News: Samsung Had To Claim Their MultiTouch Software Is Terrible

Desperate Fantast

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Samsung Had To Claim Their MultiTouch Software Is Terrible Compared To Apple’s

Have you ever had to say that you’re terrible at something just so you can get some preferential treatment, even though you’re really not as bad as you claim? It’s silly, but sometimes it works.

That’s what happened to Samsung today. In order to not get their products banned from the Netherlands, Samsung had to tell the court today that their multitouch software is really terrible in comparison to Apple’s.

Apple said in the Court of the Hague that Samsung should be banned from selling Galaxy devices in the Netherlands because Samsung has infringed on their “touch event model” patent. The patent basically describes technology that prevents smartphone users from making erroneous touches at the same time.

“While Apple’s technology is a “very nice invention,” the technique used in Android differs from the iOS solution, argued Bas Berghuis van Woortman, one of Samsung’s lawyers. Because the Android based method is more hierarchical the system is more complex and therefore harder for developers to use, he said.

In order for Apple to win the case they had to argue that Samsung’s touch event model is totally almost as good as theirs. So Apple’s lawyer, Theo Blomme had to tell the judge -

“They suggest that they have a lesser solution, but that is simply not true. The technique used in Android does solve a multiple input “conflict situation” and in that way the Android software essentially does the same as Apple’s.”

In the end, the court saw Samsung throwing a pity-party, claiming their multitouch is just terrible, and then Apple coming over trying to boost them up and tell them how awesome their multitouch is, just so they can turn around and slam them with the ban-hammer. Killing ‘em with kindness. What a beautiful way to win a patent case.

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Big Smoke

That article is misleading and makes no sense.

Where did they say it was terrible?

All they said was that model layout was different which is true.

and WTF is a touch event model patent? Apple claims to have invented event listeners now

Desperate Fantast

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Originally posted by Big Smoke

That article is misleading and makes no sense.

Where did they say it was terrible?

All they said was that model layout was different which is true.

and WTF is a touch event model patent? Apple claims to have invented event listeners now

Learn to read before speaking.

GaGaFan

This is so funny.

This whole legal battle is golden.

Pelvic Thrust

Oh dear, Samsung needs to stop. Now they're making themselves look stupid.

Golden

So who won the case? Will Samsung still be able to sell their phones in Holland?

supercalz

I guess Apple will be getting a new source for the majority of the major components in the iPhone then.

Desperate Fantast

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Originally posted by supercalz

I guess Apple will be getting a new source for the majority of the major components in the iPhone then.

Lol Samsung is a manufacturer, not the license holder. That's nothing to brag about. And yes, there are countless companies out there that can take over the job so Apple will be perfectly fine.

Big Smoke

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Originally posted by Desperate Fantast

Learn to read before speaking.

Learn to comprehend before copying and pasting.

First things first the article is biased. thats already a fail lol

The actual quotes, which I assume are from the case itself, implies nothing of what the article is saying happened. All its saying is that Android OS layout is different from the iOS layout, Which. Is. True.

But you already knew that.

babyboy44

dafuq

Desperate Fantast

Quote:

Originally posted by Big Smoke

Learn to comprehend before copying and pasting.

First things first the article is biased. thats already a fail lol

The actual quotes, which I assume are from the case itself, implies nothing of what the article is saying happened. All its saying is that Android OS layout is different from the iOS layout, Which. Is. True.

But you already knew that.

This article has absolutely NOTHING to do with layout. Go back and READ, asshole.

Kworb

Fake, not news