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To: sylvester80 who wrote (69)	8/5/2011 3:30:29 PM
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Back on topic: Google are pussies brianshall.com Scroll down for the HTC reference.

To: sylvester80 who wrote (69)	8/5/2011 3:47:30 PM
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Obliterated Google+ accounts can affect your Android smartphone mobilebloom.com Including all HTC ones, naturally.

To: sylvester80 who wrote (69)	8/5/2011 4:55:10 PM
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Verdict There's no denying that the Flyer is built well enough to rival the iPad. The UI is another area where it excels — the interface is slick and fast. Finally, digital pen support is a novel idea and while it may seem gimmicky, it works well. But these features alone aren't enough to justify its absurd R 39,890 pricing. The Flyer struggles to play hi-def content (even 720p), and the camera isn't up to par either. More: hindustantimes.com You should buy two for your aunts. (g) Message 27505599

To: sylvester80 who wrote (69)	8/5/2011 5:02:13 PM
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HTC investors show anxiety as the company’s growth rate slows Excerpt: According to several analysts, the company now needs new markets to keep its growth at the current level and it will have to regain the same innovation and speed which made it an international brand in the period of five years and boosted its value in the market over the once smartphone leader Nokia earlier this year. mobilebloom.com Um, duh! (g)

To: sylvester80 who wrote (69)	8/6/2011 7:46:57 AM
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HTC Puccini Screenshots Hit The Web. BLOATED With AT&T Software. gadgetsteria.com

To: sylvester80 who wrote (69)	8/6/2011 2:53:13 PM
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Microsoft has received five times more income from Android than from Windows Phone asymco.com That's why Apple is suing. They want what belongs to them, as much as Microsoft does.

To: sylvester80 who wrote (69)	8/8/2011 9:32:16 AM
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What If Android Lost the Patent War? \| News & Opinion \| PCMag.com

To: sylvester80 who wrote (69)	8/8/2011 6:27:55 PM
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Apple Complaint Against HTC Over Flyer to Get Trade Review

To: sylvester80 who wrote (69)	8/9/2011 7:31:32 AM
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ITC to Review Apple's Patent Case against HTC - Investors.com

To: sylvester80 who wrote (69)	8/9/2011 8:10:13 PM
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Following the expected decision that Apple's second ITC complaint against HTC will be investigated, HTC's stock price fell to an eight-month low according to Bloomberg. Despite HTC's fast growth in day-to-day business, there's definitely concern over the impact the ongoing litigation between Apple and HTC might have, and the terms on which a settlment might be possible. More: fosspatents.blogspot.com

To: sylvester80 who wrote (69)	8/11/2011 12:44:36 PM
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HTC's delusional Beats Electronics deal: $300 million case of Apple envy \| ZDNet

To: sylvester80 who wrote (69)	8/11/2011 4:21:58 PM
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The situation by itself, the Incredible not getting upgraded to Android 2.3, is bad enough, but it’s only made worse by the fact that the HTC EVO 4G is already upgraded, and has been since June. There’s no reason why the Incredible can’t see the same update as the EVO 4G. HTC could even skip over the major updates to HTC Sense, and just make sure that the Incredible is running the most recent version of Android. Based on the letter, this seems to be a decision that falls plainly in HTC’s lap, and doesn’t really have anything to do with Google proper. After all, they released Android 2.3 and HTC had no problems with updating the EVO 4G. So, will we see another Desire update situation, where it takes the out-cry of the public to get HTC to upgrade the Incredible? Maybe. And if that is the case, and you’ve got yourself an Incredible that you were anticipating updating to Android 2.3 by now, then start your out-cry now. More: phonedog.com

To: sylvester80 who wrote (69)	8/12/2011 10:44:43 AM
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Will Apple Play Hardball with HTC in Patent Battle? - China Real Time Report - WSJ

To: sylvester80 who wrote (69)	8/12/2011 7:13:06 PM
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Apple suits against HTC, Motorola and Samsung veiled attacks on Google, Reuters \| Tablets Planet

To: sylvester80 who wrote (69)	8/13/2011 11:01:55 AM
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Do people really care how their gadgets sound? - CNN.com

