HTC: Apple lacks Fairplay, 13/07/2011 - Your reactions

[crispin]

Apple very recently decided to give a new blow to its legal procedures against HTC. This is not surprising, this coming after the announcement of excellent results of HTC. The reaction of HTC was surprising:


HTC is disappointed by the constant attempts of Apple to bring procedures against competition on the market. HTC firmly contradicted all the allegations formulated by Apple in the past and the present, and we reaffirm our determination and our engagement to protect our intellectual property laws.



The position of HTC is thus now clear. The company will affirm to be victim of an unjustified fight by Apple. These procedures will not end any time soon. In a certain way, Apple finds itself today in a situation known to them not so long ago when Mac was shining in glory while the PC under Windows started to go down. At that time Apple was seen sparring with this unworthy competition with contempt and condescension. Apple has not passed far from its end of that story.

The difficulty of being able to innovate unceasingly, the company will behave like all the giants of electronics and to start to want to slow down by all the means the development of its competitors or to force them to pay royalties to gain money and also to oblige them to increase the price of their devices making them thus less competitive.


 
By crispin, original by Lionel

[mz123]

Apple very recently decided to give a new blow to its legal procedures against HTC. This is not surprising, this coming after the announcement of excellent results of HTC. The reaction of HTC was surprising:


HTC is disappointed by the constant attempts of Apple to bring procedures against competition on the market. HTC firmly contradicted all the allegations formulated by Apple in the past and the present, and we reaffirm our determination and our engagement to protect our intellectual property laws.



The position of HTC is thus now clear. The company will affirm to be victim of an unjustified fight by Apple. These procedures will not end any time soon. In a certain way, Apple finds itself today in a situation known to them not so long ago when Mac was shining in glory while the PC under Windows started to go down. At that time Apple was seen sparring with this unworthy competition with contempt and condescension. Apple has not passed far from its end of that story.

The difficulty of being able to innovate unceasingly, the company will behave like all the giants of electronics and to start to want to slow down by all the means the development of its competitors or to force them to pay royalties to gain money and also to oblige them to increase the price of their devices making them thus less competitive.


 
By crispin, original by Lionel

"Apple lacks Fairplay"
good morning HTC

[sip]

Until the iPhone was unveiled, smartphones were not exactly user friendly -- I know because I have been using them in one form or another for quite a few years. Apple spent a considerable amount of resources (time & money) to develop a tablet OS which it first scaled down and tested with the iPhone as Apple did not think that people would take to a tablet device like the iPad because of the Newton experience.

Every one thought that Apple was setting itself up for failure, but then sales took off and every one and his uncle decided they would copy the iPhone. Having succeeded with iPhone and iPod Touch, Apple launched the iPad and the rest, as we say, is history.

Apple took a concept, improved it, developed it and most significantly, patented it -- remember Steve Jobs on the intro of the iPhone? "Boy, have we patented it". Other manufacturers do not have any rights in law to use Apple patented technology, and if the situation was reversed, they would be suing the hell out of Apple.

Fair play? They say that everything is fair in love and war.

[mz123]

Until the iPhone was unveiled, smartphones were not exactly user friendly -- I know because I have been using them in one form or another for quite a few years. Apple spent a considerable amount of resources (time & money) to develop a tablet OS which it first scaled down and tested with the iPhone as Apple did not think that people would take to a tablet device like the iPad because of the Newton experience.

Every one thought that Apple was setting itself up for failure, but then sales took off and every one and his uncle decided they would copy the iPhone. Having succeeded with iPhone and iPod Touch, Apple launched the iPad and the rest, as we say, is history.

Apple took a concept, improved it, developed it and most significantly, patented it -- remember Steve Jobs on the intro of the iPhone? "Boy, have we patented it". Other manufacturers do not have any rights in law to use Apple patented technology, and if the situation was reversed, they would be suing the hell out of Apple.

Fair play? They say that everything is fair in love and war.

Yes you are right, but you surely remember the situation about the name "iphone" on the day it was presented to the public by S.Jobs. They don't have the right to use it, but they ignore this fact and just use it - this fact was actually my point. Apple love to be "wiser" than the "wise man"very often.