Mobile phones & tablets thread

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Originally Posted by Daniel

Should people be able to patent minimalism though? I'll admit that the S1 and 3gs are quite similar. But when you put out a product that is so basic in design, I really don't feel that you should be able to protect it, because, well..... it's just a very basic design. I bought 2 2l bottles of Pepsi last night and I could be wrong, but they're pretty much the same as the 2l bottles of pop that all drinks come in. They're hardly designed at all are they?

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On the contrary, there are a lot of design elements that go into the likes of a 2 litre pop bottle. It just that it isn't heavily protected.

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Originally Posted by Robinho

Sorry guys I think you might find LG did the coloured strip round the edge of the telly 1st, although theirs was blue IIRC, in which case the idea of Samsung patenting it seems to be exactly what you are arguing apple are guilty of

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True! But samsung seem to integrate it into the frame whereas LG have it as a separate strip :p

http://static.trustedreviews.com/94/...lh4000img1.jpg
http://www.digitaltrends.com/wp-cont..._LCD_TVs-1.jpg

Plus Samsung's is red :p

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Originally Posted by iOan

I didn't even know here was an iPad 3.

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there iSn't, iThink iT's called the iNew iPad iNstead :p

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Originally Posted by Mark

The iPad 4 is out!


Wi-Fi
16GB £399
32GB £479
64GB £559
Wi-Fi + Cellular
16GB £499
32GB £579
64GB £659

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cheers, now what's that in proper money ? :andrea: :p

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Originally Posted by donKey jote

hmm... looks like I'll be waiting for quotes on the iPad 4 :p

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Don't Upgrade to the iPad 4

;)

Yes if you were thinking of buying an iPad anyway - then again it's not as if you have the choice of buying the iPad 3 any more.

If you think about it, Apple had little choice buy to ditch the iPad 3. Purely because of the move to the new dock connector, for Christmas you now have an iPad Mini with lightening and could have had an iPad 3 with 30pin, you aren't going to buy the iPad 3 because just because of the dock connector it appears well out of date, so they had to at least introduce a new version with the new dock connector, so that customers don't choose iPad Mini over iPad.

The article is right of course because there will be a lighter version out next year, but that's in a year.

So it's the Windows 8 and 'surface' launch tonight. Daniel; you getting one?

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Originally Posted by Mark

So it's the Windows 8 and 'surface' launch tonight. Daniel; you getting one?

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I would really like a Surface Win 8 pro but there is no way that I could afford one right now.
And besides there are other things that are higher up on my "want list".

We're in the process of sourcing a new computer, and bang for buck nothing comes close to a good old fashioned laptop. Horses for courses, I appreciate, but IMO you still can't beat a proper keyboard and huge storage for actually getting stuff done. The tablet we got is fine for browsing and media viewing, but utterly hopeless for productivity.

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Originally Posted by Dave B

We're in the process of sourcing a new computer, and bang for buck nothing comes close to a good old fashioned laptop. Horses for courses, I appreciate, but IMO you still can't beat a proper keyboard and huge storage for actually getting stuff done. The tablet we got is fine for browsing and media viewing, but utterly hopeless for productivity.

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The beauty of the Surface Pro is that with the touch cover or type cover it can double as a laptop and a tablet. But the Surface RT doesn't have the power or compatibility of a laptop sadly.