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masseur Posts: > 500

BBC article

Steve Jobs said he wanted to destroy Android and would spend all of Apple's money and his dying breath if that is what it took to do so.

Mr Jobs told author Walter Isaacson that he viewed Android's similarity to iOS as "grand theft".
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Posted: 2011-10-21 14:13:39
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goldenface Posts: > 500

Talk about megalomaniac!!

The 'grid pattern' of icons has existed for over a decade, going way back to phones such as the T68 and beyond. so it could be argued that the iphone 'look' is hardly original and Jobs is attempting to grab the glory.

It sounds to me like current ferocious litigation battles were instigated on direct order from Jobs himself - using any tool in his arsenal in order to destroy Android - not a healthy outlook if you ask me and couldn't have contributed to the state of his health.

If it wasn't for Android, who would force Apple to keep pushing the boundary and prevent them from launching any old crap at an bloated price?
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Posted: 2011-10-21 14:29:22
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daviep Posts: > 500

sounds about right the way they are chasing all the patent rights of the various android phones

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Posted: 2011-10-21 14:38:51
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adsada Posts: > 500

How can this be justified? I mean what is he stating Android has copied? The fact it runs on a phone which uses a capacity touch screen? The fact you swipe with your finger? But this is just another technological advantage that would have happened with or without Apple.

Siemens didn't sue everyone else because they were first to use a colour screen

Sharp didn't sue everyone else because they were first to create a camera phone

Ericsson didn't sue everyone else because they were first to use bluetooth

And lastly Martin Cooper from Motorola didn't sue everyone because he invented the mobile phone

So why should this be any different, plus the fact Apple were not the first to create a touch screen phone anyway, why should Apple claim all the glory for this new technology with without rivals such as Android because there would then be no motivation to do make a product better and thus would offer the consumer worse value for money.

[ This Message was edited by: adsada on 2011-10-21 13:55 ]

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Posted: 2011-10-21 14:55:22
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Indiandawg Posts: > 500

Like that even Microsoft can tell iOS is a copy of WM.

This is all BULLSHIT!
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Posted: 2011-10-21 15:08:08
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daviep Posts: > 500

i think apple would be happy if it had no competition in the mobile marketplace
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Posted: 2011-10-21 15:42:08
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Bonovox Posts: > 500

Oh he was all heart then