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[teiresias]

Its not JB... its android

Although, The Verge says Google says JB and Google Now won't be affected by this and this has to do with the GN specifically. I'm not sure I buy that though. If Apple could get every other cellphone banned in the country they'd do it . . . and I'd gladly go back to a feature phone in that case.

 

[zbeeb]

Although, The Verge says Google says JB and Google Now won't be affected by this and this has to do with the GN specifically. I'm not sure I buy that though. If Apple could get every other cellphone banned in the country they'd do it . . . and I'd gladly go back to a feature phone in that case.

Exactly, I don't see how this applies to galaxy nexus and not every smartphone in existence. How long has unified search existed on android for? What about WP and BB?

 

[Yaboosh]

Does anyone even use unified search?

 

[saltywalrus]

Exactly, I don't see how this applies to galaxy nexus and not every smartphone in existence. How long has unified search existed on android for? What about WP and BB?

I'm guessing because Apple only requested a ban on the Galaxy Nexus, and not other smartphones.

 

[Yaboosh]

I'm guessing because Apple only requested a ban on the Galaxy Nexus, and not other smartphones.

Probably as a test. More to follow if this works.

 

[santouras]

Does anyone even use unified search?

it can be handy, but its hardly the point

 

[Argyle]

Does anyone even use unified search?

I actually don't on Android but it was one of the best features of webOS, especially with a hardware keyboard.

I find that I don't use it anymore because I mainly used it to launch apps (just add stuff to my home screens for commonly used apps) and I think I call fewer people on my contact list (use voice search for that instead).

 

[Yaboosh]

it can be handy, but its hardly the point

Certainly not the point, just curious if I am missing its usefulness.

 

[teiresias]

Does anyone even use unified search?

Seems to me this would prevent me from saying a choice command like "Play music by..." or "Play album ...".

 

[Bruiserk]

So what is going to happen now with the patch to get rid of unified search? Won't they patch it back in at a later date when this whole thing gets settled?

 

[XMonkey]

I'm curious... if they've already pulled the Nexus from the store, why bother retroactively changing purchased Nexus' search functions? It's not like the court can order people to take our phone from us.

 

[Zeppu]

http://www.theverge.com/2012/7/3/31...vailable-to-purchase-from-google-play-website

Update 3: We just spoke to Google, which confirmed that the Galaxy Nexus is no longer on sale right now, but Google says the device will begin shipping again next week. The company wouldn't get into specifics about why sales stopped, or whether new devices will include a patch that works around the court's preliminary ban, but they will indeed have the new Android 4.1 update.

 

[kehs]

I'm curious... if they've already pulled the Nexus from the store, why bother retroactively changing purchased Nexus' search functions? It's not like the court can order people to take our phone from us.

If they are found to be infringing, the damages will be calculated for every device and per day for any instance they took no action against removing.

 

[Pctx]

http://www.theverge.com/2012/7/3/31...vailable-to-purchase-from-google-play-website

Well, I'll wait to order until it says it comes with 4.1 I guess.

 

[JoeFu]

Well, I'll wait to order until it says it comes with 4.1 I guess.

But it'll be gimped

With news of HTC winning the slide to unlock thing, hopefully good news comes out from this.

 

[teiresias]

But it'll be gimped

With news of HTC winning the slide to unlock thing, hopefully good news comes out from this.

This US judge (and obviously the patent office) aren't interested in examining prior art in the same way other country's judges are willing to do so.

 

[kehs]

This is more about the Tab lawsuit, but Apple and Samsung are narrowing their claims. I'm guessing Apple doesn't want to lose their precious multi touch patent by having it invalidated. Judge doesn't want to hear about a bunch of random loose patents it seems.


http://www.fosspatents.com/2012/07/apple-and-samsung-drop-additional.html

 

[RoadHazard]

Well, now this mess has gone beyond just a couple of companies battling it out and paying each other over patents. Now Apple's bullshit is forcing Google to remove useful features from its OS, making the experience worse for Android users (in addition to making them not able to actually buy the phone, of course). I'd say we now have a very real reason to say FUCK OFF APPLE, YOU ASSHOLES. I'm starting to legitimately hate them, and they have ensured that NEVER IN HELL will I ever buy an Apple product.

 

[ThatObviousUser]

The Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit just suspended the ban on Galaxy Nexus sales at Samsung's request, pending a formal response from Apple. The court's decision to suspend (or "stay") the ban will last only until Apple can respond and the court decides whether or not the ban should be in effect throughout the rest of the patent infringement trial. If you're keeping track, that's a temporary stay of a temporary injunction, so that's a fun bit of legal procedure for a late Friday afternoon. The court declined to stay the ban on the Galaxy Tab 10.1, however.

