Apple scores European ban on Samsung smartphones

[lozcart]

I agree there are only certain ways you can make a square phone/tablet but look how Samsungs designs changed after Apple released products.

http://maypalo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/Samsung-Products-vs-Apple-products.jpg

[Simon]

If you're going to plagiarise, plagiarise from the best. 

[Technical Ben]

I agree. But why fight the wind for blowing when you can use it to power your sails.

[Den]

Microsoft should sue apple for bringing out Safari after all it's a browser and so is IE. 

[Simon]

You call IE a browser? 

[Den]

I call IE9 the best browser 

[Gary]

I call IE9 the best browser 

Its good to be hopeful  Chrome is probably one of the best these days, IE9 is bottom of the pile for standards and speed again  also easily hacked, Chrome and FF are the hardest, Safari is pathetic that way. Opera not sure on.

[pctech]

Safari and Chrome use the same rendering engine, webkit.

[Technical Ben]

I agree there are only certain ways you can make a square phone/tablet but look how Samsungs designs changed after Apple released products.

http://maypalo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/Samsung-Products-vs-Apple-products.jpg

Oh, sorry. I failed to notice. That comparison is flawed. Touch screen v non touch in those pictures. The same applies to any vendor. touch screen has certain requirements, irrespective of style or design. Granted previous to Apple, most touch screen devices had buttons too. Apple proved you could have pure touch, and a customer would not freak out. Or to put it simply, Apple taught people to ride bicycles (touch), everyone else dropped the third wheel (buttons).

I'm not sure you can patent "removing buttons".

[edit]

Here you go. This pre-dates Apple right?! By about 5 years.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HP_Compaq_TC1100

So they can not pull the "you are copying us" card. No one is being copied, except HP!!!

The problem is, this is "TV" style functionality. All TVs are square + black rectangle sides. You cannot go suing another TV company for making the same shape or colour. It's an unavoidable design.

[Glenn]

I have a TC1100 at home, apart from a resistive screen (you need to use the supplied pen) it works fine. All it now does though is run TeamSpeak.

[pctech]

Phones are getting increasingly dull don't you think?

[Rik]

Microsoft should sue apple for bringing out Safari after all it's a browser and so is IE. 

Netscape got there first, Den.

[Glenn]

NCSA Mosaic was Netscapes forerunner 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NCSA_Mosaic

[Rik]

Before my time, Glenn.

[Technical Ben]

That's a relief, we won't blame you for the dreadful graphics!

[Rik]

 

[Lance]

Before my time, Glenn.

Its not often you can say that!! 

[pctech]

Its not often you can say that!! 

He can't, it came out in 1993 

[Rik]

Its not often you can say that!! 

But increasingly true.

[Gary]

Safari and Chrome use the same rendering engine, webkit.

And your point?...Chrome is sandboxed with better security than Safari, Mitch. I mean tin cans are generally made of the same material but that does not mean they all contain beans.

[Gary]

Phones are getting increasingly dull don't you think?

I thought you just got a new one?

[Simon]

I mean tin cans are generally made of the same material but that does not mean they all contain beans.

[Glenn]

They don't have much tin either. 

[Simon]

I'm beginning to think mine's been banned.  The 5 will be out by the time the bleedin' 4S arrives. 

[Lance]

Good things come to those who wait!