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For shame. over 70% of you are working...$4.99 is less than N1000. Stop making noise about Android if you can't occasionally support devs.

I used to rip Android apps before...but then I discovered I could tie my credit card to the Android Market last year. Since then i've paid my way for most apps on my GS III.

We'll never get rid of Piracy, but at least let's make the effort to support devs once in a while instead of defaulting to the scene.

As I was saying, Kishi has succeeded in nerfing the Rasengan.

One Rasengan to the face and just the mask gets broken? WTF?

Apple is being ridiculous

http://www.engadget.com/2012/08/31/apple-samsung-galaxy-s-iii-galaxy-note-patent-lawsuit/

Now they are taking this crap too far.

Bawss1: Copy. Combine. Transform. Those have been the steps that lead to innovation. Virtually all of the innovations that lie in history have followed these steps, from Gutenberg's printing press to Henry Ford's horseless carriage and even Apple's GUI in the late 70s. All those works borrowed from the ideas of others. Lawsuits and litigations disrupt this flow and stifle the innovative process. As has been pointed out severally Apple in its early days would have just closed shop had Xerox sued it for copying the GUI!
I wonder what kind of innovation will result if no one was ever allowed to copy, that's basically asking to reinvent the wheel for any new product.

Samsung's fears are justified, this lawsuit is a bad omen for innovation.

Actually, the story that Apple 'stole' the GUI from Xerox is just a myth.

http://obamapacman.com/2010/03/myth-copyright-theft-apple-stole-gui-from-xerox-parc-alto/


Xerox was compensated for any ideas borrowed by Apple.


Samsung's fears are not justified. There are multiple workarounds to achieving the same objective. For example Apple doesn't have a patent on 'pinch-to-zoom'. they have a patent on a specific implementation of pinch-to-zoom. Google and Microsoft have come up with different implementations and methods that do not infringe on Apple's patent.

Apple obtained the patent for 'bounce back' overscroll effect when you hit the bottom of a list. Samsung copied it without paying a dime. in Android Gingerbread, Google put a glow effect to indicate when you've reached the end. That's a very viable workaround.

Vickiweezy: https://unilagolodo.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/images.jpg https://unilagolodo.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/Picture-4-300x201.jpg
When I came across this story, I laughed really hard! How on earthcan Samsung pay Apple $1.05Billion with 30 truck loaded with 5Cent coins, how? That’s the trending news at moment concerning the Apple Vs Samsung Case.
For those in the dark, Apple recently sued Samsung for…
copying “the look and feel” of its iPad tablet and iPhone smartphone.Apple’s claim for intellectual property infringement is phrased as follows:
“Rather than innovate and develop its own technology and a unique Samsung style for its smart phone products and computer tablets, Samsung chose to copy Apple’s technology, user interface and innovative style in these infringing products.”
In a landslide victory against Samsung, The jury on the 24th of August voted that nearly every one of Samsung’s devices infringed on Apple patents aside from its tablets. Samsung was found to owe Apple $1,049,343,540 in damages over trade dress and patent violations for iPhone and iPad. The damages were spread out over all of the various Samsung devices.
Today 29th August however, it is reported that Samsung, in a bid to go with the judgement of the court, has decided to pay the $1.05billion to Apple by sending 30 trucks containing five-cent coins.
Although some say the story might be a hoax, this may present an idea to Samsung since the jury did not specify a single payment method, LOL

You see the 'trollface' logo on the trucks and you wonder if this story is a hoax?

4llerbuntu: Found a decent camera application called HDR+

did not quite get what was gwan with the thing at first but apparently that thing is taking crazy pictures with my 8MP camera. really good quality.

it takes three shots in quick succession at different exposures and rates and combines them on the fly with 5 secs to a very very high quality picture with superb quality, as in WOW!!

i no fit upload sample pic here but i can tell you its worth a trial.

Play store is your daddy for this bad boy! about $4 only!! https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.almalence.hdr_plus&feature=search_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDEsImNvbS5hbG1hbGVuY2UuaGRyX3BsdXMiXQ..

I should have thought HDR mode was built in by default for many shipping Android phones.

Bawss1: Certainly. Until the patent laws - and copyright too! - are reformed these kinds of ridiculous lawsuits do nothing but shortchange customers.

