Apple and Samsung have been in the middle of a vigorous legal battle to ban each other's products for several months, with lawsuits being filed in Europe, Korea, the United States, Australia and more recently Japan. Apple has now managed to get the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 tablet banned in Germany after a judge ruling.
Apple has spurred several moves to ban the sale of Samsung's Galaxy product line in Europe, the United States, Australia and others. According to a new report, the Cupertino company is now moving to ban the sale of the Samsung Galaxy S, the Galaxy S II and the Galaxy Tab 7.7 in Japan, similarly to what it is doing in other countries.
IFA is a German trade show, similar to the well-known American CES, where all devices ranging from tablets to 3D TVs are showed off. Samsung has a huge booth at the conference, yet it has voluntarily yanked out one of its flagship products, the Galaxy Tab 7.7, off display.
Samsung Mobile has announced two all-new products today. The first is the Galaxy Tab 7.7 which, you may have guessed, is a tablet while the second product is the Galaxy Note. Both are based on Android, have dual-core processors and come with Super AMOLED HD Plus displays.
For almost as long as we've used mobile phones, we've been able to send and receive text messages, and later audio and video, through the cell network. Yet, as data packages become increasingly more common for mobile devices, sending those messages over the Internet sounds more conceivable than ever before. Samsung is the new player in this space with its ChatON messaging service.
Over the last few weeks, it has become clear that Apple has already begun working on a new iPad, presumably to succeed the 6-month-old iPad 2. According to a report, the company's suppliers will begin assembling it in small quantities, presumably for testing purposes: all of them, except Samsung.
Big, big news, folks! A court up in the Netherlands has ruled that Samsung Mobile’s Galaxy S and Galaxy S II smartphone infringe upon at least three of Apple’s patents; sales and marketing of the Galaxy S II phone have been ordered to be shut down in over 30 European countries!
Despite learning over the last few weeks that Apple would be delaying the release of the iPad 3 until early next year, it looks as if Jobs and Co. are in the process of securing a decent supply chain for the display, with 3 shortlisted candidates.
In the world of technology, securing a patent for a product can be the difference between winning and losing the battle for top spot. As any inventor will know, the idea is one thing, but unless you have legally secured and registered that idea, you're susceptible to others capitalizing on your ideas and severely hindering profit margin.
According to a new report published today, production of the next chip in the Ax series of SoCs by Apple have begun. The chips will be used in a new product in the first half of 2012.
