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Re:Apple Wins Permanent Ban on German Sales of Samsung Tablet by berntb on Friday September 09, 2011 @10:13AM (#2978144)
Reference please?

(You aren't talking about that Samsung phone which were announced before the iPhone but not shown until a good while after the iPhone was released?)

Re:Apple Wins Permanent Ban on German Sales of Samsung Tablet by jarek on Friday September 09, 2011 @01:27PM (#2978959)
http://mobile.engadget.com/2006/12/15/the-lg-ke850-touchable... on December 15, 2006.

While the design doesn't necessarily predate the iPhone, it was at least developed concurrently, supporting the thesis of industry heading that way.

Re:Apple Wins Permanent Ban on German Sales of Samsung Tablet by berntb on Friday September 09, 2011 @01:41PM (#2979026)
Cool, new to me. I note that the Wikipedia page says LG muttered about suing Apple over the iPhone. :-)