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Apple: Our Ads Don't Lie, But You're a Fool if You Believe Them
Wired: Gadget Lab — Apple doesn't want you to believe what it says, even though the company claims it's not lying. That's the gist of the Cupertino company's legal response to a lawsuit regarding allegedly misleading advertising for the iPhone 3G. The corporation's 9-page legal document [.pdf] is an answer to a complaint filed by William Gillis, a 70-year-old San Diego resident, who alleged Apple falsely advertised iPhone 3G by calling it "twice as fast for half the price" compared to the original handset. Some parts of Apple's 32-point rebuttal say that the company was being truthful. But one paragraph says, in ...

Apple Legal Argument: It's Not Reasonable To Believe Our Ads as Fact
iPodObserver — ... yet filed a motion to dismiss. Not surprisingly, that's all the proof needed by said attorney that his client will be victorious in court. Since the lawsuit was first launched, Apple has greatly improved the performance of the iPhone 3G in a series of firmware updates that changed how the phones behaved on AT 's network. The latest update, version 2.2 of the iPhone software, eliminated many complaints of dropped calls and slow performance, though GadgetLab noted a few complaints can still be found on Apple's forums .

Apple Legal Argument: It’s Not Reasonable To Believe Our Ads as Fact
iPodObserver — [image] In court documents responding to a lawsuit, Apple has made the seemingly unusual claim that no reasonable person cold construe Apple's own claims in its own advertising as "claims of fact." In other words, the company's legal department is arguing that the company's marketing department can't be relied on to tell the truth. The court documents, first noted and published ...

Apple Legal Argument: It’s Not Reasonable To Believe Our Ads as Fact
The Mac Observer — ... yet filed a motion to dismiss. Not surprisingly, that's all the proof needed by said attorney that his client will be victorious in court. Since the lawsuit was first launched, Apple has greatly improved the performance of the iPhone 3G in a series of firmware updates that changed how the phones behaved on AT 's network. The latest update, version 2.2 of the iPhone software, eliminated many complaints of dropped calls and slow performance, though GadgetLab noted a few complaints can still be found on Apple's forums .