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Atrix HD accidentally posted early on Motorola's website
- A blunder by Motorola has revealed detailed information and product photos of the upcoming Atrix HD smartphone. Astute observers noticed the phone on Motorola’s website, although the product page has since been pulled from the site. Of course, the specifications…
Judge cancels Apple, Motorola patent trial in tentative order
- Circuit Judge Richard A. Posner has canceled a trial between Apple and Motorola Mobility that was scheduled to begin on June 11. Posner, who usually handles appeals instead of cases that go to trial, said in a tentative order that…
ETSI approves nano-SIM standard, possibly Apple's design
- The European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) has finally settled on a design for the new nano-SIM format — officially known as the fourth form factor (4FF) — after weeks of heated debate between the major mobile manufacturers. The new design…
Android 4.0: Tracking ICS's Availability on Smartphones
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Last week HTC published a list of phones that will receive an update to Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich with a projected completion date of late August 2012. This is not a very encouraging prospect considering Google officially introduced ICS last October. Also because Android's next major revision codenamed “Jelly Bean” will be close to release by then.
But this is not an issue with HTC phones exclusively. In fact, Ice Cream Sandwich is more the exception rather than the rule on Android devices across the board. There’s a total of four smartphones shipping with the OS preloaded, just over a dozen with upgrades available, and more than 30 on the “coming soon” list.
Google delves into hardware, buys Motorola Mobility for $12.5 billion
- Google has announced its acquisition of Motorola's mobile arm for 12.5 billion dollars, a sum which marks the largest Google acquisition thus far. News of the deal's closure came from a Google blog post Tuesday morning, a post which follows a…
Motorola challenges traditional TV interface with DreamGallery
- Motorola may not make television sets but they believe they know what the future interface of connected devices should look like. During a cable television convention in Boston, the company demonstrated a new concept for connected sets called DreamGallery.
Microsoft victorious in Motorola patent dispute, wins US import ban
- Microsoft has prevailed over Motorola in one of their ongoing patent disputes after the US International Trade Commission (ITC) ruled (PDF) that the phone maker has violated one of the Redmond-based software giant's patents, and ordered an immediate import ban…
RIM, Motorola aim to meet Apple halfway with revised nano-SIM
- Motorola Mobility and Research in Motion have re-submitted a modified design of the so-called 4FF nano-SIM proposal, according to a report by The Verge. The companies are hoping to reach a middle-ground with Apple after talks broke down at the…
Motorola wins injunction: Xbox 360 and Windows 7 sales banned in Germany
- Microsoft was dealt a huge blow by Motorola Mobility after the latter was granted an injunction by the Mannheim Courts in Germany, preventing the Redmond-based software giant from selling online or in German stores its Xbox 360 games console and Windows…
T-Mobile, Verizon Android 4.0 upgrade schedules leaked
- Some Verizon and T-Mobile device owners will be pleased to hear that Ice Cream Sandwich may be making its way to their subsidized smartphone or tablet. Please bear in mind these are rumors and haven't been officially confirmed. ICS, or…
Judge favors Motorola over Microsoft in Xbox 360 patent case
- Microsoft has suffered a setback in a dispute with Motorola over patents involving technology in the Xbox 360. In a preliminary ruling Monday, US ITC Judge David Shaw found that Microsoft is infringing on four of the five patents in…
Is Google looking to dump Motorola hardware division?
- Google agreed to purchase Motorola’s mobile unit for $12.5 billion last August in a deal that was only approved by the Justice Department in February. The acquisition was the largest ever for the search giant and at the time, many…
Apple offers nano-SIM design free of royalties, but there's a catch
- The future of tiny SIM slots everywhere hangs in the balance as Apple, Motorola, RIM and Nokia continue deliberating over what the next nano-SIM standard will be. Not content with other offerings, Apple is now promising its own design will be…
Apple at odds with Nokia, RIM, Motorola over nano-SIM standard
- The European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) is scheduled to take a vote on the nano-SIM standard next week. The proposed designs -- one backed by Apple and the other by Nokia, RIM and Motorola Mobility -- will allow smartphone vendors…
German ruling spells trouble for Motorola's 3G patent lawsuits
- Motorola Mobility has been dealt a blow in Germany after a court ruled in favor of Apple in the ongoing standard-essential patent battle between the two firms, in which Motorola is suing Apple after refusing the Cupertino-based company’s FRAND licensing…
Microsoft: Motorola and Google are trying to 'kill video on the Web'
- Microsoft has launched a legal assault against Motorola for requesting unfair patent royalties involving video streaming. Filed with the European Commission, the complaint alleges that Motorola has broken a promise to license patents on industry-standard technologies in a "fair, reasonable…
Apple wins 3G patent case against Motorola in Germany
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Motorola Mobility Holdings lost its third patent case against Apple in Mannheim, Germany on Friday after failing to show that the Cupertino based iPhone maker was violating their 3G/UMTS patent for mathematical sequences in mobile...
Motorola Droid 4 unboxing, hands-on video
- The Droid is dead, long live the Droid. The Motorola Droid 4, that is. This time around, Motorola's keyboard-toting Android smartphone features a 4-inch qHD resolution display, a dual-core 1.2GHz processor, dual HD capable cameras, and support for Verizon's uber…
Justice Department to green light Google-Motorola deal
- Google could receive approval from the US Department of Justice for its $12.5 billion acquisition of Motorola Mobility as early as next week, giving the internet search giant a powerful armory of patents for its Android operating system, according to…
Motorola seeking 2.25% of Apple's mobile sales for 3G patent use
- Motorola has been causing some trouble for Apple in Germany recently, with the company winning and injunction on iCloud and enforcing a previous ruling that required the Cupertino giant to pull some iPhone models from stores in that country. The…
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