http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/meizu-cebit-booth-shut-down-by-german-authorities/ Engadget Comments for Meizu CeBIT booth shut down by German authorities http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/meizu-cebit-booth-shut-down-by-german-authorities/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/meizu-cebit-booth-shut-down-by-german-authorities/Mar 5th 2008 9:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/meizu-cebit-booth-shut-down-by-german-authorities/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/meizu-cebit-booth-shut-down-by-german-authorities/Mar 5th 2008 9:57AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/meizu-cebit-booth-shut-down-by-german-authorities/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/meizu-cebit-booth-shut-down-by-german-authorities/Mar 5th 2008 9:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/meizu-cebit-booth-shut-down-by-german-authorities/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/meizu-cebit-booth-shut-down-by-german-authorities/Mar 5th 2008 10:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/meizu-cebit-booth-shut-down-by-german-authorities/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/meizu-cebit-booth-shut-down-by-german-authorities/Mar 5th 2008 10:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/meizu-cebit-booth-shut-down-by-german-authorities/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/meizu-cebit-booth-shut-down-by-german-authorities/Mar 5th 2008 10:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/meizu-cebit-booth-shut-down-by-german-authorities/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/meizu-cebit-booth-shut-down-by-german-authorities/
APPLE GESTAPO

White Glossy Supremacy, and the planned annihilation of the more populous PC market]]>Mar 5th 2008 10:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/meizu-cebit-booth-shut-down-by-german-authorities/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/meizu-cebit-booth-shut-down-by-german-authorities/
Apparently electronics inventions cannot be stolen, but software inventions are fair game?

I smell hypo-crickeys.]]>Mar 5th 2008 10:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/meizu-cebit-booth-shut-down-by-german-authorities/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/meizu-cebit-booth-shut-down-by-german-authorities/
In this instance, he's right:

their = possessive form (their heads)
they're = contraction of "they are"

"get it through 'they are' heads" or
"get it through 'their' heads"?

;)

Although, the subject-verb agreement is off (head vs. heads).

/grammEr nazi]]>Mar 5th 2008 10:53AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/meizu-cebit-booth-shut-down-by-german-authorities/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/meizu-cebit-booth-shut-down-by-german-authorities/
Your Grammar Nazi status has been revoked.

"get it through their head their ripping people off"

Should have been "get it through their heads THEY'RE ripping people off" and that is what Chebwa was referring to.]]>Mar 5th 2008 10:57AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/meizu-cebit-booth-shut-down-by-german-authorities/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/meizu-cebit-booth-shut-down-by-german-authorities/
Ooohh! Scary. Thats tough talk.]]>Mar 5th 2008 11:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/meizu-cebit-booth-shut-down-by-german-authorities/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/meizu-cebit-booth-shut-down-by-german-authorities/
You right, but the "their" after head should be they're...

As in "One way or another these mother Fuc*ers will get it through their head they're ripping people off."



So there :)]]>Mar 6th 2008 4:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/meizu-cebit-booth-shut-down-by-german-authorities/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/meizu-cebit-booth-shut-down-by-german-authorities/
Uhm.....isn't that EXACTLY what I already said?]]>Mar 5th 2008 12:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/meizu-cebit-booth-shut-down-by-german-authorities/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/meizu-cebit-booth-shut-down-by-german-authorities/Mar 5th 2008 12:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/meizu-cebit-booth-shut-down-by-german-authorities/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/meizu-cebit-booth-shut-down-by-german-authorities/Mar 5th 2008 12:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/meizu-cebit-booth-shut-down-by-german-authorities/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/meizu-cebit-booth-shut-down-by-german-authorities/Mar 5th 2008 12:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/meizu-cebit-booth-shut-down-by-german-authorities/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/meizu-cebit-booth-shut-down-by-german-authorities/
Imitation is the greatest form of flattery.]]>Mar 5th 2008 12:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/meizu-cebit-booth-shut-down-by-german-authorities/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/meizu-cebit-booth-shut-down-by-german-authorities/
" In the late afternoon, was the booth of the company re-occupied, employees were also the smartphone again, but not the MP3 player."]]>Mar 5th 2008 12:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/meizu-cebit-booth-shut-down-by-german-authorities/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/meizu-cebit-booth-shut-down-by-german-authorities/
You mean the M8 Mini One is also a Transformer? Maybe I do need one.]]>Mar 5th 2008 2:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/meizu-cebit-booth-shut-down-by-german-authorities/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/meizu-cebit-booth-shut-down-by-german-authorities/
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And to everyone who says that Apple Ripped off LG, cry me a river. What in the sam hill could apple have done? They're both full-touch phones. That use the finger as a stylus. How could you expect anything but a similarity in interface? All the full-touch phones look somewhat similar, because of the design constraints in place.

