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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.)
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.
Five Stars, When Nobody Else Could Garner Four
While the competition peaks at "about average", Apple passes "better than most" to be "among the best".
Not sure the word "among" is even necessary.
Ouch! Google document proposes giving Motorola time-to-market advantage for Android devices
Here's the text of the highlighted passage:
Do not develop in the open. Instead, make source code available after innovation is complete
- Lead device concept: Give early access to the software to partners who build and distribute devices to our specification (ie, Motorola and Verizon). They get a non-contractual time to market advantage and in return they align to our standard.
Court papers confirm what most people already knew, but what some OEMs (HTC, LG, etc.) were hoping wasn't true. Google intends to give lead time advantage to some hardware makers over others. Yes, the Motorola purchase wasn't just about patents.
Lenovo Releases Samsung Sales Figures
An executive at Android tablet maker Lenovo claims that Samsung sold only 20,000 of the 1m tablets that it shipped last year
Well, there you go.
Next up, Chevy issues Ford vehicle recalls.
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.
Apple's FRAND patent counterclaims against Samsung and Motorola
By contrast, Samsung and Motorola try to shut Apple's products down on the basis of allegedly standards-essential patents, seeking injunctions and (in MMI's case) an ITC import ban regardless of whether Apple might be willing to pay FRAND royalties. Contrary to making a clear distinction as Nokia did, Samsung and Motorola simply lump standards-related and unencumbered patents together as if all patents were the same.
Interesting read about Apple's claims that Samsung and Motorola are abusing their FRAND (fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory) patents.
Especially interesting when you consider that Nokia rightly drew a distinction between the two kinds of patents, and Apple settled with them.
