Apple, Samsung go head to head in patent litigation again

News:  Apple and Samsung return to a California court this week for another round in the blockbuster patent trial between the two biggest smartphone makers.

A jury trial opens Tuesday to reconsider damages awarded last year in the case stemming fromApple's allegation that its South Korean rival illegally copied technology from the iPhone and iPad.

The new trial became necessary after a judge cut some $450 million from a damage award of more than $1 billion to be paid by Samsung.

Judge Lucy Koh, in her ruling in March, affirmed the remainder of the award, amounting to $598.9 million. But a new trial must be held to reconsider some of the allegations.

Apple accused its rival of massive and willful copying of its designs and technology for smartphones and tablets and won the landmark case in a jury decision in August 2012. But the case has been on hold pending multiple appeals.

The California case is among several pending in courts and administrative agencies around the world between the two electronics giants, each of which accuses the other of infringing on its patents.

After years of following and refining the iPhone's pioneering innovations a strategy that resulted in bitter patent battles with Apple Samsung has dethroned its California-based rival to become the world's top smartphone maker.

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LG G Pad 8.3 review: well-designed, but priced too high

News: LG tries. It tries for US relevance, but the company's product offerings -- usually its smartphones -- consistently lack the je ne sais quoi necessary to succeed. The G Pad, an 8.3-inch Android tablet that recently debuted at IFA 2013, could break that dry spell, becoming the first serious competitor to the iPad mini's styling and the first high-profile LG tablet. Is it filled with bleeding-edge specs? No, not really. LG opted to imbue the G Pad with a Snapdragon 600 heart -- a trade-off made in the interest of better battery life and less overheating. The tablet also arrives with a 1,920 x 1,200 IPS panel, giving it an immediate leg up: 1080p resolution in an 8-inch form factor. It's slim, attractive, well-built and it costs $350. Is that a low enough price of entry to merit a buy? And can LG start to inspire consumer confidence with its Android portfolio? 

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Three to carry iPad Air and new iPad mini in the UK

News: With the iPad Air but a day away from launching in the UK, it's high time that the nation's cellular networks began crowing about which ones will carry the device. Three is the first to pipe up, saying that you'll be able to snag both the Air from tomorrow and the iPad Mini with Retina when it arrives later in November.

The cheapest package will set you back £7.50 a month with 1GB of data on a monthly contract, plus £499 up-front for the 16GB model -- while you can grab 15GB a month if you pony up £25 every four weeks. Don't forget that while you'll initially be stuck with just 3G signals, the network will begin its LTE rollout in December, so factor that in when you make your decision.

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iPad Air review

News: Remember "thinnovation"? That was Apple's tagline when it first introduced theMacBook Air, a laptop so skinny it could fit in a manila envelope. Six years later, the company did something similar with its tablet lineup by introducing the iPad Air. As its name suggests, the Air comes with a revamped design that sheds almost half a pound of weight, along with a couple millimeters of thickness and a significant amount of bezel area. At the same time, it maintains the same 9.7-inch Retina display that defined the last two iPads. While that's impressive enough in its own right, Apple also managed to make the device more powerful, thanks to the same A7 chip that already powers the iPhone 5s.

The one part of the iPad Air that isn't any thinner or lighter is its price, which starts at the usual $499 for a 16GB WiFi-only model. From there, the MSRP goes as high as $929 for the most expensive configuration (that's the WiFi + Cellular model with 128 gigs of storage). As always, the Air is entering a highly competitive market just in time for the holidays. So will its strong performance and super-thin frame be enough to make you upgrade come November 1st? Or is it simply not thinnovativeenough? Read on to find out.

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Apple sold 33.8 million iPhones this summer, but faces tough competition

News: In reporting its latest quarterly earnings today, Apple announced record fourth-quarter sales of iPhones -- 33.8 million, up 26 percent from 26.9 million in the same quarter last year -- along with virtually flat iPad sales of 14.1 million this quarter, up from 14 million last year. During the same period, arch-rival Samsung, whichjust reported its earnings last Thursday, sold 86 million smartphones, though Samsung's lineup has far more models than Apple's, including entry-level versions that don't compete directly with the iPhone. Samsung is facing its own challenges at the top of its range, and sold just 16 million of its flagship Galaxy S4 during the period, according to estimates. Apple continued to lead the tablet market, selling 14.1 million iPads in the quarter, compared to Samsung's 10.5 million -- though Samsung's tablet sales doubled from last year.