LG Turned around and jacked apple's icons for that god-awful Voyager (I used one briefly, talk about poorly executed). So let's just let it go.]]>Mar 5th 2008 10:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/meizu-cebit-booth-shut-down-by-german-authorities/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/meizu-cebit-booth-shut-down-by-german-authorities/Mar 5th 2008 10:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/meizu-cebit-booth-shut-down-by-german-authorities/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/meizu-cebit-booth-shut-down-by-german-authorities/Mar 5th 2008 10:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/meizu-cebit-booth-shut-down-by-german-authorities/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/meizu-cebit-booth-shut-down-by-german-authorities/
Scary, huh?

This is the world that some of Apple's Loony Toon users would love to see happen.

"Your icons look like they came from Apple! Copycats!!!! POLICE, POLICE!!!!"

"Apple had that feature before you! ARREST THEM!!!!!"

"Shiny metal?!?! Mother f@cker!!! Haul them in!!!!"

Not only are they a cult, apparently they are creating the iPolice State...Pro!]]>Mar 5th 2008 10:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/meizu-cebit-booth-shut-down-by-german-authorities/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/meizu-cebit-booth-shut-down-by-german-authorities/
What exactly is wrong with the Voyager? I've had mine since launch, and don't have any complaints. The touch screen was a little wonky at first, but with the newest firmware I love it.]]>Mar 5th 2008 11:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/meizu-cebit-booth-shut-down-by-german-authorities/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/meizu-cebit-booth-shut-down-by-german-authorities/Mar 5th 2008 2:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/meizu-cebit-booth-shut-down-by-german-authorities/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/meizu-cebit-booth-shut-down-by-german-authorities/ Me thinks your a very ridiculous example of an apple fanboy. You say Meizu ripped off Apple, but then say its alright for Apple to rip off LG(which they didn't). There's a certain word to describe such a comment, but it slips my mind at the moment, I think it was hypo........ something.
Anyways, just because both devices are touch phones, doesn't mean they must have the same interface. Two full touch screen phones can have totally different, original, creative, and user-pleasing interfaces. As for the LG's Voyager being an Iphone ripoff, I don't see that, Voyager's overall interface is completely different from the Iphone's interface. Too bad I can't say the same for the Meizu M8, it has too many similarities to the Iphones interface, I'm surprised they didn't add cover flow as well. ]]>Mar 5th 2008 3:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/meizu-cebit-booth-shut-down-by-german-authorities/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/meizu-cebit-booth-shut-down-by-german-authorities/Mar 5th 2008 9:57AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/meizu-cebit-booth-shut-down-by-german-authorities/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/meizu-cebit-booth-shut-down-by-german-authorities/Mar 5th 2008 10:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/meizu-cebit-booth-shut-down-by-german-authorities/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/meizu-cebit-booth-shut-down-by-german-authorities/Mar 5th 2008 10:53AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/meizu-cebit-booth-shut-down-by-german-authorities/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/meizu-cebit-booth-shut-down-by-german-authorities/Mar 5th 2008 11:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/meizu-cebit-booth-shut-down-by-german-authorities/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/meizu-cebit-booth-shut-down-by-german-authorities/
Troll.]]>Mar 5th 2008 11:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/meizu-cebit-booth-shut-down-by-german-authorities/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/meizu-cebit-booth-shut-down-by-german-authorities/
Since you can't read, I will capitalize the area in the title that clearly states that it was the German authorities who did this.

