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To: puborectalis who wrote (22337)	10/2/2012 12:19:45 AM
From: zax	1 Recommendation Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 32692

New iPhone 5 Bug Found More apologies for a sorry OS to come

To: puborectalis who wrote (22337)	10/2/2012 12:27:53 AM
From: sylvester80	3 Recommendations Respond to of 32692

BREAKING..U.S. Judge Lifts Ban on Samsung Tablet October 1, 2012, 11:36 p.m. ET By EVAN RAMSTAD online.wsj.com SEOUL—The judge overseeing the patent dispute between Apple Inc. AAPL -1.16% and Samsung Electronics Co. 005930.SE +0.60% in a California federal court lifted a sales ban on a Samsung tablet computer after a jury in August found that the product didn't infringe an Apple patent. Judge Lucy Koh issued the preliminary injunction June 26 after finding that the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 likely violated an Apple patent on the design of a tablet computer. "The jury has found otherwise," she wrote in the order issued late Monday in the U.S. "Thus, the sole basis for the June 26 preliminary injunction no longer exists." The jury in August found Samsung violated six other Apple patents covering smartphones and tablet computers. It assigned a $1 billion damage award. Samsung asked Judge Koh to lift the preliminary injunction immediately after the August verdict. But it also appealed the case to a higher court, leaving a question of jurisdiction over the injunction. Judge Koh initially deferred the matter to the U.S. Court of Appeals, which on Friday decided to let her decide whether the injunction should be lifted. Apple had opposed lifting the injunction before Judge Koh takes action on post-trial motions by both it and Samsung. The two companies filed those motions Sept. 21, with Apple asking the judge to raise the jury's damage award and permanently block the sale of infringing Samsung products and those that are "no more than colorably different." Samsung asked her to eliminate the damage award and all sales bans on its products. Judge Koh is expected to rule on the post-trial motions in early December. In lifting the temporary ban on the Galaxy Tab 10.1, she said she disagreed with Apple's push to wait for the ruling on the post-trial motions. "Even if Apple ultimately prevails on its post-trial motions, any permanent injunction would be prospective and not retrospective," she wrote. A spokesman at Samsung's company headquarters in Seoul said that while the company has released newer versions of tablet PCs in recent months, there are likely still some Galaxy Tab 10.1 devices in dealer warehouses and retail inventory in the U.S. that can now be offered to consumers because of the judge's ruling. Separately, Samsung said it added Apple's new iPhone 5 to a list of products it believes infringe its patents in a second case the two companies are fighting in the same California federal court. Samsung had said just after the new iPhone was unveiled on Sept. 12 that it was likely to take such a step. That case is set for trial in March 2014 and is only in its preliminary stages. By adding the iPhone 5 to the list, Samsung can also seek a sales ban on it pending the outcome of the trial. Such bans have been difficult for either company to achieve, however, with Judge Koh's temporary ban on the Galaxy Tab 10.1 one of the few seen since the two companies' patent battle began in April last year.

To: puborectalis who wrote (22337)	10/2/2012 12:36:34 AM
From: sylvester80	1 Recommendation Respond to of 32692

Apple’s IPhone 5 Infringes Patents, Samsung Says in Lawsuit By Joel Rosenblatt Bloomberg News sltrib.com First Published 38 minutes ago • Updated 38 minutes ago Apple Inc.’s iPhone 5 infringes patents owned by Samsung Electronics Co., the Suwon, South Korea-based company and world’s largest mobile-phone seller said in a court filing. The claim was added today to an existing patent- infringement lawsuit between the two companies in federal court in San Jose, California, and follows a $1.05 billion jury verdict against Samsung on Aug. 24 in a separate patent case in the same court. The world’s two biggest makers of high-end phones have accused each other of copying designs and technology for mobile devices and are fighting patent battles on four continents to retain their dominance in the $219 billion global smartphone market. Samsung said in a Sept. 19 filing that it anticipated adding the iPhone5 to its claims because the company expected the product will "infringe the asserted Samsung patents-in-suit in the same way as the other accused iPhone models." In the same Sept. 19 filing, in which both companies updated the status of the case, Apple said it expects to add infringement claims about "recently released Samsung products, including the Android 4.1 Jelly Bean operating system and the Galaxy Note 10.1 device." The case in which Samsung added the iPhone 5 claims is scheduled for trial in 2014. Apple already has won a preliminary order from U.S. District Judge Lucy Koh blocking U.S. sales of Samsung’s Nexus smartphone. In August, Apple added the Galaxy S III smartphone to its list of products that the Cupertino, California-based company says infringe its patents. Smartphone Models In the previous patent lawsuit between the two companies that went to trial in July, the jury found that Samsung infringed six of seven Apple patents at stake. In that case, Apple seeks a U.S. sales ban on eight Samsung smartphone models and a tablet computer. Koh has scheduled a Dec. 6 hearing in that case to consider Apple’s request for a permanent U.S. sales ban on the Samsung products Apple has targeted. She will also consider Samsung’s bid to get the August verdict thrown out based on claims of juror misconduct. Kristin Huguet, a spokeswoman for Cupertino, California- based Apple, didn’t immediately respond to an e-mail after regular business hours seeking comment on Samsung’s filing. The case is Apple v. Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., 12- cv-630, U.S. District Court, Northern District of California (San Jose). The previous case is Apple Inc. v. Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., 11-cv-01846, U.S. District Court, Northern District of California (San Jose).

