Comments on: HTC Could Win Ban Against New iPad and New iPhone Based on LTE Patents

By: jeff campbell

jeff campbell — Mon, 17 Sep 2012 20:34:00 +0000

HTC should get the apple devices banned to prove a point that Apple is being stupid and then after a month agree to lift the ban and say we we lifted the ban in good faith of fair competition and all these lawsuits are just proving that Apple is a big baby and can’t play fair.

By: Tony Perez

Tony Perez — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 01:46:00 +0000

Sounds like a great idea… HA! HA HA! HA! Sorry, I couldn’t say that with a straight face! Seriously, while it would be good publicity for HTC, they need cash flow. Stifling Apple’s LTE product release would be great publicity for HTC and likely earn the respect of its Android competitors and consumers.

By: Tony Perez

Tony Perez — Tue, 11 Sep 2012 20:42:00 +0000

It’s still technology that someone developed and another company wants a free ride. That’s the basis for the patent claims. So, LTE tech is a valid claim. Apple’s “design patents” are (to me) a joke. If I worked for them I’d ask them not to patent the wheel since the circle is a basic design. It’s that way with the shape of the iPhone. My mother has an old LG Voyager handset that’s rectangular with rounded corners. It’s a smaller than the iPhone but still, the concept existed before Apple received a patent for it! It wasn’t even a concept! It EXISTED! Yes, it’s time someone got “smacked” for messing with solid tech patents.

By: Tony Perez

Tony Perez — Tue, 11 Sep 2012 16:58:00 +0000

With Apple releasing a new handset every year. They should have released an LTE handset last year with a battery of slightly higher capacity. Then this year, they could have released a better LTE device. Instead, they spent the year suing competitors all over the planet. I feel for their users. Especially those who payed for overpriced devices with obsolete 3G technology. I helped my elderly mother purchase an iPad to help her use “something” to use on the Internet and connect to her loved ones. I’m not impressed with the iOS. It’s cumbersome and can take too many steps for simple OS functions. Also, what’s the deal with no widgets?! The the ITC rules in favor of HTC, maybe Apple can spend it’s “hiatus” working on its mobile OS. Oh, a “back key” would be a nice addition to iOS too…

By: Tony Perez

Tony Perez — Tue, 11 Sep 2012 16:08:00 +0000

While it looks bitter, it appears it may be the sweet taste of JUSTICE!

By: Tony Perez

Tony Perez — Tue, 11 Sep 2012 16:07:00 +0000

Sounds like the new Windows 8 phones from Nokia. Wait! Those will be released “soon”! The new iPhone, maybe not so soon….

By: Tony Perez

Tony Perez — Tue, 11 Sep 2012 16:07:00 +0000

Sounds like a twisted name for a reality show! LOL

By: Mchl496

Mchl496 — Tue, 11 Sep 2012 16:06:00 +0000

Props on tv yes…. but concept written in a book? Star Trek made a lot of guides on their tech with specs and ideas.

By: Tony Perez

Tony Perez — Tue, 11 Sep 2012 16:05:00 +0000

I can imagine the execs at Microsoft and Nokia sitting back, eating popcorn, and enjoying the show! LOL

By: Tony Perez

Tony Perez — Tue, 11 Sep 2012 16:02:00 +0000

I guess Apple never saw this coming! The HTC Thunderbolt, a slow fused bomb against the legal onslaught of Apple. Now we can only hope the courts all over the planet agree. Not to close down this side of Apple’s business but to perhaps initiate more cooperation between tech companies.

By: Tony Perez

Tony Perez — Tue, 11 Sep 2012 15:57:00 +0000

From personal childhood experience, it’s good to give the bully a good hit. In my case, it made him think twice about messing with me again. Remember McFly in back to the future…? Sadly, Apple is the bully. A greedy one. While their products show a high level of technological expertise, their actions show a lower level of global awareness about consumers and humanity. I know businesses exist to generate revenue. It’s HOW the revenue is made that gives a company a “seat at the table” with humanity for the long-term. IBM, HP, Proctor and Gamble, and Coke are companies that find ways to stay connected with their consumers. Yes, they have fierce competitors who want to take away some of their market share but we never really hear of these companies filing lawsuits as if it was part of their strategic business plan the way Apple appears to do.

By: Tony Perez

Tony Perez — Tue, 11 Sep 2012 15:50:00 +0000

Unfortunately, it’s about who got to the patent office first with “real” technology, not props. That’s why lots of progressive legal minds are calling for a revision of the U.S. patent system.

By: Tony Perez

Tony Perez — Tue, 11 Sep 2012 15:47:00 +0000

$30 and $40 seems like an obscene amount of money per handset for technology that isn’t core to the functionality of a device. The point being made is that Apple refuses to pay a similar amount for technology that IS. Also, Samsung hasn’t paid a penny of the $1.1 billion awarded to Apple. It’s now going to be appealed and judges with more common sense will determine if the award was just and if it was appropriate at all to be decided in Apple’s favor. The recent Apple v. Samsung case in the US courts won’t truly be decided until all appeals are exhausted. We’ll see….

By: drathos

drathos — Tue, 11 Sep 2012 15:15:00 +0000

All of Apple’s naming for all things mobile (except, as far as I know, the iPod) have infringed on someone else’s trademark. iPhone was originally a Cisco trademark (desktop office phone) as was/is iOS (Cisco’s network operating system). iPad was some Chinese (or was it Taiwanese?) company.

They’ve repeatedly shown a complete disregard for anyone else’s “intellectual property” (see Jobs’ comments from way back where he misquoted Picasso) while being hyper aggressive against everyone else using IP that should have never been awarded to Apple.

By: JazzoRenee

JazzoRenee — Tue, 11 Sep 2012 13:35:00 +0000

Well, I guess that’s why they are forcing college students in China, working at less than the appropriate labor amount, to manufacture these phone and them out before the verdict is given.