this is toooooo rich to not share.

“If you hold something like a Samsung Galaxy S III, you can see it right away. They use cheap materials, and they copy.” - Tim Bajaran, an analyst at Creative Strategies

This was a quote from Business Week (read it here!)

how terribly professional, Business Week, to print quotes like that.

the article goes on further to say the following:

"Apple also updated the iPod Nano, adding Bluetooth, expanding the screen size, and, in a glancing nod to its past, introducing a variety of colors."

let's see the new iPod Nano.

from apple.com

Let's see the Samsung Yp-p2 that was first released in 2007.

from cnet.com

i'm guessing imitation is the best form of flattery? ok, it's just visuals right? how about the tech specs?

        Apple Samsung

Dimensions 7.7x4x0.5cm 10x5.2x1cm

Playback (audio) 30hrs 35hrs

display reso 432x240 480x272

screen 2.5" 3"

mic no yes

speaker no yes

bluetooth yes yes

radio yes yes

game no yes

voice record no yes

wifi no no

music format ACC,MP3,WAV ACC,MP3, WMA, OGG (UMS only)

video format MPEG,MP4,MOV SVI,WMV

pic format na JPEG,TXT

playlist (mobile) no yes

playlist (pc) yes yes

multi-language yes yes

the iPod nano 16GB is going for S$198. i can't find the prices for the Samsung Yp-p2. simply because it's no longer on the market. heard it was rather pricey for 16GB.

'cos they got sued and it got taken off the market?

how about the fact that the Samsung Yp-p2 first came out at the end of 2007 and was remodified for re-release in early 2008 and it's no longer carried in stores?

it's Sep 2012 now. 4.5 years ago. probably why the price for the 16GB mp3 player was probably exorbitant. plus the bluetooth technology. plus the touchscreen. my uneducated guess is that that's all extremely fancy in 2008.

i think the brains behind Apple are fantastic, no doubt about it. they are able to take old products and change them.. like smaller screens.. lightweight.. sure they give up the speaker, mic, voice recording, creation of playlist on the mp3 player and the gaming functions. that's why it's a little smaller and half the weight. less stuff in the player.

but what i really dislike are dumb Apple fans. I don't dislike Apple fans. it's just the dumb ones i cannot tolerate. those who idolise the brand. those who think that because they have an Apple product or two, they are tech geeks.

I don't think there's anything wrong with Apple stealing ideas from people. I do think it's wrong that dumb Apple fans think it's "not stealing" but innovating old ideas but everyone else that is not Apple is a bleeping thief. think about it. if Samsung really stole ideas and didn't change anything, all Samsung phones will look exactly like an iPhone. but they don't. just on dimensional aspects and grip, they are different.

just like how the new nano looks almost exactly like the Samsung YP-P2, just thinner and smaller.




back to the article, it was probably paid advertising, the same that other companies would use to sell new products. still, Business Week could have made it seem like it was objective. =.=