To: puborectalis who wrote (22337)	10/2/2012 12:38:53 AM
From: sylvester80	1 Recommendation Respond to of 32692

Apple v. Samsung judge ends Galaxy Tab ban, Apple may have to pay $2.6M Samsung tablet was banned for three months based on patent it didn't infringe. by Jon Brodkin - Oct 1 2012, 7:35pm USMST arstechnica.com The judge in the landmark Apple v. Samsung patent case today ended a three-month-old sales ban on the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1, giving Samsung a small victory after its crushing $1 billion loss to Apple. One of the bright spots for Samsung in last month's verdict was the jury ruling that the Galaxy Tab 10.1 did not infringe a design patent. The tablet did infringe other Apple patents, but not the one that was the basis of a sales ban on the Tab issued on June 26 by US District Court Judge Lucy Koh. Samsung attempted to get the ban overturned after the jury ruling, but it had also previously appealed the June 26 injunction to a higher court. As a result, Koh was unable to overturnthe injunction immediately since she no longer had jurisdiction. Jurisdiction was returned to Koh Friday with a ruling by the US Circuit Court of Appeals, and she promptly granted Samsung's motion to dissolve the sales ban today ( PDF). Koh dismissed an argument from Apple that the court should wait until post-trial motions are resolved before deciding whether to end the sales ban. "The public has no interest in enjoining a non-infringing product, and thus any market disruption caused by dissolution would be insignificant compared to Samsung's interest in restoring its product to market," Koh wrote today. In addition to granting Samsung's motion to dissolve the injunction, she retained the $2.6 million bond Apple posted as a condition of obtaining the preliminary injunction. The purpose of this bond was to pay Samsung's costs in the event it was wrongfully harmed by the sales ban, but whether Samsung will see any of that money has not yet been determined. "The question of whether Samsung was wrongfully enjoined is inextricably intertwined with the Court’s resolution of the post-trial motions," Koh wrote. "Accordingly, the Court will retain the bond pending resolution of the post-trial motions." The Galaxy Tab 10.1 is not Samsung's newest tablet, so the amount of lost sales may be minimal. Despite the trial being over, there is still much at stake. Samsung has moved for a new trial, claiming jury misconduct, while Apple is seeking bans on additional devices and another $707 million in damages.

To: puborectalis who wrote (22337)	10/2/2012 12:39:20 AM
From: sylvester80	Respond to of 32692

Apple is a LOSER... yet again....

To: puborectalis who wrote (22337)	10/2/2012 9:28:05 PM
From: sylvester80	1 Recommendation Respond to of 32692

This is KILLER and I sure hope Samsung patented the shit out of it...Galaxy Note 2's Smart Rotation solves the ultimate first-world problem m.androidcentral.com by Alex Dobie on 10/2/2012 \| Filed Under: Smartphones, News, Software; Tags: features, samsung, software, galaxy note 2, smart rotation, tweaks \| 34 comments We've all been there before. You're reading something on your smartphone while laying down on a bed or sofa. You turn sideways, and the screen rotates. Suddenly, whatever you were reading is at 90 degrees to where it needs to be, and you're left trying to read at an awkward angle. Fortunately,we found a feature on the Galaxy Note 2 that seems to have been developed for this exact eventuality. "Smart rotation" makes its debut on the Note 2, and like the Galaxy S3's Smart Stay, it uses a bit of front-facing camera trickery. When the phone rotates, the device uses the front-facer to work out what orientation your face is in and then match the orientation of the screen accordingly, based on the built-in orientation sensor. That means even if you're reading at an angle, the Note 2 can recognize this and keep things the right way up. In our experience it functions pretty well, though the fact that it uses the front-facing camera means you need a little ambient light in order for it to work. Smart Rotation is switched off by default on the Note 2, but can be enabled under Settings > Display. Perhaps not the most practical or necessary software feature ever conceived, but damned if it isn't cool. If you're reading this article at a 90 degree angle, be sure to shout out in the comments.

