So Kodak has sued Apple and RIM over IP infingment. Kodak states that it’s been talking with both Apple and RIM for some time to resolve this amicably but since that didn’t work, they decided to sue. The patent in question is related to a method of previewing images in a mode that enables quick [...]
A new RIM patent application suggests that by placing a proxy server on the device it could compress and transcode all network requests on the device thereby increasing speeds. This would obviously also have the added benefits by reducing the bandwidth usage per device which is useful to both RIM and Carriers. This would put [...]
So the rumours for the next generation of the iPhone are starting now. According to PCWorld, the next generation iPhone will be dubbed iPhone 4G and will have: 5 Megapixel Camera (putting on par with the Nexus One) Updated Operating System with revamped App Store OLED Screen Video Chat Support Announced as early as May [...]
According to PC World, it seems that Nexus One customers are trying to find support for their phones and are having a tough time finding it. Customers are going to point-of-sale (Google’s Phone Store) for support and that apparently has a 48 hour turnaround time, although I wasn’t able to find that guarantee on the [...]
If you’ve been keeping up with the story, Rogers’s HTC Magic customers earlier this week got notice that they will be getting an upgrade to Android 2.1 sometime this year. However, HTC Dream customers would not get an upgrade past Android 1.5. This obviously sparked some outrage, but honestly, we didn’t expect the outrage to [...]
In a patent filing, RIM is trying to patent the concept of location-aware features. An example of this would be selecting an appropriate ringtone profile based on your location (i.e. loud when at home, but silent when in the office). This patent was filed in 2005, so it’s been in the works for a while. [...]
RIM announced it’s BlackBerry Presenter today which allows for delivering presentations from your BlackBerry directly via bluetooth. You basically connect the Presenter to the projector and instruct the accompanied BlackBerry App to present and off you go. No transcoding necessary. The Presenter apparently works with other bluetooth-enabled SmartPhones as well. It’s going for $199.99 USD [...]
The CBC reported today that the decision to allow Globalive (owner of the WIND brand) to operate in canada is being challenged. If you recall, back in December, Canada’s Industry Minister, Tony Clement, overruled a previous CRTC decision which blocked Globalive from operating cellphone service in Canada, allowing them to continue with their WIND mobile [...]
Well, it’s now official. Apple has acquired Quattro Wireless. The news confirmed by Quattro ex-CEO now an Apple VP of Mobile Advertising. Let’s not forget that RIM also announced an Advertising Service back in November as well. Basically, the strategy for these companies is to provide advertising capabilities to developers for their platforms. The real hope is [...]
Apple announced yesterday that their App Store has surpassed the 3 Billion download mark. Personally I’m not very fond of generalized stats such as this. I’m personally more interested in unique App download numbers or paid App download numbers. However, considering that they were at the 2 Billion download mark just over 3 months ago, [...]