Samsung Electronics is moving to fight back against Apple by strengthening its partnerships with American mobile carriers to develop new technologies to get away from the U.S. firm?s claims on design.
The world?s biggest smartphone maker is in talks with major telecom carriers on Apple?s home-turf such as Verizon Wireless about modified designs in Samsung Galaxy devices. It is also closely partnering with Microsoft (MS) to cut its dependency on Google Android, according to officials Wednesday.
The article starts off hilariously.
Why would they need help from carriers to develop new technologies to get away from Apple's trade-dress/design claims?
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With Google backing away from Samsung could be bad for us getting a update.
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Doesn't the iPad already have LTE and shouldn't they have sued already? This article makes no sense.
I don't even follow BGR anymore. It's an Apple fanboy POS now. So much sensationalism and bias...to think I used to ONLY read BGR for tech info!
Yes it does, but I read that Samsung is waiting to play that card when the Iphone 5 comes out. This would presumably hurt Apple more since market share for the Iphone is greater.
It is also being reported on BGR.
Yes it does, but I read that Samsung is waiting to play that card when the Iphone 5 comes out. This would presumably hurt Apple more since market share for the Iphone is greater.
It is also being reported on BGR.
BGR just picked up the original story from the Korean newspaper ("The Korea Times reports"). I still wouldn't put much weight in the story.
IMO, if Samsung wanted to delay or stop the next iPhone, which supposedly will ship with LTE, Samsung should have filed a case against the LTE iPad the moment it was released.
Even if Apple is infringing on a Samsung LTE patent, they probably won't be able to now stop the initial flood of new iPhones that will supposedly hit the market at the end of September.
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"It is also closely partnering with Microsoft (MS) to cut its dependency on Google Android, according to officials Wednesday. "
I'm throwing the BS flag. Why would Samsung want to distance itself from Android? IMO, Samsung has solidified itself in the mobile field because of Android. And until Microsoft is successful with expanding its Windows Phone 8 platform (which I hope it does, more choice is always good), it would be completely idiotic to jump the Android ship.
And I doubt Samsung goes after Apple over LTE patents. Like Ry said, they would have to be SEPs, so any lawsuit would get tossed out quickly on that basis alone. And after losing the last patent battle, I doubt Samsung wants anymore negative attention.