Silicon Investor (SI) -- The First Internet Community

STOCKTALK

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor. We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community. If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.

Technology Stocks : Apple Tankwatch -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: rnsmth who wrote (10730)	10/13/2011 6:47:17 AM
From: sylvester80	Respond to of 32692

Yaawwwnn... first of all it's temporary and second of all Samsung wasn't selling it there anyway...

To: rnsmth who wrote (10730)	10/13/2011 6:47:30 AM
From: sylvester80	Respond to of 32692

iPhone 4S Could Be Pulled Off Shelves by Samsung on Antenna Design Breach By Kristin Mariano \| October 11, 2011 6:30 PM EST au.ibtimes.com Tech giants Apple Inc. and Samsung may enter another patent battle with the antenna system of the new iPhone 4S. This is according to a report that analyzed the improved antenna system on the recently launched iPhone 4S. Apple unveiled for the iPhone 4S a dual-antenna that allowed the user to switch between the two antennas when they send and receive a messages or content. This new design may breach Samsung's patent. The system used by Apple is similar to the antenna system developed by Danish professor Gert Frolund Pedersen that he later sold to Samsung, according to reporting by according to Danish news site ComON. Last week, Steve Jobs' successor, Tim Cook, unveiled the iPhone 4S, which sports a 3.5-inch screen; an 8-megapixel, 1080p high-definition camera; an A5 dual-core chip processor that is seven times faster than the graphics processor in the iPhone 4; two antennae to transmit and receive data; CDMA and GSM connectivity; 8 hours of 3G talk-time, and new applications like Siri and Find My Friends. Siri is a voice-recognition system Siri that turns the device into a hands-free personal assistant. The Let's Talk iPhone event was met with lukewarm reactions from critics and fans who were hoping for an iPhone 5, which was expected to have major design changes. But the death of Jobs, tagged as one of America's greatest CEOs and innovators, has spurred record pre-orders for the iPhone 4S. The South Korea-based company after the unveiling of the iPhone 4S filed lawsuits seeking to block the iPhone 4S in France and Italy. The injunction motions were on account of violations of Samsung's wireless patents. Samsung said it is planning to file preliminary injunctions in other countries. Apple has already started taking pre-orders for the iPhone 4S at the end of the week. The device will be available in the U.S, Australia and other countries starting Oct. 14. It remains to be seen if Samsung could stop -- at least parts of -- the global launch of the iPhone 4S as courts have yet to issue a ruling. According to Reuters, Samsung won't seek a halt or postponements of the suits in light of the demise of Steve Jobs. Samsung had earlier cancelled the Oct. 11 launch of its newest smartphone, the Samsung Nexus Prime, the first phone to run on Google's Ice Cream Sandwich. Prior to the suits against the iPhone 4S, Samsung has been on the receiving on of Apple's patent infringement claims. Apple said in lawsuits filed in three continents that South Korea-based Samsung copied the "look and feel" of Apple's iPhone and iPad. These claims are hurting Samsung's fastest growing business. Samsung's new products are seen as threat to Apple's devices. In Australia, Apple obtained an injunction on the sale of the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1, as part of the lawsuit alleging the tablet copies the iPad in a number of respects. Apple said no to an offer courtesy of business rival Samsung to settle their tablet dispute. The prolonged ban is already killing the commercial viability of Samsung's Galaxy Tab in the Australian market. Apple's lawyer in Australia Steven Burley said that the company wanted the court to rule and decide on the infringement claims. The Federal Court in Australia is expected to hand down its decision on whether to block the launch of the device. If unable to launch in October, Samsung has said it is unlikely Australia will see the Galaxy Tab 10.1 arrive at all. The iPhone 4S is scheduled to go on sale in Australia this Friday. Apple has been taking pre-orders on the device since 6 p.m. on Friday, but customers who wish to order one now face a one- to two-week wait on getting the iPhone 4S direct from Apple. Optus and Vodafone also began taking pre-orders over the weekend, and Telstra is expected to announce its plans soon.

