http://www.wpcentral.com/apples-new-nano-nokia-lumia

I don't think they ever bothered taking turns about that.

Looks like someone is very determined in downplaying Apple today.

You sure you wanna go down this path?



See also: iPod Mini

Picasso had a saying: ‘Good artists copy, great artists steal.’ We have always been shameless about stealing great ideas… ~Steve Jobs

Sorry, but Apple has always been about copying when it suits them. Examples: multi-tasking in mobile, notifications, new look of iTunes coming out, the entire tablet idea, and so on. Granted, in some cases they improve on the idea, such as tablets, but in others is pretty much the same. In fact, I'm waiting for Google's patent on the notification stuff to finalize and see them roast Apple over that.

The only advantage you should get from software ideas should be a time-to-market lead. It shouldn't be patent protected for 10 years+.

If every patent was enforced according to its wording, no one in electronics would be able to make anything. Apple started this patent apocalypse so they need to deal with the fact they didn't invent anything and themselves copied from others (which I think is OK! but Apple hypocritically do not)