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Apple is continuing its battle against HTC, and this time the International Trade Commission, or the ITC, is reviewing five patent complaints from the iPhone maker. According to Reuters, Apple is claiming that HTC “HTC infringed five patents related to software architecture and user interfaces in portable electronic devices, hardware for touch screens and movement…
You may have picked up a discounted HP TouchPad this weekend but if you didn’t, you may want to check out this preorder on Amazon because it shows that the next version will soon be coming out. The HP TouchPad 4G was announced last month and it should look nearly identical to the first webOS…
Over the weekend, Apple released iOS 5 beta 5 for developers and early adopters on the beta program. Several new changes were added to the iOS 5 beta 5, and some believe that this is probably close to the last beta, if not the last one, before Apple decides to pull the trigger on the…
The FBI has hopped on the iPhone app bandwagon but this app stands out from the crowd because it could actually save lives. The Child ID iPhone app gives parents tools to help report if their child is missing. It may sound weird to fire up an app if your kid is missing, as many…
Sprint has just announced the Samsung Conquer 4G, the first WiMax 4G smartphone that gets just under the $100 mark. This is great news for the low-end market and consumers who don’t need all the bells and whistles of high-end Android smartphones. But that doesn’t mean that Sprint users will be excluded from all the…
There’s some interesting data coming out of the latest Jumptap report, as the mobile advertising company has come up with some neat data about the advertising rates on Android, iOS and others. In particular, it’s fun to see which states tend to trend more toward Android or the iPhone. Of course, this data isn’t a…
AT&T has been saying for months that it will crack down on jailbroken iPhone users who are using its network for unlimited tethering. The carrier has separate individual plans for iPhone tethering, but some users have circumvented the plans by jailbreaking their iPhones. Their free and unlimited tethering days, however, seem to be over. Some…
We’re big fans of the Rdio service, so we’re happy to see that the music-streaming service now has a fully-featured iPad app. For those of you who don’t know, Rdio is a subscription music service which gives you access to millions of streaming or downloaded songs with a strong social twist. The iPad app takes…
We can add more rumors to the iPhone 5 pile in terms of an October release as we’ve just learned that China Telecom might be landing the Apple smartphone that month. Apparently, China Telecom has entered into a “preliminary agreement” with Apple to sell the iPhone 5 before the end of October, along with a…
Apple’s iOS 5 for the iPhone, iPad and iPod touch is bringing a lot of new features that we’re eagerly waiting for. The notification system is vastly improved, certain apps will be integrated throughout the OS and iCloud will make the overall experience a pleasure. So, when can we expect iOS 5 to hit? Sooner…