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Kodak: iPhone, BlackBerry Infringe on Patents
Kodak has filed a lawsuit against Research in Motion and Apple, arguing that iPhones and BlackBerrys that come equipped with cameras infringe on company patents relating to digital imaging technology.That suit was filed Thursday with the International Trade Commission. Two separate, but similar suits against Apple were filed in federal …(75 words) Related Topics: Fring,... »
Kodak: iPhone, BlackBerry Infringe on Patents
Kodak has filed a lawsuit against Research in Motion and Apple, arguing that iPhones and BlackBerrys that come equipped with cameras infringe on company patents relating to digital imaging technology.That suit was filed Thursday with the International Trade Commission. Two separate, but similar suits against Apple were filed in federal …(75 words) ... »
PocketMac Rescues Smartphones from the Toilet
Admit it, you’ve come close to doing the unthinkable – you text on your phone and surf the web while in the bathroom and when you get up to flush, your beloved phone slips out of your hand, your shirt pocket, or pants pocket and heads toward the toilet. You see your... »
Nokia asks US court to bar imports of Apple’s Macs, iPhones, iPods
Nokia last week asked a federal court to block Apple from importing virtually any of Apple’s current hardware into the U.S., including the iPhone, iPod and Mac lines. The lawsuit — the second Nokia has filed against Apple in the patent war that broke out last October — is nearly identical to the complaint the... »
VoIP: Industry of the Decade
Say what you want about where the cool new gadgets are popping up, but according to some analysts, the ‘naughts’ were all about VoIP growth. According to IBISWorld, VoIP was ranked ‘industry of the decade’ for the decade just come to a close. According to the IBISWorld report “in the short period [from 2002 when... »
AT&T Wants to Kill The PSTN
TMCnet contributor Gary Kim has an excellent article about AT&T asking the Federal Communications Commission to create a timetable to shutdown the analog PSTN phone system in the United States. AT&T explains that maintaining two networks – IP and PSTN is retarding the deployment of the newer broadband IP network. Ok, I’ll grant you... »
Nokia says most Apple products violate its patents
Nokia has ramped up its legal fight against Apple, arguing that almost all of its products infringe Nokia patents. Nokia, the world’s largest phone maker, filed its new complaint with the US International Trade Commission (ITC). The Finnish phone maker alleges that Apple is using patented technologies to “create key features in its products”, including iPods... »
The iPhone isn’t perfect and Nokia launches its alternative, the N900
When hostages defend their kidnappers, it is known as “Stockholm syndrome”. Something similar happens to iPhone users, according to the Danish analyst Strand Consult , when they fall so in love with the device that it blinds them to its defects such as a poor camera, lousy battery life for heavy users and no... »
Top Stories of 2009: Mobile VoIP gets real
There are two different and sometimes warring sides to the Mobile VoIP world. There are the application and software developers who have created mobile VoIP apps that use carrier data networks and circumvent carrier voice plans, and then there are the carriers who sometimes wish to block such applications while also making plans to... »
Airvana: An Opportunity in Femtocells
Timothy Lutts submits: Back in October, I wrote the following: I’ve got an iPhone. In fact, my wife and two of my three kids have iPhones. The iPhone is absolutely wonderful as a portable computer, camera, music player and casual gaming device. I use it to check on stocks, keep notes, view... »
Rumor Mill: Apple to buy VoIP provider iCall
Google has been buying up VoIP companies, so it only makes sense for its rival Apple to do the same. Rumors are floating about that Apple may be in the market for VoIP provider iCall. iCall is a low-cost VoIP provider with desktop software, browser-based calling and mobile apps. The company also has enterprise offerings... »
We can’t see the forest for the T-Mobiles: As we consume Apples and BlackBerrys, natural world beats a sensory retreat
You know you have crossed the river into Cyberland when the guy coming your way has his head buried in the hand-held screen. He will knock into you unless you get out of his way, and don’t expect an apology. It’s as if you aren’t there. Maybe you’re not. Technology has drawn us into our interconnected... »
Predictions: The Fabulous 5 for 2010
As the first decade of the 21st century draws to a close, we are on the cusp of another massive change in technology, one that will involve a new, more dynamic two-way experience with the web. However, instead of making specific predictions as to which technologies will win (or lose) in 2010, I am... »
Is Apple Stopping Progress?