"Meizu CeBIT booth shut down by GERMAN AUTHORITIES"

Do I need to spell it out for you? Sound it out- get your mommy to help you if you need to.
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sorry, couldn't resist]]>Mar 5th 2008 4:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/meizu-cebit-booth-shut-down-by-german-authorities/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/meizu-cebit-booth-shut-down-by-german-authorities/
lol]]>Mar 6th 2008 12:18AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/meizu-cebit-booth-shut-down-by-german-authorities/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/meizu-cebit-booth-shut-down-by-german-authorities/Mar 5th 2008 9:57AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/meizu-cebit-booth-shut-down-by-german-authorities/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/meizu-cebit-booth-shut-down-by-german-authorities/Mar 5th 2008 9:57AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/meizu-cebit-booth-shut-down-by-german-authorities/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/meizu-cebit-booth-shut-down-by-german-authorities/
From the dripping venom in this article alone, they seem to have had the most bizarre hatred for this company for years. They have been acting like little brown shirts for Apple when it comes to anything that may compete with their products, so I wouldn't put it past them to have "helped" the police along in shutting down their both.]]>Mar 5th 2008 10:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/meizu-cebit-booth-shut-down-by-german-authorities/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/meizu-cebit-booth-shut-down-by-german-authorities/
I think you're just being a big, fat baby on this thread (and probably many others). Perception is 9/10 reality, I know but if you go through Engadget this morning you'll notice not one story about Apple. Engadget does a pretty decent job of covering every major show and every major release of every major product, even vaporware like the Meizu M8.

If you don't believe the M8 is an exact replica of an iPhone then you're kidding yourself. This particular device is stolen almost identically from another which is illegal.

And what I think we'll find today from the German authorities when they make their announcement is that piracy was in full effect. They probably got themselves an iPhone and reverse engineered the OS and mechanics. Which is f-ing piracy you lunatic.

Now, be tough and show me who's boss. Bring it.
]]>Mar 5th 2008 10:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/meizu-cebit-booth-shut-down-by-german-authorities/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/meizu-cebit-booth-shut-down-by-german-authorities/
That's cute, because yesterday the line was that they didnt even have a working device.

If the device was not a for sale item, then what piracy laws have they broken? Just having some part that "looks familiar" isn't a breach of copyright law no matter how much you support Apple.]]>Mar 5th 2008 10:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/meizu-cebit-booth-shut-down-by-german-authorities/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/meizu-cebit-booth-shut-down-by-german-authorities/
The M8 was running on Windows CE, not pirated Apple software. If that's the case (which I'm sure it is, otherwise the M8 wouldn't be so buggy and in dev so long), then other than copying the LOOK, there's no software piracy going on.

In case you haven't heard, Apple didn't invent multi-touch, by a long shot. They were just the first to put it in a phone.

The big kicker would be if the booth was shut down for reasons not related to the M8 at all.]]>Mar 5th 2008 10:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/meizu-cebit-booth-shut-down-by-german-authorities/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/meizu-cebit-booth-shut-down-by-german-authorities/
"In case you haven't heard, Apple didn't invent multi-touch, by a long shot. They were just the first to put it in a phone."

Actually, they patented it. So yeah, Meizu using the patented Apple gestures would count as a patent violation. Don't know about German law, but here in the US, if you are caught violating patents, your goods can be prevented from being imported. Maybe the Germans kicked them out of Germany and seized their goods due to Apple patents.

Oh, and before you start about applicability of US patents, I would not be shocked if Apple has patents in the EU/Germany covering the same exact items as their US patents.]]>Mar 5th 2008 11:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/meizu-cebit-booth-shut-down-by-german-authorities/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/meizu-cebit-booth-shut-down-by-german-authorities/
Haven't YOU been paying attention? Windows base code has many stolen parts from when Bill worked at Apple. They even got caught and it's the reason they "invested" 10 Million dollars in Apple and offered up Microsoft Office for 5 years.

Reverse engineering the iPhone OS and making it work in a Windows CE environment is not an unlikely scenario and would explain why it doesn't work and is buggy as hell. It's certainly plausible.

