“Google and Samsung have delayed the arrival of the next, much-anticipated Android smartphone, because of the passing of Steve Jobs,” Don Reisinger reports for CNET.
“In a statement today, the companies said they won’t be showing off the upcoming device at the Samsung Unpacked event next week during CTIA as had been expected,” Reisinger reports. “They are looking for a ‘new date and venue’ to unveil the smartphone, which has been dubbed both the Galaxy Nexus and the Nexus Prime.”
“‘We agree that it is just not the right time to announce a new product,’ the companies said in a statement. In a follow-up statement to CNET, a Samsung spokesperson said that the death of Apple co-founder Jobs prompted the decision,” Reisinger reports.
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MacDailyNews Take: Nice gesture (and smart PR move), but here’s an idea: How about postponing both of them indefinitely out of respect for Apple’s patented intellectual property?
We’ve been pushing the state-of-the-art in every facet of design… We’ve been innovating like crazy for the last few years on this and we’ve filed for over 200 patents for all of the inventions in iPhone. And we intend to protect them. – Apple CEO Steve Jobs when unveiling iPhone, January 9, 2007