That's where we differ. I have my misgivings over some software patents being issued and their use as a litigation weapon, but I seriously believe Samsung DID copy shamelessly from Apple in 2010...and deserve some punishment as a result of that.


I also disagree with Samsung...the outcome of these lawsuits should spur innovation, not stifle innovation. As i said before, there isn't anything truly innovative in the Galaxy S III. Samsung needed this shake-up.

On the Crackberry homepage, there's a preview of Blackberry 10. From that preview and from a few videos we've seen, there's most likely way more innovation packed in the up[coming BB10 handsets than in anything Samsung has produced for a while.

Bawss1: The last is yet to be heard about this patent battle

Just saw on CNN breaking news that Apple loses patent claim against Samsung in a Tokyo district court.

They aren't the same patents that were used in the US lawsuit.

noblezone: There is no seperation of state and religion when it comes to Islam especially when a bigot like Buhari is concerned.




Your loyalty to the criminal called Buhari is noted. However, I want you to note that he is not and can never be a National Leader. He will never rule Nigeria again.

LMAO. Buhari is no more a 'bigot' than Pastor Chris or Oritsejafor.

The only reason why you folks are keen to yell 'bigot' every time is because y'all are guilty of the same sin as those Boko boys: Intolerance.

Toaskarity: Let's assume all Kano are Muslim like he says but
Bihari dint say "only thing sacrosanct in KANO but in
Nigeria" can you imagine the level of this fanatics! The
Truth about life is that you can't hide who exactly you are everytime. This was same man that put Nigeria as a Muslim country. I never talk about this man. I don't know why I'm doing now

I'm glad you don't comment much on buhari because you seem to know nothing about the man

The 'put Nigeria as a Muslim country' deed was done by IBB. You know, the gap-toothed general you lot seem to love and adore.

Buhari did not say "the only thing sacrosanct in Nigeria is the Koran"

I have no idea why there's this army of jobless cretins that are keen to take every word the man says and skew it in a negative light.

And you folks actually think you're Christians. Smh

[quote author=na2day!][size=13pt]Samsung threatens to sue Apple if next iPhone has LTE[/size]

Well how’s this for a comeback? After being informed that they would have to pony up $1.05 billion for infringing on design and utility patents owned by Apple, Samsung has threatened to use a very important piece of firepower at some point down the line. Korea Times is reporting that Samsung is ready to sue Apple if the next iPhone has 4G LTE.

Samsung enjoys an extensive patent portfolio pertaining to LTE technology, and they reportedly own 10% of all LTE patents currently floating around. Apple has shown a key interest in LTE with the advent of the iPad 3. Because of its arrival inside the latest iPad the tech industry fully expects Apple to follow suit with the next iPhone.

https://phandroid.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/you-on-3g-4g.jpg

“But why are they waiting for the iPhone if the iPad is out there right now,” you ask. Well, for one, waiting for the first LTE iPhone is probably the best strategic move Samsung can make. The iPhone makes up a lot more of Apple’s mobile sales than the iPad, and Samsung likely wants to land the biggest blow they can.

This is a very interesting development to behold, and it’ll be interesting to see if these supposed threats will change Apple’s mind about using LTE in the next iPhone. But even with the patents to back them up, Samsung could be subject to FRAND rules because of LTE being a standard.

Should the next iPhone launch with LTE and should Samsung decide to sue, it’s unlikely they’ll be able to get a victory of the same magnitude. I’m no patent expert, though, so I’m just going to grab some movie popcorn and watch this one unfold.

http://phandroid.com/2012/08/30/samsung-threatens-to-sue-apple-if-next-iphone-has-lte/?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter[/quote]This kind of article would have to come from a website called 'phandroid', wouldn't it?

Sorry to say this, but this article is VERY VERY dubious. I'll explain

First of all, no company would show their hands before the event. There's no way Samsung would pre-announce an intention to sue Apple weeks before the iPhone release.
Secondly, any LTE patents would likely be FRAND based...and any FRAND patent owner is mandated to make available their IP for use under reasonable terms.
Thirdly, as the article notes, the iPad 3 comes with LTE. Any software implementation in the iPad will make its way to the iPhone. Failure to litigate for the iPad 3 will damage any case for the next iPhone.

