Smartphone and Cellphone Wars

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Malakas talaga Lenovo sa China. Nabili nga HP diba. hehe

IBM consumer PC segment ang nabili ng lenovo

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Lenova DUAL-SIM 5-inch ICS flavored Android Phoneblet. Wait for 3 months, below 10k na lang ito...

August 28, 2012
5-inch Lenovo S880 dual-SIM lands, priced at Php14,999



Lenovo Mobile is introducing another smartphone in the Philippines but this time, it’s going to be a huge 5-inch, dual-SIM phone called Lenovo S880.

The Lenovo S880 was first introduced in China as the LePhone S880.

Just like it’s earlier sibling, the S880 comes with dual-SIM functionality but retains most of the specs, except for a bigger screen.

Lenovo LePhone S880 specs:
5.0″ LCD display * 480×800 pixels
1.0GHz MediaTek MT6575 processor
512MB RAM
4Gb internal storage
up to 32Gb via microSD
3G/HSDPA, dual-SIM, dual-standby
WiFi 802.11 b/g/n
Bluetooth 2.1
GPS with aGPS support
2250mAh Li-Ion battery
Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich

Also, we noticed the 2250mAh battery is not as big as the 2500mAh of the P700. Nevertheless, we expect more or less the same battery performance since it’s just a 10% decrease in the rating.

The Lenovo S880 will be released in stores soon and have a retail price of Php14,999.

5-inch Lenovo S880 dual-SIM lands, priced at Php14,999 | YugaTech | Philippines, Tech News & Reviews

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Lenova DUAL-SIM 5-inch ICS flavored Android Phoneblet. Wait for 3 months, below 10k na lang ito...



5-inch Lenovo S880 dual-SIM lands, priced at Php14,999 | YugaTech | Philippines, Tech News & Reviews

aba! pati lenovo may cp lines na rin.

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So much for Nokia's stock rebound. No one is optimistic about Windows phone...

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dinamay na ang s3

NEW YORK - Seeking to capitalize on a major legal victory over its rival Samsung Electronics Ltd , Apple Inc has asked a federal court in a separate case to find that four additional Samsung products, including the Galaxy S III, infringe Apple's patents.

In February, Apple alleged that at least 17 Samsung products infringe its patents. In a court filing made in San Jose federal court on Friday, Apple added four more products to the list of allegedly infringing products that have been released beginning in August 2011 and continuing through this month.

Apple won a major victory over Samsung last Friday in a separate case when a jury found that the South Korean company had copied critical features of the hugely popular iPhone and iPad and awarded the U.S. company $1.05 billion in damages.

Samsung representatives did not immediately respond to requests for comment.

The case is U.S. District Court, Northern District of California, Apple Inc v. Samsung Electronics Ltd, et al 12-00630.

Apple targets 17 Samsung products in patent suit | ABS-CBN News

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dinamay na ang s3



Apple targets 17 Samsung products in patent suit | ABS-CBN News

Google is rushing the release of their Android Jellybean OS which circumvent Apples patents. But some patents have already existed in other devices. Like missed call function on a celphone. How Apple was able to patent this? This new case is more on the OS now than the design of the phone...

Apple has protected its innovative designs and cutting-edge technologies through a broad range of intellectual property rights. Among the patents that Apple has been awarded arethe utility patents listed below, attached as Exhibits 1-8, to which Apple owns all rights, title, and interest. Four of these patents were issued after Apple filed the Earlier Case, and none is at issue in that case.

5,946,647 (the “’647 Patent”) System and method for performing an action on a structure incomputer-generated data

6,847,959 (the “’959 Patent”) Universal interface for retrieval of information in a computer system

8,046,721 (the “’721 Patent”) Unlocking a device by performing gestures on an unlock an image

8,074,172 (the “’172 Patent”) Method, system, and graphical user interface for providing word recommendations

8,014,760 (the “’760 Patent”) Missed telephone call management for a portable multifunction device

5,666,502 (the “’502 Patent”) Graphical user interface using historical lists with field classes

7,761,414 (the “’414 Patent”) Asynchronous data synchronization amongst devices

8,086,604 (the “’604 Patent”) Universal interface for retrieval of information in a computer system

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Apple loses patents war with HTC...in the UK. Same patents they're now suing Samsung across the pond. Whoever gave Apple the rights to patent these is an idiot!!!

Interesting tech talk...


HTC Claims Success In The Touch And Slide Patents

In the 'touch screen' battle between Apple Inc and the Taiwanese manufacturer HTC, the High Court has ruled in favour of HTC. However, the trial judge was critical of the reading and trial time estimates, which he said were completely unrealistic, and said a pre-trial review should have been held.

