Since Apple has won its suit agains Samsung, I wonder how the new lines of Samsung smartphones are going to be like? No longer smart?

I'm sure other shapes will eventually catch on. Years ago some of Samsung's phones have oval shapes. Before iphones. most of the Nokia phones have more or less oval shapes.





How about this Sony ericsson phone design..may catch on.

or this:

Shape is less of a problem. It's the performance of the phones that's uniquely Samsung....the swipe to unlock the screen. Pinching to enlarge can be replaced by tapping..anyway does Apple have the monopoly on touch screens? Who owns the patent? Apple actually relies heavily on Samsung to deliver up to 25% of the iPhone 4′s parts. Among the components include the flash memory within, DRAM memory and the applications processor which basically makes the entire handset tick. If Samsung were to tell Apple to fly kites and outsource their parts from other sources, will that be counter productive? Or Samsung strong arm some deals...we provide you parts, in exchange you let us use your patents...or totally seek their own path? Knowing the Koreans they can eventually come up with something. I hate Apple for being so mercenary

This post has been edited by Tookia: Aug 26 2012, 08:17 AM

I support what James Trew says. "In fact, pre-Android and iOS, most mobile phones often looked and operated in much the same way, the difference was mainly in the hardware itself." Nokia was the taiko then..why it didn't sue the others? Because it is not as mercenary as Apple.Tim Cook...another Bill Gates in the making. Nokia's Symbian OS never improved and today it is losing money.

"Apple had the legal right to protect something, it did, and won. Fine. What is more galling is that the jurors seem to have missed an opportunity to question the validity (and by proxy, value) of these patents, and they didn't. Is Apple going this self-destructive path, the end of which is good for no one, not even Apple. "
I think Google and Samsung will not give up so easily as big bucks are involved.

If Apple license out their patents to Android makers the end result will be more expensive phones..and Apple having less competetion will produce mediocre phones. Have you noticed that the new ipad (so called ipad 3) is already in our stores without much fanfare? Its specs are nothing to shout about. Probably Apple is waiting to launch its mini ipad and iphone 5 and relegate the ipad 3 to the junk heap.

This post has been edited by Tookia: Aug 26 2012, 08:36 AM

I'm sure they will come out with something innovative. Knowing the Koreans,they have to.in order to survive.

These are the touch features apparently patented Patented gestures

This post has been edited by Tookia: Aug 28 2012, 08:59 AM

I wonder if anyone has patented the "middle finger" gesture? It would be interesting to see what it does to a touch screen...probably a message/voice replies "**** you!"