free access to solutions without any need for maintenance is the imaginary world. The imaginary world lived by those who contributes to the global climate change.
Jobs references a quote from Picasso and states, “Good artists copy, great artists steal. And we have always been shameless about stealing great ideas.”
Why does an 18 month old Macbook Pro battery DIE???? They have acknowledged it is defective on the telephone but won't replace it at no cost. Told me it would be UNFAIR to warranty holders within the 1 year time. WHAT THE HELL IS FAIR ABOUT SELLING A DEFECTIVE PRODUCT AND NOT HONOURING AND TAKING RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE PROBLEM. FIRST MAJOR DISAPPOINTMENT WITH APPLE! Not feeling very friendly toward Apple or america today. I agree with you 100%... Apple is now showing that Ugly American Face.
@globalman It's guaranteed for 12 months, not 18. They have no obligation to support you after that time, unless you bought Apple Care before the first 12 months was up. Why do you feel so entitled to something you're not entitled to? Shit breaks, it's not a question of if but of when. You just got unlucky and it broke far sooner than it's normally rated to. Look on eBay for replacement batteries and swap it out yourself. It isn't hard, but it voids your warranty, but that ins't a problem lol.
Thank you. I do not feel entitled to anything actually. I accept your reprimand. I come from a generation when companies took pride in their products as principle and valued their customers. No longer the case. I switched to Mac 2009 after 21 years with non Apple computers. I like the Mac but for me a big investment and unwise given new info I learn about Apple & the tech advances of other companies. The thousands of $, € etc are not really justified given the truth of the technology. Cheers
it's more convenience to be able to copy word, excel , music, movies, to a card from the tablet to the computer instead of always relying on itunes. Jobs just don't want to give you that freedom to expand . Apple fans are just blindsided since they have money to give away. This is the reason why APPLE is still at a niche market and hated by the rest of the more techie community. This is also why there's a big black market community that jailbreak the ipad to give the people that freedom.
@DJTEVAdotCOM It has nothing to do with "freedom", it's security for one, and it's not a mass storage device, it's a multimedia tablet computer aimed mostly at consumption (I hate that term) of media. Use something like Dropbox if you want to move stuff around without iTunes. When iCloud launches this will be even less of an issue because they're opening the API's up to developers, so they can integrate it into their apps so you can access it anywhere with a browser and a net connection.
@TalesOfWar I am just telling from my own experience. I am writing this on my work 15 inch MacBook Pro btw. And I don't find it to be super exceptional worth paying 900 EURs extra. It crashed on me few times as many computers do. For me it is just a normal computer.
For those who want to know what's actually going on with Samsung and Apple, go here bit . ly / hNlq0L
It's a link to the article Nilay Patel wrote for This is my Next... that explains very well why Apple is suing Samsung, and explains that it is NOT just a patent issue, but trade dress.
$39 smart cover for ipad2, hdmi out connection $29 when it can be abuilt in, ...alot of the ipad accessories are high priced. They could easily add a built in mini sd card but they did not because it cause $100 more for a plus 16 gig upgrade while it cost only $30 with a 16 gig add on. When u have money spend u don't notice little things charge to profit.
@DJTEVAdotCOM Why build it in when most won't need it? That's $29 more the consumer has to pay for something they won't use. If you need it, buy it. You don't have to buy the Smart Covers. SD is VERY VERY VERY VERY slow compared to NAND Flash, and seriously, who the hell carries around a bunch of SD cards for their devices? Apart from cameras, the practicality of it is pretty stupid.
I am just tired of their crybaby act all the time. As Dave said you are getting the same specs computer for more money. And once you buy it for so much money you will not complain so you don't look stupid, the only choice you have is to say everybody how cool it is and what a good decision it was to buy it. Buy a high-end asus with the same specs and brushed aluminum finish for 900 EUR instead of apple for 1800 EUR. The difference in quality does not equal difference in price at all.
@daftpunk9050 The ASUS doesn't come with OSX, which is a major factor in buying a Mac. Most people don't buy computers based on a spec sheet, they buy them based on what software they run. Why the hell should you care what other people spend THEIR money on anyway? It's their choice. I'm still FAR happier with my "overpriced" MacBook Pro than I am with my custom built PC running Windows. Compared to Windows, OSX is far nicer to use and lets me do more in less time. Well worth the extra.
Apple have always protected it's IP. This is no different. Just because they're stupidly rich doesn't mean they should let things slide. Steve Jobs said as much at All Things D. This also has NOTHING to do with patents, it's a TRADE DRESS issue. Samsung Mobile is a separate entity from the rest of Samsung too. They have to bid against Apple and others for components and get no preferential treatment. If Samsung stopped their supply, they'd lose 10s of billions in termination frees.
i love the iPod. I love the MacBook Pro, but why do they have this stupid case. iPhone made the smartphone that we known it, so why can't apple also be proud of the tablet world that will exist in the furture...
@Jonasvaage Have you looked at some of Samsungs products that compete with the iOS devices? They look VERY similar. And it's not just the device itself, it's the UI too. Their phone UI layer on top of Android was clearly iOS inspired. It looks almost identical to iOS before version 4 came out. It's not just those either, it's the way they package them. The boxes look very similar, the adverts look very similar. The thing as a whole is far too similar than it should be. Look up "Trade Dress".
@TalesOfWar - Maybe so, but then Apple totally ripped-off the Android notification system for iOS 5 & portrayed it as a brand-new idea when it was nothing of the sort...
Everybody "borrows" (read => steals) from everybody...
@MrDavidHarrison Apple never portrayed the notifications as a brand-new idea, the tech media and public did that, just like it's them who hype everything before release when all Apple do is announce it on the day and launch it then and there (or a week or so later). They're implemented different anyway beyond the swipe down gesture when you get into them and there's only so many ways you can do it.
@TalesOfWar - "Apple never portrayed the notifications as a brand-new idea" Certainly made it sound like they were saying "we've created a new system" when demonstrating it at WWDC '11, maybe it was just deliberately misleading wording, but that's still dishonest
"They're implemented different anyway beyond the swipe down gesture when you get into them" Not that differently
But, as you say "there's only so many ways you can do it" hence why Apple's claim against Samsung is spurious at best ;-)
@MrDavidHarrison No it isn't. Samsung didn't just copy/take influence (however you want to word it) from one thing. They used many many of the same elements found in iOS devices. Even the boxes look similar.
@Person43248390 apple did invent the tablet the iPad was the very first and I'm not sure about the smart phone however the 1st iPhone revolutionised smart phones
@mdbig23 Apple didn't invent the tablet, neither the smartphone, get your facts right. FGS! they didn't invent the mouse or the GUI they stole it from Xerox. They're just trolls.
@tehgesto Apple DID NOT STEAL THE FUCKING MOUSE AND GUI FROM XEROX! It must just be PURE coincidence that at the same time they were developing their own version, pretty much the whole PARC team somehow ended up working for Apple, and XEROX all of a sudden had a huge number of shared get purchased by Apple? How freaky? No. Apple paid XEROX, they got the rights to use it. Their resulting mouse and GUI were nothing like XEROX's. The XEROX mouse cost thousands for one, Apple engineered it to $15.
@TalesOfWar - Apple didn't steal the GUI/mouse system from Xerox, but they didn't invent it at the same time as them either; Xerox alone invented it & then Apple *bought* it from them for a comically small amount (due to the Xerox board of directors not seeing the potential in it).
Even Steve Jobs has said in interviews how amazed he was by the revolutionary idea when he first saw it at Xerox...
@MrDavidHarrison I never said they invented or developed it at the same time. I said they saw what XEROX were doing, saw the massive potential in it, then paid them for it by investing in their stock and hiring the team that made it. They then went back to the drawing board and used their concepts to create something much more refined than what they saw at their visit to PARC.
@TalesOfWar - Ok, I miss-read your post; but the fact remains that Apple didn't invent the GUI or the mouse like is commonly claimed by Apple iFans...
