Comments on: Apple’s Forstall on the stand: Steve Jobs’ ultimatum; ‘no reason’ to look to Samsung for ideas

By: Derek Currie

Derek Currie — Wed, 08 Aug 2012 00:35:47 +0000

From the source article:
Samsung entered an email into evidence that shows then head of Internet software and services Eddy Cue telling the executive team that there will be a market for a 7-inch tablet, and that Apple should take up the idea of creating one.

Darn it. Eddy had a lousy idea. I’m glad Apple ended up ignoring him. I continue to see no sign of a viable market for a ~7″ WhateverPad. It continues to be a dead end for everyone who has entered that wannabe market.

If you want an iPad that fits in your pocket: It’s the iPod Touch. Got one. Love it. You can’t have it. Mine all mine. ;-D

By: Derek Currie

Derek Currie — Wed, 08 Aug 2012 00:26:09 +0000

See Samsung? This is how creative people make things.

So learn what it takes to be creative.

Ask yourselves why you settle for mere mimicry.

Now plead ‘GUILTY!’, pay for your past crimes, and get busy! Apple requires competition. You’re welcome to try, for a change.

By: Now, Now...

Now, Now... — Mon, 06 Aug 2012 17:53:16 +0000

ROFL… ‘if you want to do something great, don’t look to Samsung’… I love the synopsis of Scott’s comment below…

“Asked if he ever told anyone at Apple to copy from Samsung’s designs, Forstall denied the idea. He said that his team “wanted to build something great, and we thought we could build something better than anyone had built. There was no reason to look to [Samsung] on this.”

By: silverhawk1

silverhawk1 — Mon, 06 Aug 2012 16:30:15 +0000

Very good article. Thanks MDN!

By: abcd

abcd — Mon, 06 Aug 2012 15:31:15 +0000

I can’t help but to think, “I’m gonna make him an offer he can’t refuse.”