It’s time not to put the hammer down, but to throw it up again. Yesterday Nimbuzz made noise via GigaOm’s Om Malik, with news of their client now offering what is called Nimbuzz Out, which is in many ways a clone of Fring, Skype Out and Truphone combined, as the new feature it allows... »
Report: Smartphones To Outsell Regular Cells by 2012
Prepare to see more BlackBerrys, Droids, Pres, iPhones and the like than traditional mobile phones in the very near future. In less than three years, smartphone sales will overtake the sale of standard mobile phones. That’s according to a new report from Infonetics Research.”Smartphones are on track to post a …(311 words) ... »
Inside the App Economy: Making Money from Mobile Phone Apps
Beyond the goofy games is a world of useful programs that’s making fortunes and changing the rules of business It’s easy to shrug off the kooky world of apps. The bite-size software programs people load onto their mobile phones or tap into on the Web seem mostly to be silly games and pointless novelties. But... »
In Lawsuit, Nokia Says iPhone Infringes Its Patents
Nokia, the world’s largest cellphone maker, sued Apple on Thursday, claiming the iPhone violates 10 patents for wireless transmission technologies. The iPhone, which was introduced by Apple in 2007, uses two industry standards for wireless communications, G.S.M. and U.M.T.S., that Nokia developed as part of a consortium of global telecommunications companies. Nokia said it had... »
AT&T Q3: Beats Estimates, Activates 3.2 Million iPhones
Larry Dignan (ZDNet) submits: AT&T’s (T) bet on the iPhone continues to work well. The company reported a better-than-expected third quarter, delivered post paid churn of 1.17 percent (a low for AT&T), activated 3.2 million iPhones and boosted data revenue by 33.6 percent. The telecom giant on Thursday delivered net income of $3.2 billion, or... »
The iPhone & Nokia’s Troubles, By the Numbers
Helsinki…you have a problem! (Actually it’s Espoo which has a problem, but Helsinki sounded better.) If you want to know why Nokia is in trouble, you need to look no further than its market share declines during the second quarter of 2009 in the company’s home market of Western Europe. This region accounts for... »
Truphone 3.0 comes to the Apple iPod touch
Truphone today launched Truphone 3.0, a major new upgrade to its mobile VoIP application for the Apple iPod touch. Truphone 3.0 was already available for the Apple iPhone, so this release just brings the latest features to the popular iPhone touch. IM services currently supported include Skype, MSN Messenger, AIM, Yahoo! Messenger and Google Talk.... »
Sound familiar? Apple launches a revolution – and then gets overtaken
It happened when the Mac bought a mouse to every desktop. Now, with the iPhone, it’s happening again. When a black-jumpered Steve Jobs bounded on to a San Francisco stage just over two years ago to give the keynote speech at the annual gathering of the Apple faithful known as Macworld, he made his intentions... »
Is Apple Outthinking the Mobile Industry?
For those who deal with the mobile industry on a daily basis the idea of “the carrier is the one who makes the rules” would not be a surprise. But when it comes to Apple, one has to really wonder if Steve Jobs and his crew figured out how to take control, when no other... »
Why AT&T Is Desperately Addicted to the iPhone
A few weeks ago, AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson told the Wall Street Journal that his company was interested in extending its exclusive contract with Apple through 2011. It was interesting to see a senior executive at one of world’s largest telecom companies tip his hand publicly. Fast-forward to today, when Ma Bell reported its... »
AT&T Q1: Handily Beats on Earnings, Activates 1.6 Million iPhones
Larry Dignan (ZDNet) submits: AT&T (T) on Wednesday delivered first quarter net income of $3.1 billion, or 53 cents a share, on revenue of $30.6 billion. That tally handily topped Wall Street estimates. Meanwhile, AT&T said it activated 1.6 million iPhones in the quarter. Wall Street was expecting earnings of 48 cents a share... »
Mixed Signals on Skype With T-Mobile
Radio Netherlands has an interesting comment about T-Mobile/Netherlands not being opposed to Skype on the iPhone, while sister T-Mobile Germany is. In the Netherlands, T-Mobile is the exclusive provider of iPhones. T-Mobile Nederland is not against the use of Skype on its network. The German branch of the company, however, is blocking its use by... »
Skype is Trying Hard To Behave
This report makes me think Skype wants to do for AT&T what they have done for 3 in the UK (via iSkoot). The approach is simple. They want to be part of the real mobile community, not the part that encourages jailbreaking of iPhones. Related Topics: AT&T, iPhone, iphones, Mobile, phone, Skype »
How Apple Put Everyone In an App State of Mind
Sometime in the near future, Apple is going to announce that a billion little apps have been download for use on its iPhone and iPod touch platforms. As of yesterday, about 945 million apps had been download. That translates to about 31 apps per iPhone/iPod touch out there. As it crosses the billion-apps mark,... »
eBay to Launch Skype IPO
It just gets better and better – First, there was the legal fight between Joltid (Niklas Zennstrom) and Skype/eBay that I wrote about. Then the NY Times reported that Skype’s founders, Niklas Zennstrom and Janus Friis, were in talks with several private equity firms to make a bid to buy back Skype. Now,... »
Skype for iPhone Passes 1 Million Downloads!
According to Skype, “In less than two days, Skype for iPhone has been downloaded more than one million times – around six downloads every second. This is a phenomenal performance, and we’re confident that it’s one of the fastest-downloaded iPhone apps ever. We’ll be back next week with an update, but for now, Skype... »
What Skype & Rich Tehrani Do in Vegas Stays in Vegas
I won’t comment on Rich taking pictures of scantily clad women unawares. In fact, I won’t comment at all. I’ll just steal Rich’s pictures of the Skype CTIA event party in Las Vegas. The glass pool table with the Skype logo looks pretty cool, as does the giant mockup of an Apple iPhone. It’s... »