Apple vs Samsung

Yeah who hasn't beaten this to death? But I wanted to give my thoughts on it since it's finally come to the Untied States.

Apple is suing Samsung for patent infringement and Samsung is suing them for patent infringement in response. This is more talked about than the Apple vs HTC which seems to have faded away.

I like Apple's mobile devices, but I hate how they do business. But I'm not one of those douchebags that says "I won't buy their products because I don't like how they do business." If I like a product, it's made well and functions properly, I'm gonna buy it regardless of manufacturer. But what Apple is doing is dangerously walking the line of protecting it's patents and trying to eliminate the competition through lawsuits.

This lawsuit is proof that what Apple wants is a monopoly. Back in the 80s when they tried suing Microsoft for them using a GUI. It was thrown out because Apple copied it from Xerox. But what's happening now is Apple has created 1000 patents, all with very broad descriptions that can cover many things. And this whole patent war is an indirect attack on Android, everything they're suing for is because of Android devices. They know that Android is a threat to them, it's more advanced and it keeps becoming more and more advanced each month.

Why do you think the PC dominates over the Mac? Because newer and more powerful PCs come out all the time and they're more customizable, while Apple releases a new computer or device once a year with a few new features added once a year and their computers aren't as customizable and are wicked expensive.

There was a time when Apple was targeting Motorola for a patent lawsuit, and then Google bought Motorola and we haven't heard anything more from Apple. They won't sue Google directly because they know that it's a case that will drag out forever and cost a lot of money. But they have no issue with going against these smaller companies because they can't go toe to toe with Apple, while Google can.

Samsung is at fault too, their TouchWiz UI was very much like iOS. When I saw the Samsung Galaxy set of phones I thought they were Apple devices at first. And their lawyers are incompetent boobs that have no idea what products their company puts out. When Apple sent that clearly photoshopped image to the judge, they lawyers didn't do anything. Then today the judge asked the Samsung lawyer to tell the two tablets apart and he couldn't "from that distance"

Are you kidding me? How did no one from Samsung say that the picture of the Galaxy Tab was doctored? It's obvious to everyone but Samsung's lawyers. And when asked to tell the difference between the two, how do you not know? The iPad is more square shaped and has a silver backing, even if you're looking at it head on, you can see a silver lining around it. The Galaxy is more rectangular in shape and is all black with no silver on it.

I how far was this guy away from them? 20 feet maybe? I was at a Verizon store and they have a Galaxy and an iPad next to each other and I was able to tell which one is which. And standing in a courtroom he obviously wasn't looking at them head on and had to be looking at them from some kind of angle. Therefore he's either blind, doesn't know his shapes and colors or has no idea what Samsung's products even look like.

Yeah Samsung is going to be firing their lawyers for their gross stupidity. I can only imagine that after being a major supplier of iPhone parts, Samsung must feel like this lawsuit is a slap in the face.