To: rnsmth who wrote (10730)	10/13/2011 6:50:34 AM
From: sylvester80	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 32692

Samsung upgrades smartphones to avoid Dutch sales ban SEOUL \| Wed Oct 12, 2011 1:45pm EDT reuters.com SEOUL (Reuters) - Samsung Electronics Co said on Wednesday it will soon release upgraded versions of three Galaxy smartphones in Europe to get around temporary sales bans on earlier versions of products that violated an Apple patent. Apple and Samsung are locked in a bruising patent fight in more than 20 cases in 10 countries as they jostle for the top spot in the smartphone market after Nokia, the market leader for a decade, was ousted in the second quarter. Apple tried to block sales of Samsung's flagship Galaxy line of smartphones and tablets in the Netherlands, citing 10 patent rights including Apple's claim of "slavish style copying" A Dutch court ruled in August that Samsung had breached just one of Apple's patents and imposed a sales injunction on three Samsung smartphone models-- Galaxy S, S II and Ace -- and dismissed all other claims including model rights. The Apple patent allows for a certain method of scrolling or browsing through photos in some Samsung smartphones. The court imposed a sales injunction of the affected products in some European countries and offered a grace period until October 14 to address the infringement. "We've fixed the technological problem and upgraded products to address the issue. They will be shortly available for sale," Samsung spokesman James Chung said. He declined to comment on an exact launch date.

To: rnsmth who wrote (10730)	10/13/2011 6:54:43 AM
From: sylvester80	Respond to of 32692

New Apple software launch hit by glitches as furious users flood iPhone forums By Rob Waugh Last updated at 9:27 AM on 13th October 2011 dailymail.co.uk The new software download is intended to bring older iPhones in line with the functions of iPhone 4S - including a new instant-messaging app, iMessage, and the iCloud service which shares music between your Apple devices How did 'Error 3200' become a trending topic on Twitter? Blame a botched launch of Apple's new iOS software. Thousands of iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad users were left looking at an error screen saying simply 'Error 3200' as they tried to download the new version of iPhone's operating system, iOS 5, last night. Others reported that the download was extremely slow. The free update is intended to bring (some) older iPhones into line with the functions offered by iPhone 4S. But it seems that Apple was overwhelmed by demand. As the software launched, many users complained of slow download speeds, with some asking plaintively 'Has anyone successfully downloaded iOS 5 yet?' Not all users encountered the 'Error 3200' message, but most found the process excruciating. Questions about the error flooded Mac forums and social networks. One Twitter user said, 'Steve Jobs has only been gone a few days and we are already experience the start of the techpocalypse.' Ironically, the inability of Apple's servers to deal with demand may have been due to the co-ordinating power of social networks, after 'Downloading iOS 5' became a trending topic. The 'Error 3200' message confused users. Others reported slow download speeds and glitches once the new iOS was installed It's traditional for geeks to be on the edge of their seats in advance of any new Apple software launch - but social networks may have ensured that a wider audience was aware the instant the new software was available. Unlike BlackBerry's high-profile collapse this week, 'Error 3200' seems eminently curable - just keep trying. Other glitches have been reported even once users install the software, such as the new music service iCloud refusing logins.

To: rnsmth who wrote (10730)	10/13/2011 11:47:47 AM
From: sylvester80	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 32692

The whole Apple fiasco in Australia is based on multi-touch patents and shows how broken the patent system is when a company like Apple can be awarded a patent on something that they did NOT invent. http://www.billbuxton.com/multitouchOverview.html Multi-touch technologies have a long history. To put it in perspective, my group at the University of Toronto was working on multi-touchin 1984 ( Lee, Buxton & Smith, 1985), the same year that the first Macintosh computer was released, and we were not the first. Furthermore, during the development of the iPhone, Apple was very much aware of the history of multi-touch, dating at least back to 1982, and the use of the pinch gesture, dating back to 1983. This is clearly demonstrated by the bibliography of the PhD thesis of Wayne Westerman, co-founder of FingerWorks, a company that Apple acquired early in 2005, and now an Apple employee Westerman, Wayne (1999). Hand Tracking,Finger Identification, and Chordic Manipulation on a Multi-Touch Surface. U of Delaware PhD Dissertation: http://www.ee.udel.edu/~westerma/main.pdf In making this statement about their awareness of past work, I am not criticizing Westerman, the iPhone, or Apple. It is simply good practice and good scholarship to know the literature and do one's homework when embarking on a new product. What I am pointing out, however, is that "new" technologies - like multi-touch - do not grow out of a vacuum. While marketing tends to like the "great invention" story, real innovation rarely works that way. In short, the evolution of multi-touch is a text-book example of what I call " the long-nose of innovation." So, to shed some light on the back story of this particular technology, I offer this brief and incomplete summary of some of the landmark examples that I have been involved with, known about and/or encountered over the years. As I said, it is incomplete and a work in progress (so if you come back a second time, chances are there will be more and better information). I apologize to those that I have missed. I have erred on the side of timeliness vs thoroughness. Other work can be found in the references to the papers that I do include. <continued.... > Click the link for the history of multi-touch.... billbuxton.com