Samsung Clarifies Smart Cover Flub
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The smart case, above, has been pulled from Anymode’s website.
Yesterday we wrote about Anymode Corporation’s blatant copy of the Apple Smart Cover, and their suspected ties to Samsung, who endorsed the “Smart Case,” for the Galaxy Tab 10.1.
Today Samsung has released a statement to distance itself from Anymode Corp, who produced the Smart Cover clone, claiming that Anymode was not given Samsung’s approval and that the offending cases will not be sold.
According to a statement on their blog, Anymode used the “Designed for Samsung Mobile” mark without approval.
“As a general practice, Samsung Electronics reviews and approves all accessories produced by partners before they are given the “Designed for Samsung Mobile” mark.
In this case, approval was not given to Anymode for the accessory to feature this official designation. We are working with Anymode to address this oversight and the product has already been removed from the Anymode sales website. The product has not been sold.”
Uh oh. Sounds like someone’s in trouble with uncle (allegedly, Anymode CEO Sang-yong Kim is the nephew of Samsung Chairman Kun-Hee Lee). Hopefully, in the future, Samsung and the companies working with Samsung can come up with a new cover that’s truly innovative and not just another variation of an Apple design, now that they’ve been called out for their copycat ways on the Internet.