The proceedings concerned four patents owned by Apple Inc ("Apple"), European Patents Nos. 2 098 948 (the "948 Patent"); 2 964 022 (the "022 Patent"); 2 059 868 (the "868 Patent") and 1 168 859 (the "859 Patent"). HTC Europe Co. Ltd ("HTC Europe") commenced revocation proceedings for three of the patents. Apple sued HTC Corporation ("HTC Corp") for infringement of the patents which were the subject of the revocation proceedings. HTC Corp then counterclaimed for revocation of the fourth patent. (HTC Europe and HTC Corp are referred to as HTC below.)

The 948 Patent (touch event model)
Apple's 'touch event model' patent, concerned with computer devices with inputs which are multi-touch enabled, capable of responding to more than one touch at the same time, was ruled invalid by the judge. Mr Justice Floyd found claim 1 of the patent invalid for both obviousness over common general knowledge and excluded subject matter while claim 2 was found invalid for excluded subject matter only. In any event, so far as infringement was concerned, Floyd J held that the 948 Patent was not infringed by the HTC devices. [Paragraphs 21 - 99]

The 022 Patent (the 'slide to unlock' feature)[paragraphs 100 - 241]
Apple's 'slide to unlock' feature patent is entitled "Unlocking a device by performing gestures on an unlock image" and is concerned with the provision of a user interface on a touch screen device which enables the user to change the state of the device by, for example, dragging an image over the screen. Apple commercialised this invention as the 'slide to unlock' feature of its iPhone which the user of the iPhone encounters on first use.

Computers had been able to recognise human input via touch for many years before the priority date and touch sensitivity is achievable by many different technologies. The human input may be by stylus, pen, finger or hand. A number of touch screen devices had been on the market for a number of years before the priority date of 23 December 2005.

While Apple used the 'slide to unlock' feature, HTC used the 'Arc unlock' mechanism.

Floyd J held that HTC's 'Arc unlock' mechanism would have infringed Apple's 'slide to lock' feature patent had Apple's invention not been "obvious". All claims were found obvious in light of prior art and certain claims were anticipated by prior art. In particular, a mobile telephone, Neonode N1, first introduced into Europe in 2004, also had an unlock mechanism ('sweep to unlock'). Floyd J concluded that Apple had further worked on and developed the Neonode N1 unlock feature using technology it was aware of at that time, which included a 'slider' called the Microsoft Windows CE Slider:

"I consider that it would be obvious to the skilled team, faced with the lateral-swipe arrow unlock of Neonode, that it could be improved by the provision of feedback. The skilled team would be aware that visual feedback for a lateral gesture could be provided by the extremely familiar sliders from his common general knowledge, such as the Windows CE slider. It is true that this simple improvement was not done by Neonode. This is a secondary consideration which may in some circumstances support a case of inventiveness. On its own, which it would be in this case, it is of little weight." [Floyd J]

The 868 Patent (portable electronic device for photo management)[paragraphs 242 - 280]
It was held that Apple's 868 Patent was valid, but the court found that HTC had not infringed the patent.

The 868 Patent related to photo management. Apple claimed that HTC's photo application, Gallery, infringed Apple's patent. In his finding of non-infringement, Floyd J concluded:

"The finding of non-infringement seems to me simply to reflect the fact that the patent is not directed to full screen mode, and in zoomed-mode claims a specific way of reacting to the fact that the edge has been reached during a gesture. HTC's method in zoomed-in mode reacts to the fact that the edge has been reached in a significantly different way." [Floyd J]

The 859 Patent (portable radio communication apparatus using different alphabets)[paragraphs 281 - 359]
Floyd J held that Apple's 859 Patent was invalid on the grounds that it was obvious. The patent related to SMS capability. All claims were held to be invalid over the prior art. If valid, it would have been infringed by the HTC devices.

At the end of his judgment, Floyd J commented on the seriously inaccurate trial estimate (6 - 8 days), given that there were four patents at issue, all of significant commercial importance to the parties. Both parties had filed voluminous expert evidence. The reading time estimate was considered to be completely unrealistic by Floyd J. In addition the circumstances of the case warranted a pre-trial review and the parties should have appreciated that the case would last ten days or more.

At any pre-trial review, the court would have reviewed the state of preparation of the case, and could well have given directions as to how the case was to be tried, including directions as to the order in which witnesses were to be called or as to the time to be allowed for particular stages in the trial - which may well have saved costs.

The case has been described as a resounding 'win' for HTC - and certainly will be regarded by those seeking to use touch screen technology as a significant 'loss' for Apple.

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dinamay na ang s3



Apple targets 17 Samsung products in patent suit | ABS-CBN News

kung ako sa samsung ifoflood ko ang market with S3 ibebenta ko ng sobrang mura tablahan na.

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kung ako sa samsung ifoflood ko ang market with S3 ibebenta ko ng sobrang mura tablahan na.

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