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Originally Posted by sooper_droid12
How is that a bad thing? Force Google to innovate instead of steal. I don't have a problem with that. In fact, you'll probably see Google continue to develop voice interface with their devices. Maybe figure out other touch inputs. Who knows?! But to me, it's all good.
Apple isn't pissed off that folks have choice. They're pissed off because they're not being compensated for their work. We talk about how we'll pay for apps to support developers all the time. But now that the developer is Apple, what? They're not supposed to be paid?
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With Apple it is a bit more than money involved here. If it was just about money, then Apple would have the iPhone on every U.S. cell carrier that wanted it today. I think that this is more about future potential money and Egos!
Apple wants to be the proverbial "Top dog," in at least one technology driven market segment. They have always had the attitude and the desire, but they never really had the products to back it up, that is before the iPhone/iPad hit the market. Now those, "Top dog," products are being threatened, so Apple has to strike quickly before the offending Throne stealing Green monster can make off with the crown.
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Originally Posted by sooper_droid12
HTC made a pretty penny selling Android phones. Time to pay up.
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This assumes that there are actual U.S. patent violations here and that they have actually made a pretty penny thus far.
