Motorola has filed a new lawsuit against Apple regarding smartphone patents, this time in Florida. Motorola has identified six patents related to wireless antennae, software, data filtering, and messaging that it believes Apple is violating in the iPhone 4S and iCloud. Earlier this month, the U.S. International Trade Commission ruled that Motorola did not violate certain Apple patents, and in December Apple was found guilty in a German court of violating one of Motorola’s patents. Apple is battling its smartphone competitors in courts around the ...
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Microsoft Made $250M in ‘Platform Support Payments’ to Nokia
Nokia’s most recent quarterly results show that Microsoft paid the company $250 million for adopting Microsoft’s Windows Phone 7 platform. “Our broad strategic agreement with Microsoft includes platform support payments from Microsoft to us as well as software royalty payments from us to Microsoft,” said Nokia. “We have a competitive software royalty structure, which includes minimum software royalty commitments. Over the life of the agreement, both the platform support payments and the minimum software royalty commitments are expected to measure in the ...
RIM co-CEOs Mike Lazaridis and Jim Balsillie to step down, replaced by COO Thorsten Heins
According to the Wall Street Journal, RIM plans to make a big change in its corporate leadership tomorrow, as it will replace its current tag team of CEOs Mike Lazaridis and Jim Balsillie with the company’s COO, Thorsten Heins.It has been rumored for some time that Lazaridis and Balsillie would be replaced in the near future, as shareholders have expressed their disappointment with the duo since the middle of last year. RIM has had a rough year, with sliding market share and declining stock prices. It doesn’t expect to launch new smartphones with its new BlackBerry 10 operating ...
Estimates peg Nokia Lumia shipments at over 1 million
Bloomberg has rounded up 22 analyst estimates to come up with an average figure for how many Lumia smartphones have been shipped by Nokia to date. The number that Bloomberg landed on was 1.3 million – an impressive amount considering the Lumia line has only been on the market since mid-November. Tweet Vote on HN ...
Apple Announces iBooks 2 for iPhone and iPad
Apple today revealed a significantly revised version of its iBooks application for the iPhone and iPad. iBooks 2 adds new elements for education, including support for textbooks. The textbooks feature offers full-screen textbooks with interactive animations, diagrams, videos, and photos; high-lighting and note-taking; and tools such as study cards, live questions, and a glossary. iBooks 2 is a free download from the iTunes App Store. Tweet Vote on HN ...
EU to Decide Motorola-Google Fate Feb 13
The European Union will make a decision regarding Google’s acquisition of Motorola on February 13. It was scheduled to make a decision earlier this month, but postponed while it waited for additional materials from Google. Google has since supplied the requested items. Google announced plans last August to purchase the handset maker for $12.5 billion. The deal has been awaiting regulatory approval. Tweet Vote on HN ...
ZTE and Ericsson Bury Hatchet, Resolve Patent Suits
Ericsson and ZTE today announced that they have come to terms over patent litigation between them. The companies have both signed a global cross-licensing agreement and agreed to drop all litigation. ZTE has also signed a royalty-bearing license agreement to certain Ericsson patents. The patents in question concerned GSM and 3G/UMTS cellular technology. Companies in the telecommunications space often use litigation as a tool to forge such licensing agreements. Tweet Vote on HN ...
Time Warner Intros In-Home TV App for iPhone
Time Warner Cable today announced TWC TV for the Apple iPhone. This free application lets iPhone owners access the program guide of their set-top box and view up to seven days worth of upcoming content. It also makes it easy for customers to access HD programming and their favorite channels. The app also lets iPhone users interact with their DVR, and watch television programs directly on the iPhone while in their home. The application is a free download from the iTunes App Store. Tweet Vote ...
FCC Outs LG Connect 4G Variant for Verizon
Documents on the Federal Communication Commission’s web site reveal that the LG Connect, announced for MetroPCS during the CES trade show earlier this month, is also headed to Verizon Wireless’s network. The LG VS-840, which was recently approved by the FCC, supports CDMA 850/1900MHz and LTE 750MHz, which is unique to Verizon. The FCC also confirms that the VS-840 supports Bluetooth and Wi-Fi. The FCC earlier approved the LG MS-840 with CDMA 850/1700/1900MHz and LTE 1700/1900MHz, which is unique to MetroPCS. The MS-840 is being called the Connect 4G by MetroPCS. Verizon Wireless ...
QNX to Be BlackBerry’s Foundation for a Decade
Research In Motion CEO Thorsten Heins today said that the QNX platform will be the basis of RIM’s mobile strategy for the next decade. He reiterated in a call to press this morning that the company believes in the strengths of QNX and the PlayBook 2.0 operating system. He said that PlayBook OS 2.0 and BlackBerry 10 will both arrive “soon” and will ship with the Android player. Heins also noted that the company still believes there is a huge business opportunity to convert feature phone users into smartphone users, so the company will continue to offer entry-level and ...