To give them the credit because they bought it while in its development stages would be like me buying a painting & then saying I painted it because I put it in a frame & hung it on a wall. You can buy the patent for a technology, but you can't buy the creative credit for its inception!
@MrDavidHarrison They did though. They hired the people who came up with the idea and developed it. the XEROX board didn't grasp just what it was they had, and let it pass them by, along with the talent that created it. I don't think most Apple fans think they invented them, it's mostly the haters who say they STOLE it, which they didn't. They sure as hell popularised it and improved it though. Apple have a knack for seeing great potential in things and implementing them in ways others don't.
@TalesOfWar - Well, I suppose - technically - you could say it was invented by Apple employees; & the fact that Apple hired them does show forward thinking
But Apple still *does* steal some ideas. Like AirDrop, which started-off as a rejected iOS App (on security grounds), and then cropped-up in Lion... They didn't even change the icon the original developer created for it! Even if his App *was* insecure & they added-in security, it was still *his* idea & he should get credit (& money) for it!
@MrDavidHarrison Not really. He used Apple's icons actually. He just combined them. Who's to say they weren't doing this already? Nobody knows what they're developing until they tell us. The rejected app was obviously a security issue because it used private API's and accessed parts of the system the developer agreement says you shouldn't. Why should get get any credit for something they were likely doing anyway? And who's to say he wasn't paid if it actually was his idea? Which is unlikely.
@MrDavidHarrison The app you're thinking of wasn't AirDrop by the way, it's WiFi Syncing (I already posted this comment but it isn't showing up for some reason! YouTube FAIL! lol). The guy used a sync icon around a WiFi icon. Hardly obvious... oh wait it is! That's why the Apple icon is more or less the same, because it's a sync icon around a WiFi icon. The guy used the Apple version of the WiFi icon too by the way.
@tehgesto Apple revolutionised the smartphone market, and the relationship between the carriers and the handset makers. People seem to be completely ignorant of the world before 2007. Apple didn't invent the tablet now, but they revolutionised it's use and actually made one people wanted to use. They realised that you need to make an interface and OS FOR the input method, that of touch, not try and jury rig a desktop OS made for keyboard and mouse onto a touch only device like MS did... & failed
Samsung blatantly ripped off apple, if you cannot see that you're just an android fanboy. Acer also blatantly ripped off Apple, of you cannot see that you are retarded. Apple spends billions in R&D each year, these companies are the greedy bastards who use apple's hard work for their own products. Apple has every right to sue them. They are a bunch of corporate assholes that must be stopped and punished accordingly. It's a shame people can't see this and can only see the world through their ant
@CooCurrent no, they did not. Xerox PARC's STAR OS looked nothing like Apple's Mac OS. They basically took the idea of a GUI and made one themselves. Xerox wasn't planning to do anything with their OS, while apple saw that it could change the world. It's like Ford making a car and then chevy also making a car that's very different from it, but yet technically the same thing- a car
@rahmanroni Under trade mark and trade dress laws they have the rights to use these things in conjunction with one another and nobody else can. They don't have exclusive rights to just one element, but a combination of these several elements. These elements together are what give Apple their distinct look and feel over the competition. This is why Samsung is being sued. Their products used too many of the same combined elements and ended up looking too similar to Apple products.
Folks, stop dwelling on what (young) Apple did over 20yrs ago. The Apple of today comes up with near "perfect" design for it's products and they are way ahead in the game. So far ahead that other companies play catchup. But the more they keep chasing after this "perfect" design, the more their products start looking like Apple's products.
if pc manufacturers used materials of the same quality and built the pc's with the same careful and caring ingenuity and build quality put into macs, they would cost just as much. you get what you pay for. i'd rather pay a few hundred more for a mac with the same specs as a cheaper, bargain bin pc. plus just being able to run os x is worth the price difference in and of itself (to me.) but hey if you just need a computer to surf the web and email etc, then sure save a few bucks.
@RSmith9512 When PC manufacturers do this they actually cost more than Macs lol. Apple can't be beaten in the high end for price. They buy in such bulk that economy of scale is almost always on their side, so the competition simply can't match or beat their prices.
MMOTotal. Wow! Are you that big of a tool? Just because something is thin and light does NOT mean it is a copy. Your sticking up for a multi billion dollar company that doesn't give a shit about you. Stop being a fanboy and get out of your little apple bubble.
@marco95664ever How is that in any way relevant? Surely it makes Samsung look even more pathetic that they can't come up with their own ideas and instead have to "borrow" from a much younger company? If pretty much every other company can come up with unique looking designs that don't mirror so closely the Apple designs, why can't Samsung? They're supposed to be one of the consumer electronics powerhouses of the world.
I'll tell you why. Apple are doing what some here call "patent troll's" - in my eyes they are just protecting what they worked so hard to create. Have you seen that new Acer Ultrabook ? - hate to say this but what a Macbook Air ripofff (minus the apple logo) - I am in favour of protecting design and this is what Apple are doing now, i wouldn't want to create something then some copy-cat company with no inovation comes and steals it.
its weird that apple are sueing these companys yet rely on them for hardware parts apple only design and build computers and mobile devices they buy most of the parts from other companies to make them in china build by the chinese and not the usa.
@kreamywhip Just because someone makes parts for you (and EVERY OTHER COMPANY MAKING THE SAME PRODUCTS ON THE PLANET) doesn't give them the right to rip off your designs that you've spent years and billions of dollars researching and developing. Samsung is split into several companies. Their manufacturing division is separate from their Mobile Division and their TV/Home Goods division and so on. They all have to submit bids along with external companies (like Apple) to get components.
What I think is that other companies wait for products from other companies (apple) to release thing that become popular. Then they try to copy it and say it's better because they tweak small things.
@mrgamerpro360 Not just that, but they're also letting Apple spend all the money on the market research and the R&D too. If it takes off, it's easier to do something that already exists and put your spin on it than it is to be the first, and spend billions developing it and seeing if the market is there for it. It's good business, but it's being a follower and not a leader, and the world needs more leaders.
I'm mainly pissed because people always say apple products are stupid and overpriced (ie IPad, iPhone, Macbook air) and then other companies down the line in a couple years copy them and say there's is marvelous, when it's really not. And it's definitely no coincidence that the products look almost identical to Apple's. The market would be nowhere withot them.
APPLE is already a BIG BROTHER. They built great products but Jobs wall garden is beginning to bite him back in the ass. He just think consumers are just stupid and never pick his devious plan of accessories upsale.
I'd rather Apple simply made products which were priced more fairly. I know for what you get the prices aren't THAT bad, but still! I would prefer if Apple didn't try to kill the competition. Competition is good, good for the consumer even more so. It would be better if Apple would improve their devices and make them BETTER rather than destroying competition. I;m talking about things in their devices that they omit. A camera would've be SO easy to add to iPad 1, but they didn't, etc.
@CooCurrent APPLE is all about offering less and making you think you get more. This way you always come back when they have the next generation of whatever they spit out.
@DJTEVAdotCOM Or maybe people buy their stuff because they like it? Oh no, that clearly can't be the case, it has to be some kind of brainwashing and only a select few people are blessed with the ability to see through this shared! Grow up. People buy what they want to buy, either because it's within their budget and does what they need, or because they want something that's made and designed well and they think it's worth THEIR money. Apple is popular because of quality products.
@CooCurrent Apples products are better than the competition. It's been almost two years since the iPad came out and there's nothing on the market that even comes close to the first gen in overall experience. The only thing that killed the iPad was the iPad 2. Same happened with the iPhone. It took 3 years for the competition to catch up, and the iPhone 4 is still among (if not still) the best phone on the market and it's almost two years old. What you want isn't comp, but cheaper Apple stuff.
