Apple and Samsung: Getting into some fist-e-cuffs

Apple and Samsung: Getting into some fist-e-cuffs.

The court hearing between Apple and Samsung occurred yesterday, basically Apple wants to stop Samsung producing their Galaxy S II Skyrocket and Galaxy S II Epic 4G Touch who ironically use Android. 

This has dragged on since December, the last battle saw Apple loose on the court ruling that the Galaxy Tab 10.1. Those who do not remember, the Galaxy Tab was in fact told to not be sold until the ruling was made which resulted in numerous pallets of brand new tabs to sit idle in companies back rooms. Eventually the Galaxy Tab went on to sell, not very impressively, but respectable (did not make much of a dent in Apple's market share). 

What does all this mean?!?!

Well, Samsung has been giving Apple the "screw you" and has gon on record with the guns blazing saying that "we are [Samsung] will continue to assert our intellectual property rights and defend against Apple's claims" Nam Ki Yung said in a report article. This ultimately came about from Apple filing patent infringements on Samsung because thei Galaxy devices copied iPhone and iPad.

Why not try to copy? I mean, every idiot and their dog has an iPhone. I have an iPhone. Most of you probably scoffed your coffee reading that, YES, I own an iPhone. I want to own the Galaxy S II but I could only get an iPhone when I tried to upgrade to it. 

So here is my point, the iPad has had 3 models. They have 0 front facing camera's, the Galaxy Tab has 2. That is copying right? The Galaxy Tab has 4 icons along the bottom, the iPad after 2 remakes, continue to have 1. Patent infringement? Think not.

So what is similar? Well, both are touchscreens. Both have mobile OS, one Apple iOS another with Android. Oh wait, that's different too so we cannot count that second one. Apple seems hell bent on being the bully in the industry, a trait well taken from Steve Jobs (if you believe the stories that ex-employees talk about).