Samsung Store Features Apple App Store Icons

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Posted September 25, 2011 at 3:56pm by iClarified

A Samsung shop-in-a-shop in Italy's Centro Sicilia has a wall of icons that features Apple App Store icons, reports AllThingsD.

Embarrassing, particularly given Apple's allegations that Samsung "slavishly" copied the design of its iPhone and iPad devices. It's hard to imagine there's a reasonable explanation for this. Samsung phones don't support iOS apps and I can't imagine Apple is making the company a version of Safari.

Take a look at the photo below...

Samsung Store Features Apple App Store Icons

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Corrado Bonfiglioli - September 26, 2011 at 1:03pm

Now they have removed the icons with an " S". http://samsung.hdblog.it/2011/09/26/samsung-si-corregge-spariscono-le-icone-apple-dallo-shop-in-shop-di-catania/

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Corrado Bonfiglioli - September 26, 2011 at 8:11am

I'm from north of Italy and i'm frequently in Sicily for business , i don't think this is an official Samsung corner ( especially the wall behind). Samsung like to copy Apple but this seems really out of any immagination. Probably the shops owner ( maybe an Apple fan...) make some modifications...

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lm - September 25, 2011 at 8:14pm

they could just be custom icons that android users ported from the iOS and use them in their themes. Big deal!

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Sillydrew - September 25, 2011 at 8:59pm

Hmm what does a name have to do with icon that is identical to the app store icon as well as the icon for safari.

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iPorwin - September 25, 2011 at 6:20pm

Samsung stands nowhere in front of apple.

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kilprity - September 25, 2011 at 5:11pm

1st iPhone then iPad now Samsung have managed to copy the Apple Store experience and on top of that there using apple app icons on the wall LMFAO they should be sued

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yiyopr - September 25, 2011 at 7:08pm

they are being sued...

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KilPrity - September 25, 2011 at 7:10pm

I know that they are I was saying that it's good for them that there being sued!!! î

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Lee Hughes - September 25, 2011 at 4:58pm

I think the issue is not that the term "App Store" should be generic or Apple was given the name "App Store", it's that Apples Icons have been blatantly used/copied by Samsung in a Advertisement Display, surely they could have created their own icons/images?

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kenz - September 25, 2011 at 11:01pm

It's a Samsung store in Italy... they just don't know any better.

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liam - September 25, 2011 at 4:53pm

app store is generic, not the logos i thought the domain was the gift...

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Nobo1 - September 25, 2011 at 4:39pm

Does this add weight to the amazon claim of the term "App store" being generic ? Didn't Apple receive the term App store as a gift, ?

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