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[Mattvm8v]

If liquid metal is released for the iPhone 5 you can bet money Android companies will copy it. Samsung is a given as they already tried to get away with ripping off the look of the iPad.

And I understand other companies using the same technology to try and improve their own products. What I hate though is how some companies will say something is not very innovative, then use it themselves and say it's the most innovative thing around.

Remember Google dissed Siri and now they're working on a Siri clone for Android. Go figure. If it's not innovative enough why copy it?

[richeemxx]

Mattvm8v, on 06 May 2012 - 01:40 PM, said:

If liquid metal is released for the iPhone 5 you can bet money Android companies will copy it. Samsung is a given as they already tried to get away with ripping off the look of the iPad.

And I understand other companies using the same technology to try and improve their own products. What I hate though is how some companies will say something is not very innovative, then use it themselves and say it's the most innovative thing around.

Remember Google dissed Siri and now they're working on a Siri clone for Android. Go figure. If it's not innovative enough why copy it?

A bit of fanboyism there which clearly leads you to misunderstanding, or not knowing what you are talking about. Everything Siri does has already been implemented in android and has for years. If you look at most of the recent additions in functionality of the iPhone it's a blatant copying of the same ideas that are already on other phones and has been for awhile now.

Ironic since what is the great Steve Jobs quote? “Good artists copy, great artists steal. And we have always been shameless about stealing great ideas.” Made even more ironic by the fact that other phone companies have already been using liquidmetal. So who is copying whom here?

[Nuke61]

Mattvm8v, on 06 May 2012 - 01:40 PM, said:

If liquid metal is released for the iPhone 5 you can bet money Android companies will copy it.

That's possible, but not likely. Liquidmetal granted Apple exclusive right in perpetuity to use Liquidmetal for commercial, consumer electronics. Probably in exchange for a nice chunk of the Apple multi-billion dollar cash reserves.

Siri integration into the OS is pretty minor in the big scheme. The iPad was the big recent innovation, with the tablet market taking off after its introduction.

[Mattvm8v]

richeemxx, on 06 May 2012 - 02:30 PM, said:

Mattvm8v, on 06 May 2012 - 01:40 PM, said:

If liquid metal is released for the iPhone 5 you can bet money Android companies will copy it. Samsung is a given as they already tried to get away with ripping off the look of the iPad.

And I understand other companies using the same technology to try and improve their own products. What I hate though is how some companies will say something is not very innovative, then use it themselves and say it's the most innovative thing around.

Remember Google dissed Siri and now they're working on a Siri clone for Android. Go figure. If it's not innovative enough why copy it?

A bit of fanboyism there which clearly leads you to misunderstanding, or not knowing what you are talking about. Everything Siri does has already been implemented in android and has for years. If you look at most of the recent additions in functionality of the iPhone it's a blatant copying of the same ideas that are already on other phones and has been for awhile now.

Ironic since what is the great Steve Jobs quote? “Good artists copy, great artists steal. And we have always been shameless about stealing great ideas.” Made even more ironic by the fact that other phone companies have already been using liquidmetal. So who is copying whom here?

Spoken like a true Android fanboy right?

Anyways how can I be an Apple fanboy and own a $200 Android phone? (which chances are is more expensive than your Android phone). I also own a $1000+ Windows computer. This means I am willing to spend the money for a iPhone and Mac but chose Android and Windows instead. All I'm doing is stating the truth but isn't it funny how Android fanboys call anyone who says anything bad about Android an Apple fanboy? I have the feeling you're one of those people who diss companies that have products that are more expensive than you're willing to pay. And anyone who has anything bad to say about the cheaper company, you insult them. But the truth is the truth, it doesn't make you a fanboy to speak the truth. It makes you a fanboy if you attack anyone who speaks the truth against a company you support.

[Mattvm8v]

Nuke61, on 06 May 2012 - 03:53 PM, said:

Mattvm8v, on 06 May 2012 - 01:40 PM, said:

If liquid metal is released for the iPhone 5 you can bet money Android companies will copy it.