Finally, Apple doesn't make the LTE chip. The manufacturer (for example, Qualcomm) would already be licensing the patents before supplying to Apple. Hence no scope to litigate.

ayobase: Mr. Man....who is against ur sensible, logical responses and counter-arguments on this?
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Ur point has been noted....u do not need to go extra mile to childishly prove it.
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Yeah Chinko fones, and u think some of them are not far expensive than what u bought your wife!
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Mr. Man...park well jare...this matter sef is being over-beaten!

My points have not been 'noted' by the people who continue to dispute my points of view. Going the extra mile to prove something can never be described as 'childish'...except in your underdeveloped mind.

My wife buys her own phones...and no 'chinese' phone in the market is more costly than the Bold she uses...

By the way, you're here babbling about 'childishness' and yet at your age you don't realize the term 'chinko' is a racial slur!

Alxmyr: Are you saying he was quoted out of context?
The writer of the article never said Buhari gaffed. He simply quote his words. what is the big deal there.
You read meaning to it as it suits you and then let others form their opinion on it. Where is unfairness of Nigerian media in all these?

You're a m0r0n. An unrepentant one. Not even a child will say Buhari said anything wrong here. Your headline is as sensationalist as it is utterly false.

These sort of smear attacks are becoming really tiresome and nauseating these days.

There's one part of the story that puzzles me.

Cynthia was killed and her body found by the hotel staff. The hotel had CCTV all along and yet they could not go to the police with the CCTV to track down the murderers?

Why did it take the 'missing persons' report and the manhunt before the hotel decided to review CCTV video of the killers and talk to the police?

ayobase: Can I know where u get ur facts from pls?

@texazzpete
Pls, enough of this ranting, rapping and boasting...ur point is being noted....u do not need to tell us somethings before we know here u are headed
U are becoming boring now!

I feel your pain. After Galaxy Pocket rescued you from those cheap chinese phones wey you dey use before, you now feel this foolish desire to attack me out of the blues because of Android.

I have showed over the past few pages how Samsung ripped off the iPhone 3GS for the SGS. Instead of getting sensible, logical responses and counter-arguments on the issue, all i've had to contend with is misinformation, denial and seriously warped logic.

If this thread is getting to boring for you...you know what to do. Last i checked, nobody was holding a gun to your head.

Abrantie: https://www.hindustantimes.com/Images/Popup/2012/5/Samsung-Galaxy-S3-Phone.jpg

The Samsung Galaxy S3 is the Ferrari of Android phones, with a gorgeous 4.8-inch 720p resolution display, an impossibly slim and light casing and a quad-core engine that goes like stink. I like the look of the Galaxy S3 from the front, with its simple design, curved corners and metal trim. The processor is fast, the screen stunningly dazzling and the microSD slot stunningly practical.

So basically, you aren't smart enough to comment on the phone itself....you have to resort to copying and pasting links from the internet?

The GS III isn't the thinnest phone in the world, and wasn't the thinnest at launch. No innovation there
It wasn't the first Quad core phone in the world. Quad core Tegra 3 phones were out way before the GS III
CPU and GPU power does not equate to 'innovation'. In terms of raw power the GS III and the Galaxy Note II are on the verge of being eclipsed by LG's upcoming flagship
a 4.8 inch screen isn't innovative. Screen size isn't innovation. The resolution is the same as on most other high end Android devices.
SUPER-AMOLED screen is not innovative. Loads of shipping phones out there have Super AMOLED screens....

As for software, S-Beam is just basically NFC. S-Voice is a Siri Wannabe. Smart Stay is perhaps the only fairly innovate thing but it's gimmicky and defintely doesn't always work.

The iPhone 4S came out Q4 2011. The Galaxy S III came out Q2 2012. Why are you posting charts comparing both of them? Who asked you sef? Is it for my benefit, I that know more about tech than you do, and have used both devices extensively?

Please move aside and let someone who actually knows their gear (not copying and pasting from Gsmarena) come and make a logical contribution here.

donedy: I don't know you are still ridden with so much ignorance, despite my condescension to enlighten you.

TRANSLATION: Donedy has no logical points to rebut my arguments and thus must rely on insolent one-liners as the last line of defence.

