I made a point earlier about how the two devices are very similar. Even though I did say that, I did want to chime in and point out that, no, I don't think it's going to cause brand confusion. I imagine Apple's just playing to a brand-related and very generalized law.
That said, Apple spent a lot of time and money arriving at the form that they did. Samsung has no business lifting it off them. Let them spend their own money to come up with something, all the other manufacturers did.
Samsung doesn't have their plugs and button/s in the same place as the iPad, and thus, it's not a copy.
Oh, FFS. Twenty five complaints about specific details that Samsung allegedly duplicated and somebody nitpicks the button placement that's more about feel than sight.
Okay, speaking as somebody who owns an iPad, a Tab, and a Touchpad, let me be real clear: It's obvious that Samsung went out of their way to copy the iPad. The 'rounded corners' are basically same radius, unlike the Touchpad which is visibly and unmistakably larger. In other words, all three are rounded corners, yet HP's are distinct The iPad and the Tab have a similar rim around the bezel, made of a similar material with.. not quite the same color but not all that dissimilar either. That rim is flat around the edges, on the Touchpad it's rounded... a bit like a kid's toy I'm sad to say, but it's obvious that it's a form of bumper intended to make it resistant to drop damage. The equivalent material on the touchpad is NOT the same color or the same feel, it's a soft shiny plastic that sadly collects fingerprints, but to the touch is vastly different from Apple and Samsung's offerings.
I could go into more detail, but I think I've made enough of a point. Samsung carbon copied the iPad, which I shouldn't even need to tell you since Samsung's own lawyers couldn't tell the two apart. HP, however, went with a different design, and frankly so did every single other tablet I saw at Best Buy the other day. Meanwhile, I have picked up the Tab thinking I was reaching for the iPad and vice versa. About half the people I work with have iPads. Most of them have seen me walk around with the Tab, and they don't ask about it until the screen comes on and they approach me wanting to know how I made my iPad look so much cooler. Each one surprised that I was actually holding an Android tablet. Never happened once with the TouchPad.
HP and several other companies easily made non-carbon-copied tablets. Samsung's just trying to cover their butts. It really is pathetic. But in light of just how physically similar those two devices are, I'm genuinely surprised it's Apple being roasted over it. At least I take a little comfort in knowing that it's not that easy to get ahold of both devices and see them side by side, something the lawyers and judges have been able to do.
They are suing Samsung because they think or thought they could win.
Yes, that would be because the Tab looks very much like an iPad. You can claim all this precedent stuff all you want, but this lawsuit came a year after.
Your Limbaughian attempt to lay your failings on others is nearly masterful, but you didn't quite hit all the marks. You had to know when you posted this that your disproportionate hostility towards this individual had to imply that there was some sort of sad, deep-rooted story here about some personal tragedy in your life. It made people curious as to what could have happened to make you so bitter. Then you threw in the bit about how this person should learn calculus instead. Ah... well derr, there's a direct line from there to somebody getting a bad grade on their report card. I mean, it's easy to picture. Doesn't really matter if it's true, there just aren't many other obvious reasons for this level of venom. Maybe the love of your life left you for an Editor and your mastery of calculus ripped her back from his evil clutches. That would have been the next likely story somebody would assume was true, but anything else after that would really be too out there to believe.
I'll give you a piece of advice that I try (and admittedly sometimes fail) to follow: Don't hit 'send' or 'submit' while you're gritting your teeth. If you're that uppity about the topic, you're going to attract the sort of attention you're trying to deflect now.
Film editing is a profession that requires both talent and experience. He's developing his abilities towards that goal, and if he can 'polish the turd', so to speak, he'll be able to demonstrate his talent. He could end up doing what he wants for a living.
Basically what I'm trying to say we all know you're not curing cancer, getting us into space, or solving world hunger, so just sit down and shut up.
Battletoads was hard because it was designed poorly.
I'm not sure what your basis for that statement is. Every time I've lost at that game the Toads had done everything I had told them to do. I lost because I didn't order them properly.
There is a distinction there. I've played MANY games where the design really was poor, it was the fault of the game that I couldn't succeed. Maybe jumps had to be too precise. Maybe your path was obscured and required luck to find. Maybe the button presses didn't register at all. I'd go into more detail, but instead I'll suggest finding the 'Angry Video Game Nerd' videos on the internet. (cinemassacre.com) He shows actual poorly-designed games. It's entertaining, although filled with foul language. I will be up front and tell you I am a fan of the show.
