Can Samsung only copy stuff?

[Paddy55]

Followed the US lawsuit a bit and seen the result, and then read this Samsung Opens New Apple Store in Australia - John Paczkowski - News - AllThingsD

Just wondering if Samsung only know how to copy & improve rather than invent?

 

[straitman]

Followed the US lawsuit a bit and seen the result, and then read this Samsung Opens New Apple Store in Australia - John Paczkowski - News - AllThingsD

Just wondering if Samsung only know how to copy & improve rather than invent?

Have they even improved or is it the half a step ahead until apple do their next release at which time they will be half a step ahead?

 

[Mal]

Cough.

Apple doesn't invent. They improve or something like that.


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[SeatBackForward]

Cough.

Apple doesn't invent. They improve or something like that.


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Apple don't invent, they market..

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[yohy?!]

invent or copy and buy up patents to try and avoid legal action? everyone does it. . .

 

[medhead]

Just wondering if Samsung only know how to copy & improve rather than invent?

That was the model of Japanese industrialisation. Why should Korea be any different. They start by copying, eventually they improve. Land cruiser vs land rover vs jeep anyone?


Mods: please fix the Sumsung in the title.


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[straitman]

Mods: please fix the Sumsung in the title.

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I fixed it but thought it funnier as it was :!:

 

[medhead]

I fixed it but thought it funnier as it was :!:

Thanks. True, It was funny. Especially as the Koreans have not been my favourite nation since about May. But that's another story.


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[markis10]

Google sumsung, it's amazing how many get it wrong!

 

[burrco]

People putting a "u" where it doesn't belong - where have I seen that before?

 

[Alanslegal]

Apple and Samsung are the two dominant companies selling smart phones and tablet devices, and at the end of the day a $1B damages bill is diddly squat to Samsung given the size of their company anyway. I read companies are using the Courts as a marketing tool rather than a tool which is designed to fix a wrong (or to put an aggrieved person back into the original position that person should have been if not for the damaging act being done). Now that Apple has won this round of the legal battle, Apple can try to market that Samsung copied their stuff and that their things are better.

FWIW I am not going to fall for that trick. My girlfriend switched over to Samsung about 12 months ago and I will be doing the same. I use to be an 'Apple fanboi' owning every little gadget they have brought out and my current iPhone4 is the last Apple thing I will ever buy - mark this post. I am switching over to Samsung which not only has similar (or copied things depending on which side you sit on) but specifications wise, are much better. As far I am concerned, Apple makes things look pretty, they look stylish so quite a few people get tricked and sucked into buying them. Bye bye Apple.

 

[casanovawa]

At least Samsung had the common sense to not copy that wretched iTunes interface!!!!

 

[SeatBackForward]

FWIW I am not going to fall for that trick. My girlfriend switched over to Samsung about 12 months ago and I will be doing the same. I use to be an 'Apple fanboi' owning every little gadget they have brought out and my current iPhone4 is the last Apple thing I will ever buy - mark this post. I am switching over to Samsung which not only has similar (or copied things depending on which side you sit on) but specifications wise, are much better. As far I am concerned, Apple makes things look pretty, they look stylish so quite a few people get tricked and sucked into buying them. Bye bye Apple.

My Bolding. As I said earlier..marketing.

It astonishes me the number of people in my office who have Ipads and don't have the faintest idea on what to do with them other than playing Youtube Vidoes and some coughpy puzzle solver game. Why? because the marketing worked and got them to think they needed one. Of course the irony in everyone wanting to be fashionable is...its then no longer fashionable.

 

[markis10]

From a work perspective my iPad has been the thing that has increased productivity the most, and I have been able to take advantage of good value deals by waiting rather than trying to keep up with the joneses etc.

 

[SeatBackForward]

From a work perspective my iPad has been the thing that has increased productivity the most, and I have been able to take advantage of good value deals by waiting rather than trying to keep up with the joneses etc.

I have no doubt that they are productive when used efficiently, even I've managed to extract some value out of a non-work supplied Android tablet. But I've sat in meetings where people are too busy playing with their Ipads all meeting - have they been taking notes? no, have they been reading the meeting documents? no, have they been doing some analysis while the discussion takes place? no.

The best was when someone high up in the IT chain, sat down, placed their iPhone and iPad on the table next to each other and said "can you ring up our team PA to find a time in our diaries for an appointment"....

 

[markis10]

I have had the others wonder why I type etc during meetings on my iPad, and the same ones wonder why my meeting notes, action items as well as video and audio of the meetings key bits are emailed before we are back at the office . thanks meeting pad!

I also had my boss recently ring and ask if they gave me the new Samsung xx_ phone would it improve my productivity, the answer was an obvious no, while I do have an android based phone I use it as a phone with data ex turned off most of the time, otherwise it's always needing a charge.

 

[SeatBackForward]

Topic Tangent Warning..

Whats the app you use for meeting notes? I'm looking at one called BeNote (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.uobia.benote) If it could recognise handwriting that would be great, as typing still can't beat hand written notes IMO. My tablets resolution still isn't good enough for handwriting IMO.

Have you heard about the latest Evernote app that will use Moleskin paper technology? The Evernote Smart Notebook by Moleskine: paper sketchbooks and journals get connected -- Engadget

 

[markis10]

I use meeting pad, and I type quicker than I can write, and more importantly I can read it (bit of an issue when it comes to my writing, get asked if I am a doctor when people see it).

 

[drron]

My Bolding. As I said earlier..marketing.

It astonishes me the number of people in my office who have Ipads and don't have the faintest idea on what to do with them other than playing Youtube Vidoes and some coughpy puzzle solver game. Why? because the marketing worked and got them to think they needed one. Of course the irony in everyone wanting to be fashionable is...its then no longer fashionable.

I had to have a giggle when we were at Petra-a group using their Ipads as cameras.but as the temp was ~ 40C the one using as a shade probably had the best use for it.

 

[drewbles]

I will admit to owning a lot of apple items (and refuse to use Windows wherever possible; a) it's clunky and b) unix is better suited to my job, but linux window managers blow goats so OS X is a good compromise).

As others have said, a lot of people buy Apple stuff for the 'shiny' factor. I don't. I buy them for the functionality.

Having spent much time using the current iterations of WinPho (7, not 8) and Android (ICS/Jelly Bean etc), I can say I am not sold on Android. It has so much potential, but it's just too disjoint and fragmented. It also lacks a lot of GUI continuity and the 'seemless' feel between native and non-native apps. It's just not 'slick' yet and that's largely down to a number of reasons. Ask a developer of smartphone apps and they'll agree. The Android store is a marketplace of confusion; Apps that work on some releases of some versions of Android, but not others. Developers having to code for multiple (read: dozens and dozens) of screen resolutions and sizes. Different hardware specifications. With these issues, it's near impossible to get a smooth, consistent feel over a platform (one handset perhaps, but not across all of Android).

As for the 'you don't have to jailbreak Android to work' argument, that's hogwash. That's just 'Vanilla ROM' to them. Manufacturers that deploy Android on a handset are more than happy to allow carriers to customise it up the wazoo. Then, everyone has to hack it to get rid of carrier limitations and branding/restrictions.

Sure, you're limited to one Apple device (an iPhone) but at least you're sure what you download is going to work (I'll exclude the iPhone 3G and older as they're a) not made anymore and b) old in the phone world).

Sorry to go off on a tangent, I just felt like contributing my 2c.

(and the world seems to have lost it's edge for developing new whizz bang products these days; it's just evolution not invention which is a little sad).