I am getting quite sick of this. I have no interest in an iPhone and was looking forward to the Galaxy S III (have a Nexus S currently).<p>Why is Apple so fearful of competition?<p>Companies learn from each other. That is how we progress. <i>Especially</i> when it comes to designs.<p>Imagine the early car manufacturers would have behaved like Apple... "Hey, you can't have a slanted windshield, because I have a design patent on it". Bah.
Yay, yet another example of a large company doing something that does nothing but hurt consumers.
I hate to use such an overused phrase but this is why we can't have nice things.
I'm curious what impact such actions have on the market visibility of the product being sued. Basically, will this make more people take a closer notice of the Samsung Galaxy S III and pay attention to it, then would have otherwise, and then have a positive impact on sales (unless some stupid judge blocks the sale).<p>In other words, will the impact on Apple be more adverse than if it would have not sued at all.<p>Some of this data might help convince litigious companies that this does not help them in the long run.
I have an iPhone and an Android phone, and I'm probably going to upgrade the Android to an S3. I'm not a diehard fan of either platform, and without knowing anything about the patents, as a consumer I'm getting pretty sick of what appears to be sour grapes on Apple's part. I guess I would get desperate too if I saw my main rival rack up preorders of 9 million units...
I'm a pretty big fan of Android but I would totally understand Apple going after Samsung for S-Voice - it's quite blatant in its copying of Siri's design.