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Samsung and Apple mediation to start today. Will the two giants agree on cross-licensing?
by Adrian Diaconescu on May 21, 2012 3 Comments">3
While Google and Oracle are still fiercely battling it out in court in a patent infringement war whose outcome is almost impossible to predict, the Apple vs Samsung clash is about to enter a new phase. The mediation stage will start today, as it was scheduled for around three weeks, and is set to end tomorrow, hopefully with some sort of truce. For those of you who’ve been living under a very isolated rock for a while, we should tell you that the two biggest smartphone manufacturers in the world have been on a suing spree for the last couple …
The HTC One X debacle: winners and losers
by Bogdan Petrovan on May 19, 2012 11 Comments">11
On Tuesday, news broke that US Customs had blocked imports of the HTC One X and the HTC EVO 4G LTE, effectively preventing HTC’s flagships from reaching American customers. The embargo was enforced due to an exclusion order by the International Trade Commission (ITC). The ITC ruled back in December that HTC’s Android devices infringe on two of Apple’s patents, but gave the Taiwanese a respite until April 19 to remove the infringing features. Although HTC claims that both the HTC One X and the EVO 4G LTE are now free of the infringing feature, it seems that the US …
Samsung getting “huge orders” for flexible OLED displays, products on track for 2012 release
by Adrian Diaconescu on May 14, 2012 7 Comments">7
Just about a year ago, flexible displays seemed like a dream, but things progress quicker than we’ve ever imagined. Samsung has been making waves in the media for a couple of months now, with its “bendy” panels, and, according to some fresh official claims, there’s already “huge” request for flexible OLED screens. Kwon Oh-Hyun, Vice Chairman at Samsung Electronics, told the guys at KoreaTimes.co.kr that its company is “getting huge orders from electronic makers for the futuristic lineup of flexible organic light emitting diode (OLED) displays”. Kwon added that “we will be mass producing flexible OLED displays from the latter …
Samsung touts the virtues of its hardware, takes a subtle jab at Apple [Video]
by Bogdan Petrovan on May 10, 2012 3 Comments">3
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Samsung is not only the largest smartphone maker in the world, but also a top supplier of electronic components, from hi-resolution displays to processors and memory modules. It’s no secret that Samsung provides many of the components found in Apple’s wildly popular iPhone and iPad devices, including the much-touted Retina display and the A5X chip that powers the new iPad. A new online campaign highlights both Samsung technological prowess and the weird relationship it enjoys with its Cupertino-based arch-frenemy. In The Conspirators, Samsung presents some of the problems that modern electronics users have come to know and dread – slow …
Asymco: Samsung and Apple earned 99% of all smartphone profits last quarter
by Mike Andrici on May 07, 2012 3 Comments">3
Our regular readers know by now that Samsung and Apple are (by far) the biggest smartphone vendors in the world. But I’m sure that most of you will be surprised to learn that Samsung and Apple have earned 99% of all profits made in the smartphone market during the first quarter of 2012. Taiwanese manufacturer HTC accounts for the remaining 1% of the total profits. These figures, calculated by Horace Dediu at Asymco, are even more surprising given the fact that smartphone shipments grew by 47% percent, bringing revenues up by 20% and overall profits up by 52% (total profits …
Android, Samsung rule China, the world’s largest smartphone market
by Mike Andrici on May 07, 2012 4 Comments">4
According to a recent report from market research firm Canalys, smartphone shipments in China have doubled year over year, surpassing those in the US for the first time. China is now the biggest smartphone market in the world, accounting for 22% of global smartphone shipments, up from 16% last year. US smartphone shipments rose just 5% year on year, now accounting for 16% of global smartphone shipments, down from 22% last year. Worldwide, smartphone shipment levels have increased by 45% year over year. Samsung, the new worldwide leader in smartphone sales, is the top manufacturer in China as well, with …
What drives Apple’s success?