@CooCurrent I agree that APPLe is quality products but alot of people don't see the smoke screen APPLE do to their fans...providing quality products but charges high prices on accessories. I guess it doesn't matter to these people because they have have the money to spend.
@DJTEVAdotCOM What accessories are you referring to? Most are made by third parties. If you mean things like mice and keyboards then the prices aren't all that bad considering what they are. Apple keyboards may look flimsy in photo's, but trust me, they're not. You could bludgeon someone with one of them and it'll still be in one piece and work lol. For what you get, pretty much everything sells is fairly priced, they just look high because other companies make cheap crap (emphasis on crap).
Apple is the new Microsoft. they are trying to gain a monopoly in the mobile computing market so they don't have to actually come out with anything new. People will simply have to buy the newer products because business and consumers will be dependant on them.
@ljscott1990 You're kidding right? Apple is anything but MS. Apple release new better things no matter if competition exists or not. Look at the iPod. They update them EVERY YEAR, yet the competition in that market may as well not exist for what it's worth. They hold no monopolies. They may have a sizable share of a market, but they're not a monopoly. Also they don't use their position to force you to use their stuff. Apart from Apps on iOS, you can get all other content from where you like.
They have a monopoly on music. The ipod classic hasn't been updated in 2 years because nothing competes against a high storage, simplistic media player. Umm... Yeah, don't force you to use their staff.... Think of how many applications have been rejected from their app store simply because they want you to use their app rather than a third party software. Apple is also the worlds largest seller of mobile computing devices and that's straight Jobs at an apple keynote.
@ljscott1990 lol no they don't. They have the largest share of digital music stores, but they're not a monopoly. There's plenty of competition out there. They haven't updated the Classic for 2 years because there's nothing they can update on it. They may do it this year because there's a bigger hard drive in the same form factor on the market. Apple haven't rejected all that many apps. The ones they've rejected were buggy, used private API's, infringed copyright or didn't do as they said.
If you don't think itunes is a monopoly I think you should reconsider. The ipod classic could have the same form factor but use flash memory instead making more thin, lighter and more durable. Your comments regarding the app store are fanboy as they come. Opera wasn't allowed for ages, firefox is still not in the app store because of apple. Google voice and other apps were simply removed because "they duplicated functionality". This is not copyright infringement.
1 the exclusive possession or control of the supply or trade in a commodity or service: his likely motive was to protect his regional monopoly on furs.
• [ usu. with negative ] the exclusive possession, control, or exercise of something: men don't have a monopoly on unrequited love.
• a company or group having exclusive control over a commodity or service: areas where cable companies operate as monopolies.
@ljscott1990 Flash storage is VERY expensive. Using it in the Classic would make it cost around $600 for the same storage.
Google Voice was rejected because it replaced core functionality (placing calls) and used private API's (which is against the rules) and sent all of the users data back to Google servers without ever asking (which is also against the rules). Many apps have tried such things, they were rejected too. Google doesn't get a free pass because they're Google, nor should they.
Damn the Goa'uld! Yeah I really think there is some real copyright infringement going on. Mac's are selling as a quarter of all computers sold so others are trying to catch the wave. Look at the dell xps rip-off of the MBP. Everyone is "attempting" to make successful tablets and smart phones that are complete and obvious rip-offs. Not to even mention all the windows rip-offs. I like Acer though, I just wish that they would create their own success instead of trying to steal someone Apple's.
Today, we celebrate the first glorious anniversary of the Integration/Simplification Directives. We have created, for the first time in our history, a garden of pure iDeology — within which users must swoon, secure from the pests purveying contradictory truths.
Our patent fixation, of course, is more powerful a weapon than any fleet or army on earth. We are Steve’s people, with Steve’s will, Steve’s resolve, Steve’s cause.
@MrDavidHarrison If you think any other company doesn't horde patents as a defensive measure then you're sadly delluded. Look at who's suing who. Almost everyone in the tech industry is suing each other. This is business as usual, it's nothing new. It happens all the time in pretty much any industry. Google is notably absent from the list because they have next to no patents with which to defend themselves. That's why they've been desperately trying to buy them and go Moto for theirs.
What i hate about people who criticize apple's prices is that they only concider the specs of the inner components. Sure, you could get a laptop with the same internals as the 13-inch MBP for much cheaper, but i doubt you'll find one that also has an aluminum unibody chassi, a backlit keyboard, huge multi-touch trackpad, a magsafe power adapter, thunderbolt ports (and the best OS) e.t.c. for a better price.
not too long ago samsung and motorolla were trying to sue apple for patent violations. so i'm not surprise they want to get more money from those companies.
Apple is starting to becomes a terrible monster. Their quality is dropping, prices are inflating, and all they ever do is sue sue sue and patent and then sue some more. I expect that in 10 years time, they will be the next Microsoft - relying on shady business tactics and ignoring their products.
@PoliticalHell Microsoft was always shady and relied on dodgy business tactics. Apple's prices have actually been getting lower and lower for many years. Their quality is maybe not quite as good as it once was, but it's still superior to the competition. Suing is how capitalism works. It's always been this way, it'll always be this way unless the whole system is changed. People don't seem to realise this is nothing new or different, Apple just gets noticed because they're so popular right now.
@TalesOfWar I don't know about lower prices. All computers are getting very cheap lately, and Apple seems to be the only company who doesn't lower the prices. They might buff the hardware, but that doesn't count as cheaper than 2 years ago since everyone else also buffed their hardware.
Apple is noticed because they're over-doing it a bit, don't you think? Of course companies will sue each other, but Apple seems to do it more often than any other.
@PoliticalHell Apple sell premium machines. They're cheaper than the competition when you get to real apples to apples comparisons with build quality and all the little extras you get. PC OEM's just can't compete with Apple at the high end when it comes to price. They don't need to lower the prices anyway. People clearly see their prices as worth paying. They don't care about volume, they care about quality and profit margins. PC's only competitive edge is it's price, there's so many of them.
@TalesOfWar Okay, let's get the facts straight. Apple's profit margin per Mac is something around 600%. Keep in mind that the hardware isn't supreme (usually lower-end processors/video cards), custom Apple batteries, and it's all made in China. Build quality isn't exceptional either. There are "cheap plastic" PCs, but if you search, you can find PCs that are just as well-made, maybe even better. Apple ignores ergonomics completely. I own a $2400 MBP, it's not all that - and it's weak as hell.
That's not saying it isn't worth paying extra to get away from Windows - goodness knows, that's a huge encouragement all by itself, and OS X holds up very well - but as far as hardware goes, you are only lying to yourself if you think the pricing is fair for what you get.
@PoliticalHell Pricing is fair for what you get. You get a beautifully designed and crafted machine that's designed from the ground up for ease of use and functionality that integrates with the software almost effortlessly (I say almost as of course sometimes it doesn't work as planned lol). Once you go into the premium range of Windows OEM systems that are competing with the Macs, they lose. Apple beat them on price, build quality and even specs 9 times out of 10. Macs are premium systems.
@TalesOfWar You get a beautiful sharp-edged ergonomic-free brick with only 2 USB ports and fans as loud as vacuum cleaners, you mean (referring to a Macbook Pro, since that's what I actually own). I'm not saying it's bad, it has its own elegant appeal, but you're sounding like a commercial, honestly. And what does "premium" mean, anyway? If it means show-off value over actual comfort and practicality, then you're right. I love my Mac, but it's worth half - if even - its market price.
@PoliticalHell Really? Imagine that you worked on a new product you invented for years, spent all your savings making it better and suddenly you see your neighbor selling an identical product, because he saw you build it and stole the idea from you. How would you feel??? The quality is not dropping. And the prices are lowering.
@man444utd Seeing as I am not am not making billions of dollars of profit from my invention, I'm not sure how that applies. Besides, these aren't "identical" products. These are ideas that nobody should own - like the way touch screens register your touches. If Apple had their way, they would have copyright claims to the idea of touchscreen phones, and nobody would be allowed to make them.
