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HTC and Samsung Fire Back at Apple

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Jul 12, 2011, 9:54 AM   by Eric M. Zeman

Both HTC and Samsung have separately responded to recent moves made by Apple. First, HTC has offered an official statement regarding Apple's new ITC complaint (filed Monday). HTC said, "HTC is dismayed that Apple has resorted to competition in the courts rather than the market place. HTC continues to vehemently deny all of Apple's past and present claims against it and will continue to protect and defend its own intellectual property as it has already done this year." Apple claims a number of HTC devices, including the Droid Incredible/Incredible 2, Wildfire, myTouch 3G, myTouch 3G Slide, G1, G2, EVO 4G, Aria, Desire, Hero, Merge, Inspire 4G, ThunderBolt, and the Flyer tablet, infringe on its patents. Second, Samsung has asked the court overseeing the Apple vs. Samsung case to disqualify Apple's outside legal counsel. Samsung says the law firm, Bridges & Mavrakakis, represented Samsung in a separate case earlier this year, and contends that the lawyers may have privileged and confidential information that may give Apple an edge in the current case between the two smartphone makers. The law firm involved claims that the "prior representation of Samsung was not substantially related to the current matter." Apple hasn't responded to Samsung's new claims.

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justfinethanku

Jul 13, 2011, 2:44 PM

come on Apple!

Just let us steal your ideas already! Jeez, why do you have to cry about it???

-HTC, Samsung
bluecoyote

Jul 12, 2011, 10:39 PM

Pretty sure Apple wouldn't care...

Pretty sure Apple wouldn't care about 'resolving things in the courts' if HTC actually hired its own R&D and design teams instead of making money producing shoddy knockoffs.

I mean we're talking about the same company that shipped a phone with software so half-baked it couldn't even last a day on a 4G Network that was its main selling point. So half-baked it rebooted more than my iPhone running a developer beta of iOS. Hell even their weather widget can't parse ZIP codes. I mean seriously, HTC even copied the OSX double gradient- do you honestly think a single user interface designer even works for them?

It doesn't get any sadder than HTC. Except for Samsung.

HTC at least puts minimal effort into adding some styling novelty to dif...
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I know...I mean HTC has only been making touchscreen pda's for almost 10 years now and been coping Apple the entire time...wait a tick..iphone was announced 1-9-07 so how was HTC copying them for 5 years before the phones existed? So if you use Apple...
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terryzx

Jul 12, 2011, 1:22 PM

BAD APPLE!!!

It really STINKS that Apple is trying to kill quality competition by doing this crap. I used to badly want an iPhone, but I'd never use AT&T, so I got a Droid Incredible on Version instead. I can't say how happy I was with that model and I can't wait to get another QUALITY phone by HTC. I love Apple computers but they have lost any chance of my buying an iPhone since they would rather stifle competition rather than compete with a innovative phone in the proper way. This really leaves a bad taste with me from Apple. BAD APPLE!!!
Buy a phone based on how well it works for you. If you buy one based on corporate antics and not on suitability, your just cheating yourself in the end 🙄
Apple needs to grow up and stop playing grade school games. Like AT&T they want to control everything and everyone and dictate how things should be run and tell people what they want. I for one refuse to support their efforts by purchasing any more of...
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