Andy is a self-important moron who couldn’t even understand major plot points of The Avengers movie. I lost all respect for the man when he outed himself as a doofus on a 5by5 podcast discussing that film.

He clearly missed major points of the movie, but rather than going back to see if he missed something, (which he clearly did) he climbed aboard the world’s most annoying high horse and spent the whole podcast focussing the attention on himself–prancing around like a huge know-it-all “Lord of the Geeks.”

He blamed the director and writers for not making these points clear enough, when my eight year-old nephew who I took to the film had no problem recalling the points, and the moments in the film where Andy’s questions were answered. I couldn’t believe the man was so daft that he couldn’t follow along with a comic book movie plot, yet was amazed at how he peacocked around the podcast like he had a superior opinion.

After that, the bloom really fell off the Inatko rose for me, and I can see him for the fool he is. Basically, if it isn’t printed in a Press Release for him, Andy can’t get it, and if it is printed out for him, he’ll run with it no questions asked.

Anyone with ears can go listen to the entire speech and have a nice revelation of exactly how propagandists cherry pick what they want to hear and pretend the rest of it doesn’t exist. Thus my term ‘PoliTard’ for those who never bother to verify the propaganda spewed into their vacant little heads. And yes kids. Both of the worthless US political parties pull the same dirty tricks.

Time for sane third parties to arrive…

“If you’ve got a business — you didn’t build that,”

You give the Green Hungarian too much credit.

This won’t stop development of other smartphones, but it will make phone manufacturers do their own work. Why do you think Microsoft Windows Phone looks so different from the iPhone? Because Microsoft’s IP lawyers are smart.

Robbing someone of their intelligence and putting your own name on it, is a failure on so many levels. Cheaters try and mask their weakness but they always leave forensic evidence.

Samsung’s designers were told by Google to back off and they still didn’t get the message; don’t shit the bed.

Even after Steve Jobs gave fair warning to the world, when he introduced iPhone, don’t copy it because “we patented the hell out of it”, what does everyone do, copy Apple.

What else is there to do but copy the most successful company ever in the history of companies, and they’re still breaking financial records everyday.

- former regular follower of Tech News Today

this really made me laugh: The biggest losers here are consumers. If the verdict stands, then the costs of the judgment will be reflected in the cost of mobile devices.

Why do these so-called self-important Dvorak clones keep repeating the same old bag of crap about how the consumers will be the losers here? The consumers will be the WINNERS as every smart phone manufacturer will learn how to innovate or go under. If they innovate beyond what Apple fields, then they go to the top of the hill and make out like crazy. If they don’t, then too bad. As Derek notes above, this is how the market (capitalism) works.

@Derek Currie: +1 on your response above. Andy has been flailing about for years and I haven’t read his fiction for some time, but seeing the quotes above leads me to believe that he’s been hanging around Rob Enderle too long.

I would have to question the intelligence of anybody who takes this piece of writing seriously.

patehtic.

if andy says samsung etc can do it surely he can’t deny me the same privilege?

As an Apple shareholder and customer the only thing I have to say about suing Fandroid maker SameSong is why did it take so freaking long? HTC next, Google a little later on.

10 years from now they will be able to detect Usain’s doping methods and be able to take his metals back, right Lance?

(Thumbs up to Steve Jobs 4 giving us such a great Company)

I know that back in the day we all downloaded music off the internet to build up our collections. But that was taking money out of the pockets of the rapacious Labels not the artists. Besides we had previously bought copies as 45s, LPs, cassettes, CDs and even 8 tracks. That paid the artists the first time.

Apple did all the work, all the research, all the design and leased all the patents they needed to revolutionize the cell phone industry.

Now the rapacious copiers are stealing from the innovators, the good guys. This is just wrong. Apple is the artist. The stealers and the telcos are the bad guys.

If Samsung can’t copy any more they will have to innovate or die. If they innovate, where is the downside Andy?

If they don’t innovate and drop out of the cell phone game, where is the downside Andy?

I kid, I kid, I love Andy.

The heart of this for me, goes back to Bill Gates reverse-engineering the two Macintoshes on loan from Sculley and then had the nerve to tell the world he invented the Desktop and the Trash can.

I feel vindicated and validated by this decision in that Apple has always remained true to us, the 3-Percenters who kept Apple alive long enough for Steve Jobs to come back and save the company from certain doom. For our loyalty, Apple has rewarded us handsomely, don’t you think?

What I feel right now for Apple is, what a long strange trip it’s been.

My, how the mighty have fallen. I have always enjoyed his writings and never had much disagreement with him until today. He was a giant and now I can barely see him.

I threw up a little in my mouth when I read that line.

I’m done with Andy.

Maybe how their phone doesn’t seem to work as well as iPhone does?

I like hearing about cool features in other products, but the recent negative attitude towards Apple and praise/free pass towards Android & Samsung’s “innovation” with other companies IP is wearing thin.

Andy does not understand patent laws and abiding by them. Is he asking Apple not to innovate so well? That’s like asking Usain Bolt not to run so fast because his competitors can’t keep up?