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Oct

5

2011

Nexus Prime teaser video updated, Implies Apple is playing catch-up

by Robert Nazarian
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Late last night we showed you the Nexus Prime teaser video, and there has already been a minor update. They added “Always ahead of the curve” towards the end of the video. This implies the curved screen, but also implies that Google and Samsung are innovating, and not playing catch-up like Apple is with the [...]

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Oct

5

2011

Samsung wants to ban iPhone 4S in France and Italy

by Stacy Bruce
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By now I assume you are getting as tired as we are hearing about the ongoing legal battles between Apple and Samsung. It was only yesterday that the iPhone 4s was officially announced and today Samsung already confirms that they will file two preliminary injunctions requests in Paris and Milan. Samsung aims to ban iPhone [...]

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Oct

5

2011

Voice Control: Apple picks a new fight with Android

by Jim Farmer
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Yesterday afternoon, Apple unveiled their iPhone 4S, a rather lackluster event save for Siri; their automated virtual assistant app (An app they bought from a third party developer last April I might add). Anyways, as Apple puts it “Siri on iPhone 4S lets you use your voice to send messages, schedule meetings, place phone calls, [...]

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Oct

4

2011

Comparison: Apple iPhone 4S vs the six month old Samsung Galaxy S II

by Robert Nazarian
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Today Apple announced the iPhone 4S instead of a highly rumored iPhone 5. Apple has tauted itself as an innovator, but it’s clear they are now playing catch up. When comparing the brand new iPhone 4S, which is the greatest iPhone ever, to the 6 month old Samsung Galaxy S II, it doesn’t appear there’s [...]

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Oct

3

2011

Google’s Eric Schmidt: ‘Android ecosystem is the No. 1 priority’, Motorola acquisition won’t ‘screw up’ Android

by Robert Nazarian
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Google Chairman Eric Schmidt was interviewed by Bloomberg Television over the weekend and the hot topic was the Motorola Mobility acquisition and how it will affect Android in general. “The Android ecosystem is the No. 1 priority, and that we won’t do anything with Motorola, or anybody else by the way, that would screw up [...]

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Sep

29

2011

Apple to Be Investigated by ITC Based on HTC Complaints

by Mitch Wright
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The patent war between Apple and…well….everyone else, drags on. We had previously written how HTC was using the patents that Google had supplied as tools to counter Apple’s persistent attacks. With United States International Trade Commission officially jumping into the situation, it’ll be Apple’s turn to go on the defensive. Thanks to Google’s patent contribution, [...]

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Sep

28

2011

T-Mobile Backs Open Source Android In Letter To Customers

by Justin Routhier
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T-Mobile USA’s Chief Marketing Officer, Cole Brodman posted a letter in the company’s Issues and Insights Blog this week that addressed the absence of the iPhone from its line-up, explaining their desire instead, to go with “no-compromise” devices from Android. If, in the unlikely case that Apple makes a major swing in that direction, Brodman suggests [...]

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Sep

25

2011

Verizon isn’t okay with Apple trying to block imports of Samsung Android devices in the U.S.

by Robert Nazarian
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An International Trade Commission (ITC) hearing is scheduled for October 13th, which could result in a preliminary injunction of four Samsung Android smartphones in the U.S. The largest mobile carrier in the U.S., Verizon Wireless, has requested permission to file a brief in the Federal Court for the Northern District of California on the part [...]

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Sep

22

2011

Samsung could be preparing legal attack to block the iPhone 5 in Europe

by Robert Nazarian
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Samsung and Apple have been in a heated battle across the entire continent for a while now. All you have to do is search “Samsung Apple” in our search bar, and you will find numerous stories from Korea, Australia, Europe, and the U.S. It has mostly been Apple on the attack, but anonymous sources, “close [...]

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