No. A work colleague of mine has one, and your comparison is just false, as is your assertion about what it looks like to talk on one.

Considering the main appeal of the note- to me- is the larger screen size than a "normal" smartphone, this announcement is a bit disappointing.

Except that lz5t38 wasn't necessarily defending Samsung's right to copy, he was addressing your conclusions regarding how this verdict relates to innovation and how innovation relates to us.

1) people have been moving a cursor with a mouse to navigate their PC for decades (and there is still a generation of people who can hardly use a PC and/or found it extremely hard to learn how to use it). For people who did grow up or learn how to use a PC it's not that big a change to be using one's finger instead of…

It hadn't even occurred to me that this case was a jury trial until the verdict was reported. You're right, it sounds like a case to be handled by a specialized judge rather than dragging people of the street, but then again, like you I'm not American.

Never. I'm more concerned about my FB friends knowing my business than I am of FB knowing my business.

What do you expect from the only guy on Giz who posts military porn?

Agreed.

When the fanboys and visionaries take a break arguing about innovation or the rights or wrongs of patents, can they spare a thought for a consumer who wants to buy a smartphone in the present state of technology (rather than the yet to be revealed awesomely innovative future)?

Totally agree with you.

Oh the irony.

Same, hackers/cheats haven't effected my experience, evidenced by the fact I don't know or care what one looks/acts like...

Thank you for this. I didn't know it existed.

...or just enjoy it.

Of course Ninjas would want you to believe everything in this article.

"Why do gay people need their own gaming convention??"

And do many of them speak in American accents like the first scene with the lady cop? Serious question. The american accents threw me.

"Always thought" implies you've put a lot of thought into it. You obviously haven't.

I absolutely hated that scene. Reminded me of endless soldier spawning in COD...