iPhone - Stolen name, Stolen design?

imported_John · 02-19-07, 11:01 AM

Could it be? We already know that Apple is under fire for the use of the iPhone name, which is trademarked to Cisco. Now Woo-Young Kwak, head of LG Mobile Research and Developement at LG,is making a boldmove and one that, in my opinion needed to be made, by making this statement at 3GSM.
"We consider that Apple copycat the Prada phone after the design was unveiled when it was presented in the iF Design Award and won the prize in September 2006. We take that to mean 'Apple stole our idea."
If the iPhone launches and becomes a success, will anyone remember that the LG Prada was shown months earlier? No, Apple fanboys will have the world screaming that LG lifted their idea.
Apple sure has a lot of laundry to clean before it launches this phone.
Source : Mobile Whack / Photo Credit : MacDailyNews

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Jogga · 02-19-07, 02:43 PM

Technology firms stealing ideas from each other, now there's a thing

BTW John, welcome to Mobility Site.

Kulnet · 02-19-07, 02:53 PM

Welcome aboard John.

Blue7 · 02-20-07, 08:41 AM

This is hi-larious. I'm no huge fan of Apple but LG acusing Apple of copying them is downright stupid. Look at the Prada. Ok? Not much hapening there, especially in the clunky UI. Look at the iPhone keynote. Now some talking head from LG wants to try and tell me the Prada took more R&D man hours than the iPhone (Multi-touch, accelerometer, visual voicemail, in-house OSX UI software development, and all that other stuff? Pfff, not a chance. It's well known that a LOT of Korean companies aren't exactly shy about copying foreign tech, pop songs, fashions, food brands, you name it. Maybe when LG actually invents something major on their own, like the Cellphone, satellites, transmission codecs, computers and cool software, maybe I'll be able to read his tripe without mistaking it for comedy. Plus, even I have to admit the iPhone design looks way cooler than the Prada, so why would Apple want to 'copy' that?

Blue7 · 02-20-07, 08:55 AM

Links for the above post.

iPhone Keynote http://http://events.apple.com.edgesuite.net/j47d52oo/event/

Korean 'ahem' versions of of Western and Japanese companies. They even rip off entire Western pop songs note for note and call it original 'K-pop' Koreans - Original? » Occidentalism Check it. Hilarious.