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Motorola was handed a legal setback today when a Munich judge ruled that its devices infringe upon Apple’s over-scroll bounce patent. This patent describes the slight bounce-back that occurs when a user drags a web page or other onscreen element past the screen’s boundaries. As part of his ruling, Judge Peter Guntz ordered a recall…
Apple confirmed today that it will start accepting pre-orders of the iPhone 5 at 12:01 AM PT on September 14. Besides Apple, customers can also secure their handset by pre-ordering directly from Sprint or Verizon. Sprint announced it will kick off sales at 12:01 AM, while Verizon will start a minute earlier at 12:00 AM…
Today Verizon launched the Motorola Droid Razr M. We knew this day was coming after Motorola’s event last week in New York City. Big Red released details about the devices availability on its website, and many of the things we’ve already heard about the devices specs were true. The Razr M is the mid-range version…
Google just updated its Chrome for Android app in the Play Store. This time around the search giant was upfront about the changes made to its mobile browser. In the changelog, users will see minor but necessary improvements to the user experience. For example, location preference got shifted to the system level of your device…
The world held its breath yesterday as Tim Cook went on stage to announce the iPhone 5. He along with other Apple execs talked and showed off many things we’ve already known. During the announcement we learned that all iPhone users will get their fix of iOS 6 Wednesday September 19. Well, for those of…
While all of the major carriers in the UK have announced their intentions to carry the iPhone 5, only customers on the newly-launched EE network and Three will have access to LTE. EE is the only carrier in the UK to run an LTE network on a band supported by LTE chips found in the…
Earlier this year, the iPhone dabbled in the prepaid market, offering non-contract iPhone 4 and 4S devices on Cricket and Virgin Mobile. As you’re probably aware by now, Apple announced the iPhone 5 yesterday, and we’re happy to report that Cricket has announced it’ll carry the iPhone 5 sans contract just one week later than…
Lenovo will soon unveil a new Android smartphone targeted at women. Model number S720 comes in pink, featuring a large 4.5-inch qHD screen, 8-megapixel rear camera, 2-megapixel front-facing one, 4GB of built-in storage, decent 2,000mAh battery, while Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich is running the show. Moreover, the device gets its power from MediaTek’s MT6577…
A new Motorola device has cleared the FCC hurdle and Engadget thinks it could get its power from an Intel-made chip. The two companies [Intel and Motorola] are preparing to unveil something new on September 18th and since we’ve already heard that the European version of the RAZR M could sport an Intel processor, the…
We’ve already told you Microsoft will soon rename Windows Phone Marketplace to Windows Phone Store. Alongside the name change, the company will also roll out a number of changes to the site, with folks in Australia and New Zealand first being able to see them. You’ll notice a new cleaner design with homepage featuring news…