News - Samsung confirmed to be working on a 1600p 11.8in tablet

[HEXUS]

Whilst Samsung faces a daunting court battle with Apple, documents reveal a little secret.

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[cheesemp]

Nice to see Apple innovating!

[Platinum]

"confirms Americans returned GALAXY Tabs thinking they were iPads"



The big Samsung name and logo on the box and Tablet wasn't a give away?

[Brewster0101]

"confirms Americans returned GALAXY Tabs thinking they were iPads"



The big Samsung name and logo on the box and Tablet wasn't a give away?

Well I wouldn't be surprised if these people were paid by Apple to do these things so that they can use these facts in court.

Actually the more I think about it, the more I am inclined to believe this is to be the case.

[aidanjt]

Well I wouldn't be surprised if these people were paid by Apple to do these things so that they can use these facts in court.

Actually the more I think about it, the more I am inclined to believe this is to be the case.

I'm stuck between this belief, and my unwillingness to underestimate the sheer brain-dead stupidity of the American public.

[mark22]

Lol, probably a bit of both.

[Zerox]

The BestBuy situation has to be a troll.

Who, in their right minds, would drop $400 on a tablet without even observing the brand on the box, the actual box, or even the tablet itself?

If this wasn't a setup by Apple, then I really pity the individuals capable of such a action.

[Noxvayl]

"... as Apple has since produced prior-art from 2005 that looks somewhat similar. ..."

If Apple has admitted to prior art how can they be allowed to go ahead with this court case? If I'm not mistaken this is a patent dispute which means if there was prior art for the design then the patent is void.

I hate the patent system.

I'm stuck between this belief, and my unwillingness to underestimate the sheer brain-dead stupidity of the American public.

Same, you can't underestimate simple stupidity.

[Platinum]

Most of how America works baffles me, I try to not think about it these days.
Always gonna be a tough battle for Samsung, Apple is a American company, you know what the Yanks are like for blind patriotism, a Korean company winning? tough one, I bet most Americans don't even realise there is a north and south Korea...

[aidanjt]

I bet most Americans don't even realise there is a north and south Korea...

*cough*British Olympics*cough*

[Jingee]

Instead of a pointless 1600p tablet used as a marketing gimmick, can they not instead focus on creating cheaper 1600p monitors and TV sets?

[mark22]

*cough*British Olympics*cough*

That was the BBC though, I bet most Americans don't know that's rubbish either.

[iiee]

It doesn't actually surprise me that people bought tablets thinking that they where ipads. Does no one remember the people who bought mp3 players and called them ipods no matter what brand they were? Some (generally older) Less tech savvy people tend to think of these things as all being the same especially when buying presents for others. The standard required by a British courts to uphold a community design is the informed shopper a considerably higher standard.

@jinge never mind the pointless 1600p screens i want 1440p and 2160p 24in monitors if they need to make 1600p tablets to get the manufacturing process down i am all for it.

[dangel]

Instead of a pointless 1600p tablet used as a marketing gimmick, can they not instead focus on creating cheaper 1600p monitors and TV sets?

If there's one thing I love about my iPad 3 it's the screen. iOS not very much but the screen.. ohhh.. the loverly screen. It's pointless till you've got one - I think it's great to see an Android equivalent as I'd prefer 4.1 over iOS in a flash.

Would I like a high density PC display? Yes and no - yes in that it'd look great, no in that you need more graphic power to do 3d on them.

Still having just gone SLI