Samsung, Qualcomm partner up to form another wireless charging consortium

Samsung and Qualcomm have announced a new partnership to produce wireless charging technology. The goal of the Alliance for Wireless Power (A4WP) is to “promote global standardization of a wireless power transfer technology that offers spatial freedom, to develop product testing, certification and regulatory compliance processes, and to foster industry dialogue with regulators on wireless power policy development.” Also involved in the group are Ever Win Industries, Gill Industries, Peiker Acustic, Powermat Technologies, and SK Telecom. The partnership plans to release a ...

Samsung Focus 2 for AT&T

Earlier today, Samsung and AT&T announced the Focus 2, the successor to the earlier Focus Windows Phone smartphones for the carrier. The Focus 2 features support for AT&T’s LTE network – a first for a Windows Phone from Samsung – and runs Windows Phone 7.5. Tweet Vote on HN ...

Apple grappling for iPhone 5 URL

Every morsel of iPhone 5 information is precious, especially when Apple becomes directly involved.The company filed a complaint with the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) over the URL for iphone5.com, which is currently held by a group that’s using it as a message board for discussions about the new iPhone.Before the iPhone 4S reveal last year, it was generally expected that Apple would in fact announce the iPhone 5.Instead, the new iPhone 4S was a minimal refinement of the iPhone 4, bringing few improvements besides the addition of Siri, suggesting that the next phone ...

Samsung and Qualcomm Back Alliance for Wireless Power

Samsung and Qualcomm today announced the formation of a new group called the Alliance for Wireless Power. The group’s mission is to “promote global standardization of a wireless power transfer technology.” A rival organization, called the Wireless Power Consortium, already promotes its own standard called Qi that uses magnetic induction to wirelessly charge devices. Samsung and Qualcomm believe the Alliance for Wireless Power will benefit the consumer electronics industry by developing product testing, certification, and regulatory compliance processes, as well as ...

Apple Releases iOS 5.1.1 with Bug Fixes

Apple today released iOS 5.1.1, a maintenance update for the iPhone/iPad that fixes a number of bugs. Some of the repaired features include improved reliability when using the HDR camera mode, fixed 2G-to-3G hand-off bugs in the iPad, improved AirPlay video playback, more reliable Safari bookmark syncing, and fixed purchasing bug in the app store. The update is about 54MB and can be downloaded and installed over the air. Tweet Vote on HN ...