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Nokia granted slide-to-unlock patent as well
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Apple and Google aren't the only companies looking to patent and trademark everyone's favorite gesture to unlock a smartphone, as Nokia has recently been granted a patent on its own implementation of slide-to-unlock.
Unlike Apple's patent, which covers a horizontal motion from one side of the screen to another along a pre-defined path, Nokia's patent involves sliding an icon across the screen that will reveal an otherwise hidden app. Slide the icon far enough and the app icon comes into view, and the app will launch once the icon is fully covering it.
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Web host confirms The Pirate Bay is under investigation
Like UnlikeSwedish registrar and Web host Binero on Wednesday confirmed earlier reports suggesting digital piracy hub The Pirate Bay is currently under investigation by authorities in Sweden. Members of The Pirate Bay team reported last week that they believe the site is currently the focus of a new investigation, and that Swedish police are planning to execute a raid in an effort to seize Pirate Bay servers. IDG’s ComputerSweden on Wednesday reported that the site’s Web host has confirmed that the group’s suspicions are at least partially true. ”We can confirm that an investigation is underway against the Pirate Bay. We received a letter with questions,” Binero representative Erik Arnberg said. ”We wi...
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Samsung SGH-i667 "Mandel" is a LTE Windows Phone , hits FCC
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Just in time to make us question our decision to buy a HTC Titan II or Nokia Lumia 900, an new LTE-powered Windows Phone has just powered its way through the FCC.
The Samsung SGH-i667 AKA Samsung Mandel has been rumoured for some time, and according to a leak from December last year will have a 4.3 inch screen.
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Cricket looks to enhance LTE rollout plan, strikes five-year deal with Clearwire
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It looks as if the Big G's plan to offload its Clearwire stake didn't stop Cricket from striking a deal with the Sprint-born network. The five-year agreement allows the underdog wireless carrier to use Clearwire's LTE Advanced-ready waves to aid with its own rollout, which is expected to be fleshing out over the next "two to three years." Similar to that LightsSquared pact from last year, mum's the word on how much cash was involved in the signing. That said, chances are all you care about is how speedy the 4G browsing will be (and how much you can use before getting throttled).
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Verizon to launch its 200th 4G LTE market on March 15th
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Verizon Wireless on Wednesday announced it will add seven new markets to its nationwide 4G LTE network and expand the service in 17 current markets on March 15th. The company’s 200th LTE market will be Dothan, Alabama, where customers will soon be able to take advantage of the high-speed network. Other markets include Enterprise, Ala.; Naples, Fla.; Greenville, N.C.; Altus and Durant, Okla.; and Longview/Marshall, Texas. Verizon currently offers more than 20 4G LTE devices and plans to double the number of its 4G LTE markets to 400 by the end of the year. ”Our plans to double our 4G LTE network coverage from the end of 2011 to the end of 2012 align with the aggressive and rapid deployment st...
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Google Earth for Android and iOS updated, includes Google+ social sharing and KML support
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Google Earth v6.2 is now available from Google's Play Store and Apple's iTunes App Store. The update offers KML support, which allows for layered lists consisting of things like real time flights, earthquakes, and city tours to be viewed. The update also includes stability and performance enhancements. Android users are also treated to Google+ and social media sharing as well as new zooming and pinch gesturing.
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Oracle suit against Google goes to trial next month
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A U.S. judge in San Francisco has scheduled the trial between Oracle and Google for April 16th, Reuters reported on Tuesday. Oracle sued Google in 2010, alleging that the Mountain View-based company’s Android operating system infringes Oracle’s intellectual property covering the Java programming language. In addition, the company is also suing Google for copyright infringement, which could earn Oracle hundreds of millions of dollars. “These patent and copyright claims are without merit, and we look forward to defending against them at trial,” Google spokesman Jim Prosser said. The trial is expected to last eight weeks.
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LTE and HSPA+ versions of BlackBerry PlayBook pass FCC testing
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It's hard to say that the BlackBerry PlayBook has been a success by any standard, but it seems that RIM may think that has more to do with the fact that there has only been a WiFi version so far, rather than any problems with the lack of functionality in the original software. Still, the PlayBook 2.0 software fixed most of the issues we had with the software.
