The U.S International Trade Commission has dismissed a lawsuit filed against Apple by HTC. Today’s dismissal follows an initial decision made by a law judge in October of last year, wherein the judge ruled that Apple was not violating four patents as HTC claimed. HTC later withdrew a fifth patent from the lawsuit. HTC may still appeal the decision, but the ITC will not investigate the matter further. The lawsuit was first filed in May 2010 in response to a similar suit filed by Apple against HTC. The two companies have other pending suits. ...
Monthly Archives: February 2012
Apple Asks EU to Help It Settle Motorola Patent Suits
Apple has requested that the European Commission intervene and help settle its standards-essential patent dispute with Motorola. In a regulatory filing Motorola said, “On February 17, the company received a letter from the European Commission notifying it that the Commission has received a complaint against Motorola Mobility by Apple regarding the enforcement of Motorola’s standards-essential patents against Apple allegedly in breach of MMI’s FRAND (fair and reasonable) commitments.” The European Commission recently turned its eye on Samsung and is looking into ...
LG Announces Optimus Vu with 5-Inch Display
LG today revealed the Optimus Vu, a new Android phone that boasts a five-inch, in-plane switching display with a 4:3 aspect ratio and 1024 x 768 pixels. The device will include a stylus, similar to that of the Samsung Galaxy Note. The Optimus Vu will ship with Android 2.3 Gingerbread, though LG says it will be updated to Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich within three months of its release. The Optimus Vu is powered by a dual-core 1.5GHz Qualcomm processor; supports DLNA, HDMI, and Wi-Fi Direct; includes 32GB of storage and a 2080mAh battery; and includes an 8-megapixel main camera with LED ...
LG Grants NFC Powers to the Optimus LTE Tag
LG today announced the Optimus LTE Tag, a new Android phone that incorporates near-field communications and ships with NFC-based tags that can activate certain phone functions. LG explains that the tags can be placed in different areas, such as an office, car, or home, and when the phone is touched to them it can be set to switch to silent mode, to activate Wi-Fi or Bluetooth, to turn up the volume, and other actions. The Optimus LTE Tag will ship with Android 2.3 Gingerbread (updatable to Android 4.0) and has dual-core 1.2GHz processors, 4.3-inch (800 x 480) in-plane switching display, ...
Samsung to Reorganize Its Display Businesses
Samsung has revealed via regulatory filings that it is going to separate its loss-generating LCD display panel business from the rest of the company. The new company will be called Samsung Display and will officially launch April 1 as a wholly owned subsidiary of Samsung Electronics. According to a Samsung representative interviewed by Bloomberg, the company is evaluating whether or not to merge the new Samsung Display LCD business with its existing Samsung Mobile Display OLED business (which makes screens for its smartphones). The company wants to be able to concentrate more fully on OLED ...
Nokia Siemens’ ‘Multiflow’ for HSPA+ Lets Phones Talk to 2 Cells
Nokia Siemens Networks today announced a new technology for HSPA+ networks that will allow devices to connect to two separate cells at one time. Nokia Siemens says that Multiflow can be used when a device is at the edge of one cell to connect to the neighboring cell simultaneously. The name “Multiflow” was chosen because data flows in two different directions when the device is connected to two different base stations. Nokia Siemens says the technology makes more efficient use of network resources, and delivers twice the data speed and up to 50% faster response times compared to ...
ZTE Toasts the Mimosa X, with Nvidia Tegra 2 and Icera Modem
ZTE and Nvidia today announced the Mimosa X, a new Android smartphone that includes both an Nvidia Tegra 2 processor and an Nvidia Icera modem chipset with support for 21Mbps HSPA+. Nvidia purchased Icera in mid-2011 and the Mimosa is the first device to contain an Nvidia modem, CPU, and GPU. The Mimosa X boasts dual-core processors and will ship with Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich. Other features include a 4.3-inch qHD (960 x 540) display, a 5-megapixel camera with HD video capture, 4GB storage, stereo Bluetooth, DLNA, Dolby sound, and gyroscope. ZTE said the Mimosa X will be available ...
BlackBerry PlayBook 2.0 update set for late Feb
The long-awaited version 2.0 update for the BlackBerry PlayBook OS will finally be released on 21 February according to reports.The news comes from n4bb.com sources who confirmed the release date for the PlayBook 2.0 OS.When the BlackBerry PlayBook was launched last April there were a number of short-comings with the tablet which RIM promised would be resolved in a software update. Tweet Vote on HN ...
HTC to take on Spotify with music streaming service?
HTC could be about to enter the music streaming fray at MWC 2012 with a branded Spotify-competitor created as part of its partnership with Beats Audio.Rumour has it that HTC is working closely with music industry mogul and Beats’ head honcho Jimmy Iovine to create the streaming service after talks with existing companies, including Spotify, failed to go anywhere.The as-yet unconfirmed music service would come as the default player on HTC phones and tablets. GigaOm’s source couldn’t provide any pricing details so we don’t yet know if the service would be bundled with ...
Sony Xperia S
The Sony Xperia S is now available for pre-order in the UK on monthly contracts from O2, Orange, T-Mobile and Vodafone.Website BuyMobilePhones has listed Sony’s first solo handset on a range of contracts available for customers to pre-order.You can pick up a free Xperia S handset on contract for as little as £21.50 per month (with O2) which will give you with 100 mins, 500 texts and 500MB of data each month. Tweet Vote on HN ...