Very few people realize that a very useful innovation called 'pull-down notifications' was blatantly copied by Apple from Android. Not just that, it took them 5 generations to do that(notification pull-down was incorporated in iOS5). On the contrary, Android had this from version 1.0. A few generations later, Apple fans may well say that Android stole the notifications system from iOS.
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Now this is news. I doubt Google and Samsung will overlook this. Apple has sued Samsung over trivial things such as icons with rounded corners and won an injunction over elastic scrolling. Now its the turn of the Android gang to ransack Apple.
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They should have copied it earlier in the before versions.Now Google and Samsung are waiting for a chance to bang Apple.So lets see whether Apple pays for this or not.
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More important will be Apple's argument against claims by Google. Apple cannot accept an injunction against iPhone 5 and at the same time what ever they say in defense will be used against them by Samsung. Interesting development in an epic battle between the titans of smartphone industry.
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Google Android's patent for Pull Down Notifications and Notifications Manager was filed long back but not yet issued. Google is rumored to be working hard to get it issued soon so that they can claim damages from Apple.
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It would be deeply satisfying to see the hacks at apple finally get what they deserve, the whole company was founded off of stolen property after all!
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@Nicholas - Apple is one of the most innovative companies to date! Everyone picks up and draws inspiration from prior art in their domain but very few raise the bar and set the standards for everyone to follow. In this perspective, Apple deserves more credit than anyone else in that industry. If you are referring to Apple's adoption of Point and Click GUI from Xerox PARC Labs, then its important to note that Xerox was still experimenting when Apple picked that up and made a mark with Macintosh.
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Innovative, but also louder and more expensive. If you look down the line, every tablet that was out when the Ipad came out could do all of the same things, Apple just screamed it louder. The same for the computers, and phones. More importantly they initiated the practice of planned obsolescence.
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@Nicholas - I have to disagree with you on this! I personally dont use Apple products because of certain preferences I have which meld well with other offerings but I believe Apple makes the best products in the market. If you can pay X for a competing smartphone, iPhone is worth much more than its price for the level of perfection, design and workmanship. Yes there were tablets with similar functionality when iPad was introduced but iPad did those things so well that people craved for it.
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Contd... Apple is really the only choice unless their products don't fit your preferences. Apple has this philosophy of designing their products to provide you the best experience out of the box (which turns out to be more than desired for many out there) than allowing you to experiment and create your own experience. This lack of flexibility is what prompts some to look elsewhere. Finally, planned obsolescence is used by every product company out there and it is a very old and common strategy!
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@Praveen- The biggest issue I see that makes Apple more reliable is their unified operating system. Android devices are produced by every other carrier, and so there is no unified software, and so each phone's performance is limited to the refinement of the software, and so interaction of the networks is shaky at best. Apple refined planned obsolescence to a practical formula, and here in the US they lost the law suit for manipulating ebook prices and music prices. Distrust is my issue.
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@Nicholas - Its not software but hardware. Apple's software needs to work well with just one or two devices that they make and they can fine tune it for them but Android has to support a sea of hardware. When Android OEMs do their homework diligently (Samsung, HTC, etc.) Android works perfectly but when OEMs do a bad job at integrating their hardware with software (Android), specially the drivers part, Android stutters. Not all Android phones are created equal and thats not Android's fault.
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@Praveen- Indeed, so perhaps we need to focus on a more utilitarian hardware with a versatile software capable of compensating for hardware limitations? I'm unfamiliar with how this would look as an actual product, but it seems a fair bet that if Apple can do it, we can too!
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@Praneeth- What are your thoughts on the recent Apple Fraud on the E-book markets? US supreme Court ruled they were indeed guilty of manipulating prices to cut out competition, would you consider this darwinian business or malpractice? Not familiar with international weight granted to Supreme Court, knowing America though it's probably a joke!
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@Praneeth- link for above comment: http://www.ringoffireradio.com/2013/07/apple-violated-antitrust-law-in-e-book-scam/
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@Nicholas - Android is continuously evolving in this direction. Its latest incarnation - KitKat - is specifically designed to support and deliver a better experience on mid-to-low end hardware. But then Android is like a layer above hardware which each device manufacturer has to glue to the hardware they make. If they do a careless job there, Android can't help it. Its beyond Android's control to enforce any standards on the OEMs given its open-source foundation.
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