Samsung’s ‘next evolution’ of smartphone design is the long-awaited metal Galaxy phone After a short flurry of leaks, Samsung has this morning taken the wraps off a new metal-clad Android smartphone, the Galaxy Alpha. Boasting a metal frame and a 4.7-inch display, the Galaxy Alpha represents a departure from Samsung’s predominantly plastic-focused lineup, with a ...
A redacted version of the patent licensing agreement between Apple and HTC was released by Samsung ahead of today’s scheduled courtroom hearing between Apple and Samsung. The two companies will present arguments to U.S. District Court Judge Lucy Koh in San Jose concerning the $1.05 billion verdict levied against Samsung earlier this year. Samsung had ...
Apple, HTC Settle Patent Dispute With 10 Year Licensing Agreement In a joint press release yesterday evening, Apple and HTC announced that a 10 year licensing agreement has been reached between the two warring parties. The agreement is good for around the world sales of both HTC and Apple devices and the deal includes a 10-year ...
Over the last week, analytics firm Net Applications released its mobile operating system statistics for June 2012, revealing that Apple’s iPhone hit an all-time high in market share with 65.27%. This came after the iPhone actually lost market share in May (62.65%). Google’s Android platform gained slightly from 19.69% to 19.73%. Finally, Research in Motion’s BlackBerry platform dropped below ...
According to a report from Reuters, U.S. District Judge Lucy Koh has granted Apple a preliminary injunction that bans the sale of the Samsung Galaxy Nexus smartphone in the United States. This news comes just days after the same judge granted Apple an injunction against the Samsung Galaxy Tab. This new injunction will go into place as soon as Apple ...
Yesterday, Adobe announced that it has no plans to support the Flash Player plugin on the just-announced Android OS 4.1 (a.k.a. “Jelly Bean”). The company revealed late last year that it would be halting development for Flash Player on mobile devices, and won’t be making an exception for the new Android release. In addition, Adobe plans to stop ...
During its opening keynote at the Google I/O developer conference this morning, Google announced the next major release of Android OS, dubbed “Jelly Bean.” Android OS 4.1 builds upon the work Google began in Android OS 4.0 (a.k.a. “Ice Cream Sandwich”), and introduces a new set of back-end tools, dubbed “Project Butter,” to improve performance ...
Lots of news at the Google I/O, the company’s annual developer conference. Android Jelly Bean will feature Google Now, a revamped mobile search experience with improved voice search and increased integration of Google’s Knowledge Graph. Here’s a recap of the biggest stories today from Google I/O 2012 in San Francisco. Google Android 4.1 Jelly Bean Details Google ...
It’s finally here, folks. Samsung has officially announced the Galaxy S III at its event in London after teasing the device with websites and videos. The specs of the Galaxy S III have been one of the hottest topics in the mobile world over the past several months, so let’s just dive right in now ...
Huawei U8800 Ideos X5 Price in Kenya: Ksh.18,999 + free 500MB (Safaricom) Remember Ideos? It keeps growing… Huawei U8800 Ideos X5 has all it takes to be the preferred smart phone in its category; it has some of the most desired features which are available only on pricy devices such as a 5Megapixel camera and ...
