Conan O’Brien Breaks Down The Apple/Samsung Trial [VIDEO]

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Wednesday, August 8th, 2012


Apple and Samsung are currently entrenched in courtroom warfare. Apple alleges that Samsung stole some of iOS’s key functions. Samsung is saying nuh-huh. Here’s a video of a Samsung VP, released by Coco O’Brien’s web monkeys, that shows Samsung, the company’s products and its attitude are completely different from Apple’s.

Listen, Apple and Samsung’s legal battle can make some fun headlines, but it’s mostly just an interesting sideshow. It’s just two massive consumer electronic giants moaning over icon placement and retail strategy. Outside of Samsung and Apple’s boardrooms, only fanboys care about the outcome.

Apple has the right to defend what it feels it developed and patented. And likewise, Samsung has the duty to keep up with the Joneses, or if you will, the Jobses, and make sure its products can compete against the market leader.


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Started by Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak, and Ronald Wayne, Apple has expanded from computers to consumer electronics over the last 30 years, officially changing their name from Apple Computer, Inc. to Apple, Inc. in January 2007. Among the key offerings from Apple’s product line are: Pro line laptops (MacBook Pro) and desktops (Mac Pro), consumer line laptops (MacBook Air) and desktops (iMac), servers (Xserve), Apple TV, the Mac OS X and Mac OS X Server operating systems, the iPod, the...

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