Were you wondering where the Apple vs. Samsung patent battle would turn next? Now you know, with the news that a hardware ban is firmly within the Cupertino firm's sights. Fresh on the heals of winning a tasty victory in the courts on Friday, Apple has today named the eight Samsung smartphones which it hopes those same courts will ban from sale in the United States.
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Oliver Haslam has written about technology for over a decade. His work has been published in print at Macworld and online pretty much everywhere else. If it plugs in or has a battery, it's fair game.
Apple looks set to request that the courts ban certain Samsung smartphones or tablets from sale in the United States, with a final hearing set to take place towards the end of September.
Samsung has thrown a launch party in New York City for its latest tablet release, the Galaxy Note 10.1. As is always the case with glitzy events like this, there were plenty of B-list celebrities and models in attendance, with Kate Upton amongst other in attendance.
A soon-to-be-finished Kickstarter project promises to make tangled, broken charging cables a thing of that past, and we can't wait for that to happen!
One Apple authorized repair company has married two separate iPhone 5 parts leaks, potentially giving us an insight into what we will all be drooling over next month.
A new 9GAG iPhone app gives fans of the popular funny photo site a way to keep up to date on all the comical goings on when away from their computer. Available now from the iTunes App Store, 9GAG's official offering is free.
After going AWOL from the Microsoft Windows Phone Marketplace for a short while, instant messaging app WhatsApp has now reappeared, allowing users to download it once again. Importantly, the app is still free, just as it was before it went missing.
Way back when, before Apple officially announced the iPad and speculation was rife as to what the iPhone maker would make of a tablet device, we all wondered whether we would get an iOS tablet, or a Mac-like slate. We really didn't know for sure, and many people hoped, even begged that Apple would bring OS X to the touch-screen market.
Swipe Launcher for Android gives users a way to change which apps are launched when they swipe upwards from the bottom of their smartphone’s screen. Android's biggest claim to fame has to be its ability to be customized in just about any way imaginable. If you want to change the way your Android smartphone works, the chances are that there is an app, a tweak, or a widget that will make it happen for you. As polished as iOS and Windows Phone may be, they just don't sport the same level of customization.
It's official folks - Samsung has begun inviting press to its upcoming IFA 2012 event on August 20th. The event has been the subject of some announcement rumors of late, with everyone in general agreement that we will see a new handset come out of Samsung's IFA event.