Abeg continue to stew in your mediocrity and move aside for more intelligent folks here.

I asked you a simple question which you're scared stiff to answer:

What language should be spoken in the Nigerian Senate in Abuja? What language should be spoken in offices and ministries?


Abeg answer this question...in your deluded opinion speaking English is 'slave mentality'. Oya, tell us why the official Biafran currency still had the term 'pounds' in it. Was that 'slave mentality' too?

hancock: reading trough some treads on the tobi-obito saga and i found this one interesting
SPOILER ALERT!
Tobi is Obito
Obito gave his eye to Kakashi and they were told to run, leaving Obito to die
Obito passed out
Obito was saved by Madara Uchiha at The Battle of Kannabi Bridge
After Obito woke up, Madara had already attended to his wounds, his eye sack, from which his eye to Kakashi was torn out, is shown to be sewn, and his right eye intact, although his right side of the face seems to be bruised a lot
Obito was burried in Konoha with an empty grave
Madara became Obito's mentor
Obito was brainwashed in the long run into accepting Madaras ideals
Madara was the one to come up with Tsuki No Me
Madara was the one to attack Konoha 16 years ago, wearing the mask
Madara died after unlocking Rinnegan (is not explained how he done it) and overusing it by accident
Obito became Tobi
His mission was to carry out Madaras plan
He was given all the information that Madara possessed, thus the extent of knowledge Tobi has about everything
He was trained by Madara

This is wrong.

Nagato already had the Rinnegan YEARS before the Kyuubi was released and before the masked man attacked the 4th Hokage.Nagato got the Rinnegan during the world war before the one that Obito and Kakashi fought in.

There is something/someone controlling Obito's body and Sharingan. it was that entity that did not know the 4th's true powers and abilities before fighting him. Obito as a person definitely wasn't the one battling Minato...the way he spoke to Minato gives it away.

Bloody lies on the part of the hotel management.

I've stayed in some other Cosmilla suites before and never have I been asked to produce identification before checking in.

All this medicine-after-death whitewashing of reputation is just so obvious!

DeAdvocate: Achoro m ibu uzo kele ezi enyi m bu 'Okija juju'. Ekele m na-ekele ya bu n'ihi etu osiri gosi nkwado ya banyere ihe aka na-achi steeti imo kwuru site n'ide uche ya na asusu Igbo. Otutu/ imirikiti n'ime unu siri na ha kwadoro Rochas kwesiri igosi anyi nkwado site n'ide igbo ebe a. Mana asi m kwuo, ihe ahu Rochas kwuru bu 'yawaa'. Our problem in Naija is basically cultural. Culture has made us to move bak n forth thereby hampering steady +ve dev. If we wanta follow d west, lets folow them wel n in all ramifications n categories n aspects. Does Rochas children speak igbo? How many igbo homes stil speak igbo. Infact there's competition in igbo land on who speaks english most. Why do we always draw ourselve bak. How many waec students score C6 in Igbo. My brothers these tins just balance themselves naturally. Its nt by force. D rate children speak english these days in SE schs, igbo language wud soon die kpatakpata. I don't care anyway. Munwa achoro ima chacha. Anyi cho iga ihu anyi agawa ihu. Anyi niile agbakutago igbo azu kamgbe esi. Ya mere onye ekwuchikwala m nti ebea. Ka odigodi nu.

When I served in the East, it was actually the school's policy to ban speaking of Igbo in class in favour of English...and I supported that gesture. In that rural setting, EVERYBODY could speak Igbo. English on the other hand is a critical reason why many of those kids would never have gained admission into any tertiary institution.

It is expected that parents would teach their kids Igbo as largely the first language they'd learn...and then spend many years learning how to read and write in English which remains Nigeria's official and common language.

Anyone who does not want to use English as a common and official language of Nigeria should stay in their village where they can transact all their business in their mother tongue.

ajf: Please don't bring Yorubas into your silly talk! How clueless can a man be?? He is saying their kings should speak their language and you are saying rubbish are they saying yorubas or hausas must speak igbo? Nonsense...

It's an analogy you clueless ape.

Aigbofa: When you go to France, what do they speak to you, Ibo?

Is Yoruba the official Language of Nigeria?

4llerbuntu: HUNH?

