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Last year, Apple filed a suit in Germany against Motorola Mobility’s Xoom Android tablet, claiming the tablet infringed upon their iPad design patent. In an effort to fight back, Motorola filed a counter-claim that suggested Apple’s design patents were invalid, a favorable ruling on which would deal a serious blow to Cupertino. A German court…
Jump Games teamed-up with Playtone to launch the official mobile application for Tom Hanks’ multi-dimensional animated series, Electric City. Available for iOS and Android devices, the application comes with all available episodes from the sci-fi adventure series, an original RPG, digital comic books that talk about the founding of Electric City, behind-the-scenes sneak peeks and…
The end of July is quickly approaching, and that means one thing: Companies are soon going to begin reporting their Q2 2012 financial results. Nokia is due to publish their numbers on Thursday, the 19th; Apple’s turn is next Tuesday, the 24th; and as for Samsung, they’re booked for next Friday, the 27th. According to…
Well what do you know – Verizon Wireless will soon launch the LG Optimus Vu. Not that we’re surprised or something — after all, we’ve seen the phablet getting FCC’s seal of approval three weeks ago and now the first shots of the Vu with Verizon branding have been caught in the wild. Anyway, we’re…
Google’s Nexus 7 is shipping in the UK with those who pre-ordered getting the Jelly Bean tablet as we speak. If you want to order the Nexus 7 now, you should look at retailers PC World or Currys, both of which are offering the 16GB model for 200 GBP, which translates into about $315. For…
While the Motorola Atrix HD has only been out for a day at this point, it looks like Best Buy is cutting the price of the already quite affordable handset. Yep, you can grab Motorola’s latest Atrix device for only $50 on a new two-year contract through Best Buy. While we’re still cooking up our…
When Microsoft unveiled the Surface line of tablets a few weeks ago, I almost instantly saw Marin’s projections that Windows 8 will be the only viable iPad competitor coming to fruition. Surface has all the latest hardware found in the current crop of tablets, and adds a fully powered desktop operating system. Today, we saw…
While it’s been a badly kept secret, T-Mobile officially confirmed that it will indeed be picking up the Samsung Galaxy Note in a recent tweet. And that’s about it. Pricing nor availability were confirmed, but we could imagine it will be landing in Magenta stores (much like its accessories) in the coming weeks. The Galaxy Note is…
Sony is looking to get back in the US smartphone game in the worst way. Today the company announced three versions of its Xperia NXT smartphones, the Xperia S, Xperia P, and Xperia U for the US. The great part about is that Sony selling them unlocked through its own online store and retail partner Newegg.com.…
Analysts are mixed over the future prospects for troubled Nokia amidst a competitive smartphone market dominated by iOS and Android. Recent comScore surveys indicate that Android and iOS now amount to over 85% of the total market, with RIM’s BlackBerry and Microsoft’s Windows Phone struggling to break 10% of the market combined. Further, Nokia’s Windows…