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Authored by: tiger99 on Friday, August 31 2012 @ 07:25 AM EDT
BBC

I happened to notice that before I saw that it was already in the Newspicks. Thus far, the BBC reporting of Apple vs Samsung has not been very good. This link, for example, quotes Pretenderle as if he is a reliable authority. Note that he is clearly a M$ shill, as he seems to be one of the few who is predicting a good outcome for Windoze 8.

However, Joe Public may be much better informed, as some of the comments are absolutely right on target.

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And Japan, rounds it
Authored by: celtic_hackr on Friday, August 31 2012 @ 11:11 AM EDT
Japan has rounded the corners (intended) on this stupid WWWIII patent stupidity.
There's still one left in OZ [that I know of], which will most likely go
Samsung's way.

It's really depressing, to be in the US these days. Let's hope the changes in
patent law, will improve things come September 16. I won't hold my breath. The
answer isn't to make the challenging of ridiculous patents easier to defeat,
it's not granting them in the first place!

Take for example the tap to zoom. Let's take a sane, rational look at that
patent.

1) Mouse click to zoom has been around for ages. It was in Yahoo maps, before
Google Maps were even a twinkling. I don't have a date on it. It predates the
Apple products, I know that much. Mouse-click to zoom was in other things too.

2) Smartphones don't have a physical keyboard. Smartphones don't have a mouse
device. Smartphones only choice for interacting is a stick/finger. That *is for
all intensive purposes, the keyboard and mouse device. Hence the finger is the
mouse.

Ergo, anything obvious to do with a mouse is also obvious to do with a finger or
stick. Just because something is a new field of use, doesn't mean it required
any mental creativity. To, appropriately, paraphrase Forest Gump, obvious is as
obvious does.

Finally, that means you are limited to things you can do with a finger(s).

What can fingers do?
1) Fingers can push/pull things,
2) fingers can swipe/draw (fingerpainting) things,
3) fingers can tap things,
4) fingers can grab things,
5) fingers can pinch things,
6) fingers can poke things.

So, that's pretty much it. On a hard flat surface, poking and tapping are the
same, as are grab and pinch , as are push/pull/swipe/draw.

That leaves:
1) swipe,
2) tap,
3) pinch.

And combinations of each of those things, yielding 8 possible unique
combinations, and an infinite amount of ever more complex combinations. The
problem with combinations is remembering them. So the intuitively obvious
solution is to opt for the simplest combinations, of which there are 3.

In other words this is Apple's counter to the "one-click" patent.
Software patents aside, granting patents on the simplest and most obvious human
interactions with devices is beyond stupid.

Take for example the light switch. What if someone patented the single throw
light switch, and everyone else had to make double throw, or triple throw, or
single throw and slide, etc ad infinitum. then you have the single push
pushbutton.

That's my rant for the day and Congrats to Samsung. I'm going out to get an
SIII, before they're all gone.

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have had my SIII for 3 weeks prior to this crazy verdict.
Authored by: cxd on Sunday, September 02 2012 @ 08:53 PM EDT
Warning dyslexic post....
Love this phone! 4g coverage on T-moble in my house is terrible. With a little
wifi antenna magic I get neighborhood coverage and because of the large mobile
free hotspot in the park less than a football field away I have no need to rely
on T-mobile's lack of network coverage in my area. Wifi calls are crystal clear
and wonderful! Drive out of my area and T-mobile 4g is wonderful. They
[Samsung] have released improvements 2 times since I have had the phone that
shows a commitment to update and to release those in a timely manner. Looking
forward the the new Google OS update that should be coming soon. Anyone know of
T-moble plans? My recommendation regardless of the trial. On specs alone this
phone wins! Get one while you can.

cxd

Having been raised on a dairy farm. Dear Apple, to step in [it] accidentally is
an annoyance. To put your foot in and rub [it] in into your boots is a sign of
mental illness. Get some help please. It is not just the tech community that
understands. It is the farmers. There are 10 family’s in my area [farm] and I
am preparing to purchase S III's in bulk for them. Maybe lugs or other Linux
groups could do the same. Carriers offer huge discounts not only on hardware
but on plans for US customers if you can bargain with large numbers. They also
know that they want to provide excellent service to your group because they know
your group votes as a block. I am sure we are looking at around at least 25 to
50 handsets just from our family. Family reunion is coming up and we purchase
everything as a block.

---
cxd

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