Awesome. Can't wait to finally see what these things are like. They must be pretty awesome if they pissed Apple off so much.

It’s thus pretty easy to see why copying happens - because when you see a mature product that’s somehow managed to innovate (to be “new” whilst balancing all the constraints and annoyances of the existing problem), it becomes almost impossible to see how you could do it any other way. Design blindness sets in: the most successful product is the only possible design. Which, of course, is nonsense - but a very convincing, insistent, tempting sort of nonsense.

From the perspective of pure expediency (convenience regardless of morality), copying makes a hell of a lot of sense. We’ve all been tempted.

SAMSUNG'S bid to have an interim ban in Australia on its Galaxy 10.1 tablet computer lifted has hit a brick wall.
The Korean electronics maker won its appeal in a Sydney court today to have the ban lifted but Apple was swift to act.

After the Federal Court full bench ruled that the marketing and sale of the tablet be allowed, Apple immediately said it wanted the decision reversed in the High Court. Apple sought to table an affidavit by senior counsel Sue Gilchrist detailing her client's concerns.

Apple told the court it would apply for special leave to the High Court to have the decision overturned.

Apple also sought a new deadline of 4pm AEDT on Friday before the ban was lifted.

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Justice Lindsay Foster granted a stay in the lifting of the ban on the Tab 10.1 until Friday at 4pm.

Sort of on topic - this is a good article on copying. http://mattgemmell.com/2011/11/27/copycats/



Yup.

Just think that even if they are equal to the Apple product, an injunction stopping sales over the Christmas period would result in a windful for Apple.

They were released for christmas in japan last year. In other words, it's 12month old tech.

Would you buy a brand new 12month old PC part for full price? No. These will most likely be lowered in price compared to what the premium would have been at original release.

In other words, apple won.