Apple at something again

[Doomed]

As my long lost, I hate apple, lets apple bash thread has been reopened

I wonder, does the TripleEye have the 255 levels of pressure sensitivity capacitive screen?

[Tufftoad]

Time to stoke the fire

Mate sent me this article at BoingBoing.com - Apple granted patent for location-based camera phone disabling

Read the full article in the link provided above but here's the crux of it:


"On Tuesday, Apple was granted a patent that could prevent photos and videos from being taken in particular locations. Other restrictions include forcing the camera to go to sleep so it cann't be used at all:

Apparatus and methods for changing one or more functional or operational aspects of a wireless device, such as upon the occurrence of a certain event. In one embodiment, the event comprises detecting that the wireless device is within range of one or more other devices. In another variant, the event comprises the wireless device associating with a certain access point. In this manner, various aspects of device functionality may be enabled or restricted (device “policies”). This policy enforcement capability is useful for a variety of reasons, including for example to disable noise and/or light emanating from wireless devices (such as at a movie theater), for preventing wireless devices from communicating with other wireless devices (such as in academic settings), and for forcing certain electronic devices to enter “sleep mode” when entering a sensitive area."

[stonkr]

I've been following the recent court case and found comments after the articles on various sites interesting. I'd estimate that 95% of the comments were anti Apple, even people professing to be long standing Apple customers.

[Doomed]

Can Samsung do us all a favour, tell apple you lost there order and it will take a little while to find it

I'm getting sick of TV and radio saying 'Apple invented this', 'If it wasn't for Apple smartphones wouldn't exist' ect ect.

Next apple will be suing the American Government for nicking there idea. It's not 'the American dream', nope, it's 'the apple dream' and the media fools will believe them

[Tufftoad]

LOL....really!

Apple vs. A.pl: Tech company sues online Polish grocer over logo

It looks like Apple is feeling bullish after its recent patent win over Samsung. Polish news site Telepolis reports that the Cupertino-based tech company has set its lawsuit-happy sights on another company over trademark issues. Only this time it's not a global tech company that happens to make an iPhone-like smartphone--it's an online Polish grocery site called A.pl.

Er…yeah. A.PL Internet SA is the company's official name, and it's an online deli site that advertises delivery straight to its customers' doors. It does happen to be named A.pl--".pl" is the country domain for Poland. Apple is taking issue with its "trademark," however, and has demanded that the Polish Patent Office cancel its trademark. And this is not a new blip on Apple's radar--Apple also objected to the registration of the trademark in the first place.

According to Telepolis, Apple is taking issue with the A.pl's logo, and is claiming that the grocer is trying to deliberately confuse customers by using Apple's well-known likeness and reputation. Considering Apple sells iPhones (and iPads, and MacBook Airs, and Mac OS X, and other non-edible technology items), and A.pl sells food (and cleaning products, and other items you might find in a grocery store), this seems like a bit of a stretch. I think it's unlikely that customers will mistake A.pl's products for iPhones, and vice-versa.

A.pl's current website looks nothing like Apple's: it's got fruits and veggies and cheese in the background, it has a festive green-and-orange color scheme, and it sells things like vegetable oil and canned ham. The logo currently being used on A.pl's site also looks nothing like Apple's. However, Apple says that the issue was over a previous logo which is not currently being used.

According to The Next Web, the logo in question may actually be the logo of fresh24.pl, which is a website owned by A.pl. This logo does feature a round green apple with a leaf, which is similar in shape to Apple's apple leaf:

If this is the offending logo (or if it's similar to the offending logo), the question, of course, is this: Does Apple have copyright claim over all apple-shaped logos and icons? I wouldn't put it past Apple to think that it does have claim over all apple images--after all, this is the same company that told Samsung, in December 2011, that it could avoid patent skirmishes with the company by not making tablets or smartphones with rectangular shapes, rounded corners, or flat surfaces.

Anyway, there are a couple of possible outcomes for this case. Apple's complaint may be dismissed, or A.pl may have to come up with a new logo (and possibly a new name). According to Telepolis, in both cases the parties will be entitled to appeal to the Regional Administrative Court in Warsaw. However, Telepolis reports the case may take up to three years, so unless the two parties settle out of court it's unlikely we'll see immediate resolution.

A.pl CEO Radoslaw Celinski tells Reuters that the accusation (that his company is using Apple's likeness and reputation) is "ludicrous." However, the company is reportedly looking into Apple's complaint.

At the time of this posting, Apple had not responded to requests for comment.

Source Article - PCWorld

[RichH]

What a bunch of wankers !!!!!!!!!

[Tufftoad]

Lol, suing a grocers for using fruit in his logo.....how very dare they!

No wonder Apple are getting upset with China and their lack of regard for patents, there's a whole continent awaiting litigation!

[RichH]

If Isaac Newton was alive today........

[Goots]

That guy actually sells Apples. Maybe he should sue Apple for false advertising.

[Tufftoad]

iPhone 5 A6 Processor is based on Samsung's Exynos processor

LONDON – The A6 processor inside Apple's iPhone 5 mobile phone is a dual-core Cortex-A15 design manufactured for Apple by Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. in its 32-nm HKMG manufacturing process, according to analysts at Nomura Equity Research.

It is thought this would make the Apple one of the first companies to bring out a Cortex-A15 based processor. Cortex-A15 is the highest performance processor core from intellectual property licensor ARM Holdings plc (Cambridge, England).

Notably Samsung said it had started sampling the industry's first dual-core ARM Cortex-A15 processor late in 2011, the Exynos 5250, made in Samsung's 32-nm HKMG process and intended for volume shipment in summer 2012. The Exynos 5250 included Mali graphics and was intended for use in high-end tablet computers. At 2-GHz clock frequency it was claimed to double the performance of the previous 1.5-GHz dual-core Cortex-A9 based Exynos.

Apple has launched the iPhone 5 with relatively little detail about what is driving the product in terms of its application processor and graphics capability. The company said that the A6 processor has twice the CPU performance and twice the graphics performance of the A5x inside the iPhone 4S.

Nomura did not give a source for the information nor a clock frequency for the processor. Typically mobile phone application processors are run with clock signals of up to 1.5-GHz. However, the use of Cortex-A15 could help explain how Apple has achieved the equivalent talk time to the previous iPhone 4S iPhone