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Apple says Samsung asks 2.4% per chip patent

Published on: 8th October, 2011

Apple claims that Samsung is holding it hostage as it asks for 2.4 percent per 3G chip used to make the iPhone and iPad. In a court hearing in The Hague, Netherlands, over new counterclaims of Samsung, Apple said the Korean company was intentionally misusing the royalty rate as well as the responsibility for the [...]

Survey shows one third of Chinese 3G buyers prefer iPhone

Published on: 8th April, 2011

According to a recent AlphaWise/Morgan Stanley survey, Apple is managing quite well in the phone industry in China. Among the 2,029 Chinese users of cellphones interviewed in February and March, 88 percent claimed they would buy a smartphone as their next phone. Thirty percent of the group intending to acquire a 3G phone declared they [...]

Yahoo Messenger to reach Android and iPhone, 3G video chat

Published on: 13th October, 2010

Yahoo’s vice president of Mobile North America, David Katz, promised a Yahoo Messenger version with 4G or 3G video chat to smartphones. People owning an iPhone 4 or Android phones with front cameras, such as the myTouch on T-Mobile or the Epic 4G from Samsung, will have a two-way chat option regardless of the network [...]

Mercedes-Benz to extend iPad plans to dealerships throughout US

Published on: 12th October, 2010

Mercedes-Benz has said that all its 355 dealerships in the United States should be equipped with 3G iPads in a short time. A pilot program has been launched in June, consisting of distributing iPads to 40 outfits. The declared intention was to keep customers and dealers out by the cars, instead of forcing them to [...]

Long-awaited Skype for Android has been released

Published on: 12th October, 2010

Skype has recently announced the release of the long-awaited Skype for Android. It is possible now for phones running Android 2.1 to download the free application which makes available free Skype-to-Skype calls through Wi-Fi for users in the United States only. European users as well as those from other continents will be able to make [...]

Pay-as-you-go data, 3G portables unveiled by AT&T

Published on: 25th September, 2010

AT&T has expanded its mobile data plans with the first options related to prepaid data. People having built-in 3G in their notebooks will benefit from the DatConnect Pass, which offers the option of paying for only a small amount of data, without needing a contract. Prices are $15 for 100MB of data used over the [...]

Samsung’s Galaxy Tab more expensive than any iPad?

Published on: 6th September, 2010

It is possible that the Galaxy Tab of Samsung has a high enough price, making it more expensive than almost any Apple model, as unconfirmed sources claim. Journal du Geek gives a price of 699 euros for a 16GB model, equivalent of $895. Such a price would be similar to that of a 32GB iPad, [...]

Skype over 3G could be allowed by Korea’s SK Telecom

Published on: 18th July, 2010

The largest cellphone provider in South Korea, SK Telecom, has recently announced that it would allow its clients to make Internet-based calls on its cellular network. This incorporates various services, for instance Skype when they are connected to SK’s 3G network. Such calls are currently limited by SK to Wi-Fi connections. SK, as well as [...]

Voice over LTE to have 3G support and emergency calls

Published on: 16th July, 2010

Updated specifications of VoLGA Forum for its standard for Voice Over LTE have been released. The new specifications include mobile voice as well as SMS services over 4G and is different from the current standard which supports only data. The changes in the standard will bring VoLGA (Voice over LTE via Generic Access) which uses [...]

The first Mac-based 3G/4G USB modem for Sprint

Published on: 25th June, 2010

On June 22, 2010, Sprint has started offering Sierra Wireless’s 3G/4G USB 250U mobile broadband modem. This hybrid modem is Sprint’s first device of this type, which supports Mac OS X and benefits from a 180-degree rotating hinge –this is very practical, as it offers an obstruction-free fit on various models of notebooks, including the [...]

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