



I. Does D'889 Grant Apple a Monopoly?


Apple D'889 patent




II. UK Judge Rejects Design Infringement Claims




Galaxy Tab v. iPad
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Source: Bloomberg

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RE: Dear Apple...
By Motoman on 7/9/2012 9:34:10 PM , Rating: 5
Nope, don't believe you. There has never been, and in all likelihood never will there be again, a brand that commands that kind of zombie-ish herd mentality other than Apple. Sony was never even close to that...I have no idea where you even came up with that.

RE: Dear Apple...
By sprockkets on 7/9/2012 10:53:34 PM , Rating: 3
At least sony made good products in the day, like the trinitron and walkman. AND they featured good sound quality. Remember MEGA Bass?

Memories :)

RE: Dear Apple...
By Pirks on 7/10/2012 12:14:20 AM , Rating: 2
At least sony made good products in the day
At least Apple does outstanding products RIGHT NOW, unlike Sony. I played with Retina MBP at the local Apple store last Friday - man what a craftsmanship! PC industry will never produce anything like that until next year, that's if we are very lucky. Such a thin, light and long lasting laptop with such a screen and other top notch internals... man if I were an OS X fanatic like Tony :)))

RE: Dear Apple...
By BZDTemp on 7/10/2012 7:51:01 AM , Rating: 2
They still make good products.

Cameras, TV's, Hifif, laptops, walkmans... and also lots of pro gear.

Sony learned from their mistakes and their stuff is a lot more open to widely used standards than Apple and Microsoft for that matter.

Look at the PS3 vs. the XBOX 360. The PS3 comes with instructions and software tools needed to swap the hard drive to any standard 2.5" SATA drive with the 360 one has to buy from Microsoft at a huge premium. With the PS3 you can use PC gear like keyboards, steering wheels as well as pretty much any Bluetooth headset while with the 360 it's all bespoke 360 gear....

RE: Dear Apple...
By Mint on 7/11/2012 11:14:02 AM , Rating: 2
I hate Apple's tactics and will probably never buy one of their products, but you can't make a blanket statement like that.

The iPod destroyed every MP3 player with its UI, and Apple used its might to drag the childish recording industry by the ear into the digital age with iTunes. MacBooks are generally overpriced, but it took ages for a PC to come out that was as light/powerful/affordable as the MacBook Air. The iPhone took a bunch of existing ideas and put it into a cohesive package, creating the modern smartphone before anyone else. Now we're seeing their buying power changing the direction of the display industry away from 100% cost reduction to one that puts a little effort into image quality.

So long as the courts keep rejecting Apple's anti-competitive behavior, the tech industry has benefited greatly from Apple's existence.

RE: Dear Apple...

RE: Dear Apple...
By TakinYourPoints on 7/10/12, Rating: -1
RE: Dear Apple...
By Cheesew1z69 on 7/10/2012 10:33:43 AM , Rating: 2
Again, garbage to you , and thank god, you aren't everyone.

Apologists who excuse away
Everything Apple does.....

Mactards are annoying but fandroids have lived in a complete state of denial for years , its amazing.
No, they really haven't...

RE: Dear Apple...
By TakinYourPoints on 7/10/2012 4:43:44 PM , Rating: 2
Sure they do, they'll still claim Gingerbread is a good mobile OS. Really funny

RE: Dear Apple...
By nafhan on 7/10/2012 5:32:07 PM , Rating: 2
2.2 for about 6 months and 2.3 for the past year. Since I haven't really had any complaints in regards to the OS, I guess I'd be one of those crazy people who calls it good.

I do hear that I'm missing out on a LOT of smoothness...

RE: Dear Apple...
By Cheesew1z69 on 7/10/2012 9:33:47 PM , Rating: 2
4.i is amazingly smooth :)

RE: Dear Apple...
By Cheesew1z69 on 7/10/2012 9:35:09 PM , Rating: 2

RE: Dear Apple...
By Reclaimer77 on 7/10/2012 11:04:23 AM , Rating: 1

RE: Dear Apple...
By BillyBatson on 7/10/2012 3:49:22 AM , Rating: 2
I agree with you that Sony never had the zombie following that Apple does... But there was a time without Samsung, withou LG, and a bunch of others... A time when Sony did rule as the electronic brand of choice! When I was younger everyone had to have a Sony tv, Walkman, portable cd player, Sony surround systems, the MiniDisc (yes it was generally a flop but when it was first out there wasn't anything better), DVD players, later on their laptops eapecially the 11-13" models, and eventually the playstation....
All that is over now, but in the 80's and 90's whether you wanted the best or just to feel cool, Sony was the brand of choice. At that time if you said some company called Samsung would surpass Sony in quality and brand perception no one would have believed you.
Eventually the same will happen to apple the only question is whether that will be the end of brand worship or if we will be addicted to a much worse blood sucking brand.

RE: Dear Apple...
By Tony Swash on 7/10/12, Rating: -1
RE: Dear Apple...
By karlostomy on 7/11/2012 5:14:46 AM , Rating: 2
Apple sells the top selling handsets

Please can you post the most recent evidence where an apple handset has sold the most?
I think you are telling porkies.
Prove me wrong.

Apple is doubling in size every year

From what I have seen, Apple growth is slowing down, while the competition is catching up.

You seem to be fond of making vacuuous statements.
Where is the evidence?
The onus is on you.

