A new study from ComScore shows that Apple is still top dog in the U.S. During the three months between November 2012 and February of this year, Apple controlled 38.9 percent of the Smartphone market, beating Samsung, which came second with 21.3 percent. Apple’s control of Smartphone subscribers is up 3.9 in the last 3 months, with Samsung only seeing an…
Over the past couple of years we’ve heard plenty of rumors surrounding a possible “Facebook phone”. And they’ve not come to anything, yet. Sure, we had the daftly named HTC Cha Cha with a special Facebook button, but that’s about it. Plus, Zuckerburg went on record to say that the company wasn’t entering the hardware business. So, the signs aren’t…
A lot of you may have heard that HTC released a new phone, the HTC One. Well, it looks like a pretty solid device and all, but HTC has just announced something targeted directly at those users that are tempted to switch, but don’t want to lose all their iPhone’s data and information. How so? It has announced that an updated version of its HTC Sync Manager…
So, you thought that the Apple vs. Samsung legal disputes were coming to a head? Sad news, looks like litigation proceedings will be the main feature of the relationship between the two companies for a few more years yet. The next big hearing is scheduled for sometime in 2014 and features the Galaxy Nexus as well as a lot more recent devices like the…
“Say what?!” Was my first reaction too. Don’t worry. In a surprising turn, the 6th generation iPhone has come 5th in a wide scale mobile subscriber survey in the States between July last year and January 2013. In total almost 93,000 consumers were surveyed about their happiness with their respective smartphones. Turns out, a bunch of Android…
Having had access given to it by the US court, Samsung has read through the HTC and Apple agreement in great depth, and taken the legal liberty of making it public (minus all the parts that make it a lot more interesting.) Ina Fried, possibly the one person worth following with all things Apple/Samsung and their lawsuit in particular, published an…
Apple and HTC have both remained pretty silent when it comes to the recently settled lawsuit, which thankfully ended with a 10-year licensing deal. Curious minds have longed to know the details. Which patents are cross-licensed? How much will they be paying? Who’s better off after the settlement? It seems we’re about to find out a lot more about the…
Earlier this week, Apple and HTC signed a patent agreement to settle all open patent agreements. It has been discovered today, however, that this agreement will be voided if either company is bought out. FOSS Patents’ Florian Mueller reports that this agreement prevents Samsung from buying out HTC to avoid their patent wars with Apple. “In the event of…
Last week, it was confirmed by Apple that itself and HTC had reached a settlement in regards to the global lawsuits between the two companies. This settlement included a 10-year licensing deal for use of each others’ patented technologies. Although early rumors suggested that the Taiwan-based tech company could be paying between $6-$8 per HTC device…
Ever since my job at Today’s iPhone began, one thing has remained constant. Every week, the site is littered with stories of patent litigation, trials, disputes, claims, counter-claims and settlements, and frankly, I’ve had enough. Today, the judge presiding over the current battle between Samsung and Apple in California allowed the two companies…
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