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Samsung plonks universal search BACK into Galaxy S IIIs

Us, scared of Apple? Pah!

Samsung today conceded it was wrong to remove the universal search function from Galaxy S III phones in its latest software update - and has promised punters in the UK another firmware patch will restore the functionality.

“The most recent software upgrade for the Galaxy S III in the UK included the inadvertent removal of the universal search function," said the company in a statement.

"Samsung will provide the correct software upgrade within the next few days.”

Samsung Galaxy S III Android smartphone

Search returns... result!

Earlier this week, Samsung pushed an S III stability update that disabled the universal search function - the tool that allows users to search both the web and the device from a single search bar.

This was presumed to be a preemptive move amid the South Korean electronics giant's ongoing patent spat with Apple: it was thought Samsung wanted to prevent any attempt to ban sales of its handsets while court proceedings drag on, and on and on. ®

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Or how German cars look like French cars, or French cars look like American cars..

Get a grip! ... or is that to similar to holding on?

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Oh, and look at that! The table I can get from Ikea looks remarkably like the ones manufactured here in the UK! It has 4 legs and a flat surface on top of them!!

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Actually to be fair to the American cars they do look different.

Not in a good way, mind you.

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Round tables are TM King Arthur. The patent expired a while ago.

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So in the perfect world they would be walking everywhere barefoot as cars, carts, shoes etc are used elsewhere ?

And what was copied ? a box with 4 wheels ?

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