What have you been smoking?

U actually used the words underdog,microsoft and nintendo in the same sentence

TAA! gaaan sleep somewhere.

I started rooting for Microsoft with the Xbox 1 against The Sony Playstation 2. MS were the clear underdogs then
I rooted for the 360 against the PS3. They were the underdogs with respect to mindshare and third party exclusives. They're winning now
I've used an iPhone for many years and I consider Windows phone not yet ripe enough for my needs...but I seriously root for Windows Phone to at least take the third position.

When it comes to the tablet market, Microsoft still has a long way ahead for them.


As for Nintendo, from my SNES days i've had a soft spot for them. Their Wii has outsold the PS3 and 360 handily and they are the kings of portable gaming...but Nintendo is still by far the most vulnerable of the Big Three. They don't have Microsoft's cash reserves or Sony's super-powerful hardware.

Next2Bezee: Now, we can hear word, Tobi is Obito...Any1 still denying it

Doesn't make any sense.

When Nagato was a kid he got the rinnegan from Tobi/Madara. By then, Obito and Kakashi were not even born.

Perhaps it's someone in Obito's body.

Obviously it was Obito that fought the 4th Hokage. No one else in the series has been shown to use the kamui space-time technique apart from kakashi...and it's only enabled by Obito's eye.

all4naija: You keep humiliating yourself of your ineptitude to see your failure to comprehend and find some facts. Again you are just not seeing the reality on this matter because you blind yourself to it. The fact that Apple being all encompassing to you and you being one of their fanatic makes others wrong on this matter.

Even the same Apple lost a market share of 10% in China alone. Does that actually speak of the consequence of the battle on patent right or infringement?


Indeed, you are too quick to think Apple is right all through! At least, it is right for a blind Apple fanatic like you!

BWAHAHAHAHAHA!!

I take pains to show you - and everyone - that you failed to read a simple paragraph from Reuters that contained the proof of my claims. Instead your only defence is to accuse me of being an 'Apple fanboy'. What reality? Unlike you that's just regurgitating angry posts from Android fanblogs, I've shown pictorial evidence that shows just how Samsung ripped off the iPhone for the SGS.

Even your betters on Nairaland will never accuse me of being an 'Apple fanatic'. lol. the only 2 companies I genuinely root for are Microsoft and Nintendo...and that's because I always root for the underdogs....

Abeg if you cannot accept your failings and cannot argue points with logic, stand aside and let me duel with someone more quick-witted than yourself.

Abrantie: You are giving Apple too much credit by comparing them to Samsung. Apple didn't invent ANY of the technologies used in their phones or computers. Okay I'm wrong - they patented "shininess", rounded-edged rectangles, icons and gestures (how to swipe your fingers across the screen).

The previous poster wanted to know what is truly innovative about Galaxy S3. Ha! I laugh in Twi! If he has to ask, then I'm sure he'll not understand my answer or never used a Galaxy S3. Instead, let me rather ask him -- please tell us what is so technologically innovative about the Iphone?

I had a Galaxy S III before 99% of the other GS3 users in Nigeria got theirs..picked mine up at launch in Central London. Prior to that I was using a HTC One X. You think say i dey use techno like you?

I ask you once again. List the innovative things in the Galaxy S III. If you cannot or will not, STFU.

Idokojimmy: With this kind of facts, anybody that hitherto supported Buhari will simply hide his or her head in shame.

excondido: the future looks gloomy for all the aspiring past leaders with the latest torrent of revelation. they should keep shooting abeg.

Israelmossaic: Hahahahahahahahah, Buhari don touch the wrong person o! IBB threatened to exposed him, now all these things are being revealed. Will Buhari recover from this?

usmanyaro17: The short Mallam will soon fall out with his pay master Buhari,both of them are losers....CPC is a vindictive party,that is why they are using religion as tool to scout for votes,but Nigerians we are wise people,we know those who don't love Nigeria,..

Israelmossaic: Hahahahahahahahah, Buhari don touch the wrong person o! IBB threatened to exposed him, now all these things are being revealed. Will Buhari recover from this?

The OP takes care to mention that this is a repost of a statement made in 2010...and still you m0r0ns are babbling about 'fresh information coming to light'?

