You do remember that a Samsung lawyer could not tell the difference between a Tab and ad iPad in a court, right?
(thankfully a second lawyer got it right)
I would bet that same lawyer couldn't have told you the make of any LCD TV at Best Buy if you removed their names either. Should all the flat panel TV manufacturers sue each other for copying because they all do shiny black flat devices with the same aspect ratio operated by a remote control? Or perchance they all settled on what works best for a flat panel TV design.
I did have a smart phone before 97, an HTC Apache in 95. It was a flat rectangle with a large touchscreen in the middle. So goes the evolution of hardware towards a common structure that works best.
I couldn't tell the difference between most LCD screens from a distance, too. But i'm not complaining about it, either.
There is only few ways to make a tablet, which is essentially just a large screen. How should a touchscreen seen from front, off and from several feet away look like? Pink vs. Green?
Again: Ridiculous discussion, nobody cares for the rest of the electronic world. Why the obsession with shiny gadgets?!
I did have a smart phone before 97, an HTC Apache in 95. It was a flat rectangle with a large touchscreen in the middle. So goes the evolution of hardware towards a common structure that works best.