Apple never said the iPhone 4 couldn't run Siri, only that they wouldn't.

Tons? Notification center and??

They never lied. They said no other devices would run it, not that they couldn't. The why was all speculation, Apple never made a statement to the effect of any device being technically unable to, just that they wouldn't.

I don't have copies on all of my computers and devices, just the source machine. With Match/iCloud, I can redownload any of those tracks, not just purchased ones, to any iOS or iTunes capable device, not just cache it to an Android device. That's the difference. Apple doesn't lock your uploaded music into a stream…

Also, it's hilarious that so many Android users are crying about iOS supposedly "stealing" features from Android, but they are wanting to actually steal features from iOS. I thought Android was vastly superior? Why would you want any iOS features?

A future update of Siri could (and will, undoubtedly, with this being so public now) remove this simple access. A secondary check of associated hardware serial numbers or something like that to differentiate real 4Ses from clones.

Also, to clarify, I guess, when I say online access is a hindrance, I mean that online ONLY access is a hindrance. I cannot download the music to another device for offline use after uploading in, unless that device is an Android device. That's worse lock-in than Apple.

Also, it's only free if you are delusional enough to believe you aren't getting sold as a commodity.

I don't have an Android phone. All of your "benefits" are completely useless to me. And I can't listen to it anywhere without internet access, because I can only download music purchased through the market, not music I uploaded myself. That's a HUGE disadvantage. Not only is it a lock-in, but it locks in my own music.

Well, hopefully it will at least help, along with many of these other idiot lawsuits, to illustrate how broken the patent system is, not just in the U.S. but worldwide. 99% of all software patents need to be thrown out and invalidated, and never issued again.

The point was more that they didn't steal it, because it wasn't being used anywhere to steal. It was a vague idea written up in a patent and never implemented.

Are you retarded? The blue marble image (the earth) is public domain, not stolen; it's used by tons of people for tons of things. Apple never claimed credit for it being of their own creation. Apple didn't steal their name from the Beatles either, the origin of the company name has nothing to do with the Beatles, or…

"And if you're such a proponent of ecosystems you'd be happy to know that songs you buy from Android Market do not count toward your limit! "

Thats correct. Stopping your subscription doesn't delete your music (unless of course you forget to download it to a device somewhere first, and just leave it in the cloud). Even if it did delete your music, the workarounds are so numerous and simple a monkey could do it (copy to external harddrive, or just a…

Yeah, cause Motorola was really using this specific patent for something amazing and useful...oh...no they weren't.

Wait, I thought that Apple were the only jerks stifling innovation with patent lawsuits.

Why has Apple been the only company willing to put their foot down when it comes to catering to the carriers and their bloatware requirements?

It will eventually be a cost service, Google has already said so. It has upload limits, and restrictions about accessing it. There is no real, fundamental difference in what the services offer as far as consolidating your library to the cloud. With GM though, I cannot access it offline with my iPod. Streaming is nice…

No, the larger point being that they don't want you to take it with you. They want you to pay for it for every different kind of use. Allowing you to be portable with your licensed music would be what goes against what they want, not calling it buying. It's never going to happen, because it removes their ability to…

It's not equivalent. I can't easily have offline access to Amazon's cloud library from the most popular portable music player on the planet (iPod)