Last month, HTC and Apple reached a cross-licensing settlement that would put a 10-year kibosh on any litigation between the two. While HTC’s Peter Chou was happy enough to call the settlement “A Good Ending,†Samsung saw it as an opportunity to have injunction proceedings against them thrown out.
Samsung immediately sought access to the details of said agreement and were finally granted access by the courts. This ruling ultimately allowed for [Read More...]
Last month, HTC and Apple reached a cross-licensing settlement that would put a 10-year kibosh on any litigation between the two. While HTC’s Peter Chou was happy enough to call the settlement “A Good Ending,†Samsung saw it as an opportunity to have injunction proceedings against them thrown out.
Samsung immediately sought access to the details of said agreement and were finally granted access by the courts. This ruling ultimately allowed for [Read More...]
Samsung’s Galaxy S Vibrant vs. iPhone 4
Apple claims that its internal research shows that the main reason US smartphone consumers purchased an Android phone instead of an iPhone was in order to stay with their current carrier. The study only covers the US smartphone marked and was brought up by Samsung today as court evidence in the patent infringement trial between the two companies in Northern California.
The study was published [Read More...]
A recent report from the research firm GfK claims that iPhone owners are much more likely to display loyalty to the iOS platform with intention of picking up another iPhone when upgrading their handset. More specifically, 84% of iPhone users that were a part of the research study said they would be upgrading to another iPhone, compared to just 60% of Android users who plan to purchase another Android device, and 48% of RIM users who [Read More...]
Although stepping down as CEO of Apple, Steve Jobs will continue as a controversial member of Disney’s board, reports say. Jobs is Disney’s largest shareholder, owning 7.4 percent of the company. Wednesday, Jobs announced he would also stay on as chairman of Apple, the tech giant he co-founded. Disney cited Jobs health issues as reasons why the former Apple CEO could not attend 75 percent of board meetings – the only member [Read More...]
Earlier this year it was rumored Pegatron Technology would share manufacturing orders for Apple’s next iPad with Foxconn. Foxconn no like. According to Digitimes, Foxconn is actively trying to persuade Apple into signing a new deal that would make Foxconn the sole manufacturer of the next iPad. Foxconn’s success has gone hand-in-hand with the success of their largest client, Apple, and the company apparently guards that relationship like a jealous boyfriend. However, Apple from a business standpoint [Read More...]