Apple earned $7.5 billion, on revenue of $37.5 billion. The quarterly earnings didn't include the iPad mini with Retina display or iPad Air, which were announced last week, and only included one week's worth of sales for the latest iPhones, the 5c and 5s, which Apple previously stated sold 9 million units during their first three days on the market. Apple is expected to provide some projections about sales for the new models in its quarterly earnings call, scheduled for later today.

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This Week’s Apple Rumors, Ranked From Dumbest to Most Plausible

Each week, there are dozens of Apple rumors, reports, and patent filings that hint at what’s coming out of Cupertino next. Some are legit, but most are totally bogus. This week, much of what we’ve been hearing for the past few months was either validated or debunked at Apple’s October media event. But of course, we’re always wondering what’s next out of Cupertino. So we’ve parsed the week’s rumors, ranking them in order from “utterly ridiculous” to “duh, of course.” First up…

VERY DOUBTFUL: iPhone 6 This Summer, iWatch in the Works
Gene Munster, fierce proponent of Apple’s rumored television set issued a set of predictions for the company’s next year. Firstly, Munster predicts Apple’s iPhone 6 will launch in the summer with a larger display, and it’ll be a “blockbuster.” He also predicts a computerized iWatch is being developed. There’s been a lot of speculation that Apple’s next iPhone will feature a larger display, but it seems that Apple has switched to a fall launch schedule for the iPhone. As for the iWatch, yeah, there’s definitely some wearables action going on inside Apple research labs, but who knows when or how it’ll actually come to fruition. Here’s another theory: Maybe the iPhone 6 IS Apple’s television. Dun dun dunnnn.

DON’T COUNT ON IT: 65-inch Apple Television Coming in 2014
We’ve been hearing the whispers for years now, but still no Apple television has emerged from the shadows. Advanced Research analyst Masahiko Ishino says it’s on the way though: According to his sources, Apple is deciding on specifications of the 4K set. He said it would feature a “frameless” design, be available in 55- and 65-inch models, and fall in the $1,500 to $2,500 price range. It certainly seems like Apple will be getting into the 4K game now that its Mac Pro, out in December, is 4K capable. But it seems more likely to us — for now at least — that Apple may go the 4K Thunderbolt display route before it ventures into TV land. 

ASK AGAIN LATER: Apple Patent Uses Human Recognition to Personalize Content
A patent application published Thursday describes how Apple could use our increasingly powerful mobile devices to sense a person’s physical features and customize content using that information. This would potentially aid in the privacy of content consumption, while making it simpler and safer. Basically, the concept assigns profiles and privileges to the different types of people that enter a room, or stand in front of a display — it would recognize a child versus an adult versus an elderly person, for example. If you, an adult, are watching an R-rated movie and it detects that a child has walked in the room, it would automatically halt movie playback until the child leaves, for example. You could also log in to devices using this tech. The idea certainly seems feasible, but such technology could be implemented a number of ways, and may still be a few years off (if Apple did decide to use this technology in the first place). 

ASK AGAIN LATER: Apple Working on iPad Keyboards
It didn’t surface at Apple’s media event this week, but Apple has reportedly been thinking about creating its own iPad keyboard. The report stresses that the only thing glimpsed thus far have been prototypes. iPad and tablet-specific keyboards are fairly popular accessories for those looking to do more than just casual word-processing on their mobile machines. If Apple made its own, while not a novel idea, it would certainly be a moneymaking one. Perhaps we’ll see Apple-made iPad keyboards by the time the holidays roll around…or maybe Apple will just continue to let third-party 

manufacturers control that realm.

SIGNS POINT TO YES: iPad Mini Supplies to Be ‘Ridiculously’ Constrained
That pixel-packed Retina display comes at a price. Every time Apple has released a new Retina display product, supplies have been tight during launch time. The new iPad mini with Retina display will reportedly be no exception. IHS analyst Rhoda Alexander says Retina iPad mini numbers will be “ridiculously tight” when it’s set to debut this November. 

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iPad Air coming to US Cellular and regional carriers starting November 8th

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Apple's plan to launch the iPad Air with cellular data support for T-Mobile was apparently just the start of a larger strategy. US Cellular has announced that it will offer the featherweight tablet on November 8th, while regional carriers like Bluegrass Cellular, C Spire and GCI say that they'll stock the device in the "coming weeks." Of the bunch, only US Cellular has mentioned that it will also sell the iPad mini with Retina display; that's not surprising, though, when Apple hasn't even picked a release date for its own stores. It's doubtful that the new cellular iPad providers will make a big impact on Cupertino's bottom line, but the company clearly wants to leave no network uncovered.

