Reuters reports that the Brazilian company IGB Eletronica SA is to introduce a line of Android-based smartphones under the brand name “IPHONE”. Moreover, according to the same report, the Brazilian company successfully copyrighted this brand name more than a decade ago. Now, since this is coming from Reuters, it just has to be true! But how come?! Well, we cannot...
Sales of the iPhone 5 topped two million units in its first weekend of availability in China, Apple announced Sunday evening. “Customer response to iPhone 5 in China has been incredible, setting a new record with the best first weekend sales ever in China,” said Tim Cook, Apple’s CEO. “China is a very important market for us and customers there...
Nokia building lease Nokia announced that it had completed the sale and lease-back of its head office building in Espoo, Finland, in favor of Exilion. Nokia will continue to occupy the facility, but the proceeds from this sale are expected to infuse fresh “blood” into the business “veins” of the giant phone maker. Arctic Wallet Stand for iPhone 5 The...
Yue Li, the president of China Mobile, confirmed at its Worldwide Developer’s Conference that business issues are holding up agreements with Apple, preventing the latest iPhone from reaching China’s largest cellphone provider’s network. Apart from business issues, as it seems, the released device as it stands does not function properly on the TD-SCDMA network. China Mobile is reportedly building out...
Well, everyone would admit the huge success of Apple’s iPhone 5. For some time now, the company has been rumored to be preparing a sequel – the so-called iPhone 5S, and planning to feed it to the “hungry” fans sometime in the first half or closer to the middle of 2013. And some newly leaked images just might actually evidence...
Ina Fried at AllThingsD: According to the document, both sides are getting a nonexclusive, nontransferrable and non-sublicensable license to certain of the other’s patents. Apple also agrees not to sue HTC over certain covered products, though the specific products are redacted. The agreement also appears to exclude any of Apple’s design patents as well as coverage on any products that...
Most of you know well, that at the time a new gadget is released, the next ones are ready to hit the market. So every ‘new’ device becomes ‘old’ as soon as it comes to the shelves. With Apple products it’s no different. Now that 2012 is almost at its end, attention is turned to the new year and the...
If you’re still mad at mom and dad for not buying you an iPhone 5… Well, first, you should show some understanding; it’s a financial crisis out there! Second, things may look much more promising this time, with AT&T offering Apple’s latest smartphone in refurbished form at prices that no one can say ‘no’ to! Each iPhone 5 variant is...
Apple vs. Samsung wars don’t seem to end soon. We all know that Apple had accused the South Korean company for ‘infringing’ the iPad’s design, but these allegations were not accepted by the court. Hence Apple had to place an official “apology” on the homepage of their website, stating clearly that the contested design was not in any way stolen...
We’ve heard how Steve Jobs threatened a “thermonuclear war” to destroy the Android platform, which he considered a “stolen product”. Yet, the Steve P. Jobs Trust, managed by Job’s own wife, is making very good money from the sale of each Android flavored Motorola DROID branded phone. How ironic! The sale of Pixar to the Walt Disney Company on January...
