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It’s long been rumored that HP is working on at least one tablet running the upcoming Windows 8 platform, and in the past week more and more evidence has emerged of what the device might look like. Today’s image comes from HP’s own “Make it Matter” campaign site, a site which features ways HP products…
The Samsung vs. Apple case is in full swing today, and Apple’s Senior Vice President of Worldwide Marketing Phil Schiller took the stand this morning. Among other topics, Schiller discussed the runaway and unexpected success of the iPhone, and as noted by The Verge’s courtroom reporter Bryan Bishop, Schiller had some interesting points to make regarding…
If you build it, they will come. That’s what ailing Research in Motion is banking on, anyway, as it considers licensing its BlackBerry 10 operating system to other manufacturers interested in putting out a BlackBerry smartphone. BlackBerry’s market share has dropped to around 6.5%, and the only reason it hasn’t fallen further is its former…
It looks like the jury will ultimately decide the victor in the Samsung vs. Apple patent dispute case after all. Yesterday, Apple filed a request with the Court to have Judge Lucy Koh essentially throw out Samsung’s counter-claims against Apple after Samsung’s lawyers leaked banned evidence to the press. Apple’s legal team felt the company…
Well, Samsung had to know there’d be ramifications for its decision to leak evidence that was rejected by the court to the press. Apple submitted a request to the US District Court today asking Judge Lucy Koh to dismiss the charges Samsung brought against Apple, and rule that Samsung did in fact violate Apple’s phone…
After repeatedly ruling it out as an option, RIM CEO Thorsten Heins appears to have finally listened to reason and will consider a strategy of licensing BlackBerry 10 to manufacturers. Interested companies such as Samsung, Sony, HTC, and others could choose to release a device running on the BlackBerry 10 platform. In an interview with…
The 4G PlayBook will become a reality next week, according to RIM’s official Inside BlackBerry blog. The oft-rumored PlayBook with 4G LTE connectivity will be making its debut on August 9th, though only our Canadian readers to the north will be able to initially get their hands on RIM’s latest tablet. The LTE PlayBook will come…
Last year, Apple filed an application with the US Patent and Trademark Office that the USPTO today made available to the public. The patent is for a beefed-up Smart Cover that would feature a small, flexible, secondary display in one or more panels of the smart cover to augment the display (room for extra icons),…
The Open WebOS Project won’t support existing hardware, according to a blog post published yesterday. The project blog announced it’ll be focusing its efforts on future SoC’s that support the Linux 3.3+ Kernel, or where open source replacements for proprietary components are available. Those hoping to get a little extra life out of their Palm…
The Digg for iOS app is getting a fresh new look to match their newly revamped website. Once heralded as the place to go to get your internet fix, Digg was bought by Betaworks a few weeks ago for $500,000, well below the multi-million valuations it once faced. With a new owner, and a new…