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The After Math: two new iPads, two new Windows Phones and Instagram news

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Did Apple manage satisfy your cravings for a new iPad? Maybe that new Mac Pro has got you readying a preorder, if only for the illusion of the power user that you one day hope to be. After a year's break, the return of Nokia World coincided with Apple's soiree, but the Microsoft-aligned phone maker actually had more new hardware to show off, including a pair of new Windows Phones, its first Windows tablet and a brimful (that is, three) of Asha phones. Leaf the digital page over to see both events reprocessed, vitamin-enriched and in numerical form.

• Weight of the new iPad air: 1 lb
• Weight of the new iPad Mini Retina: 0.73 lbs
• Weight of the first iPad: 1.5 lbs

• Nokia's new Asha 500 feature phone price: $69
• Number of Asha phones you could buy for the price of a Mac Pro: 43
• Reduction in Mac Pro's energy consumption compared to previous model: Up to 70 percent

• New Nokia devices announced this week: 6
• Nokia Lumia smartphones announced since 2011: 17
• New Apple devices announced this week: 2
• Apple smartphones announced since 2011: 3
• WhatsApp users on Nokia devices being added per day: 250,000
• Number of active WhatsApp users: 350 million
• Whatsapp's place in the iPhone's "All-Time Top Apps": No.18
• Total Number of iOS apps downloaded: 60 billion
• Number of iOS apps available: 1 million
• Number of Windows Phone apps available (as of August, 2013); 170,000
• Instagram app launch date on iOS: October 2010
• Instagram app launch date on Android: April 2012
• Instagram app launch date on Windows Phone: TBD ("In the coming weeks")
• Number of 'likes' on Nokia's first official Instagram photo: 367
• Number of 'likes' on a recent selfie of Kim Kardashian in a bathing suit: 972,164

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Apple unveiled new ipad air and ipad mini

 

Hindi News: सैन फ्रांसिस्को। एप्पल ने गैजेट बाजार में नोकिया और सैमसंग को कड़ी टक्कर देने के लिए अपने नए गैजेट पेश कर दिए। इन गैजेट्स को सैन फ्रांसिस्को में हुए शो के दौरान लॉन्च किया गया। एप्पल ने आईपैड एयर, आईपैड-2 और न्यू आईपैड मिनी और दो न्यू मैकबुक प्रो लैपटॉप को लॉन्च करते ही बाजार में हंगामा मचा दिया। इनमें से कुछ एप्पल प्रोडक्ट्स की बिक्री 1 नवंबर से शुरू होगी। भारत में इनकी उपलब्धता दिसंबर तक मानी जा रही है। हालांकि, इस बारे में फिलहाल कंपनी ने कोई घोषणा नहीं की है।

एप्पल ने नया आईपैड 5 लॉन्च किया जिसका नाम 'आईपैड एयर' रखा गया है। पांचवीं पीढ़ी का आईपैड अपने पुराने मॉडल से 20 फीसद पतला है और केवल 0.3 इंच मोटा है। आईपैड एयर में 9.7 इंच रेटिना डिसप्ले, 5 एमपी आईसाइट कैमरा, 1.2 एमपी फेसटाइम और 10 घंटे की बैटरी है। इसमें ए7 नाम के चीप का इस्तेमाल किया गया है और एम5 मोशन कॉ-प्रोसेसर लगा हुआ है। इसकी बाजार में कीमत 499 से 799 डॉलर के बीच मिलेंगे। इसके चार वर्जन हैं-16 जीबी, 32 जीबी, 64 जीबी और 128 जीबी।

इसके अलावा एप्पल ने आईपैड मिनी को भी लॉन्च किया। इसका डिसप्ले 7.9 इंच रेटिना के साथ है। कैमरा और बैटरी आईपेड एयर के समान और कीमत 399 से 699 डॉलर के बीच रखी गई है। आईपैड मिनी दुनिया का सबसे पतला आईपैड है। आईपैड मिनी में आईपैड एयर वाले वाले सारे फीचर हैं। तेज प्रोसेसिंग के लिए आईपैड मिनी में ए5 ड्युलकोर प्रोसेसर है। वीडियो कॉलिंग के लिये 5 मेगापिक्सल का फेसटाइम एचडी कैमरा है जिसमें फुल एचडी वीडियो रिकॉर्डिग मुमकिन है।

