Sales of Apple’s iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS, iPhone 3G and iPad 2 Wi-Fi + 3G resumed on Friday after a permanent injunction had gone into effect early Friday morning. ”All iPad and iPhone models will be back on sale through Apple’s online store in Germany shortly” an Apple spokesperson told SlashGear in a statement. “Apple appealed this ruling because Motorola repeatedly refuses to license this patent to Apple on reasonable terms, despite having declared it an industry standard patent seven years ago.” Apple’s iOS devices with embedded 3G were deemed to being infringing on a Motorola patent this past December. A judge ordered an injunction at that time that went into effect on Friday, forcing Apple to remove the infringing devices
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Ban on iPhones and iPad suspended in Germany, sales resume
February 3rd, 2012 
Zach Epstein 
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Tags: Apple, Breaking, injunction, iPad 2, iPhone, iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4, Legal, motorola, patents, sales ban 
No Comments »Shareware Site Tucows Launches Cheap Wireless Service in Conjunction With Sprint
February 3rd, 2012 Quentyn Kennemer The folks at Tucows, who were once known for their applications (free, shareware or otherwise) repository for desktop operating systems are looking to introduce a new venture that’s interesting, to say the least. With the help of Sprint they have launched Ting, a pay-as-you-go service that gives users extremely good value compared to other PAYG [...]
Posted in News Tags: featured, Handsets, htc, HTC EVO Shift 4G, Industry News, Kyocera, Kyocera Zio, LG Optimus S, motorola, Motorola Photon 4G, Samsung, Samsung Conquer 4G, Samsung Transform, Sprint No Comments »Apple iCloud Found to be Infringing on Motorola Patents, German Court Rules
February 3rd, 2012 Quentyn Kennemer Motorola just won an important victory in German courts, if FOSS Patents is reporting accurately. The patent in play is Europe-based and is described as a “multiple pager status synchronization system and method” and is found to be infringed upon by Apple’s iCloud service. The famous judge who’s been dealing with all these Apple suits, [...]
iPhones, iPad 3G pulled from online Apple Store in Germany following ban
February 3rd, 2012 Zach Epstein Apple’s aggressive litigation strategy against Android vendors over the past year has seen precious little return considering the huge investment it reportedly requires, and on Friday things took another turn south for the Cupertino, California-based technology giant. A court in Germany has issued a permanent injunction against the iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS, iPhone 3G and iPad 2 Wi-Fi + 3G, upholding a ruling issued in December. Online sales of the phones have been banned in the country, and Apple has removed the devices from its German website. All iPhone models and iPad 2 models are still available for sale at local retailers, FOSS Patents reports. The ban is the result of a patent complaint filed against Apple by Motorola Mobility in Germany, claiming
Posted in News Tags: Apple, ban, iPad 2, iPhone, iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4, Legal, Mobile, motorola, patent infringement, patents, sales ban, Tablets No Comments »AT&T Motorola Atrix 2 Gets An Update To v55.13.25 – No, It’s Not Ice Cream Sandwich
February 3rd, 2012 Eric Ravenscraft Motorola Atrix 2 owners on AT&T are receiving an OTA update to v55.13.25, by AT&T reckoning. In Android versions, that would be 2.3.6, so sorry – no Ice Cream Sandwich for you, yet. Before your hopes are completely dashed, though, here are the …
Posted in News Tags: 55.13.25, Android 2.3.6, AT&T, atrix 2, motorola, Software, update No Comments »Motorola Atrix 2 Update Rolling Out Now – Improves Performance, Removes Carrier IQ
February 3rd, 2012 Chris Chavez Motorola ATRIX 2 users have something to look forward to with a new software update rolling out to their devices starting today. The update will bring the Atrix 2 up to software version v55.13.25 and Motorola cleverly mentions greater device security — otherwise known as the removal of Carrier IQ’s spyware. Users can also look [...]
DROID 4 rumored to launch February 9th for $199.99 on Verizon [updated]
February 3rd, 2012 Dan Graziano Verizon Wireless and Motorola unveiled the DROID 4 at last month’s Consumer Electronics Show, but the handset never formally received a release date. A new rumor from Droid-Life points to a launch next week on February 9th, however. The newest DROID will reportedly launch at $199.99 with a new two-year agreement — a price that matches a recently leaked MAP list and what we were told by a Verizon representative. The smartphone features a 4-inch qHD display, a 1.2GHz dual-core processor, 1GB of RAM, 16GB of internal storage, an 8-megapixel camera, 4G LTE connectivity and a five-row QWERTY keyboard. Thanks to upcoming network enhancements, the DROID 4 will also be able to roam overseas, making it Verizon’s first 4G LTE device with
Posted in News Tags: $199, 4-inch, 5-row keyboard, Android, Droid, droid 4, February 9, Mobile, motorola, Verizon No Comments »Android and iOS see continued growth in Q4 as BlackBerry, Windows and Symbian slide
February 2nd, 2012 Todd Haselton ComScore released its most recent U.S. Mobile Subscriber Market Share report for the three-month period ending in December, 2011. The research firm found that Samsung remained the top mobile phone vendor in the fourth quarter with a 25.3% market share — the same share as it held in the third quarter. LG’s market share dropped 0.6 percentage points to a 20% share for second place followed by Motorola, which fell 0.5 percentage points to 13.3%. Apple had the fourth largest share with a 12.4% market share, up 2.2 percentage points, and RIM fell 0.4 points to a 6.7% share. Read on for more. Android remains the most used smartphone operating system in the United States with a 47.3% share of the
Posted in News Tags: Android, Apple, blackberry os, comScore, December 2011, google, iOS, LG, market share, microsoft, Mobile, motorola, report, RIM, Samsung, symbian No Comments »DROID RAZR and RAZR MAXX 6.12.173 Update is Official and Ready to Roll Out – Here is the Changelog
February 2nd, 2012 Kellex The 6.12.173 update for the DROID RAZR that we posted up back on January 23 is now official and ready to roll out to handsets. Actually, the same software is also rolling out to the RAZR MAXX. We wrote about the fact that both phones would run identica…
DROID RAZR and RAZR MAXX’s OTA Update Version 6.12.173 Details Appear On Verizon Site
February 2nd, 2012 Quentyn Kennemer It’s been almost two weeks since a leaked update for the DROID RAZR appeared. That update was 6.12.173 and was found to be signed for an official release even though it wasn’t known whether or not it was a final, official build. It looks like that build was indeed final, however, as details regarding the update [...]
