Android's supposed to be all about peace, love, and openness, but that apparently doesn't exempt it from copyright law and trigger-happy general counsels (who knew?). In a move that should come as absolutely no surprise to anyone, Palm has sicced its legal team on the makers of the aptly-named "Palm Pre Android Theme" that borrows icons, wallpapers, and mojo (not to be confused with
Mojo) directly from
webOS. The concerns center around the usual suspects -- graphics copyrights and trademark infringement -- and the company is demanding that they cease use of the Pre's interface, name, and all that good stuff by some date that's been redacted from the leaked letter (we're assuming it's soon). To be fair, Palm comes out and says that it "appreciates that imitation is the most sincere form of flattery," but at the end of the day, they're concerned about the potential for consumer confusion. Interestingly, to the best of our knowledge, they haven't given the
iPhone-based theme the same treatment -- but hey, maybe it's easier to confuse a
Hero with a Pre than it is an iPhone... or something.
[Thanks,
Justin]
posted August 12th 2009 12:49PM
Actually they have given the palm pre-fection theme the same treatment
LOL! I loved this theme... but palm... is retarded and hypocritical... If they won't respect Apple intellectual property... why the hell should we to them?
We don't advertise it as a selling point like palm does the apple sync feature. We android root users don't make any money from it. I think it's because of the 1 million phones sold so far.. 40%!!!! got returned within the first month.. HAHAHA!!! 400,000 phones!!! HAHAHA You should be happy us Android users made a theme for the pre.. at this rate the only thing anyone will remember of that phone was a mock-up theme.
That number is wrong and stating just makes you look like a blinded idiot.
PALM ran out of toes to shoot off years ago! Rubenstein now simply aims directly for the femoral artery to end it quickly.
um not really.. if remember right every respectable tech site pretty much said web os is the smartphone os to beat.. the palm pre like the g1 could have been a little better hardware wise especially to debut a new os but the reviews are excellent.. they are selling fast here in so cal and i know almost as many pre users as iphone.. web os is here to stay, even if palm dies web os will still be around for a while
Funny really I keep hearing how Pre's are sitting on shelves and the return rate is so high, yet these seem to be Apple fanboy rumors since my sister can't track one down, and a respected european financial magazine said recently that Pre return rates were well within normal range.
I think a large problem with the Pre and more importantly WebOS is that it threatens Android and iPhone users, and honestly that is a damn good sign!
I was happy to move to sprint from Verizon, but most people are the other way around so I really expect WebOS and the Pre to take off when it hits Verizon.
im glad im with sprint they have the best service and price in so cal.. vzw is better for smaller markets alot of the time.. but all in all it depends on you as an individual
I love how they went so far as to include the EVDO icon in the statusbar. My question is how the hell could developers on a currently GSM exclusive platform overlook that?
Here are articles stating that 40% of palm pre's are returned:
http://news.softpedia.com/news/Palm-Pre-039-s-Return-Rate-in-the-40-Area-117169.shtml
http://palmwebos.org/2009/07/22/palm-pre-return-rate-is-40-defects-to-blame/
http://mypre.com/analyst-claims-pre-return-rates-are-40-2009212326/
LOL maybe you are right.. I probably imbelished a bit... of the number of palm pre's sold... ended at 300,000 in june.. so another month another 300,00 right? lol probably not... haha 40% of June's # is 120,000 phones returned... so at this rate... they would probably be at 1 million if they kept up the pace... but so would the return rate... meeting at 400,000... lol I'm not a iphone fanatic.. I call it as I see it. Do you see anyother phone released 2 months ago going from $249 to $99 after 2 months?
LOL even the G1 has crappier specs and uglier design and yet it's still at 149.99 after close to a year. Just stating the obvious. El fin.
All of those articles are based off off of one persons bad data the palm pre return rate is more like 2 to 3%. the pre is not $99 its started at $299 and is still $299, $199 in best buy and radioshack. You are an idiot.
http://www.precentral.net/palm-pre-return-rate-now-pegged-2-3-dueling-analysts
http://www.slashgear.com/palm-pre-return-rate-at-about-3-2450301/