung: Android's Multitouch Not As Good As Apple's
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."
I live in Canada and iTunes is the only legal and functional way to buy music. Amazon music in Canada? No. Emusic? Yeah right I want to have a limited choice and only buy albums. If Google opened a music store here in Canada I would definitely switch. So what is holding Google back? There are other issues as well. Time Machine is an awesome back up utility, and if you switch computers after one dies, Time Machine restores everything as if it were on your old computer, programs and all. Obviously Windows is not an answer. I don't need to pay $X just to have my computer slowed down and always be behind in the virus/trojan/worm race. Plus, I would never support Microsoft for being who they are. Developer tools are way cheaper on the Mac: $99 a year and you get almost everything you need. Linux: free and I am comfortable with the command line and tweaking such things as the kernel video driver. Either way a Linux or Unix like system is what I am looking for. Is there an alternative to Apple? Or am I stuck with Apple for my desktop only? If I owned a smart-phone I would buy Nexus or Android, but I am not there yet with our expensive data fees in Canada. That goes for Chromebook too.?
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Hmm, I think you're being facetious, but I have to free with your statement. My android has multitouch, and my hp laptop has two-fingered scrolling. But they,re a disastrous implementation and thoroughly unpleasant to use. O the other hand, on the MacBooks and iPads, multitouch is so smooth it's practically minority report. In my opinion.
by noh8rz9 (2716595) on Friday September 07, @08:54PM (#41269447)
Oh, look! It's the "noh8rz" guy that's been steady trolling slashdot over year now. Notice the number 9 at the end. That's because this is the ninth noh8rz account as the rest were modded down to oblivion and he'd just start over with a new one. This guy does nothing but come on here and tell "reasonable sounding" lies. He usually gets by with it on a new account but eventually he can't help his true troll nature and the bullshit gets more and more ridiculous until the -1 mods start raining in. This guy does not have an Android device and has rarely said anything even remotely complimentary to the OS. He is a fake and should be modded and ignored as such.
Mod this noh8rz9 guy down!! He pretends to have an Android device to legitimize his trolling. He is a huge shill and has terrible karma on all the noh8rz{1-8} accounts. The account is an anti-Android mouthpiece and no matter what you are a fan of, nobody likes lies.
oh yeah. i am so sick of this noh8rz douche. this is actually the *tenth* account since the original didn't have a number. i don't know which relationship management agency is paying this guy but i'd bet my bottom dollar it is waggener edstrom as this is their style to a t. notice microsoft and the bill gates foundation are their clients. anybody that falls for this guys shit reccomendations is as dumb as fuck