Apple pushes for Samsung Galaxy S3, Note and Tab 10.1 tablet ban in US

[sir pball]

9. Sammy's about to bring a shotgun to this knife fight..

Samsung confirmed that it will immediately sue Apple if the latter releases products using advanced long-term evolution (LTE) mobile technology. LTE has been emerging as the top standard in the global mobile industry.

http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/tech/2012/08/133_118544.html

Samsung can, if need be, update the SIII software to AOSP 4.1 (Android Open Source Project, the 100% GPL'ed reference Android distribution maintained by Google) the latest version has been specifically cleaned up to avoid the infringements Apple is currently alleging; if their allegations of Apple not licensing LTE patents are true, it's a much worse situation for Apple - the HARDWARE is in violation so there's literally nothing to do but pull it.

Not to mention Apple is quite dependent on Sammy both for a majority of their display panels including the precious precious "Retina" displays and literally the ENTIRE supply of A5 processors for the iDevices; they're trying to move to Sharp as the supplier for the iP5 screen and have literally junked the company. If Apple keeps this up, Samsung just might decide the loss of revenue is worth pretty much starving the supply of EVERY Apple product on the marketthere's no law that says contracts have to be renewed. Oh, that would be epic...

(typed from my 15" MacBook Pro)