To: puborectalis who wrote (22337)	10/3/2012 9:07:00 AM
From: sylvester80	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 32692

Is Trouble Brewing for Apple in Emerging Markets? By John Udovich Oct 2, 2012 9:21:55 PM PDT \| 1 Comment(s) - Post a CommentRating smallcapnetwork.com The Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPhone 5 launch may have grabbed all of the attention lately but the latest mobile market share figures show that competitors like Google (NASDAQ: GOOG), HTC Corp (TPE: 2498), LG Electronics (KRX: 066570), Nokia Corporation (NYSE: NOK),Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT), Research In Motion Limited (NASDAQ: RIMM) and Samsung Electronics Co. (KRX: 005930) are far from out of the picture just yet although some are more troubled than others. In fact, Samsung Electronics Co. (005930) may have lost in the courtroom to Apple (AAPL) but they still hold 25.7% of the US mobile hardware market according to the latest comScore data while LG Electronics (066570), another Korean group, comes in at number two at 18.2%. However and when it comes to mobile operating systems, the Android operating system from Google (GOOG) is firmly north of the 50% mark with a 52.6% market share. Meanwhile, Research In Motion Limited (RIMM), Microsoft Corporation (MSFT) and Nokia Corporation (NOK) have been left in the dust as BlackBerry has an 8.3% share (and is declining), Windows Phone/Windows Mobile has a 3.6% share (and failing to gain traction) and Symbian has a 0.7% share. Outside the USA and in emerging markets in particular, there is a different mobile market share picture emerging. In Europe, Google’s (GOOG) Android operating system has two thirds of the market (having increased its market share by 20.2% in the past year) while Microsoft Corporation’s (MSFT) Windows Phone/Windows Mobile has managed to maintain a 5% share (thanks in part to heavy discounting). Of course, the economic troubles in Europe means customers there are seeking value for their money when it comes to mobile phones with Android having a whopping 84% market share in hard hit Spain where a quarter of the population is unemployed. Likewise and in emerging markets, there is a wave of cheap mobile phones running on Android coming from from Huawei, LG (066570), Motorola, Samsung Electronics Co. (005930) and ZTE causing a surge in market share for the Android operating system. Specifically and in Mexico, Android’s smartphone market share has surged from 19% to 37% in a year while in Brazil it’s grown from 20% to 47%. In fact and in Brazil, Android vendors have slashed smartphones to well below 300 reals ($148) in Brazil while Apple (AAPL) iPhone prices continue to hang around 2,000 to 3,000 reals ($986 to $1,480) or 1,200 reals ($592) for a subsidized model. That may sound like a lot of money for someone living in an emerging market to spend on a mobile phone but remember, children often live at home in these markets (especially true in Asia) until they are old enough to afford to get married and then get their own place to live. That means many consumers in emerging markets may actually have more disposable income than consumers in so-called richer countries like Spain or even the USA. Moreover, Samsung Electronics Co. (005930) is building up such a massive volume of sales in emerging markets that its inevitable that it will gain key advantages on the sourcing front and the ability to slash prices even further. That means Apple (AAPL) will need to make some difficult decisions about pricing to remain competitive in these markets and by default, in developed countries with increasingly troubled economies and stretched consumers looking for value. Research In Motion Limited ( RIMM): Still Going Strong in Emerging Markets That also brings me to troubled Research In Motion Limited (RIMM) and the BlackBerry. While Research In Motion Limited (RIMM) may have seen its market share crater to below 1% in Germany and go from 23% to 11% in the UK, it rose from 2.1% to 4.1% in Brazil plus BlackBerry has a huge following in SE Asia where it had a first mover advantage. In fact and in the emerging economic powerhouse of Indonesia which as 240 million people, BlackBerry is king with 50 million users and a market share that was predicted to hit the 42% mark at the end of 2011. Hence, Indonesia will be a key launching pad for the BlackBerry 10 next year. And in Thailand, a low-end BlackBerry can reportedlybe bought for upwards of 6,000 THB ($189) while the Apple (AAPL) iPhone 4S is available starting from 20,900 THB ($660) – meaning BlackBerry is still a very competitive phone verses the iPhone. However, Research In Motion Limited (RIMM) is increasingly under siege from both Apple (AAPL) and Google (GOOG) in these markets – meaning its continued dominance is not assured but it does give the struggling company a lifeline for now. The Bottom Line. Obviously the race to dominate the mobile market is far from over with or assured and much could still change for investors in Apple (AAPL), Google (GOOG), Nokia Corporation (NOK), Microsoft Corporation (MSFT) and Research In Motion Limited (RIMM).