Facebook is a social network that none of my friends like, but we all use it anyway because you kind of have to these days in order to be social. With that thought in the back of you’re mind, here’s what the company announced today at their event in California.
Samsung Takes Cellphone Lead from Nokia, Widens Lead Over Apple
Apple-HTC Settlement Doesn’t Cover Design Patents, Includes “Anti-Cloning” Clause
Posted by Rounak Jain on Dec 06, 2012 | No Comments »
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While terms of the Apple-HTC patent settlement were kept confidential by both parties, a US Magistrate judge had approved Samsung’s request to inspect the document. Armed with the details of the settlement, Samsung hopes that it could undermine Apple’s arguments in court that demand an injunction on the sale of its products in the US.
Yesterday, Samsung filed a heavily redacted copy of the 143 page document with a federal judge, a pdf of which has been uploaded to Scribd.
Mid-Day News Round Up: Kindle for iOS Updated, Apple Owns ‘Retina’, and Cut The Rope Dishes Out Pudding
Posted by Tris Hussey on Dec 04, 2012 | Comments (2)
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While we were focused on the new Gmail for iOS, there was other news going on too. Amazon updated Kindle for iOS with “X-Ray” for books, Apple has to reveal what patents are covered under the deal with HTC, and Facebook has removed the account requirement for Messenger on Android (could iOS be next?).
Judge Orders Apple And HTC To Give Samsung Details of Settlement
Posted by iPhoneHacks on Nov 22, 2012 | No Comments »
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Earlier in the month, Apple and HTC had announced a global settlement to all their legal disputes, after the two companies agreed to a ten year patent licensing agreement, details of which were kept confidential.
Last week, Samsung had asked a U.S. judge to turn over a copy of Apple’s agreement with HTC to know the extent to which the deal covered Apple’s patent portfolio.
HTC CEO Says Apple Settlement Estimates of $6-$8 Per Android Device “Outrageous”
Posted by iPhoneHacks on Nov 20, 2012 | Comment (1)
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Last week, to the surprise of many, Apple and HTC collectively announced a global settlement to all their legal disputes, after the two companies agreed to a ten year patent licensing agreement, details of which were kept confidential.
Samsung Wants To Know The Terms Of Apple-HTC Patent Settlement
Posted by Rounak Jain on Nov 17, 2012 | No Comments »
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Last week, to the surprise of many, Apple and HTC collectively announced a global settlement to all their legal disputes, after the two companies agreed to a ten year patent licensing agreement, details of which were kept confidential.
Samsung, another high profile company engaged in a legal dispute with Apple, has now asked a U.S. judge to turn over a copy of Apple’s agreement with HTC to know the extent to which the deal covered Apple’s patent portfolio.
HTC Droid DNA Has a Mind-Blowing Screen, But Does It Really Matter?
Posted by Tris Hussey on Nov 14, 2012 | Comments (16)
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The HTC Droid DNA has an unbelievable 440ppi 5 inch 1080p screen. A screen that blows the iPhone 5′s screen out of the water—by a country mile. Here’s the thing. As the commenter Sleepy pointed out in my iPad mini post, it’s not all about numbers or having the biggest number on the box that matters. Because, frankly, are we really, really seriously, going to be able to tell the difference between a 300+ ppi screen and a 440 ppi screen?
Gartner Report: Apple and Samsung Control Smartphones, Andriod Leads, but iOS Will Narrow the Gap Soon
Posted by Tris Hussey on Nov 14, 2012 | No Comments »
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Gartner’s quarterly report on the mobile phone market are out and unsurprisingly it’s a battle between Apple and Samsung, iOS and Android. Apple and Samsung together control almost half of the smartphone market—46.5%— and while Android controls over 50% of smartphone sales by OS, iOS is expected to narrow the gap in Q4. Really, the smartphone market is like an opera. We have two main players (Apple and Samsung) battling for our hearts and minds, while the rest of the field have their own parts to play.
Samsung: We Don’t Intend To Negotiate With Apple Like HTC
Posted by iPhoneHacks on Nov 14, 2012 | Comments (2)
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Apple and HTC gave us a pleasant surprise over the weekend by announcing a 10-year cross-licensing deal and agreeing to drop all the patent lawsuits between the two companies.
This gave us some hope that Samsung and Google-owned Motorola would follow HTC’s footsteps and settle with Apple (so we can finally stop writing about these boring patent lawsuits).
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