April, 2012

• 25 April

  Nokia, HTC win key European ruling against IPCom

  

  Nokia and HTC had a rare bit of good news to celebrate today. The European Patent Office earlier today announced that a patent Germany-based IPCom has been citing in legal battles with the handset makers is invalid in its current form. According to Reuters, which first reported on the story, the patent relates to a …

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• 25 April

  iOS 6 launch likely as Apple confirms WWDC for 11 June

  

  Apple’s set a date for WWDC, the company’s annual developer conference. It’s expected to lift the lid on a new version of iOS, with ever such a slight chance that we’ll see the iPhone 5 as well. The conference kicks off on 11 June and lasts until the 15th. Last year Apple used the opportunity to tell us all about …

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• 25 April

  Galaxy Note with T

  

  A T-Mobile branded version of the Samsung Galaxy Note has been spied online, confirming rumors that the phone/tablet hybrid would be expanding to additional carriers. Pictures obtained by TmoNews indicate that not only is the Galaxy Note close, but also it’s bringing dessert with it. Screen shots show that the T-Mobile-branded SGH-T879 is running Android 4.0.3 Ice Cream Sandwich. AT&T’s …

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• 25 April

  Sprint confirms unlimited data plan for next iPhone

  

  Sprint Nextel is banking that its unlimited data plan will continue to set its iPhone apart from the others — even when the next version arrives. If the next iteration of the iPhone arrives with LTE, Sprint will continue to offer a no-strings unlimited plan, CEO Dan Hesse told CNET. The company is already sticking with unlimited for its first …

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• 25 April

  Android not critical to Google? Really?

  

  During the Oracle v. Google trial, the value of the Android platform to the Internet giant has been a subject of inquiry. When Google CEO and co-founderLarry Page was asked last week by Oracle’s attorney David Boies about the value of Android, he responded that Android is “important, but not critical.”  On Wednesday, Google’s head of the Android platform, Andy Rubin, was …

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• 25 April

  Apple boss Tim Cook would “prefer to settle” Android war

  

  Apple boss Tim Cook said, “I’d highly prefer to settle versus battle”, signalling a possible truce in the iPhone and iPad maker’s legal warfare with Samsung and other Android phone and tablet manufacturers. Apple’s CEO continued that he’d “always hated litigation”. Nonetheless, he couldn’t resist adding, “we need people to invent their own stuff”. Cook made his pacifist statement while …

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• 25 April

  Denon’s 2012 AV receivers announced: AirPlay

  

  Denon is always last to announce its new AV receivers each year, but the company just rolled out its new 2012 line. Denon’s AVR-1912 was a hit last year with built-in AirPlay support, and now AirPlay is available on all but the entry-level $250 Denon AVR-1513. There aren’t many surprises otherwise, although Denon’s back panels are looking more minimalist than …

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• 24 April

  HTC Evo 4G LTE preorder site now up

  

  If you’re champing at the bit for a chance to own the upcoming HTC 4G LTE, it’s almost time to quench your smartphone thirst. Sprint’s registry page for preorders of the coveted handset is now live. Not only does this follow-up to the wildly successful HTC Evo 4G look like a worthy successor, it actually could outdo the legendary Android …

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• 24 April

  Google’s Andy Rubin dodges David Boies’ bullets

  

  SAN FRANCISCO — After a brief encounter yesterday afternoon here at the U.S. District Court in San Francisco, Oracle’s lead attorney David Boies continued his carefully crafted interrogation of Google’s Android chief Andy Rubin. Boies placed about 40 documents in evidence to lay an intricate trail that he hopes will give the jury the impression that Rubin and Google knew …

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• 24 April

  Apple iPhone offers little growth to AT&T

  

  AT&T remains the king of the iPhone, but that distinction means less with each passing quarter. The Dallas telecommunications giant sold 4.3 million iPhones in the first quarter, more than 1 million more than Verizon Wireless, and almost certainly more than Sprint Nextel, which sold 1.8 million in the fourth quarter at the height of the iPhone 4S buzz. So …

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