After a trademark infringement lawsuit, won by the Sky broadcasting corporation in the UK, Microsoft was tasked with changing its consumer facing cloud service “SkyDrive” to something else. Today the company has revealed that SkyDrive will be called “OneDrive”, and that it will start rolling out the changes gradually. Technically, the product remains the same … Continue reading “Microsoft’s SkyDrive will be called OneDrive”
Samsung and Google has signed a 10 year global patent cross-license agreement that would cover technologies and business areas. This will strengthen their patent position against patent infringement against other, especially Apple. Back in 2012, Samsung paid $1.05 billion to Apple in damages for infringing several patents owned by Apple.
Oppo have finally revealed all the details of their latest camera centric flagship device – the Oppo N1. The N1 was announced at an event in Beijing amidst much expectations, as we had detailed ours a while back. It has a 5.9 inch full HD resolution IPS display, a O-Touch rear sensor for single handed … Continue reading “Oppo N1 announced, comes with a 5.9 inch full HD screen, 13 MP rotating swivel camera and rear touch panel”
Oppo, a relatively new player in the Smartphone world, had already impressed us with the beautifully made Find 5, its current flagship device. But as any company that looks to expand its portfolio, Oppo has sought to address the mid-range market, which brings volume as well as the ability to reach more people. The R819 … Continue reading “Oppo R819 Review”
In a turn of events for the Samsung-Apple patent controversy, US president Barack Obama’s administration has vetoed an import and sales ban on some Apple iPhones and iPads, upending a legal upper hand for Samsung. This is reportedly the first time since 1987 that a presidential administration has vetoed a ban by the country’s own … Continue reading “Obama administration vetoes Apple iPhones/iPads import ban, South Korea concerned”
Micromax has been in a lot of news recently from unexpected demand for its Canvas Android phones to its legal tussle with Ericsson over patent infringement for over 100 crores . The company increased the price of Canvas HD A116 to Rs.14499 from Rs.13990 due to increase in customs duty. Now the stocks of the … Continue reading “Micromax Canvas HD now in stores, with fresh packaging, costs more”
HP unveiled the Slate 7, the company’s first Android Tablet few hours back. We brought you the photo gallery of the tablet, here is the hands on video. It has a 7-inch with a resolution of 1024 x 600 pixels. The screen is bright and the High-aperture-ratio Field Fringe Switching (HFFS) panel offers wide viewing … Continue reading “HP Slate 7 hands on”
Earlier today, HP unveiled it’s first Android tablet, the Slate7! We’ve spotted HP’s budget entry into the Android world tonight at the Pepcom event and switched on the cameras. We’ve managed to get our hands on the red version and were immediately surprised by the good first impression. The biggest advantage of the Slate7? Its … Continue reading “HP Slate 7 Photo Gallery”
HP has announced the Slate 7 Tablet at the Mobile World Congress 2013. It comes with a 7-inch ( 1024 x 600 pixels) capacitive touch screen display with High-aperture-ratio Field Fringe Switching (HFFS) panel with wide viewing angles and runs on Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean). It is powered by a 1.6 GHz Dual Core Cortex-A9 processor and comes with … Continue reading “HP Slate 7 Tablet with 1.6 GHz dual-core processor, Android 4.1 announced, starts at $169”
A new report from AFP claims that Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) will being trial production of Apple’s A6X chips sometime this quarter. The chip is currently used in the fourth generation iPad. By doing so, this will reduce Samsung’s role in Apple’s supply chain significantly. The Taiwanese company has been contracted to manufacture the A6X … Continue reading “TSMC Reportedly to Begin Trial Production of Apple’s A6X Chip This Quarter”
If you’ve been following the Apple vs Samsung case you’ll know that while the German and US courts had ruled in Apple’s favor awarding them over 1 billion dollars in damages, the UK courts passed judgement that Samsung had not copied Apple. In accordance with the court’s ruling, Apple today published a statement stating that … Continue reading “‘Samsung did not copy’ statement published by Apple”
According to a breaking news report from Reuters, Samsung just won a court case in the Netherlands regarding multitouch patents that Apple says were being violated. The exact quote from the court ruling reads: “With these products Samsung does not infringe the claims that Apple has made.”
Germany has become a battle ground when it comes to patent cases between top mobile device manufacturing companies. In a recent patent infringement case filed against Motorola by Microsoft which revolves around an application running on various devices, Microsoft lost to Motorola. This news made me a bit happy and surprised as this is Motorola’s … Continue reading “Microsoft loses to Motorola on a patent case in Germany”
We recently got a chance to play around with yet another newly launched low-cost Android tablet called the Zync Z-999. Here’s a quick gallery showing you all the main features of the tablet along with our quick impressions.
In the latest twist in the never ending saga that is mobile patent lawsuits, Nokia has today filed suit against HTC, RIM and Viewsonic alleging that their products infringe a number of Nokia patents. The claims were filed in United States and Germany, and includes complaints to the US International Trade Commission (ITC). Nokia has alleged that up to 45 … Continue reading “Nokia launches patent suit against HTC, RIM and Viewsonic”