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First glimpse of the Intel-Samsung Tizen OS gallery surface, looks like a DNA spiral (video)
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MeeGo gets to live in Intel and Samsung's labs in the form of the open-source Tizen mobile OS, which is apparently prepped to be the newest playground in the quest to take on Android, iOS and Windows Phone.
Samsung already said that Tizen and its own mobile OS bada might merge one day, and the Tizen project was also endorsed by Huawei recently. We've seen the typical grid of thumbnails when it comes to the gallery in early Tizen alphas, but things are apparently progressing as a new leak shows a revamped 3D interface there.
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Samsung's Galaxy S III is done, in production, and set to be amazing
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One device that was sorely missed from Mobile World Congress last month was Samsung’s third generation Galaxy S. The South Korean handset maker let us know well in advance that they weren’t going to be showing off their latest flagship at MWC, so it’s not like we were disappointed, but we have to admit that we did feel a bit empty inside. We know the Galaxy S III will be announced during the first half of this year and start shipping soon thereafter, but today we have some new information courtesy of Eldar Murtazin, Editor in Chief of Mobile-Review. According to him the Galaxy S III has been finalized, it’s currently being mass produced, and “preorders from operators/retailers are really hig...
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Apple set to order $11 billion worth of parts from Samsung this year
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Apple gets a lot of love for creating gorgeous looking devices and drop dead simple software, but it’s companies like Samsung, LG, and TSMC who we should lavishing with attention. They invest in hard research and development, the type of stuff that’s needed to come out with ultra high resolution displays, faster processers, solid state storage, and everything else that makes up modern smartphones and tablets. According to a report from The Korea Times, Apple is set to order $11 billion worth of parts from Samsung over the course of 2012. To put that number into some perspective, it’s believed that Apple bought $7.8 billion worth of components from Samsung during 2011.
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Verizon to launch only 4G LTE smartphones from here on out, hints at LTE iPhone
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Speaking to Dow Jones Newswires, Verizon Wireless chief technical officer David Small said that the carrier plans to launch only 4G LTE capable smartphones for the rest of 2012. Since Verizon's number one smartphone is the Apple iPhone, and a new iPhone is expected to debut later this year, this statement indicates that the next iPhone will feature 4G LTE support, much like the recently refreshed iPad.
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Asus Eee Pad Transformer TF101 gets its first post ICS software update
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Last month, Asus Eee Pad Transformer owners were given the delightful news about the tablet’s in with Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich. Of course, the software update eventually made its way to tablet owners, but it doesn’t seem that things have been going smoothly for some people – and in fact, the update has been wreaking havoc instead.
Well folks, Asus is doing things right, naturally, as Asus’ first-generation Android tablet is seeing its first post Ice Cream Sandwich update. Specifically, the new update for the tablet is labeled 9.2.1.17-20123012, but there’s no changelog attached to it. Therefore, it’s anyone’s guess as to exactly what the new software update actually brings to the table...
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Stephen Elop says dual-, quad-core phones just waste battery life
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Nokia’s CEO Stephen Elop faces the tough task to break the Android-iOS smartphone duopoly, and if it could be done with words, these would have been the ones: "dual-core, quad-core mobile phones are just a waste of battery, not all are so useful."
The bold statement of Nokia’s head is “proved” by the Smoked by Windows Phone campaign, where random users with iPhones and Androids try to do something with their phones and end up doing it slower than it’s done on Nokia Windows Phones. Nokia offered $160 to people that can beat their Windows Phone devices in the challenge and reportedly it never lost.
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Former Google exec: Larry Page ruined Google
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Former Engineering Director at Google and current Partner Development Manager at Microsoft James Whittaker on Tuesday published a lengthy piece explaining why he chose to leave the Mountain View-based company after having been such a vocal Google evangelist for nearly three years. His post on Microsoft’s MSDN blogs reiterates a number of opinions that have been hot topics in the media of late, but he also offers several insights from a unique point of view that only an insider can offer. In short, Whittaker feels that Google co-founder and current CEO Larry Page completely ruined the company for him. Read on for more.
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