Apple Never Designed the iPad - They Undesigned it
I want these people who are running around saying there's no other way to design Samsung's stuff to explain to me one thing.<p>Why, of all the devices on earth, does Samsung's tablet exactly mimic Apple's USB connector?<p>I've got a Galaxy Tab sitting right next to me, here. The design isn't just similar, the dimensions are nearly identical.<p>Explain it to me. Please. If you can offer a compelling case for why Samsung isn't a shameless industrial design thief that can also account for their USB connector, I will be very impressed. It is, to me, the smoking gun. Don't tell me it's the <i>only way to design a low-profile USB connector.</i> It's the only way when Apple does it – everyone else has been doing fine with USB mini and micro.<p>Samsung: <a href="http://i.imgur.com/eyqGw.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://i.imgur.com/eyqGw.jpg</a><p>Apple: <a href="http://i.imgur.com/nh0eI.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://i.imgur.com/nh0eI.jpg</a><p><i>Everyone else</i>: <a href="http://i.imgur.com/vpPhZ.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://i.imgur.com/vpPhZ.jpg</a><p>Oh, and for thoroughness, how Amazon designed a beautiful USB micro cable that looked nothing at all like Apple's: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Amazon-Replacement-Display-Generation-Kindles/dp/B003M5IQLU" rel="nofollow">http://www.amazon.com/Amazon-Replacement-Display-Generation-...</a><p>Maybe Apple had a time machine and traveled into the future, stealing Samsung's wholly original USB cable design?