[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] Uncle Irish:
Enjoy... tough topic for damn sure

I only know how I feel about it lol

Samsung vs Apple, Apple vs Samsung, where does it all end? Or would a better question be, where did it all begin? It was just a short time ago when Apple released their earth shattering iPhone to the public. Tofu eaters and vegans around the world hopped in their Audi’s and headed down to the local AT&T store to catch a glimpse and throw down their hard earned cash. Blinded by anything that emits light, millions of lemmings started the journey to the edge of the earth. All the while, something was brewing in a distant land called Korea. They saw pretty square icons lined up neatly like pimples on the fry cook’s face. The single button with a multitude of functions like back, close, or end. (OK, that’s it, but it was amazing what this little button could do!) Scroll to the left, scroll to the right; shortcuts to all your favorite things are just a finger poke away. Texting was illuminated by little colored word bubbles and nifty little sounds. Apple was discovering a new world and they wanted to put their name all over it.

Time passes and the green monster enters the picture. Samsung had something to really work with. They too could create little square icons, neat little bubbles and quaint little sounds. A new breed of comsumer sees this and fireworks begin. Their phones are selling like hotcakes and Apple is upset because their lemmings aren’t in the numbers they used to be. Sales are through the roof for them both. Apple does what Apple does. They get pissy, cry out loud and stomp their feet. “But that bubble idea is MINE! I gave birth to the square icon, I swear I did!” Enter the tablet… The iPad. A bigger one button wonder with nothing more to offer than a sizable screen. Samsung makes a tablet too. Rounded corners that Apple invented, pretty icons that Apple invented, touching gestures that Apple invented. What was Samsung thinking? Everyone knows there was never a square icon before Apple thrust it form its loins, wrapped it in plastic, superglued a screen and that single, glorious button to it and fed it to us like veggie burgers and soy milk. Lemmings gobbled it up as lifeblood on their journey to the edge, taking one last sip of Father’s Milk before the step over the edge to their death in the pit of apple cores.

About that “other breed”. The ones who feel they somehow have freedom of choice, a chance to use more buttons, or god forbid use a different square icon! War is decalred upon Samsung and Apple is bringing out the big guns. Fueled by the income of millions upon millions of lemmings, the *****fest ensues. “But they stole my pretty square icon? They didn’t think of that all by their selves. They copied my homework! Make it go away! I mean, the lemmings like it better than my big shiney button and I don’t know what to do. I can’t think of anything different, I live in a walled garden and I fear change.” Samsung has just two words for the high and mighty Apple. “Screw you!” Apple doesn’t own the shape square, but they still want money because someone else used a square. “They copied my design” the Apple says. “No”, Samsung says, “we just made everything better”.

On and on goes the battle. Stop doing this, you can’t do that. All the while, Samsung takes its slice of the pie for each new lemming vehicle. All buttons and squares aside, is it a matter of copycat or jealousy? This is for you to decide.

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I'll do this one in the coming days