Kodak Fires More Patent Lawsuits at Apple and HTC

Eastman Kodak today filed new lawsuits against Apple and HTC regarding digital imaging patents. Kodak alleges that Apple’s iPhone, iPad, and iPod, and some of HTC’s smartphones and tablets infringe Kodak patents that relate to technology for transmitting images. Kodak also believes HTC is infringing on a separate patent related to previewing images on digital devices. Kodak filed complaints with the U.S. International Trade Commission as well as in U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York. Kodak hopes the ITC will agree to block the import of the infringing ...

Nokia Looking to Offer Each Network Its Own WP7 Flagship

Nokia want to sell an exclusive Windows Phone device with each of the major U.S. network operators, said Nokia’s U.S. chief Chris Weber in an interview with Fierce Wireless. “The most important thing we can do in the U.S. market is bring exclusive devices and opportunities to each of the carriers. Doing that exclusivity and giving them something unique allows us to get great carrier support. I think it’s critical for us to be successful in the U.S. That’s the way you get great carrier support.” Weber did not indicate that Nokia has concrete plans to offer such ...

Motorola Plans for Fewer Phones This Year

Motorola CEO Sanjay Jha today indicated that the company hopes to make fewer phones during 2012 in order to conserve marketing resources. In an interview with The Verge, Jha also said that Motorola needs to be able to differentiate the Motorola experience when compared to the competition. “Verizon and AT&T don’t want seven stock ICS devices on their shelves. The vast majority of the changes we make to the OS are to meet the requirements that carriers have.” In short, Motorola will continue to offer its own user experience on Android devices, but there will be fewer of ...

Sony Xperia S review

There was much rumour and speculation over just what smartphone Sony would launch at CES 2012. Most, including TechRadar, thought the Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc HD would get a look in but it ended up being the Sony Xperia S.Now, notice that this is a mobile phone without the Ericsson moniker – well, this is what the press release is stating but when we actually got our hands on with the device, it clearly stated Sony Ericsson.This does mean that Xperia S we played with won’t be the final version that hits shops. Taking a closer inspection of Sony’s release about the phone ...

The iPhone changed everything

The problem with tech is that the really cool stuff doesn’t usually turn up.From the jetpacks we were promised as kids to Intel’s latest concept PCs, what we actually end up with tends to be considerably more mundane – Ryanair instead of jetpacks, or incremental improvements on kit we’ve already got.The iPhone was the exception. It was the jetpack, the flying car, the house on the moon and the food in pill form, the outrageous promise actually delivered.Where other phones had clearly been made, the iPhone could have been recovered from the wreckage at Roswell, ...

Verizon Wireless Announces BlackBerry Curve 9370

Verizon Wireless today announced the BlackBerry Curve 9370, a dual-mode world phone that has quad-band EDGE for roaming and CDMA/EVDO for use in the U.S. It has 1GB of internal storage. It has a 2.44-inch display with 360 x 480 pixels and RIM’s Liquid Graphics; optical trackpad; 800MHz processor; 5-megapixel camera with flash, face detection, and VGA video capture; and built-in near-field communications. It also includes GPS, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, 512MB of RAM, and support microSD cards up to 32GB. It does on sale January 19 for ...