And yes, their quality is not what it used to be, and their prices haven't changed.
@PoliticalHell Apple actually have pretty much all the patents on modern capacitive touch screens. They just choose not to sue people over them because they know there's very few other ways you can practically achieve such things. They sue when negotiations behind the scenes can't be worked out, like the Samsung case. This has NOTHING to do with patents, it's TRADE DRESS, there is a difference, and so far two courts in two countries have agreed with Apple, at least up to now.
@TalesOfWar Yeah, they just chose out of the goodness of their heart not to sue anyone, right? Come on, Apple has great ideas, I'll give them that, but if you invent something - like shattering windshields - you can't except to monopolize it and not allow anyone else to use the idea. Looks and etc. too; Why did Google buy Motorola? Because there was no way to start in the market now, since Apple would just claim all Google's ideas as their own.
Also, if Apple pays for the patents, they have every right to sue. Many people don't understand that ALL coma pies are greedy. Their one and only goal is to make money. Apple, at the moment, is really, really good at making money. If someone tries to copy a patent.........OF COURSE THEY HAVE EVERY RIGHT TO SUE. From what I hear, they seem to be winning too, so it looks like they made the right call.
Semi-faceless? That's a joke, Steve Jobs is Apple. I'm also willing to bet he will always be the face of Apple just like Bill Gates is still the face of Microsoft to the general public.
i honestly think that Samsung it's trying to play it safe and some of their designs are indeed waay too similar to the iphone and iPad.. i mean you're samsung and there is millions of other designs you can come up with..
it's been a few phones already that look like the iPhone 3gs and now even iphone 4 so imo it's good to let companies know to stop copying and start coming up with your own shit.
I guess suing is the only way to do that now a days.
glad u finally voiced your opinions on apple. ive been apple blocking every piece of hardware and software i buy. i dispise apple. really i do. and microsoft for all their patent lawsuits too. copyright and patent laws are way outa touch. up until just 2 wks ago it was still illegal to copy music from a bought cd to ur mp3 player!!!! COME ON!!! The laws are useless. have a banana.
apple is right to to take those companys to court there violated apples patents and apple make products for those who want to spend money on something that looks good and works well
@m4kk393 At the end of the day, Apple really took the GUI from Xerox. Although they technically didn't steal it, it wasn't exactly their idea as such.
Obviously they are copying Apple..you'd have to be an idiot not to notice that. Even the way they have pictured their version of the Macbook Air is the same as Apple. And to finish it off...we wouldn't be drawing comparisons between their products and Apples products if we didn't really think they were similar...
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lucase62 1 week ago
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comegetsome101 3 months ago
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bong007able 4 months ago
Copyright
kekunawala 5 months ago
correction, the court exist in real world...
free access to solutions without any need for maintenance is the imaginary world. The imaginary world lived by those who contributes to the global climate change.
Melki 5 months ago
Jobs references a quote from Picasso and states, “Good artists copy, great artists steal. And we have always been shameless about stealing great ideas.”
Warrantti 5 months ago
Well I see that the Apple troll TalesofWar is back spreading his vast knowledge with his typical "macs are better. blah blah blah" routine.
Did he really say that Mac's beat premium OEM PC's that they compete with??
Ignorance at its finest.
ShepperdOneill 5 months ago
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itradelive 5 months ago
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globalman 6 months ago
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globalman 6 months ago
think different , think linux
MalpaPL 6 months ago 7
Apple is going insane, did they copyright the rectangle or something?
TheWHarlan 6 months ago 13
@TheWHarlan they even copyright boxes... lol
Grippen98 2 months ago
Why does an 18 month old Macbook Pro battery DIE???? They have acknowledged it is defective on the telephone but won't replace it at no cost. Told me it would be UNFAIR to warranty holders within the 1 year time. WHAT THE HELL IS FAIR ABOUT SELLING A DEFECTIVE PRODUCT AND NOT HONOURING AND TAKING RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE PROBLEM. FIRST MAJOR DISAPPOINTMENT WITH APPLE! Not feeling very friendly toward Apple or america today. I agree with you 100%... Apple is now showing that Ugly American Face.
globalman 6 months ago
@globalman It's guaranteed for 12 months, not 18. They have no obligation to support you after that time, unless you bought Apple Care before the first 12 months was up. Why do you feel so entitled to something you're not entitled to? Shit breaks, it's not a question of if but of when. You just got unlucky and it broke far sooner than it's normally rated to. Look on eBay for replacement batteries and swap it out yourself. It isn't hard, but it voids your warranty, but that ins't a problem lol.
TalesOfWar 6 months ago
Thank you. I do not feel entitled to anything actually. I accept your reprimand. I come from a generation when companies took pride in their products as principle and valued their customers. No longer the case. I switched to Mac 2009 after 21 years with non Apple computers. I like the Mac but for me a big investment and unwise given new info I learn about Apple & the tech advances of other companies. The thousands of $, € etc are not really justified given the truth of the technology. Cheers
globalman 6 months ago
it's more convenience to be able to copy word, excel , music, movies, to a card from the tablet to the computer instead of always relying on itunes. Jobs just don't want to give you that freedom to expand . Apple fans are just blindsided since they have money to give away. This is the reason why APPLE is still at a niche market and hated by the rest of the more techie community. This is also why there's a big black market community that jailbreak the ipad to give the people that freedom.
DJTEVAdotCOM 6 months ago
@DJTEVAdotCOM It has nothing to do with "freedom", it's security for one, and it's not a mass storage device, it's a multimedia tablet computer aimed mostly at consumption (I hate that term) of media. Use something like Dropbox if you want to move stuff around without iTunes. When iCloud launches this will be even less of an issue because they're opening the API's up to developers, so they can integrate it into their apps so you can access it anywhere with a browser and a net connection.
TalesOfWar 6 months ago
@TalesOfWar I am just telling from my own experience. I am writing this on my work 15 inch MacBook Pro btw. And I don't find it to be super exceptional worth paying 900 EURs extra. It crashed on me few times as many computers do. For me it is just a normal computer.
daftpunk9050 6 months ago
@TalesOfWar Devotion to the Brand.
daftpunk9050 6 months ago
For those who want to know what's actually going on with Samsung and Apple, go here bit . ly / hNlq0L
It's a link to the article Nilay Patel wrote for This is my Next... that explains very well why Apple is suing Samsung, and explains that it is NOT just a patent issue, but trade dress.
TalesOfWar 6 months ago
$39 smart cover for ipad2, hdmi out connection $29 when it can be abuilt in, ...alot of the ipad accessories are high priced. They could easily add a built in mini sd card but they did not because it cause $100 more for a plus 16 gig upgrade while it cost only $30 with a 16 gig add on. When u have money spend u don't notice little things charge to profit.
DJTEVAdotCOM 6 months ago
@DJTEVAdotCOM Why build it in when most won't need it? That's $29 more the consumer has to pay for something they won't use. If you need it, buy it. You don't have to buy the Smart Covers. SD is VERY VERY VERY VERY slow compared to NAND Flash, and seriously, who the hell carries around a bunch of SD cards for their devices? Apart from cameras, the practicality of it is pretty stupid.
TalesOfWar 6 months ago
I just sold my ipod touch for an adroid phone that im going to use with airplane mode on id much rather use ubuntu than mac os
lizardmannnn 6 months ago
I am just tired of their crybaby act all the time. As Dave said you are getting the same specs computer for more money. And once you buy it for so much money you will not complain so you don't look stupid, the only choice you have is to say everybody how cool it is and what a good decision it was to buy it. Buy a high-end asus with the same specs and brushed aluminum finish for 900 EUR instead of apple for 1800 EUR. The difference in quality does not equal difference in price at all.
daftpunk9050 6 months ago
@daftpunk9050 The ASUS doesn't come with OSX, which is a major factor in buying a Mac. Most people don't buy computers based on a spec sheet, they buy them based on what software they run. Why the hell should you care what other people spend THEIR money on anyway? It's their choice. I'm still FAR happier with my "overpriced" MacBook Pro than I am with my custom built PC running Windows. Compared to Windows, OSX is far nicer to use and lets me do more in less time. Well worth the extra.
