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Galaxy Tab Sales Ban Lifted, Samsung Sues Apple Over iPhone 5
another random user sends this quote from the BBC:
"A temporary sales ban on Samsung Electronics' Galaxy Tab 10.1 tablet computer in the U.S. has been lifted by a U.S. court. District Judge Lucy Koh gave a court order rescinding a ban on U.S. sales that was part of a patent dispute with Apple. ... The ban on the Galaxy Tab 10.1 had been placed before a month-long patent trial between Apple and Samsung. In August, at the conclusion of that trial Apple was awarded a victory on many of its patent violation claims where it said Samsung had copied Apple's iPhone and iPad designs. It was also awarded more than $1bn (£664m) in damages. However, the jury found that Samsung had not violated the patent that was the basis for the ban on the sale of the Galaxy Tab 10.1. Samsung, therefore, argued for the sales ban to be lifted."
Samsung also went on the offensive against the iPhone 5 today, filing a motion to add the device to its ongoing patent infringement suit against Apple. Meanwhile, on another front, some good news for Apple: Motorola Mobility, owned by Google, has withdrawn its second complaint against Apple to the ITC. The complaint was filed in August over patent infringement claims involving several minor features. No explanation has been provided for the withdrawal, but Google indicated there was no agreement between the companies.
So if the Apple Fanboy is a cunt....
....then the Fandriod is a cunt currently experiencing the symptoms of a yeast infection.
OK seriously. I picked Apple because Apple was "first" in the smartphone space - and when I say "smartphone" I mean "I had a busted iPod, shitty BlackBerry, and just moved to a new city and needed some form of GPS, so instead of buying 3 different devices I bought one". If Andriod was first, I likely would have gone that way.
Now, 4 years later? I've spent too much money in apps, and have too many Apple iOS devices in my household as a whole to really consider switching unless Andriod came out with some massive OMG I HAVE TO HAVE THIS!!! feature - which to date, they have not done.
That said, I have no issue with Andriod, and quite bluntly some of the Andriod devices are fucking beautiful too. My co-worker just got a S3, and that's a fucking NICE device. I don't post anti-Andriod bullshit in every Andriod article I read.
Pick the fucking device that works for you. Who really gives a fuck what someone else purchases? Do you really have that much free fucking time on your hands that you want to insult every person who doesn't pick the same as you?
No matter what...if you're a closed-minded cunt, then you fucking fail...whether at IT or life. Being evengelical about either platform makes you the same as the asshat hardcore religious fundamentalist, blindly shouting their so-called "truth", ignorant to the reality of the world.