If you don't think this interface looks like an exact replica then you're just being an Apple hater with your blinders on in full effect. I don't think the LG Voyager is a replica, I think it's a poor attempt at a touch screen but it's definitely LG all the way. THIS is a forgery in every way.]]>Mar 5th 2008 11:42AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/meizu-cebit-booth-shut-down-by-german-authorities/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/meizu-cebit-booth-shut-down-by-german-authorities/
Not only were they the first to put it in the phone. They were the first to bring it to end consumers.
Multi touch is not a new idea but Apple found affordable ways to implement it.
Microsoft surface is multi touch but it's expensive and targetted for commercial use. They would patent their own implementations. That demo at NYU is multi touch and his implementation is projected and not on a LCD screen. Multi touch ideas have been floating around for at least 25 years.

I wonder why so many people are still thinking single touch touchscreen are the same as multi-touch touchscreen. Try finger gestures like zoom, rotate on single touch touchscreen and they won't work from both hardware and software levels.]]>Mar 5th 2008 11:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/meizu-cebit-booth-shut-down-by-german-authorities/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/meizu-cebit-booth-shut-down-by-german-authorities/
It's well known that Apple didn't invent multitouch. Saying "they patented it" is meaningless. Exactly what did they "patent", where is the patent, and in what country or countries are the patents held? US patents and pending patents are meaningless in Germany, especially ones that are irrelevant. Does Apple hold a German design patent on the iPhone?

If you are so certain that Apple holds applicable patents in EU/Germany, why don't you prove it? While you're at it, specify just what patent infringement you are talking about.

@Chris:

Bill never worked at Apple and there is no proof whatsoever that Windows ever contained any code stolen from Apple. You are delusional.

Reverse engineering is not illegal nor unethical, and reverse engineering an OS to "make it work" on another OS is nonsense.

Lastly, I don't see anyone saying the interface, what little we've seen of it in mockups, doesn't look like the iPhone. The point was that Engadget takes it on themselves to constantly harp on the ripoff angle. There's ample evidence of that.

I'd go further. Engadget covers all Apple stories, whether announcements, updates, or rumors, with carpet-bombing coverage. They make every effort to expose and ridicule any product that competes with or takes from an Apple product. Finally, Engadget takes it on itself to assist in Apple product development through the promotion of Apple feedback discussions. They even do "news" articles on Apple mockups done by non-Apple employees. Their pro-Apple slant is ludicrous. Sadly, Apple is a religion and Engadget worships there.]]>Mar 5th 2008 12:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/meizu-cebit-booth-shut-down-by-german-authorities/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/meizu-cebit-booth-shut-down-by-german-authorities/
Wasn't that Fingerworks? Oh yeah, Apple owns Fingerworks.]]>Mar 5th 2008 12:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/meizu-cebit-booth-shut-down-by-german-authorities/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/meizu-cebit-booth-shut-down-by-german-authorities/Mar 5th 2008 12:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/meizu-cebit-booth-shut-down-by-german-authorities/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/meizu-cebit-booth-shut-down-by-german-authorities/
Every news outlet has a slant. It's better to just get used to it than fight it. You won't win.]]>Mar 5th 2008 12:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/meizu-cebit-booth-shut-down-by-german-authorities/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/meizu-cebit-booth-shut-down-by-german-authorities/
"Bill never worked at Apple and there is no proof whatsoever that Windows ever contained any code stolen from Apple. You are delusional."

DUDE, you're delusional. Bill Gates was the first software developer outside of Apple allowed access to the code behind the Macintosh operating system. Microsoft Word was an Apple application long before there was ever a Windows system. And while he was in there, he TOOK THE CODE. They got caught with the code in Windows 95 and were subsequently taken to trial over the matter. They settled out of court and invested $10 Million in Apple and signed a contract for 5 years of Microsoft Office for the Mac platform.

This has gotten way off topic but what I was trying to say originally in reply to the question of piracy is that I'll bet piracy is involved. They couldn't make Windows CE do what an iPhone does so they took code out of the iPhone OS and are trying to shoe-horn it into Windows CE.]]>Mar 5th 2008 12:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/meizu-cebit-booth-shut-down-by-german-authorities/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/meizu-cebit-booth-shut-down-by-german-authorities/Mar 5th 2008 12:34PM