Not only is Red Dwarf funny, but it has a practical yet imaginative sci-fi universe to play around in. It does contain some of the content from the TV show, but it is not a novelization of it.
How do you think I feel? Im watching nerds combine ignorance and literalism to criticize without making a point. I don't know what the word is for that, but I know that it inspired a character in the Simpsons.
Uh huh. I remember one time a dude brought a laser pointer to a movie and shined it on the screen during the slideshow. A man stood up and said "If I see that dot on the screen during the movie I'm going to break your arm" Everybody applauded, we saw no laser during the movie.
Meanwhile, your approach is to inconvenience him with one avenue at attack. He learns nothing. Nobody can use those devices, even the ones that do behave. A danger to public safety is created. And, in the end, he meets no resistance to his ass-hatitude.
Neither solution works, come up with another alternative.
We're talking public transportation here. Bitching about it to the rude assholes will likely get you put in the hospital and needing maxiofacial surgery to repair your broken facial bones.
Then it'd probably be better if they were distracted then, huh. Besides, if they're being that annoying, you've got a whole group of people there to stand up to him.
Kids playing gameboys are not annoying.
Right, their parents taught them to behave. Go fig.
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I've heard you lot say that countless times, but I've never actually heard a Mac fanboi say it. Way more annoying.
You can mod my post down if you want, but here are a few facts to keep in mind:
- Samsung's tablet is very similar to the iPad.
- There are a LOT of competing tablets out there.
- Apple has only sued Samsung.
Until Apple takes on a other lawsuit with an existing tablet design, the post I replied to is only a theory, and a shakey one at that.
I made a point earlier about how the two devices are very similar. Even though I did say that, I did want to chime in and point out that, no, I don't think it's going to cause brand confusion. I imagine Apple's just playing to a brand-related and very generalized law.
That said, Apple spent a lot of time and money arriving at the form that they did. Samsung has no business lifting it off them. Let them spend their own money to come up with something, all the other manufacturers did.
Samsung doesn't have their plugs and button/s in the same place as the iPad, and thus, it's not a copy.
Oh, FFS. Twenty five complaints about specific details that Samsung allegedly duplicated and somebody nitpicks the button placement that's more about feel than sight.
Okay, speaking as somebody who owns an iPad, a Tab, and a Touchpad, let me be real clear: It's obvious that Samsung went out of their way to copy the iPad. The 'rounded corners' are basically same radius, unlike the Touchpad which is visibly and unmistakably larger. In other words, all three are rounded corners, yet HP's are distinct The iPad and the Tab have a similar rim around the bezel, made of a similar material with.. not quite the same color but not all that dissimilar either. That rim is flat around the edges, on the Touchpad it's rounded ... a bit like a kid's toy I'm sad to say, but it's obvious that it's a form of bumper intended to make it resistant to drop damage. The equivalent material on the touchpad is NOT the same color or the same feel, it's a soft shiny plastic that sadly collects fingerprints, but to the touch is vastly different from Apple and Samsung's offerings.
I could go into more detail, but I think I've made enough of a point. Samsung carbon copied the iPad, which I shouldn't even need to tell you since Samsung's own lawyers couldn't tell the two apart. HP, however, went with a different design, and frankly so did every single other tablet I saw at Best Buy the other day. Meanwhile, I have picked up the Tab thinking I was reaching for the iPad and vice versa. About half the people I work with have iPads. Most of them have seen me walk around with the Tab, and they don't ask about it until the screen comes on and they approach me wanting to know how I made my iPad look so much cooler. Each one surprised that I was actually holding an Android tablet. Never happened once with the TouchPad.
HP and several other companies easily made non-carbon-copied tablets. Samsung's just trying to cover their butts. It really is pathetic. But in light of just how physically similar those two devices are, I'm genuinely surprised it's Apple being roasted over it. At least I take a little comfort in knowing that it's not that easy to get ahold of both devices and see them side by side, something the lawyers and judges have been able to do.
They are suing Samsung because they think or thought they could win.
Yes, that would be because the Tab looks very much like an iPad. You can claim all this precedent stuff all you want, but this lawsuit came a year after.