आईपैड मिनी का मुकाबला सैमसंग गैलेक्सी टैब 2 और गूगल नैक्सस 7 से होगा। आईपैड मिनी के तीन वर्जन हैं 16, 32 और 64 जीबी। 16 जीबी में वाईफाई है जिसकी कीमत 329 डॉलर यानी करीब 18,000 रुपये है। 64 जीबी 4जी वर्जन है जिसकी कीमत 459 डॉलर यानी करीब 24,000 रुपये है।

इस इवेंट में ही कंपनी ने दो नए 'मैक बुक प्रो' की भी घोषणा की। जिसमें से एक 13 इंच स्क्रीन और दूसरा 15 इंच की स्क्रीन वाला होगा। साथ ही जून में घोषित 'मैक प्रो' के बारे में बताया कि वह भी जल्द ही बाजार में उपलब्ध होगा।

न्यू मैकबुक प्रो 13 इंच के 3 मॉडल हैं। इसमें 2.4 से 2.6 गीगाह‌र्ट्ज वाला प्रोसेसर लगा है और रेटिना डिसप्ले भी है। इसका बैटरी बैकअप 9 घंटे का बताया जा रहा है। साथ ही इसका वजन 1.56 किलोग्राम और कीमत 1299 से 1799 डॉलर के बीच रखी गई है।

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Apple confirms October 22nd event, still has 'a lot to cover'

The rumors, they are true. Apple's ready to take the wraps off of something big next week, just in time to seriously impact our collective holiday spending -- and just a little more than a month after that big iPhone event. In fact, the invite alludes to that recent event by noting that the company still has "a lot to cover." And just like the last invite, there's more than enough color here to go around, so take that as you will. As ever, there's no word on precisely what'll be announced, but rumor is that the iPad, iPad mini and MacBook Pro lines are set for refreshes. And the recent release of the OS X Gold Master hints at a bit more information on the desktop operating system side of things. Whatever the news may be, we'll be bringing it to you live at 10AM PT.

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iOS 7 review

 

The changes to Apple's iOS software became apparent as I drove to the headquarters of the company's rival, Google. As I navigated using Apple's mapping app, I noticed one of my favorite attributes was missing: the directions for each next turn presented in green boxes that resemble highway signs.

Many of the changes in Apple's operating system for mobile devices are cosmetic. Gone are three-dimensional icons that mimic real-world counterparts, such as a magazine rack for the Newsstand app. They are replaced by larger, two-dimensional icons sporting abstract designs and pastel colors. Apple also extended that new look to many of its apps. In Maps, the green boxes are replaced with solid white across the top.

It didn't take long to realize that deeper down, the new iOS 7 software is the same as the one I've come to know.

The new software does have several functional improvements, but those take time to stumble upon. The good news is that even if you never discover them, you can still use your device the way you did before. The free update is available starting Wednesday.

I'm covering the features specific to Apple's new iPhone 5s and iPhone 5c in a separate review. This one is about whether it makes sense to upgrade to iOS 7 on your existing iPhone or iPad.

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Apple's iPad event reportedly set for October 22nd

AllThingsD seems to have some pretty solid sources within Apple's walls, as it was spot-on last month when it predicted the date of the iPhone event. Now, the publication is reporting that October 22nd is a date for all of us to circle on our virtual calendars -- provided we're interested in new iPads, Mac Pros and / or the upcoming OS X Mavericks. We haven't heard any official news of what Apple has up its sleeves, but we're pretty confident that it'll be a full show.

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LA officials may delay school iPad rollout after students hack them in a week

Just a week after it began the first phase of putting iPads in the hands of all 640,000 students in the state, the Los Angeles school district already has a fight on its hands. In a matter of days, 300 children at Theodore Roosevelt High School managed to work around protective measures placed on the Apple tablets, giving them complete access to features -- including Facebook, Twitter and other apps -- that should otherwise have been blocked.

Students bypassed the security lock on the device by deleting a personal profile preloaded in the settings -- a simple trick that has the school district police chief recommending the board limit the $1 billion rollout before it turns into a "runaway train scenario." For now, officials have banned home use of the iPads while they assess ways to better restrict access -- they would have gotten away with it, too, if it wasn't for those meddling kids.

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