BATTLE OF THE TOUCHPADS
by Melissa Chau ~ September 29th, 2011. Filed under: Uncategorized.
Ever since Apple released their iPad in 2010, companies such as Hp, Blackberry, and Acer have released many similar touch pads in hopes to get into the market and act as an alternative to consumers. Competing directly at Apple’s iPad 2 model, The Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 is Apple’s biggest rival. Complete with speakers, it provides the ultimate android experience in a new slimmer and sleeker design than their older models in their series.
Because of “similar” size and shape, Samsung was hit with patent and infringement lawsuits from Apple. Because of this, Samsung was prevented from launching their product in Australia. On August 10th 2011, the German court prohibited the sales of the tablet in European nations. Recently, a Dutch publication accused Apple of providing false evidence against Samsung by making the dimensions of the Galaxy tablet appear much closer to the iPad. Apparently, the tablet is more oblong and longer than shown in the pictures brought as evidence. It did not accurately reflect the product’s shape.
As of September 9th 2011, the ban has been lifted. All sales are being made throughout Europe with the exception of Germany. It is ridiculous that Apple has to fake evidence in order to stop their competition.
September 30th, 2011 at 9:14 pm
I think that Apple has made this move is just ridiculous. In the computer market, there are many laptops that have pretty much the exact same specs, appearance and features etc and there has not been any case similar to this happened before, at least from what I have known. If Apple is confident and secured in the tablet market, why did it even bother to do such a “dirty” move?
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