BBC News: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-14401826 What do you guys make of this? Extrapolating to the future I wonder what this means for a Apple vs Google rivalry where there is more and more at stake.
I think Apple is playing with fire and it's only a matter of time until they get burned but that's more based on them warring with Samsung than Google although I did read earlier in the week about Google buying up thousands of hardware patents. I think any company resorting to legal means to prevent competition is pretty lame though it's almost like admitting you can't win fairly.
Yeah, I feel you on that but on the other hand it's almost like an arms race and if you don't buy out the patents you're left out in the cold... (and in this case the patents are like a parka)
Apple's sole purpose is to eliminate competition. With 500,000 android activations a day, and news today that Android tablets have eaten 20% of Apple's tablet market in the last year (http://www.bgr.com/2011/08/12/android-steals-20-of-tablet-market-from-ipad-over-past-year/), they're throwing everything they can and hoping something sticks. I enjoy my 4th gen ipod Touch, but have no intention of ever supporting this company by buying their products again. Example, Apple won an injunction against Samsung that effectively shut down their ability to sell one of their tablets in Europe, and is looking to do the same thing with the Xoom tablet. Yet, they're ignoring the touchpad, Win7 mobile, webOS RIM, etc. Why? Only Google and Android pose a threat (yet they have no problem ripping off UI elements from any of them). You lead and reap benefits through innovation, not suing competitors out of existence.
