Apple again throwing stones, from a glass house.

So, Apple wants us to believe that Samsung threw together, within the period of almost exactly 1 month, an iPhone copy that just happened to be also packed full of superior parts? That is one big complement to Samsung. While it appears that rumors of the Samsung F700 being demonstrated in 2006 are not accurate, LG had launched their Prada phone by then and frankly they all look like each other.

Woo-Young Kwak, who is the head of mobile handset R&D at LG, said that Apple stole the design after the Prada phone won the 2006 iF Design Award. Yes folks, that is true, 2006, LG’s touchscreen won a Design Award and many months later iPhone appears.

There is no doubt that someone “invented” the all touch screen form factor, but the chances of us ever knowing who that was are slim-to-none.  What is also highly unlikely is that the LG was inspired by a phone not to appear until the following year. What is almost as unlikely is that Samsung could design and fabricate a superior phone “copycat” of the iPhone in 1 month based entirely on the iPhone’s initial launch.  What is most likely is that the charlatan Steve Jobs is again trying to convince the world that he is the innovator and everyone else are imitators.

We look forward to the court ruling on the lawsuit. While the courts are notoriously inept at understanding techno-babble we have seen some semblance of justice come from these cases. We don’t really know what will come of Mark Zuckerberg’s claims, but on this one a picture is worth a 1000 words. LG Prada beat Samsung and Apple, and won an award to boot. Being an admirer of LG products myself, I’d sure like this issue to hit the fan again. You know since Apple went throwing stones and all.