http://www.usatoday.com/t...ple-lawsuit/55849054/1

Oh well, the Nexus 7 will tear apart the iPad sales.

RainStryke

Oh well, the Nexus 7 will tear apart the iPad sales.

To me, the Google 7" tablet is going up against all of the 7" tablets on the market, i.e. Kindle, Nook, Galaxy Tab, etc., not the larger tablets.  IMHO, I don't really see it impacting iPad sales that much.

Oh hail Google!
Insert Google's boot up Apples keister......

Here we go again...

VistaHead

RainStryke

Oh well, the Nexus 7 will tear apart the iPad sales.

To me, the Google 7" tablet is going up against all of the 7" tablets on the market, i.e. Kindle, Nook, Galaxy Tab, etc., not the larger tablets.  IMHO, I don't really see it impacting iPad sales that much.

I agree with RainStryke. "Consumers" consume. I personally find the 7" size to be a more reasonable size for the majority of tasks these tablets do. This leads me to believe that any pad in the 9"+ range will be fighting to keep sales as more and more folks like the $200-250 range 7" units. 
 
At worst... this will fill the a significant "Want" in more consumers than the 9"+ $400+ units will.
 
And man oh man. Is this the world we live in now. he with most money sues everyone instead of making our world a better/friendlier place? 

they totally copied the front face of the ipad. They look nearly identical except for the aspect ratio.

VistaHead

RainStryke

Oh well, the Nexus 7 will tear apart the iPad sales.

To me, the Google 7" tablet is going up against all of the 7" tablets on the market, i.e. Kindle, Nook, Galaxy Tab, etc., not the larger tablets.  IMHO, I don't really see it impacting iPad sales that much.

 
I understand what your saying, kinda like saying the release of a mid-range video card is going to kill off sales for the high range cards. But that does happen, if the cost/performance ratio is good enough. I will admit, Apple with their high resolution screens have been making me jealous, who wouldn't want something that nice. For the average US consumer, the Nexus 7 is more affordable.

Apple almost went bankrup before Jobs came back. I cant wait to see Apple, fall face first full of FAIL!

Afterburner

And man oh man. Is this the world we live in now. he with most money sues everyone instead of making our world a better/friendlier place?

Sadly, I thought we already had been living in that world for quite a while.

It is sad that there is so much fanaticism involved here, I have had both an Android tab and an IPad, but I really do like the new IPad. If there is something Android (or Windows) based that is better I have no problem switching down the road, in the end it's the quality and usefulness that really matter to me.

I find it funny because the specs between the Galaxy tab and Ipad are different.

I am so sick of apple and their strong arm tatics, whos next? these morons sue for every thing, maybe blackberry or HP or palm should sue apple for making a smartphone since they had them before apple did. Sound absurd? not much more than most of apples claims. I would really like to see a class action suite against apple for false advertising, for years they said their products where impervious to viruses and now we know different. 

It's not just Apple suing other companies, companies sue each other all the time, check out the graphic here:

http://technologizer.com/../04/19/mobile-lawsuits/

Remorce

sinephase


they totally copied the front face of the ipad. They look nearly identical except for the aspect ratio.

Educate me on how one varies the shape of a tablet that is rectangular in shape. You cannot deny the fact that Apple is going out and suing anything that has a chance at taking away at their market.  They are control freaks. That is shown with the new iphone plugs and the macbooks being un-repairable since all of the hardware is soldered together and you can't even replace the screen. The new iphone port is similar in size to the mini USB, but different enough so that it won't fit. Its such blatant BS and I have no idea how they are still making bucketfulls of money.

 
The galaxy tabs are the only ones I've ever picked up and raised my eyebrows at about how similar it looks to the ipad. I don't need anyone to tell me or explain it to me, when you hold them it's obvious. Maybe you are just biased and maybe you don't think it's good evidence but besides the obvious chinese clones the galaxy tabs are the only ones that seem to be copying the ipad intentionally. If everyone but them can differentiate themselves, how can you not see the problem here?
Your arguments about apple's attitude is secondary to the point, and the connectors don't prove anything about the topic at hand. Frankly I'm surprised your post was marked helpful.
 