To: sylvester80 who wrote (69)	8/15/2011 9:10:55 AM
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Josh Halliday Given that MM owns 10,000+ patents, presumable that now means that Google owns them? FOSSpatents Florian Mueller If the deal goes through, Google will control them, but those patents failed to deter litigation by Apple and Microsoft. For Android device makers Google's Motorola deal is potentially very bad news. They'll have to compete on a non-level playing field then. For HTC this is certainly the opposite of good news. I would caution everyone against overestimating the strength of Motorola Mobility's patent portfolio. Apple and Microsoft sued $MMI anyway. twitter.com!/FOSSpatents

To: sylvester80 who wrote (69)	8/15/2011 10:18:07 AM
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THE TRUTH ABOUT THE GOOGLE-MOTOROLA DEAL: Google Had To Do It–And It Could End Up Being A Disaster \| Daily Ticker - Yahoo! Finance How? Well, let's have a look at the host of questions and challenges the deal raises, starting with this one: How do HTC and Samsung, two of the leading Android-based smartphone makers, think about the fact that their "partner" Google is now competing directly with them for hardware sales? And we mean, how do they really feel, internally, not "what are they saying in public?" (The quotes Google has assembled from HTC, LG, et al, all appear to have been written by the same PR person--note the similarity in the language.) The only reason Android (and Google) have any share of the mobile game, after all, is because hardware makers like HTC and Samsung adopted Google's software platform. And now Google is stabbing them in the back. By now, it's probably too late for Samsung and HTC to switch to another platform, so they'll have to smile and make the best of it. But still... having your software "partner" suddenly fire a missile down your throat can't feel too good. And if Google-owned Motorola starts to gain share in the hardware business, the feeling (and tension) will only get worse. Second, is this an acknowledgment that, in smartphones, Apple's integrated hardware-software solution is superior to the PC model of a common software platform crossing all hardware providers? It certainly appears to be. Android's biggest weakness thus far has been its fragmentation: The combination of many different versions, plus many different customizations by different hardware providers, has rendered it a common platform in name only. To gain the full power of "ubiquity"--the strategy that Microsoft used to clobber Apple and everyone else in the PC era--Google needs to unify Android. And perhaps owning a hardware company is the only way to do that. Third, how is Microsoft feeling? Is this a great deal for them...or confirmation that they're screwed? So Google investors are smart to be worried. Yes, there's a chance that Google could pull off a miracle here and transform the Motorola Mobility business into a direct competitor of Apple's--in which Google gets not only Android distribution, but super-fat iPhone-like profit margins to boot. But doing that will be super-challenging. Motorola's current hardware team has displayed none of the magic that Apple's has. And the more Google tries to mimic that magic, the more Google's other Android partners will likely rebel against Google's competitive threat. Far more likely, Google will just continue Motorola's mediocre also-ran status in the handset business, thus adding a big, crappy commodity hardware business to its glorious monopoly software business in search. And that won't make investors happy.

To: sylvester80 who wrote (69)	8/15/2011 11:05:00 AM
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Will Google-Motorola deal drive Microsoft toward HTC or Nokia? \| TechRepublic

To: sylvester80 who wrote (69)	8/15/2011 11:20:59 AM
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Android Partners 'Welcome' Google-Motorola Deal. Seriously? \| News & Opinion \| PCMag.com

To: sylvester80 who wrote (69)	8/15/2011 11:26:13 AM
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The likes of Samsung, HTC and LG obviously don't have any other choice than to say at this point that they welcome the deal. They will continue to say that for some time. They obviously weren't going to bash the deal in public. But there's no way that they can compete with a Google-owned Motorola Mobility on a level playing field. Google said in the conference call that it would operate Motorola Mobility as a separate business, but the price Google agreed to pay is not reflective of the value of Motorola Mobility as a stand-alone business: that's the kind of price paid by a strategic buyer who plans to use the acquisition target as leverage for its (Google's) own core business. FOSS Patents: First reaction to Google/Motorola announcement

To: sylvester80 who wrote (69)	8/23/2011 4:31:18 PM
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iPhone 5 will also be available to Sprint. This will absolutely cut into HTC's dominance with this very large US carrier. From: Today in iPhone rumors. Apple is serious about market share. \| brian s hall