TalesOfWar 6 months ago
some interfaces REALLY look like iOS. I see why Apple is doing this
SXR1337 6 months ago
lol your humor is nice
rudolf895 6 months ago
there is never too much stargate!!!
mooinglamb 6 months ago
Apple have always protected it's IP. This is no different. Just because they're stupidly rich doesn't mean they should let things slide. Steve Jobs said as much at All Things D. This also has NOTHING to do with patents, it's a TRADE DRESS issue. Samsung Mobile is a separate entity from the rest of Samsung too. They have to bid against Apple and others for components and get no preferential treatment. If Samsung stopped their supply, they'd lose 10s of billions in termination frees.
TalesOfWar 6 months ago
i love the iPod. I love the MacBook Pro, but why do they have this stupid case. iPhone made the smartphone that we known it, so why can't apple also be proud of the tablet world that will exist in the furture...
Jonasvaage 6 months ago
@Jonasvaage Have you looked at some of Samsungs products that compete with the iOS devices? They look VERY similar. And it's not just the device itself, it's the UI too. Their phone UI layer on top of Android was clearly iOS inspired. It looks almost identical to iOS before version 4 came out. It's not just those either, it's the way they package them. The boxes look very similar, the adverts look very similar. The thing as a whole is far too similar than it should be. Look up "Trade Dress".
TalesOfWar 6 months ago
@TalesOfWar - Maybe so, but then Apple totally ripped-off the Android notification system for iOS 5 & portrayed it as a brand-new idea when it was nothing of the sort...
Everybody "borrows" (read => steals) from everybody...
MrDavidHarrison 6 months ago
@MrDavidHarrison Apple never portrayed the notifications as a brand-new idea, the tech media and public did that, just like it's them who hype everything before release when all Apple do is announce it on the day and launch it then and there (or a week or so later). They're implemented different anyway beyond the swipe down gesture when you get into them and there's only so many ways you can do it.
TalesOfWar 6 months ago
@TalesOfWar - "Apple never portrayed the notifications as a brand-new idea" Certainly made it sound like they were saying "we've created a new system" when demonstrating it at WWDC '11, maybe it was just deliberately misleading wording, but that's still dishonest
"They're implemented different anyway beyond the swipe down gesture when you get into them" Not that differently
But, as you say "there's only so many ways you can do it" hence why Apple's claim against Samsung is spurious at best ;-)
MrDavidHarrison 6 months ago
@MrDavidHarrison No it isn't. Samsung didn't just copy/take influence (however you want to word it) from one thing. They used many many of the same elements found in iOS devices. Even the boxes look similar.
TalesOfWar 6 months ago
Classic: "Look, it's a windows user trying to install OSX on a PC"
lucase62 6 months ago
@Person43248390 apple did invent the tablet the iPad was the very first and I'm not sure about the smart phone however the 1st iPhone revolutionised smart phones
mdbig23 6 months ago
@mdbig23 Apple didn't invent the tablet, neither the smartphone, get your facts right. FGS! they didn't invent the mouse or the GUI they stole it from Xerox. They're just trolls.
tehgesto 6 months ago
@tehgesto Apple DID NOT STEAL THE FUCKING MOUSE AND GUI FROM XEROX! It must just be PURE coincidence that at the same time they were developing their own version, pretty much the whole PARC team somehow ended up working for Apple, and XEROX all of a sudden had a huge number of shared get purchased by Apple? How freaky? No. Apple paid XEROX, they got the rights to use it. Their resulting mouse and GUI were nothing like XEROX's. The XEROX mouse cost thousands for one, Apple engineered it to $15.
TalesOfWar 6 months ago
@TalesOfWar - Apple didn't steal the GUI/mouse system from Xerox, but they didn't invent it at the same time as them either; Xerox alone invented it & then Apple *bought* it from them for a comically small amount (due to the Xerox board of directors not seeing the potential in it).
Even Steve Jobs has said in interviews how amazed he was by the revolutionary idea when he first saw it at Xerox...
MrDavidHarrison 6 months ago
@MrDavidHarrison I never said they invented or developed it at the same time. I said they saw what XEROX were doing, saw the massive potential in it, then paid them for it by investing in their stock and hiring the team that made it. They then went back to the drawing board and used their concepts to create something much more refined than what they saw at their visit to PARC.
TalesOfWar 6 months ago
@TalesOfWar - Ok, I miss-read your post; but the fact remains that Apple didn't invent the GUI or the mouse like is commonly claimed by Apple iFans...
To give them the credit because they bought it while in its development stages would be like me buying a painting & then saying I painted it because I put it in a frame & hung it on a wall. You can buy the patent for a technology, but you can't buy the creative credit for its inception!
MrDavidHarrison 6 months ago
@MrDavidHarrison They did though. They hired the people who came up with the idea and developed it. the XEROX board didn't grasp just what it was they had, and let it pass them by, along with the talent that created it. I don't think most Apple fans think they invented them, it's mostly the haters who say they STOLE it, which they didn't. They sure as hell popularised it and improved it though. Apple have a knack for seeing great potential in things and implementing them in ways others don't.
TalesOfWar 6 months ago
@TalesOfWar - Well, I suppose - technically - you could say it was invented by Apple employees; & the fact that Apple hired them does show forward thinking
But Apple still *does* steal some ideas. Like AirDrop, which started-off as a rejected iOS App (on security grounds), and then cropped-up in Lion... They didn't even change the icon the original developer created for it! Even if his App *was* insecure & they added-in security, it was still *his* idea & he should get credit (& money) for it!
MrDavidHarrison 6 months ago
@MrDavidHarrison Not really. He used Apple's icons actually. He just combined them. Who's to say they weren't doing this already? Nobody knows what they're developing until they tell us. The rejected app was obviously a security issue because it used private API's and accessed parts of the system the developer agreement says you shouldn't. Why should get get any credit for something they were likely doing anyway? And who's to say he wasn't paid if it actually was his idea? Which is unlikely.
TalesOfWar 6 months ago
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TalesOfWar 6 months ago
@MrDavidHarrison The app you're thinking of wasn't AirDrop by the way, it's WiFi Syncing (I already posted this comment but it isn't showing up for some reason! YouTube FAIL! lol). The guy used a sync icon around a WiFi icon. Hardly obvious... oh wait it is! That's why the Apple icon is more or less the same, because it's a sync icon around a WiFi icon. The guy used the Apple version of the WiFi icon too by the way.
TalesOfWar 6 months ago
@tehgesto Apple revolutionised the smartphone market, and the relationship between the carriers and the handset makers. People seem to be completely ignorant of the world before 2007. Apple didn't invent the tablet now, but they revolutionised it's use and actually made one people wanted to use. They realised that you need to make an interface and OS FOR the input method, that of touch, not try and jury rig a desktop OS made for keyboard and mouse onto a touch only device like MS did... & failed
TalesOfWar 6 months ago
@mdbig23 - "apple did invent the tablet the iPad was the very first" No. It wasn't. Just the first you'd heard of...
