[berntb]

>>if every car manufacturer would have to come up with a new user interface for the basics of the vehicle, if having front, rear and side windows would somehow be considered something that you could have the rights to.

120 years ago, it might have been...

Also, xPads before Apple looked different. The same with phones compared to iPhone.

The good part is that Samsung might start hiring designers and get ambitions in that area, too.

Disclaimer: I just bought a Ubuntu laptop instead of a Mac, but might buy another Mac next time. (And I love my iPad.)

[cbs]

>The same with phones compared to iPhone.

Except, of course, for that phone reveled before the iPhone that had the same basic style. It was a style that the industry was headed towards anyway, apple just helped the momentum.

[berntb]

Reference please?

(You aren't talking about that Samsung phone which were announced before the iPhone but not shown until a good while after the iPhone was released?)

[jarek]

http://mobile.engadget.com/2006/12/15/the-lg-ke850-touchable... on December 15, 2006.

While the design doesn't necessarily predate the iPhone, it was at least developed concurrently, supporting the thesis of industry heading that way.

[berntb]

Cool, new to me. I note that the Wikipedia page says LG muttered about suing Apple over the iPhone. :-)