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Translating Samsung's attempt to discredit iPhone 4S
Following is a translation of Samsung's distributed talking points about the iPhone 4S compared to their Galaxy series of phones.
the AT&T version of the Samsung Galaxy S II has 42% more screen area and Sprint / T-Mobile versions of Galaxy S II have 58% more screen area than the iPhone 4S.
Ignore that screen sizes are all over the place, and rest assured the Galaxy is huge. Hope you have big pockets. And hands.
The Galaxy S II HSPA+ network speeds are at least 50% faster with AT&T 21 MBPS and three times faster with T-Mobile’s 42 MBPS than the iPhone 4S’s 14 MBPS HSPA network.
Our theoretical you-will-never-see-them speeds are faster than their theoretical you-will-never-see-them speeds.
Galaxy S II continues to have the thinnest smartphone design
We're huge, but a millimeter thinner.
Open Ecosystem – Consumers can use the Galaxy S II to buy music from Amazon, Rhapsody, or a variety of other music services, as well as multiple cloud music services supported such as Amazon, Google Music and multiple video chat clients available for use including Google Chat and Skype. The Samsung Galaxy S II is not limited to a single manufacturer’s storefront or app store.
The iPhone uses the #1 music store in the world, Galaxy doesn't.
In short, until we add a cheap Siri knockoff and a few other features for which we'll kipe Apple's icon designs, just ignore the iPhone 4S.
Blowin' in the Fan (with apologies to Bob Dylan)
How many tablet PCs must be built
Before people get that they're wrong?
How many demos must Microsoft give
Propped up by their own dance and song?
And after a decade of failure in this
Do they know that we won't tag along?
The answer my friend is blowin' in the fan
The answer is blowin' in the fan.
Before its best days have gone by?
How many new paradigms can be shown
That much better methods apply?
And how many times to the well will they go
Before seeing it's finally run dry?
The answer my friend is blowin' in the fan
The answer is blowin' in the fan. How many vendors were pulled on a chain
Building tablets unfriendly to hands?
How many failures and misguided tries
Were continued according to plans?
And when will they get the futility of
Shoehorning PCs into cans?
The answer my friend is blowin' in the fan
The answer is blowin' in the fan.
(Inspired by this tidbit about a prototype Windows 8 tablet.)
HTC Acting President Wishes iPhones Were Less Cool
I brought my daughter back to college — she’s down in Portland at Reed — and I talked to a few of the kids on her floor. And none of them has an iPhone because they told me: ‘My dad has an iPhone.’ There’s an interesting thing that’s going on in the market. The iPhone becomes a little less cool than it was.
Did I say "wishes"? My mistake. Here we have a scientific study of a large population by an unbiased source that proves it.
The best thing about Apple's win over Samsung in Germany
"The court is of the opinion that Apple’s minimalistic design isn’t the only technical solution to make a tablet computer, other designs are possible… For the informed customer there remains the predominant overall impression that the device looks [like the iPad]."
The above is from presiding Judge Johanna Brueckner-Hofman in her verdict.
Forget whether you think the tech world is lawsuit-happy. Forget whether you think this is a bad decision. Forget whether you think this is just Germany, and no other country will rule this way. Forget your Apple hate or Samsung/Android love. Forget all that.
Instead, remember the above quote.
It gets old seeing companies copy Apple so fully, and then claim they had no choice because there's no other way to make whatever it is they're making. Of course there is. We're not talking a single function like a volume switch or camera button, but rather an entire product. If Apple used that lazy cop-out, the iPad would have been built like previous Windows tablet designs and failed miserably.
What Apple did was rethink what a tablet could be, and so could anyone else if they choose. It may then be a success or failure, but it wouldn't be a copy.
TVs Are Not Like Smartphones
Yes, there are a lot of problems that need to be solved, but the Macalope doesn’t really see where they’re that much bigger than the ones that supposedly were going to prevent the iPhone’s birth. Maybe it comes out for Comcast at first, like the iPhone with AT&T.
The AT&T iPhone was nationwide in the US, and used a global mobile standard (GSM) so Apple could roll it out in other countries. A Comcast "iTV" would only be regional in the US, and there is no global TV standard so that's as far as it would get.
The carrier problem was one of control (i.e., dictating hardware, features and services), not getting to market. Apple got around the control with an AT&T exclusivity deal (and AT&T making a bold decision), and the rest is history.
The cable company problem is not about control of the hardware, but rather getting it to market. One GSM iPhone covers many markets across the globe, but for an iTV you'd need nearly as many models as there are markets.
I'm not saying the cable company issue is insurmountable, only that it won't be solved the way the carrier problem was. They're not the same problem.
Sony Tablet S Review
Even so, the Tablet S feels more competent than outstanding. For every nice extra feature, there's seemingly another that doesn't quite work the way it's promised, sometimes within the same app. The performance, the screen, the build quality are all good, but not great. The camera is just a mess, too
Yet another vendor releases a tablet before it's ready, and uses weaker components to make the "iPad price" of $499.
This Is One Ugly Rip-Off
Samsung copies Apple's iOS devices quite well, but their PC designers are not as deft.
The accompanying review says the Samsung Series 7's will "rival the Apple Macbook Pros in terms of beauty". Are they blind? This thing looks like the keyboard and palm rest were taken from two different prototypes and then forced to "fit" together.
PCWorld: Windows Laptop Makers Can’t Catch Up to the MacBook Air
Building a better Air - or even just a cheaper one - is proving to be difficult. Those unibody aluminum chassis on MacBooks make them really rigid despite the thin design… Challengers like the Samsung Series 9 have metal bodies, but without the satisfying stiff feel and seamless edges of one carved from a single chuck of alloy.
Looks like PCWorld has discovered Apple's unibody advantage.