by Sameer Singh on May 02, 2012 82 Comments">82
Today, at a market capitalization of about $560 billion, Apple is the highest valued company in the world. But what are the true reasons behind the sudden rise of Apple? Before we begin, to avoid being overrun by the Apple brigade, let me state this – does Apple make great products? Absolutely. Does Apple make transcendent products that blow everything else out of the water? Absolutely not. Apple’s products are great, but limited in their own ways. Now that we’ve got that out of the way, let’s dive in and have a look at the top eight reasons that drive …
And so it ends? Apple and Samsung mediation scheduled on May 21
by Adrian Diaconescu on May 01, 2012 7 Comments">7
The time-consuming, money-eating, resource-devouring legal war between Apple and Samsung, the world’s two most important smartphone manufacturers, could be gearing towards a surprising end in less than a month. Court mandated mediation will take place on May 21 and 22, according to official information, and the whole technology world is hoping that the two giants will finally have the sense to discuss settling and put the ugly legal disputes of the past behind them. We reported a while back that Lucy Koh, the judge presiding over several of the lawsuits between Apple and Samsung in the US, had “invited” the …
The source code of Android on the Galaxy Nexus deemed “trade secret” by Google
by Mike Andrici on May 01, 2012 9 Comments">9
I’m sure that most of our readers already know that Apple and Google are (and will continue to be for a while) involved in a number of lawsuits pertaining to various patents that one company or the other is supposedly breaking. What many might not know is that, in a number of cases, Apple has requested to learn information about Google’s services and software just so they can sue the search giant for supposedly breaking other patents after analyzing the data. The latest of these requests, made by Apple as part of the motion for preliminary injunction against the latest …
US judge said Apple violated one Motorola patent, the legal war rages on
by Bams Sadewo on Apr 25, 2012 4 Comments">4
While it’s far from being a game, set, and match, Motorola Mobility has scored another win in the patent battle against Apple, and is one step closer to having the iPhone and iPad banned from being sold in the US. From the contested four patent, a US judge has ruled in favor of Motorola for one patent that relates to WiFi technology, and dismissed the other three. The complaint was filed by Motorola back in October 2010. The patent that Apple is found to have violated is the technology design that helps eliminate noise so that the signals can be clearer, …
Samsung and Apple CEOs to meet and participate in ‘settlement negotiations’
by Mike Andrici on Apr 19, 2012 2 Comments">2
Although I’m sure most of you know this by now, the corporate world is definitely not one bound to the rules of common sense. One of the numerous examples on the topic is ongoing patent dispute between the number one and number two smartphone manufacturers in the world, a litigation that continues despite the fact that Apple is currently one of Samsung’s biggest clients. According to recent rumors, the South Korean giant manufactures $8 billion worth of various components that end up inside the iPhone and the iPad, the two best selling (and most profitable overpriced) Apple devices. Meanwhile, Apple …
What Sergey Brin thinks of Facebook, Apple, and the freedom of speech on the Internet
by Bams Sadewo on Apr 16, 2012 8 Comments">8
As the founder of a company whose publicly assumed goal is to make the world’s information universally accessible and useful, Google’s Sergey Brin doesn’t have very nice things to say about Big G’s competitors and other Internet players. Convinced that there are “very powerful forces lined up against the open Internet on all sides and around the world”, Brin revealed in an interview with The Guardian that he’s now more worried than he’s ever been in the past. In his own words, it’s a scary world out there. Echoing the sentiments that Larry Page, Google’s other founder and the company’s current CEO, has …
Apple’s new iPad is not selling like hotcakes
by Mike Andrici on Apr 08, 2012 55 Comments">55
I’m sure that even the most hardcore Android fans will agree that Apple’s original iPad created the tablet market from scratch. Since Android manufacturers were caught slightly off guard by the success of the original iPad, it should come as no surprise that Apple has basically owned the tablet market since it first debuted its profitable darling. Fast forward to today, and you’ll find that while the third incarnation of the Apple tablet is an impressive piece of hardware, it turns out that sales are sluggish at best, despite Apple’s announcement of a record breaking first weekend. While Apple evangelists …
Why Samsung won’t use a Retina-like display for its tablets
by Mike Andrici on Apr 07, 2012 5 Comments">5
I know that a few of you out there honestly believe tablets are really all about the software and the tasks it makes easier to accomplish. But I definitely know more people that are interested more in the display than anything else. Independent on where you stand on the matter, you might have found out that the amazing Retina display of Apple’s new iPad is, in fact, manufactured by Samsung, the biggest competitor to Apple when it comes to the number of smartphones and tablets they sell. So, the question arises: why doesn’t Samsung release a competing Android tablet with …
Nokia fires warning shots at Apple and Google
by Ankit Banerjee on Apr 04, 2012 6 Comments">6
The Microsoft/Nokia dynamic duo is certainly entering the smartphone battlefield with all guns blazing. With Nokia’s all in approach with WP7, both companies have a lot depending on the success of the Lumia 900, Nokia’s flagship device that will be released on AT&T’s network on April 8. Nokia is attempting to carve out a niche for itself in the US, a market in which it has been largely irrelevant for the last few years. Nokia is being very competitive with the pricing scheme for the Lumia 900, which is free for a new AT&T customer (with a 2 year contract) …
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