MrDavidHarrison 6 months ago
Samsung blatantly ripped off apple, if you cannot see that you're just an android fanboy. Acer also blatantly ripped off Apple, of you cannot see that you are retarded. Apple spends billions in R&D each year, these companies are the greedy bastards who use apple's hard work for their own products. Apple has every right to sue them. They are a bunch of corporate assholes that must be stopped and punished accordingly. It's a shame people can't see this and can only see the world through their ant
K2ACP 6 months ago
@CooCurrent no, they did not. Xerox PARC's STAR OS looked nothing like Apple's Mac OS. They basically took the idea of a GUI and made one themselves. Xerox wasn't planning to do anything with their OS, while apple saw that it could change the world. It's like Ford making a car and then chevy also making a car that's very different from it, but yet technically the same thing- a car
K2ACP 6 months ago
Unless apple invented round edged rectangles that have shiny colorful icons in them, no.
rahmanroni 6 months ago
@rahmanroni Under trade mark and trade dress laws they have the rights to use these things in conjunction with one another and nobody else can. They don't have exclusive rights to just one element, but a combination of these several elements. These elements together are what give Apple their distinct look and feel over the competition. This is why Samsung is being sued. Their products used too many of the same combined elements and ended up looking too similar to Apple products.
TalesOfWar 6 months ago
Hey!
good vid!
I'll subscribe now :O
ShrikiRon 6 months ago
"wait! That's an aluminum work of art" ;)
Reeseycup79 6 months ago 2
Folks, stop dwelling on what (young) Apple did over 20yrs ago. The Apple of today comes up with near "perfect" design for it's products and they are way ahead in the game. So far ahead that other companies play catchup. But the more they keep chasing after this "perfect" design, the more their products start looking like Apple's products.
76ers 6 months ago
I think apple believes they invented the smart phone and tablet
Person432483920 6 months ago
Samsung's "four buttons" on TouchWiz are obviously copying Ios.
OwenIsMeeGo 6 months ago
Thums up
Iv watchd this vid so many times
Ebeastify 6 months ago
if pc manufacturers used materials of the same quality and built the pc's with the same careful and caring ingenuity and build quality put into macs, they would cost just as much. you get what you pay for. i'd rather pay a few hundred more for a mac with the same specs as a cheaper, bargain bin pc. plus just being able to run os x is worth the price difference in and of itself (to me.) but hey if you just need a computer to surf the web and email etc, then sure save a few bucks.
RSmith9512 6 months ago
@RSmith9512 When PC manufacturers do this they actually cost more than Macs lol. Apple can't be beaten in the high end for price. They buy in such bulk that economy of scale is almost always on their side, so the competition simply can't match or beat their prices.
TalesOfWar 6 months ago
do u have ur america vlogs up
upthedeise09 6 months ago
MMOTotal. Wow! Are you that big of a tool? Just because something is thin and light does NOT mean it is a copy. Your sticking up for a multi billion dollar company that doesn't give a shit about you. Stop being a fanboy and get out of your little apple bubble.
gmaster45612374 6 months ago
SAMSUNG THE BEST... APPLE IS FOR FANBOY
marco95664ever 6 months ago
@marco95664ever Samsung just copies everything apples does, but instead of using glass and alluminum they use plastic to make it cheaper...
brace110 6 months ago
@brace110 samsung born 1938 and apple 1976... Samsung is the Queen electronics ;)
marco95664ever 6 months ago
@marco95664ever The date which they started is irrelevant
brace110 6 months ago
@brace110 apple and ios is out...android and apple is future
marco95664ever 6 months ago
@marco95664ever Indeed apple is the future.
brace110 6 months ago
@marco95664ever How is that in any way relevant? Surely it makes Samsung look even more pathetic that they can't come up with their own ideas and instead have to "borrow" from a much younger company? If pretty much every other company can come up with unique looking designs that don't mirror so closely the Apple designs, why can't Samsung? They're supposed to be one of the consumer electronics powerhouses of the world.
TalesOfWar 6 months ago
NOT ENOUGH STARGATE YOU MEAN!!
Toondaawg1 6 months ago
Apple are just greedy, really greedy...
topcat5665 6 months ago
You can never watch enough Stargate :)
godofallv1 6 months ago
We get better pruducts when Apple is leading the bussines. I hope they compete bad products with every way possible.
kaapelikana 6 months ago
Yes, they are.
TheTechChecker 6 months ago
keep doing all your little bits of comedy its hilarious great video :)
ChuckyCheeseNuke 6 months ago
I'll tell you why. Apple are doing what some here call "patent troll's" - in my eyes they are just protecting what they worked so hard to create. Have you seen that new Acer Ultrabook ? - hate to say this but what a Macbook Air ripofff (minus the apple logo) - I am in favour of protecting design and this is what Apple are doing now, i wouldn't want to create something then some copy-cat company with no inovation comes and steals it.
MMOTotal 6 months ago
its weird that apple are sueing these companys yet rely on them for hardware parts apple only design and build computers and mobile devices they buy most of the parts from other companies to make them in china build by the chinese and not the usa.
kreamywhip 6 months ago
@kreamywhip Just because someone makes parts for you (and EVERY OTHER COMPANY MAKING THE SAME PRODUCTS ON THE PLANET) doesn't give them the right to rip off your designs that you've spent years and billions of dollars researching and developing. Samsung is split into several companies. Their manufacturing division is separate from their Mobile Division and their TV/Home Goods division and so on. They all have to submit bids along with external companies (like Apple) to get components.
TalesOfWar 6 months ago
YOUR A STARGATE FAN!!!! YOU JUST GOT A WHOLE LOT MORE AWESOME!!!!!!!
Kristian636 6 months ago
What I think is that other companies wait for products from other companies (apple) to release thing that become popular. Then they try to copy it and say it's better because they tweak small things.
mrgamerpro360 6 months ago
@mrgamerpro360 Not just that, but they're also letting Apple spend all the money on the market research and the R&D too. If it takes off, it's easier to do something that already exists and put your spin on it than it is to be the first, and spend billions developing it and seeing if the market is there for it. It's good business, but it's being a follower and not a leader, and the world needs more leaders.
TalesOfWar 6 months ago
Yes they are ripping off from the R&D of apple.
brad1445 6 months ago
Excellent informative and fun video. Thanks Dave..
stopthepolicestate 6 months ago
I'm mainly pissed because people always say apple products are stupid and overpriced (ie IPad, iPhone, Macbook air) and then other companies down the line in a couple years copy them and say there's is marvelous, when it's really not. And it's definitely no coincidence that the products look almost identical to Apple's. The market would be nowhere withot them.
spacekid407 6 months ago
stargate is still and forever will be the greatest show on syfy.
megachris2008 6 months ago
APPLE is already a BIG BROTHER. They built great products but Jobs wall garden is beginning to bite him back in the ass. He just think consumers are just stupid and never pick his devious plan of accessories upsale.
DJTEVAdotCOM 6 months ago
Down with Apple! Down with Apple!!!!
jrdnvasquez 6 months ago
try and get you hands on a reviewable alienware laptop!
romeodoesjuliet 6 months ago
Apple is afraid of losing their money
jeniiiee 6 months ago
Apple sees these companies as a threat, so they keep pulling crap out of their asses to keep these companies in the courtroom.
gmaster45612374 6 months ago
Really no HD?, its a standard now
psh... u call ur self a tech guy
TheCardsfan24 6 months ago
The design just proves popular slick, slim light weight. I think apple is just trying to get rid of the conpetetion.
exnaruto1 6 months ago
I'd rather Apple simply made products which were priced more fairly. I know for what you get the prices aren't THAT bad, but still! I would prefer if Apple didn't try to kill the competition. Competition is good, good for the consumer even more so. It would be better if Apple would improve their devices and make them BETTER rather than destroying competition. I;m talking about things in their devices that they omit. A camera would've be SO easy to add to iPad 1, but they didn't, etc.
CooCurrent 6 months ago
@CooCurrent APPLE is all about offering less and making you think you get more. This way you always come back when they have the next generation of whatever they spit out.
DJTEVAdotCOM 6 months ago
@DJTEVAdotCOM Or maybe people buy their stuff because they like it? Oh no, that clearly can't be the case, it has to be some kind of brainwashing and only a select few people are blessed with the ability to see through this shared! Grow up. People buy what they want to buy, either because it's within their budget and does what they need, or because they want something that's made and designed well and they think it's worth THEIR money. Apple is popular because of quality products.