Hi DNS-and-BIND,
Your Limbaughian attempt to lay your failings on others is nearly masterful, but you didn't quite hit all the marks. You had to know when you posted this that your disproportionate hostility towards this individual had to imply that there was some sort of sad, deep-rooted story here about some personal tragedy in your life. It made people curious as to what could have happened to make you so bitter. Then you threw in the bit about how this person should learn calculus instead. Ah... well derr, there's a direct line from there to somebody getting a bad grade on their report card. I mean, it's easy to picture. Doesn't really matter if it's true, there just aren't many other obvious reasons for this level of venom. Maybe the love of your life left you for an Editor and your mastery of calculus ripped her back from his evil clutches. That would have been the next likely story somebody would assume was true, but anything else after that would really be too out there to believe.
I'll give you a piece of advice that I try (and admittedly sometimes fail) to follow: Don't hit 'send' or 'submit' while you're gritting your teeth. If you're that uppity about the topic, you're going to attract the sort of attention you're trying to deflect now.
Good luck and have a good weekend.
I always thought those signs were a form of cancer. They're sprouting up all over the place!
Film editing is a profession that requires both talent and experience. He's developing his abilities towards that goal, and if he can 'polish the turd', so to speak, he'll be able to demonstrate his talent. He could end up doing what he wants for a living.
Basically what I'm trying to say we all know you're not curing cancer, getting us into space, or solving world hunger, so just sit down and shut up.
Battletoads was hard because it was designed poorly.
I'm not sure what your basis for that statement is. Every time I've lost at that game the Toads had done everything I had told them to do. I lost because I didn't order them properly.
There is a distinction there. I've played MANY games where the design really was poor, it was the fault of the game that I couldn't succeed. Maybe jumps had to be too precise. Maybe your path was obscured and required luck to find. Maybe the button presses didn't register at all. I'd go into more detail, but instead I'll suggest finding the 'Angry Video Game Nerd' videos on the internet. (cinemassacre.com) He shows actual poorly-designed games. It's entertaining, although filled with foul language. I will be up front and tell you I am a fan of the show.
Yeah! Nuts to all those satellites n'shit they use.
If they don't know it's dead, it isn't dead.
I've found that nerds estimate people's IQ's by what movies they watch.
A few highly anticipated SNES games that used extra memory chips were 75-80 dollars.
FTFY.
Meanwhile, Samsung is busy meticulously measuting the radius of the iPad 3's rounded corners.
Keyboard support on the iPad is just fine.
"Apple unveils Samsung's next tablet!"
Not only is Red Dwarf funny, but it has a practical yet imaginative sci-fi universe to play around in. It does contain some of the content from the TV show, but it is not a novelization of it.
You're replying to the wrong guy, I was talking to the gentleman who didn't understand why the word 'digital' was used in the half-sentence he read.
You're not confused, but it took a literalist conversation about DVD's being digital to arrive at that conclusion?
I'd just like to point out that this is reply number 5 to my post and so far we've only achieved nitpickery.
How do you think I feel? Im watching nerds combine ignorance and literalism to criticize without making a point. I don't know what the word is for that, but I know that it inspired a character in the Simpsons.
Uh huh. I remember one time a dude brought a laser pointer to a movie and shined it on the screen during the slideshow. A man stood up and said "If I see that dot on the screen during the movie I'm going to break your arm" Everybody applauded, we saw no laser during the movie.
Meanwhile, your approach is to inconvenience him with one avenue at attack. He learns nothing. Nobody can use those devices, even the ones that do behave. A danger to public safety is created. And, in the end, he meets no resistance to his ass-hatitude.
Neither solution works, come up with another alternative.
What they mean is disc to a file you can play on your machine.
Being confused about this doesn't actually make you look smart. Just the opposite, actually.
We're talking public transportation here. Bitching about it to the rude assholes will likely get you put in the hospital and needing maxiofacial surgery to repair your broken facial bones.
Then it'd probably be better if they were distracted then, huh. Besides, if they're being that annoying, you've got a whole group of people there to stand up to him.
Kids playing gameboys are not annoying.
Right, their parents taught them to behave. Go fig.
"Warner Brothers has just announced a new 'Disc-to-Digital' program to convert your DVDs into digital files...
It's already digital.
Yeah... here's the rest of the sentence you only got halfway through:
...that you can play on your internet-connected computers.
Ah... now it's all clear!