We all know how dominate Apple is in North America and in many other areas around the world, but sometimes it’s nice to see the little guy get a victory in court when facing the behemoth company. Brazilian handset maker, Gradiente Eletronica, recently won a trademark battle over the Cupertino giant. Back in 2000, Gradiente Eletronica registered… Read more
Huawei may not have much presence in the US aside from a few rebranded budget phones, but they’re getting really big globally. In a surprising turn of events, Huawei has surpassed the other big manufacturers to take third place in the worldwide smartphone race. While they’re far from second place, it’s still an incredibly impressive feat for a company… Read more
According to Reuters, Tim Cook, Apple’s current CEO, never wanted to sue Samsung in the first place. He was hesitant to sue Samsung because Samsung was the main component supplier for Apple. Apple bought $8 billion worth of components from Samsung last year alone. Cook was worried about what litigation might due to the relationship Apple had with… Read more
The December 3 month period comScore numbers and in, and it’s more of the same thing. In the software part of it, Android rose 0.9 points to 53.4%, while iOS rose a whole 2 points to 36.3%. Blackberry dropped 2 points, but that might very well change in the next few months. Sadly, Windows Phone dropped 0.7 points to only 2.9%. Symbian stayed constant at… Read more
This year’s Consumer Loyalty Engagement Index shows that Samsung leads in consumer loyalty in almost all of the consumer electronics categories it’s competing in. The data is provided by Brand Keys, a research consultancy in the field of customer loyalty and engagement metrics. Brand Keys said that in the laptop’s category, both Samsung and Apple… Read more
Judge Lucy Koh has ruled that Samsung’s infringement on Apple’s patents was not at all willful. In August, the jury had found that Samsung infringed on 7 of Apple’s design and utility patents which resulted in a $1.049 billion fine that Samsung had to pay Apple. Apple then sought to get Samsung to pay triple those damages. Samsung’s legal team… Read more
The International Data Corporation (IDC) has released its analysis of Q4 2012, as well as 2012 as a whole. They broke down the number of each company’s Q4 2012 shipments, market share, and more. IDC’s results showed that Samsung has increased its lead over Apple in terms of market share, as well as increased its number of shipments drastically… Read more
A whole bunch of evidence was just released detailing the intricate no-hire agreements between major companies in Silicon Valley. The evidence was dug up after former Palm CEO Edward Colligan released a statement that Steve Jobs threatened patent litigation against Palm if Palm did not agree to stop hiring Apple’s employees. The allegation resulted… Read more
We already know that the Samsung Galaxy S IV will be carrying around a 4.99-inch 440ppi Full HD Super AMOLED Display, but apparently Samsung is also developing a new pixel layout that will be able to cram more pixels into their displays. This new pixel layout would result in Samsung’s displays stretching beyond the 440ppi level, pushing itself way… Read more
So here’s a twist; Verizon Wireless had actually planned on pre-installing Siri on its Android devices. That is, until Apple bought Siri out. Verizon had signed a contract with the startup that created Siri, and even shot commercials to showcase Siri in action. Then Apple bought out the entire startup and ruined Verizon’s master plan. Steve Jobs… Read more
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