TalesOfWar 6 months ago
@CooCurrent Apples products are better than the competition. It's been almost two years since the iPad came out and there's nothing on the market that even comes close to the first gen in overall experience. The only thing that killed the iPad was the iPad 2. Same happened with the iPhone. It took 3 years for the competition to catch up, and the iPhone 4 is still among (if not still) the best phone on the market and it's almost two years old. What you want isn't comp, but cheaper Apple stuff.
TalesOfWar 6 months ago
@CooCurrent I agree that APPLe is quality products but alot of people don't see the smoke screen APPLE do to their fans...providing quality products but charges high prices on accessories. I guess it doesn't matter to these people because they have have the money to spend.
DJTEVAdotCOM 6 months ago
@DJTEVAdotCOM What accessories are you referring to? Most are made by third parties. If you mean things like mice and keyboards then the prices aren't all that bad considering what they are. Apple keyboards may look flimsy in photo's, but trust me, they're not. You could bludgeon someone with one of them and it'll still be in one piece and work lol. For what you get, pretty much everything sells is fairly priced, they just look high because other companies make cheap crap (emphasis on crap).
TalesOfWar 6 months ago
I knew all along you had a symbiote in you.
Riddicrash 6 months ago
Apple is the new Microsoft. they are trying to gain a monopoly in the mobile computing market so they don't have to actually come out with anything new. People will simply have to buy the newer products because business and consumers will be dependant on them.
ljscott1990 6 months ago
@ljscott1990 You're kidding right? Apple is anything but MS. Apple release new better things no matter if competition exists or not. Look at the iPod. They update them EVERY YEAR, yet the competition in that market may as well not exist for what it's worth. They hold no monopolies. They may have a sizable share of a market, but they're not a monopoly. Also they don't use their position to force you to use their stuff. Apart from Apps on iOS, you can get all other content from where you like.
TalesOfWar 6 months ago
@TalesOfWar
They have a monopoly on music. The ipod classic hasn't been updated in 2 years because nothing competes against a high storage, simplistic media player. Umm... Yeah, don't force you to use their staff.... Think of how many applications have been rejected from their app store simply because they want you to use their app rather than a third party software. Apple is also the worlds largest seller of mobile computing devices and that's straight Jobs at an apple keynote.
ljscott1990 6 months ago
@ljscott1990 lol no they don't. They have the largest share of digital music stores, but they're not a monopoly. There's plenty of competition out there. They haven't updated the Classic for 2 years because there's nothing they can update on it. They may do it this year because there's a bigger hard drive in the same form factor on the market. Apple haven't rejected all that many apps. The ones they've rejected were buggy, used private API's, infringed copyright or didn't do as they said.
TalesOfWar 6 months ago
@TalesOfWar
If you don't think itunes is a monopoly I think you should reconsider. The ipod classic could have the same form factor but use flash memory instead making more thin, lighter and more durable. Your comments regarding the app store are fanboy as they come. Opera wasn't allowed for ages, firefox is still not in the app store because of apple. Google voice and other apps were simply removed because "they duplicated functionality". This is not copyright infringement.
ljscott1990 6 months ago
@ljscott1990 monopoly |məˈnäpəlē|
noun ( pl. monopolies )
1 the exclusive possession or control of the supply or trade in a commodity or service: his likely motive was to protect his regional monopoly on furs.
• [ usu. with negative ] the exclusive possession, control, or exercise of something: men don't have a monopoly on unrequited love.
• a company or group having exclusive control over a commodity or service: areas where cable companies operate as monopolies.
iTunes is NOT a monopoly.
TalesOfWar 6 months ago
@ljscott1990 Flash storage is VERY expensive. Using it in the Classic would make it cost around $600 for the same storage.
Google Voice was rejected because it replaced core functionality (placing calls) and used private API's (which is against the rules) and sent all of the users data back to Google servers without ever asking (which is also against the rules). Many apps have tried such things, they were rejected too. Google doesn't get a free pass because they're Google, nor should they.
TalesOfWar 6 months ago
I think samsung infringed with their app drawer overlay but everybody else didnt
doomtomb3 6 months ago
You talk really fast.
5teviewonders 6 months ago
@5teviewonders I noticed that also
CooCurrent 6 months ago
Damn the Goa'uld! Yeah I really think there is some real copyright infringement going on. Mac's are selling as a quarter of all computers sold so others are trying to catch the wave. Look at the dell xps rip-off of the MBP. Everyone is "attempting" to make successful tablets and smart phones that are complete and obvious rip-offs. Not to even mention all the windows rip-offs. I like Acer though, I just wish that they would create their own success instead of trying to steal someone Apple's.
Dmhlcmb 6 months ago
You Brought Good Weather Th Seattle
RyanOfSeattle 6 months ago
Today, we celebrate the first glorious anniversary of the Integration/Simplification Directives. We have created, for the first time in our history, a garden of pure iDeology — within which users must swoon, secure from the pests purveying contradictory truths.
Our patent fixation, of course, is more powerful a weapon than any fleet or army on earth. We are Steve’s people, with Steve’s will, Steve’s resolve, Steve’s cause.
MrDavidHarrison 6 months ago
@MrDavidHarrison
Our competitors shall talk themselves to death, and we will bury them with our infinite litigation.
Steve *shall* prevail!
MrDavidHarrison 6 months ago
@MrDavidHarrison If you think any other company doesn't horde patents as a defensive measure then you're sadly delluded. Look at who's suing who. Almost everyone in the tech industry is suing each other. This is business as usual, it's nothing new. It happens all the time in pretty much any industry. Google is notably absent from the list because they have next to no patents with which to defend themselves. That's why they've been desperately trying to buy them and go Moto for theirs.
TalesOfWar 6 months ago
@TalesOfWar - Dude, it was a joke... Calm down...
Haven't you ever seen the 1984 SuperBowl commercial?
MrDavidHarrison 6 months ago
Dave how did u do that the dOuble dave
coolfreak1mannan 6 months ago
I think that the motorola xoom is similar to the iPad like a monkey is similar to an elephant....hey look! a Windows user XDXD
golDarkrai 6 months ago
your videos are gone alot more taking the pis,s which is nice to see keep it up!
bignbuff 6 months ago
What i hate about people who criticize apple's prices is that they only concider the specs of the inner components. Sure, you could get a laptop with the same internals as the 13-inch MBP for much cheaper, but i doubt you'll find one that also has an aluminum unibody chassi, a backlit keyboard, huge multi-touch trackpad, a magsafe power adapter, thunderbolt ports (and the best OS) e.t.c. for a better price.
dannwe123 6 months ago 2
Absolutely brilliant
earlbee31 6 months ago
What other way can you have a tablet ffs? thats like suing sony because there laptops open the same way...
jordyGFC 6 months ago
i think you've been watching to much stargate ;D
gerardbiteme 6 months ago
OMG!!!!!!! Stargate reference!!!!
antpontable 6 months ago
you saying R is almost as funny as you saying hp haha .
torontoistheshit101 6 months ago
LOL that's hilarious. You should have mentioned their first tv ad but i like the Google reference more.
And I think the differences are too great to matter. Apple is just being a troll. And they should stop it! Stop that now! Kree Apple! KREE!
theonlydoberman211 6 months ago
not too long ago samsung and motorolla were trying to sue apple for patent violations. so i'm not surprise they want to get more money from those companies.
Athos523 6 months ago
Apple is starting to becomes a terrible monster. Their quality is dropping, prices are inflating, and all they ever do is sue sue sue and patent and then sue some more. I expect that in 10 years time, they will be the next Microsoft - relying on shady business tactics and ignoring their products.
PoliticalHell 6 months ago
@PoliticalHell Microsoft was always shady and relied on dodgy business tactics. Apple's prices have actually been getting lower and lower for many years. Their quality is maybe not quite as good as it once was, but it's still superior to the competition. Suing is how capitalism works. It's always been this way, it'll always be this way unless the whole system is changed. People don't seem to realise this is nothing new or different, Apple just gets noticed because they're so popular right now.
