Archive | August 15th, 2012
Judge Lucy Koh asks Apple CEO Tim Cook to meet with Samsung CEO one more time
As the Apple-Samsung legal battle is in high gear during its third week, US District Court Judge Lucy Koh is still holding out hope that maybe the two parties can come to agreement before a jury verdict is reached. “I see risk here for both sides if we go to a verdict,” Koh explained earlier […]
Continue reading...iPad Mini news make the rounds
15. August 2012
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A flurry of iPad Mini news made the rounds late yesterday evening. First up, 9to5Mac reports that they received word from a number of sources that the rumored iPad Mini will look much like a large iPod touch, “with smaller bezels along the sides in portrait mode and separate volume buttons and not a “rocker” […]
Continue reading...Samsung designer claims Samsung Galaxy devices didn’t copy Apple’s iPhone icons
15. August 2012
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As the Apple and Samsung trial now enters its third week, Samsung’s senior user experience designer Jeeyuen Wang explained via an interpreter that the company did not copy Apple’s own icon designs on its line of Galaxy smartphones. On the contrary, Samsung’s choice of icons – which so closely resemble Apple’s it’s ridiculous – was […]
Continue reading...iOS 6 will let users wake up to their favorite songs
15. August 2012
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There’s good news for the multitude of iPhone users who rely on their iOS device to help them get up in the morning. One of the many new features in iOS 6 – scheduled to drop in late September alongside the new iPhone 5 – will be the ability to choose songs from one’s iTunes […]
Continue reading...Apple successfully blocks testimony of Samsung F700 designer Hyong Shin Park
15. August 2012
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Apple scored a notable legal victory earlier this week when they successfully convinced US District Judge Lucy Koh to not allow Samsung designer Hyong Shin Park from taking the stand and discussing the Samsung F700 phone, a device which Samsung claims pre-dates the iPhone and was inspired by a “bowl of water.” Samsung had for […]
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15. August 2012
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