Former Apple designer smartphone Samsung confused with the iPhone

In federal court in San Jose continued hearings on the patent dispute between Apple and Samsung. On the eve of a witness by the American side madea former graphic designer in California producer Susan Kerr. She has worked in Cupertino from 1982 to 1986, and before the trial of the corporation appealed to her as a competent expert in interface design smartphones.

After a study of 11 mobile devices, Samsung, including the Galaxy S, Captivate, and Epic 4G, Kerr said in court that the design and layout graphics application on the main screen of the smartphone "substantially similar" icon in the iPhone, it even messed up the gadgets. She believes that the application icons on your smart phone displays violate the patents Apple, which relate to the appearance and design of the desktop iPhone.

"I see similarities in grid applications - in rows of four icons, colors of the icons of a square shape with rounded corners" - a statement quoted by Bloomberg Coeur.

According to him, she even got confused: one took from the table on which were laid out a variety of devices, phones Samsung, when in fact wanted to take the iPhone.

"I've always considered myself to those detailed look at the schedule, but they messed up - it cites Bloomberg. - In addition to its own analysis of the devices I have personally gone through this experience. "

According to experts, after examining the application shortcuts on smartphones, it was looking for examples "to show that the design can be different." As an example she cited a device BlackBerry Torch from Research In Motion, on the main screen, which also provides a set of software, but their images are not used squares with smooth edges.

"You can make a design that will not be on something like" - she summed up.

Coeur - the second witness who draws attention to the fact that consumers may confuse the device. Previously, the designer, Peter Bressler, presented to the jury report data according to which customers are Best Buy's return Tablet Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1, as the thought that buying iPad.

A plausible concept of the iPhone 5 [video]

The new Apple smartphone can be represented in a month - 12 September this year. Despite the fact that the Internet is rife with rumors about the characteristics of future devices all the details are still kept secret by the manufacturer. This gives room for creativity brand fans who are trying to guess what would be the sixth phone Apple.

One of the latest version has the layout of the publication TechRadar. Bloggers have gathered the most plausible rumors, added to them, "leaked" photos of the components in the network and created a "plausible concept of the iPhone 5."

According to published information on the Internet, the novelty has a more elongated shape, allowing increased diagonal touch screen (up to about 4 inches). Resolution of the screen will be approximately 1136 x 640 pixels, and pixel density it will remain high and will be up to 330 dpi.

The rear panel of the device is made of metal. This has led to a new iPhone is thinner and lighter, but stronger and more powerful to use the "stuffing" freed from the internal space. Top and bottom in the housing are glass inserts. This technological "window" for the built-in antenna LTE and non-contact interaction between the chip NFC, the metal shell which could create problems.

According to insider information, the headphone jack has moved from the upper edge of the bottom of the unit and close to the compact docking connector. The latter is smaller than the corporate port with 30 pins, which is used in current models of phones iPhone, iPod and tablets iPad. Working unit based on the latest operating system iOS 6.