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Japan court rules Apple did not infringe two Samsung patents
Posted On 22 Oct 2012 By Jamie Rigg. Under: Uncategorized.
In the latest scuffle between Apple and Samsung, a Tokyo court has ruled that the iPhone 4 and 4S do not infringe on two of Sammy's patents. According to The Asahi Shimbun, a decision on September 14th found Apple had not violated a patent related to...
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South Korea delays ban on iPads and iPhones until Apple can appeal
Posted On 11 Oct 2012 By Jon Fingas. Under: Uncategorized.
Apple and Samsung have been recreating the Cold War through their own mutually assured destruction policy, and nowhere is that more apparent than their Pyrrhic victories in South Korea. For Apple, however, the pain will be just a little easier to bea...
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Visa lets iPhone-toting NatWest and RBS customers pay with NFC cases, join the future
Posted On 02 Oct 2012 By Jon Fingas. Under: Uncategorized.
Two can play at the UK-banks-with-NFC-payments game. RBS (and by extension, NatWest) is partnering with Visa Europe to roll out TouchPay, a mobile payment system based around an iCarte case for the iPhone 4 and 4S -- sorry, early iPhone 5 owners. In ...
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Apple announces presumed iPhone 5 launch event for September 12th; we’ll be there live!
Posted On 04 Sep 2012 By Darren Murph. Under: Uncategorized.
Apple has just invited members of the press to attend a San Francisco-based product launch event on September 12th, where the next generation iPhone is expected to be officially unveiled. As rumored, it seems as if the company's prior iPod-focused fa...
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Engadget’s back to school guide 2012: smartphones
Posted On 06 Aug 2012 By Jon Fingas. Under: Uncategorized.
Welcome to Engadget's back to school guide! The end of summer vacation isn't nearly as much fun as the weeks that come before, but a chance to update your tech tools likely helps to ease the pain. Today, we're tapping away on our brand-new smartphones...
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Noise Free Wireless alleges Apple is tone deaf over sound reduction patent, files lawsuit to match
Posted On 09 Jul 2012 By Jon Fingas. Under: Uncategorized.
Apple faces litigation claiming that it's using patented technology all the time, often from small patent holding companies with dollar signs in their eyes. Noise Free Wireless has just filed a patent lawsuit against Apple whose allegations are consi...
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Noise Free Wireless alleges Apple is tone deaf over sound reduction patent, files lawsuit to match
Posted On 09 Jul 2012 By Jon Fingas. Under: Uncategorized.
Apple faces litigation claiming that it's using patented technology all the time, often from small patent holding companies with dollar signs in their eyes. Noise Free Wireless has just filed a patent lawsuit against Apple whose allegations are consi...
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nTelos starts selling iPhone without contract, Apple’s prepaid sphere grows a little larger
Posted On 06 Jul 2012 By Jon Fingas. Under: Uncategorized.
Virginia's nTelos was part of a big regional carrier push for the iPhone in April. At the time, though, the only real option at the carrier was to spring for one of the company's full-fledged smartphone plans, usually on-contract -- not a bad value a...
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Visualized: The iPhone five years after launch
Posted On 29 Jun 2012 By Jon Fingas. Under: Uncategorized.
In case you somehow missed it, today is an important milestone in technology nostalgia: it's the fifth anniversary of the original iPhone's launch. We'll let you explore the memories of that insane day on your own terms, but ComScore has produced a v...
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Virgin Mobile may be next up for pay-as-you-go iPhone parade on July 1st
Posted On 05 Jun 2012 By Jon Fingas. Under: Uncategorized.
It might be that Cricket's iPhone deal is just the tip of the prepaid iceberg: insiders reportedly say that Sprint's pay-as-you-go brand Virgin Mobile will be taking the Apple plunge as well. Details of what it will cost are still very much unknown,...
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