In the end, this may not matter much — although Google has already pulled the Galaxy Nexus from its Play store, the company says the phone will be back on sale next week with Android 4.1 Jelly Bean and a software workaround for the Apple patent on unified search that triggered the ban in the first place.

 

[cartoon_soldier]

Well, now this mess has gone beyond just a couple of companies battling it out and paying each other over patents. Now Apple's bullshit is forcing Google to remove useful features from its OS, making the experience worse for Android users (in addition to making them not able to actually buy the phone, of course). I'd say we now have a very real reason to say FUCK OFF APPLE, YOU ASSHOLES. I'm starting to legitimately hate them, and they have ensured that NEVER IN HELL will I ever buy an Apple product.

Steve Jobs has always been an ass hole and the company is just continuing his work

 

[Argyle]

OP updated. Thanks everyone!

 

[Cheebo]

So does Jelly Bean not include the ability to search on your device from the search box?

 

[kehs]

So does Jelly Bean not include the ability to search on your device from the search box?

In the version that's out right now, it's there. Interestedly enough though, it doesn't have the same preference to search on the phone first that it had before.

Earlier versions would simultaneously search web/apps/app data. Now it defaults to web first, and then you gotta pic "phone" from the options in the bottom.

 

[Cipherr]

In the version that's out right now, it's there. Interestedly enough though, it doesn't have the same preference to search on the phone first that it had before.

Earlier versions would simultaneously search web/apps/app data. Now it defaults to web first, and then you gotta pic "phone" from the options in the bottom.

That's not bad at all. Not that it matters though, I see this getting straight up tossed, and if not, overturned in an appeal in the end anyway. We shall see.

 

[Argyle]

Galaxy Nexus once again available from Google for $350...ships in a few weeks.

https://play.google.com/store/devices/details?id=galaxy_nexus_hspa

 

[Phoenix]

Galaxy Nexus once again available from Google for $350...ships in a few weeks.

https://play.google.com/store/devices/details?id=galaxy_nexus_hspa

What's weird about this is that it was shipping in 3-4 days before the injunction. They must be preinstalling JB on them.

 

[Vyer]

Well, now this mess has gone beyond just a couple of companies battling it out and paying each other over patents. Now Apple's bullshit is forcing Google to remove useful features from its OS, making the experience worse for Android users (in addition to making them not able to actually buy the phone, of course). I'd say we now have a very real reason to say FUCK OFF APPLE, YOU ASSHOLES. I'm starting to legitimately hate them, and they have ensured that NEVER IN HELL will I ever buy an Apple product.

If the wall street journal is correct, google delayed street view and kept turn by turn from ios users. Who knows what goes on behind the scenes. It's still companies battling, just like always.

 

[zbeeb]

If the wall street journal is correct, google delayed street view and kept turn by turn from ios users. Who knows what goes on behind the scenes. It's still companies battling, just like always.

As far as I know, the maps app in iOS 5 and below is made by Apple not Google. It simply uses google maps APIs and these do not support turn by turn, etc.

 

[Divvy]

If the wall street journal is correct, google delayed street view and kept turn by turn from ios users. Who knows what goes on behind the scenes. It's still companies battling, just like always.

Those are google's own services, they aren't obligated to offering them to apple. It's completely different than google not being able to use their own services because apple said so.

 

[Vyer]

Those are google's own services, they aren't obligated to offering them to apple. It's completely different than google not being able to use their own services because apple said so.

They have no problem benefitting with all their other services. The article seemed to imply they disagreed over some aspect of it. Who knows. Like I said, companies battling. I don't agree with all aspects of all this shitty patent litigation either, but fan raging over the perceived Good or Bad Guys when their is always more truth in the middle seems absurd to me. *shrug*

 

[dream]

Samsung Electronics Co. (005930) won a legal ruling after a U.K. judge said its Galaxy tablets aren’t “cool” enough to be confused with Apple Inc. (AAPL)’s iPad.

The design for three Galaxy tablets doesn’t infringe Apple’s registered design, Judge Colin Birss said today in London in a court fight between the world’s two biggest makers of smartphones. Consumers aren’t likely to get the tablet computers mixed up, he said.

The Galaxy tablets “do not have the same understated and extreme simplicity which is possessed by the Apple design,” Birss said. “They are not as cool.”

What a quote.