what a rectangular phone with a glass touch screen, an app MARKET, OPEN SOURCE, SMART PHONE... THEY STOLE MY IDEA I'M A GONNA SUE THOSE SONS OF BI- derp cancer dead.
I predict I'm going to get flamed for saying that
Contrary to what you think, I actually agree with you. Especially with all the patent disputes they have going on with Samsung (and other companies), it makes one wonder whether Apple really thinks they own rectangles and black. As for those court cases, none of the design claims made by Apple stood any ground with the judges, but it was rather a small dispute regarding the way the Gallery app "bounces" that won the case. Sadly, the Gallery app is not exclusive to the Galaxy line but rather comes straight from the Android OS.
The thing that makes me hate Apple the most is the fact that no matter what they'll release, people will buy it simply because it's Apple and thus "fashionable" and "techy" and "hip". After the longest time between iPhones ever, the iPhone 4S simply added a new processor, new camera and Siri - "improvements" still months behind leading Android-based smartphones like the Galaxy SII. But who cares? They still get a record number of preorders and they still sell like hotcakes. They could have sold all those updates separately -- iPhone4S1 with A5 processor, iPhone4S2 with added new camera, iPhone 4S3 with added dual antennas, iPhone 4S4 with added Siri -- and the "hip" crowd would buy every single revision nonetheless. A sad fact that I feel is epitomised by that sad kid who camped for days outside the Sydney Apple store waiting to pay $999 for an iPhone 4S, which he claimed was "better value" than the Samsung store literally down the road selling 10 Galaxy SII's a day for $2. Apple has an almost cult-ish following that is blinded by their image for being "technologically advanced", lacking a rational sense of judgement.
I think it's just sad that average people simply associate tablets as "iPads", phones as "iPhones" and mp3 players as "iPods" simply because of the image that Apple has created. The only thing Apple can do is make shit look good.
TL;DR: Fucking Jobs.