That's possible, but not likely. Liquidmetal granted Apple exclusive right in perpetuity to use Liquidmetal for commercial, consumer electronics. Probably in exchange for a nice chunk of the Apple multi-billion dollar cash reserves.

Siri integration into the OS is pretty minor in the big scheme. The iPad was the big recent innovation, with the tablet market taking off after its introduction.

See I don't see either being really innovative. I've always called the iPad an over sized and overpriced iPod Touch. The iPhone to me was the last innovative product from a mobile standpoint. Siri was actually an app before Apple bought it and integrated it into the iPhone 4s. But if those Google Glasses ever see the light of day, that could be the next truly innovative mobile product. Then again I could see a lot of people killed using those glasses. I mean you think texting and driving is bad? Imagine wearing those glasses and driving. Or imagine walking in the street wearing those glasses.

My whole point though is when one company comes out with a product the other companies pan it but when those companies follow suite, the product is called revolutionary. The Siri thing was just an example. Just like how Google stole from Apple to make Android then their fans claimed Apple stole from Google to make iOS 5. I'm sorry but all Google did was improve on a technology that was already out.

But not to fully defend Apple. Apple in a way stole from Pocket PC (though they revolutionized it by taking it to a whole nother level by adding the app store). And there were Windows type tablets already out, but they didn't sell well like the iPad.

[KLanD]

Mattvm8v, on 07 May 2012 - 04:40 AM, said:

richeemxx, on 06 May 2012 - 02:30 PM, said:

Mattvm8v, on 06 May 2012 - 01:40 PM, said:

If liquid metal is released for the iPhone 5 you can bet money Android companies will copy it. Samsung is a given as they already tried to get away with ripping off the look of the iPad.

And I understand other companies using the same technology to try and improve their own products. What I hate though is how some companies will say something is not very innovative, then use it themselves and say it's the most innovative thing around.

Remember Google dissed Siri and now they're working on a Siri clone for Android. Go figure. If it's not innovative enough why copy it?

A bit of fanboyism there which clearly leads you to misunderstanding, or not knowing what you are talking about. Everything Siri does has already been implemented in android and has for years. If you look at most of the recent additions in functionality of the iPhone it's a blatant copying of the same ideas that are already on other phones and has been for awhile now.

Ironic since what is the great Steve Jobs quote? “Good artists copy, great artists steal. And we have always been shameless about stealing great ideas.” Made even more ironic by the fact that other phone companies have already been using liquidmetal. So who is copying whom here?

Spoken like a true Android fanboy right?

Anyways how can I be an Apple fanboy and own a $200 Android phone? (which chances are is more expensive than your Android phone). I also own a $1000+ Windows computer. This means I am willing to spend the money for a iPhone and Mac but chose Android and Windows instead. All I'm doing is stating the truth but isn't it funny how Android fanboys call anyone who says anything bad about Android an Apple fanboy? I have the feeling you're one of those people who diss companies that have products that are more expensive than you're willing to pay. And anyone who has anything bad to say about the cheaper company, you insult them. But the truth is the truth, it doesn't make you a fanboy to speak the truth. It makes you a fanboy if you attack anyone who speaks the truth against a company you support.

You know if you want to go throwing numbers around.. $200 for an android phone and $1000 for a PC isn't really that much.. it's about average I'd say.

[topscientist0dgz]

richeemxx, on 06 May 2012 - 02:30 PM, said:

Made even more ironic by the fact that other phone companies have already been using liquidmetal. So who is copying whom here?

Uh no, dimwit, in fact they have not. Acer came out with a phone named "Liquid Metal" It was made of plastic like other Android phones.

[KLanD]

topscientist0dgz, on 12 June 2012 - 05:10 PM, said:

richeemxx, on 06 May 2012 - 02:30 PM, said:

Made even more ironic by the fact that other phone companies have already been using liquidmetal. So who is copying whom here?

Uh no, dimwit, in fact they have not. Acer came out with a phone named "Liquid Metal" It was made of plastic like other Android phones.

I'll take plastic over glass anyday.