Im not even bothering to read everything thats been said already. Im too lazy
But I will throw in my own opinion:
Apple is a horrible company. I have a passionate hatred towards them and whether or not I have a lot of rational reasons for it, I really do hate them. Im not sure who from Google said this, but it was someone important. His statement went something along the lines of 'anything that is a basic feature of technology shouldnt be allowed to be patented'. Rectangular devices with rounded corners? Seriously? Samsung has to pay $300,000,000-$1bil because theyre devices have ROUNDED CORNERS? *GASP* that is SO copying the iPhone, right? -__- Such bull.
Although I am very frustrated about Apple winning, I read a great article (which I will link in a moment) that says this is more of a win for Samsung. Samsung generates $1 billion in revenue every 2.4 days. So its not that huge of a deal for Samsung to pay this kind of money to Apple. The win for them is publicity. Being dubbed as "copiers of iPhone" isnt that bad because Samsung devices are half the price, and run Android (which as you all should know, is much better than iOS). Now I go and search for iPhones on Google and guess what comes up? A Samsung smartphone. Hmph, this DOES look awfully like an iPhone... and it has great specs... and whoa, its pretty cheap too!
So really this thing is just great publicity for Samsung.
Heres the article:
http://gigaom.com/2012/08/25/counter...erge-a-winner/
This "win" for apple just means that we're gonna end up with sharp pointy smartphones that can be used as weapons, or spending ridiculous amounts of money on iPhones
As people from Samsung have been saying since the jury announced Apple the victor, 'We are going to end up with less creative and innovative smartphones, and higher price tags'