TalesOfWar 6 months ago
@TalesOfWar I don't know about lower prices. All computers are getting very cheap lately, and Apple seems to be the only company who doesn't lower the prices. They might buff the hardware, but that doesn't count as cheaper than 2 years ago since everyone else also buffed their hardware.
Apple is noticed because they're over-doing it a bit, don't you think? Of course companies will sue each other, but Apple seems to do it more often than any other.
PoliticalHell 6 months ago
@PoliticalHell Apple sell premium machines. They're cheaper than the competition when you get to real apples to apples comparisons with build quality and all the little extras you get. PC OEM's just can't compete with Apple at the high end when it comes to price. They don't need to lower the prices anyway. People clearly see their prices as worth paying. They don't care about volume, they care about quality and profit margins. PC's only competitive edge is it's price, there's so many of them.
TalesOfWar 6 months ago
@TalesOfWar Okay, let's get the facts straight. Apple's profit margin per Mac is something around 600%. Keep in mind that the hardware isn't supreme (usually lower-end processors/video cards), custom Apple batteries, and it's all made in China. Build quality isn't exceptional either. There are "cheap plastic" PCs, but if you search, you can find PCs that are just as well-made, maybe even better. Apple ignores ergonomics completely. I own a $2400 MBP, it's not all that - and it's weak as hell.
PoliticalHell 6 months ago
That's not saying it isn't worth paying extra to get away from Windows - goodness knows, that's a huge encouragement all by itself, and OS X holds up very well - but as far as hardware goes, you are only lying to yourself if you think the pricing is fair for what you get.
PoliticalHell 6 months ago
@PoliticalHell Pricing is fair for what you get. You get a beautifully designed and crafted machine that's designed from the ground up for ease of use and functionality that integrates with the software almost effortlessly (I say almost as of course sometimes it doesn't work as planned lol). Once you go into the premium range of Windows OEM systems that are competing with the Macs, they lose. Apple beat them on price, build quality and even specs 9 times out of 10. Macs are premium systems.
TalesOfWar 6 months ago
@TalesOfWar You get a beautiful sharp-edged ergonomic-free brick with only 2 USB ports and fans as loud as vacuum cleaners, you mean (referring to a Macbook Pro, since that's what I actually own). I'm not saying it's bad, it has its own elegant appeal, but you're sounding like a commercial, honestly. And what does "premium" mean, anyway? If it means show-off value over actual comfort and practicality, then you're right. I love my Mac, but it's worth half - if even - its market price.
PoliticalHell 6 months ago
@PoliticalHell Really? Imagine that you worked on a new product you invented for years, spent all your savings making it better and suddenly you see your neighbor selling an identical product, because he saw you build it and stole the idea from you. How would you feel??? The quality is not dropping. And the prices are lowering.
man444utd 6 months ago
@man444utd Seeing as I am not am not making billions of dollars of profit from my invention, I'm not sure how that applies. Besides, these aren't "identical" products. These are ideas that nobody should own - like the way touch screens register your touches. If Apple had their way, they would have copyright claims to the idea of touchscreen phones, and nobody would be allowed to make them.
And yes, their quality is not what it used to be, and their prices haven't changed.
PoliticalHell 6 months ago
@PoliticalHell Apple actually have pretty much all the patents on modern capacitive touch screens. They just choose not to sue people over them because they know there's very few other ways you can practically achieve such things. They sue when negotiations behind the scenes can't be worked out, like the Samsung case. This has NOTHING to do with patents, it's TRADE DRESS, there is a difference, and so far two courts in two countries have agreed with Apple, at least up to now.
TalesOfWar 6 months ago
@TalesOfWar Yeah, they just chose out of the goodness of their heart not to sue anyone, right? Come on, Apple has great ideas, I'll give them that, but if you invent something - like shattering windshields - you can't except to monopolize it and not allow anyone else to use the idea. Looks and etc. too; Why did Google buy Motorola? Because there was no way to start in the market now, since Apple would just claim all Google's ideas as their own.
PoliticalHell 6 months ago
@PoliticalHell "Their quality is not what it used to be?" I'd love for you to explain how. And yes their prices are more aggressive.
man444utd 6 months ago
Good video
mimstyle 6 months ago
Haha green screen fail :D
MomoMaxedOut 6 months ago
damn thats a big Apple Store
IvanDos24 6 months ago
grate apple store sketch dave that was quality
JCSBTVProductions 6 months ago
Make something different instead of stealing ideas. No one made tablets until apple made one same with MacBook airs.l
DannyC440 6 months ago
@DannyC440 - "No one made tablets until apple made one" Yes, they did...
MrDavidHarrison 6 months ago
Yeah its copyright. They should just stay away and do what they did before.
EdwardTheTechGeek 6 months ago
apple=patent troll! Enuff said!
codebean 6 months ago
Also, if Apple pays for the patents, they have every right to sue. Many people don't understand that ALL coma pies are greedy. Their one and only goal is to make money. Apple, at the moment, is really, really good at making money. If someone tries to copy a patent.........OF COURSE THEY HAVE EVERY RIGHT TO SUE. From what I hear, they seem to be winning too, so it looks like they made the right call.
iDiggMGL 6 months ago
Worst green screen ever!
hallbe 6 months ago
one tablet rule them all and iTunes bite them!! HAHAH...love it
hamdiexile 6 months ago
you can get a quad core hp laptop for like 600 bucks...
psychoclown420 6 months ago
Semi-faceless? That's a joke, Steve Jobs is Apple. I'm also willing to bet he will always be the face of Apple just like Bill Gates is still the face of Microsoft to the general public.
iDiggMGL 6 months ago
i honestly think that Samsung it's trying to play it safe and some of their designs are indeed waay too similar to the iphone and iPad.. i mean you're samsung and there is millions of other designs you can come up with..
it's been a few phones already that look like the iPhone 3gs and now even iphone 4 so imo it's good to let companies know to stop copying and start coming up with your own shit.
I guess suing is the only way to do that now a days.
elopez228 6 months ago
glad u finally voiced your opinions on apple. ive been apple blocking every piece of hardware and software i buy. i dispise apple. really i do. and microsoft for all their patent lawsuits too. copyright and patent laws are way outa touch. up until just 2 wks ago it was still illegal to copy music from a bought cd to ur mp3 player!!!! COME ON!!! The laws are useless. have a banana.
blah21218 6 months ago
apple is right to to take those companys to court there violated apples patents and apple make products for those who want to spend money on something that looks good and works well
cnhstv1 6 months ago
For somebody who is a professional photographer you really have a poor greenscreen.
And yes Apple is a patent troll. Has been since 1988 when they sued HP and microsoft for allegedly copying their OS.
m4kk393 6 months ago 7
@m4kk393 The lighting was just bad. I'll get some decent lights next time. im also not a photographer.
LACK78 6 months ago 27
@LACK78 Hey check out @FilmRiot for tips about the greenscreen. I think it is time we sue Apple.
numbernineinc 6 months ago
@m4kk393 At the end of the day, Apple really took the GUI from Xerox. Although they technically didn't steal it, it wasn't exactly their idea as such.
CooCurrent 6 months ago
Jack O'neil is just awesome isn't he!
AlecBurnett 6 months ago 2
@AlecBurnett A legend!
LACK78 6 months ago 4
Obviously they are copying Apple..you'd have to be an idiot not to notice that. Even the way they have pictured their version of the Macbook Air is the same as Apple. And to finish it off...we wouldn't be drawing comparisons between their products and Apples products if we didn't really think they were similar...
mrilovemacintosh 6 months ago
i think its all silly tbh. apple are just scared of the other companies and the successes they are making
ibegyoushuuup 6 months ago
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chessdude67 6 months ago