They are different.  In form and function.  They look very similar, but who cares.  How many cars look similar, take the brand name off a television and tell me how many just look like  a clone of one or another.  Same goes for toasters, microwaves, speakers, etc., etc.  Now patent infringement is based on shapes?......if so I would like to patent any electronic device that is shaped like an isosceles triangle. 
 
Apple shouldn't run around claiming the iPad was their idea either.......the idea was around long before, just look at the movie 2001 a Space Odyssey....filmed in 1968.  OMG rectangular electronic devices!!!  Quick Apple, dig up Stanley Kubrik and sue his dusty bones!!!!

I don't see how a Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 (1/2):
1280 x 800 @ 256.7mm L/175.3mm W/with Nvidia's Tegra 2/TI's OMAP 4430
Looks like an Apple Ipad 3:
2048 x 1536 @ 241.2mm L/185.7mm W/with Samsung's A5X
For gigs Apple Ipad 2:
1024×768 @ ~241mm L/~185mm W/with Samsung's A5
 
The only thing really similar is the clock rate...Two cores @ 1 GHz
 
You can clearly distinguish between the two...
One says Apple and the other says Samsung.

Those saying Apple have no plans for the 7" market don't realize how persistent Apple can be when it comes to locking down share if there is any shift in it.

Does Apple (or any other company) sue primarliy over the looks of the product or is it more about the way it operates. Many of the news articles I have read about one electronics manufacturer suing another seem to be centered around patent infringemnet regarding software codes, method of operation, etc. Some are for copying design in general, but I think many to most are not just about shape and appearance.

wdflyer


Does Apple (or any other company) sue primarily over the looks of the product or is it more about the way it operates. Many of the news articles I have read about one electronics manufacturer suing another seem to be centered around patent infringemnet regarding software codes, method of operation, etc. Some are for copying design in general, but I think many to most are not just about shape and appearance.

Wdflyer your response seems the most logical and realistic - if the US Market is becoming that petty than I guess that Palm will sue Samsung because of the Note and their S-pen.  All of it is atrocious, simply put Apple is running scared.

Apple has the financial backing to attempt to shut all of their competition down by litigation alone, to completely take the factor of if they have a better product out of the equation.

Apple can go after anyone they can to try and corner the market ... but sorry if they get close to being a monopoly BAM ... Intervention will arrive

Remorce


Apple has the financial backing to attempt to shut all of their competition down by litigation alone, to completely take the factor of if they have a better product out of the equation.

Dream on bud. They will quickly see their limits if they continue down this road with Samsung. Sammy is eating their lunch all over the world. And they won't run Samsung out of resources any time soon.

I'm not rooting for apple >_>
 
I am saying they have the cash to keep this up for awhile.

Remorce


I'm not rooting for apple >_>

I am saying they have the cash to keep this up for awhile.

 
They certainly do.   A lot of capital can be funneled into legal when you charge 1k for a $250 13" laptop and sell them by the truck load to mindless sheep.

http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=25118
 
I see this no diiferent than a Hostile Takeover or Monopoly.
I want to see Apple share-holders hit the wal, and hit the wall HARD!
 

Kind of funny... I didn't realize how popular iPhones and iPads are till I went out this weekend, looking around at the store, freaking everyone had an iPhone. My brother just called me today and told me he got an iPad2 for $319.... With that said, I don't know if the Nexus 7 will even put a dent in any of Apples sales.

New apple products ARE repairable, with the correct tools and parts. Properity ports, well thats been going on for years. Keeps the not so tech savvy from plugging in the wrong charger into their $200 tablet/phone and then calling for an RMA. It's not just apple, it's all companies.

I think sometime we take for granted we are probably a little more on the tech savvy side than 99% of the population. These companies are out to make $$,

We can all go back and forth bashing apple, bashing google, etc.. It's all in the eye of the beholder, and pocketbook.

This is Deja-vu from last decades "what is better Mac vs PC" threads

Thats like saying, She said, He said.
 
The difference between paying ur bills and putting food on the table vs that one million dollar house, but ya cant afford the house in the first place, but ya buy the house anyways..... 
 
 

knightsilver


http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=25118

I see this no diiferent than a Hostile Takeover or Monopoly.
I want to see Apple share-holders hit the wal, and hit the wall HARD!

So you want to see people suffer financial hardship because they own stock in a company you have some issue with?

I can understand taking issue with a certain company's practices or policies, but do you actually hope individuals get hurt financially over your perception of a corporation?