I will make a pledge to buy each one of you clowns a copy of Brighter Grammar since you have obvious difficulties with written English.

donedy: It's quiet obvious that you need mental and emotional enlightment.. A blackman should killed his language because he's been colonized. Isreal from nowhere gave their culture a new life despite centuries away from home. Well, I don't think you live in Nigeria per say. Like I said earlier, just accept the shame of not knowing to speak your native tongue and stop trying to justify it. I love you that's why I need you to be enlightened. I know you cannot find the deluded mind alone. It's good that you are voicing your thoughts here.

Thrice accursed m0r0n! Where did anyone say you should 'kill your own language' because he;s been colonized? Was Hebrew not always the language of the jews? Are the Jews not nearly one monolithic race? Are there 100 different ethnic groups in Israel.

I sincerely pity the folks who put money towards your education.

Oya, here's a challenge for you: What language should be spoken in the Senate? What language should be spoken in the House of reps?

Answer these questions or STFU.

afam4eva: How can you even in your widest thought process compare a governor that's trying to promote his language and sharia law.

Simple. By employing logic

Sharia law was extremely popular among the natives in the north. It was unpopular with non-muslims.
Similarly, this harebrained law is very popular among you folk, you can bet the non-natives won't love it.

So...? The people of Zamfara cane easily say the Governor was trying to protect his religion, reduce immorality and stop crimes.

donedy: Another deluded blackman trying to justify his failure! The more you speak, the more people know you're an outsider to your culture. I'm not sure you can even communicate effectively in your language

What failure? So your life's benchmarks are tied to your ability to speak Igbo? LMAO!

I have no inferiority complex...people like you are so eaten up by their insecurities that you desperately seek for avenues to show you're not inferior...even using inane benchmarks.

donedy: A typical blackmen deluded mentality. Other people are out here saving their culture and language, and I blackman is here trying to make foreigner feel comfortable by thinking about what language to speak to them, Inferiority complex. Go to Japan or Korea and expect them to speak Igbo or English for you.

Isreal of yesterday adopted Hebrew language and script as their official language without thinking what other got to say. It's only in Africa that a leader will promote or try to address those cultural inferiority and you will see deluded souls bashing about freedom of speech or cost of interpreters. I swear, I wonder whether you blacks are actually mentally inferior.

For god sake, slavery is over, wake up!

You m0r0n. Is English the official Language of Japan or Korean? That's Japanese and Korean and they will ALL speak it to you as the common language of the people.
Slavery is long gone and dead and we have moved on. English has been retained as our official language and that is not a fact you can argue with. That has NOTHING to do with 'intellectual inferiority' and everything to do with commonsense and the need for a common language for ALL Nigerians that can be taught from childhood.

Would you prefer we adopted hausa as our common language?

I have never seen such m0r0nic people as here on Nairaland sometimes...every culture inherits and retains something from colonial times or occupation. The spanish culture is irreversibly tinged with moorish influence, for example. We are a fragmented nation of well over 80 ethnic groups....English was and still is the only viable choice for an official, universal language.
i'd like to see you m0r0ns try to convince a hausa or yoruba man to adopt Igbo as their official language.

The funny thing is that dolts like you are invariably Christians and muslims...inherited and adopted religions. Why are you not there on your knees venerating Amadioha?

And to think you clowns were protesting the introduction of Sharia in Northern Nigeria....

When Northern Governor makes silly but populist laws like Sharia introduction, Igbo people cry foul
Eastern Governor makes silly but populist law like requiring SSCE credit in Igbo language to enter a citadel of higher learning and the same people cheer it on.


If the clown is so concerned with Igbo language, why not sensitize the public on the benefits of emphasizing Igbo language learnings for kids at an early age? Why not speak directly to the parents? Why not encourage instead of mandate?

If Igbo civil servants in the North are sacked over inability to speak Hausa, many people will be up in arms. If all Igbo state civil servants in the West that cannot speak Yoruba are sent away, there will be loads of noise.

All I see is a clueless, lame duck Governor latching on to a populist cause to grab cheap popularity for himself. Nonsense.

Abrantie: Samsung is the champ and future of mobile tech while Apple is simply a jealous, overgrown and overpriced dickhead!

Can you point out anything really INNOVATIVE in the Galaxy S III?