UK Court Orders Apple to Publish Notice On its Website that Samsung Not Copied iPad

Apple is Ordered by the court in Uk to Publish a notice on its website that Samsung did not copy iPad in Uk. The notice should outline the July London court decision that Samsung’s Galaxy tablets don’t infringe Apple’s registered designs, Judge Colin Birss said today. It should be posted on Apple’s U.K. home page for six months and published in several newspapers and magazines to correct any impression the South Korea-based company was copying Apple’s product, Birss said.


Apple is fighting patent lawsuits around the globe against competitors including Google Inc., HTC Corp. (2498) and Samsung as it competes for dominance of the smartphone and tablet computer markets. The firms have accused each other of copying designs and technology in their mobile devices. Legal battles about the similarity of Samsung and Apple tablets are being fought in Germany, the Netherlands and the U.S.The order means Apple will have to publish “an advertisement” for Samsung, Richard Hacon, a lawyer for Cupertino, California-based Apple, told the court. “No company likes to refer to a rival on its website.”


Public Statements
Birss said in his July 9 ruling that Samsung’s tablets were unlikely to be confused with the iPad because they are “not as cool.” He declined today to grant Samsung’s bid for an injunction blocking Apple from making public statements that the Galaxy infringed its design rights.
“They are entitled to their opinion,” he said.
Apple spokesman Alan Hely didn’t immediately respond to a phone call and e-mail requesting comment on the judge’s order.

“Should Apple continue to make excessive legal claims based on such generic designs, innovation in the industry could be harmed and consumer choice unduly limited,” Samsung said in a statement after the hearing.
“The war between these two companies seems to be escalating even further,” said Colin Fowler, an intellectual property lawyer at London-based Rouse. He said much of the publicity around the July 9 ruling focused on Birss’ comments about Samsung not being as cool.
“From a victory in court they were suddenly on the back foot,” Fowler said in a phone interview. “Getting this order fits in with the context of them trying to restore the balance.”

‘Commercial Harm’
Comments made by Apple after that ruling unfairly implied that Samsung had copied designs, Samsung’s lawyer Kathryn Pickard said at the hearing. That “caused real commercial harm.”
As well as Apple’s website, the company must pay for notices in the Financial Times, the Daily Mail, Guardian Mobile magazine, and T3, according to a draft copy of the order provided by Samsung’s lawyers.

Apple’s lawyer said the company would appeal the July 9 decision and Judge Birss granted the company permission to take its case to the court of appeal.

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Apple released a standalone Podcasts app into the App Store

Apple released a standalone Podcasts app into the App Store for iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad today for junkies who want to separate their listening experience from the rest of iTunes. Users will get full access to Apple’s already extensive library of thousands upon thousands of audio and video podcasts.
Rumors about a dedicated Podcasts app have been a bit of a roller coaster over the past few weeks. Shortly after the first beta of iOS 6 came out, we reported Apple was working on bringing a Podcasts app to a future version of the OS because they were suspiciously removed from iTunes. Then yesterday, Apple released iOS 6 beta 2 which brought podcasts back to iTunes. Just when everyone thought the standalone app wouldn’t see the light of day, here it is.
The Podcasts app that was made a reality today takes a similar UI to the new iTunes Store and App Store in iOS 6 with dark navigation bars and backgrounds. You can scroll through podcasts or top stations, which will nicely organize them into a carousel sorted by category. A sleep timer is available if you’re listening at night and the app will also sync playback progress across devices. Tap the Catalog to flip over and browse more podcasts to subscribe, favorite or share.
There might be some negative feedback about Apple choosing to let podcasts go solo in iOS, but I think it was a smart move. Most people either faithfully subscribe to podcasts (or make podcasts themselves) or just ignore them altogether. Making a separate Podcasts app is beneficial to people on either side.
You can get the Podcasts app for free in the App Store.

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iOS 6 beta is up for users

Apple gave us a preview of the exciting new iOS 6 yesterday and if you’re all excited and ready to give it a try, here’s where you can download it from. Officially for users, iOS 6 will be available only this Fall, but for developers trying to get their apps ready it’s out now. You can grab it at the Apple Developer website, but that requires a dev account, and if you don’t have one you might need to visit some not so official places on the Internet.

Website Maypalo has uploaded, or at least provided the links, for iOS 6 for all various devices that support it. Hit the link for your device to get the update:

• iOS 6 for iPhone 3GS
• iOS 6 for iPhone 4
• iOS 6 for iPhone 4S
• iOS 6 for iPad 2
• iOS 6 for the New iPad 3
• iOS 6 for iPod touch 4th gen

So there you have it - proceed with caution and only if you know what you're doing (otherwise, you'd better wait up for the official release) and keep in mind this is the first beta out there, and the final version won’t come out until Apple irons out all bugs.

source: Maypalo via GSM Arena

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Rumors of new iPad Mini which is Smaller and cheaper.

Rumors of new iPad which is Smaller and cheaper.
That’s what everyone wants to know now.
If a report from Apple’s best frenemy Samsung is anything to go by, it’ll be the long-rumored iPad mini.The rather bizarre (and casually dropped) revelation comes via a Samsung Securities document, which explicitly states that Apple will release a new 7-inch device called the iPad mini to compete with the likes of the Galaxy Tab 7 and the Kindle Fire.

Following the success of its iPad 1 and iPad 2, which have together achieved sales of 55m units, Apple plans in 1Q12 to launch the iPad 3 and in 3Q12 a new 6-inch product temporarily referred to as the iPad mini.

Sounds pretty assertive, doesn’t it, especially from Samsung, a company that will likely contribute many parts to upcoming iPad models.

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In new iPad 2 The Battery Life Is improved with 32nm chip

Already boasting better battery life than the New iPad 3, the current batch of iPad 2 units are apparently more longer lasting that the iPad 2 from last year. A recent chip teardown reveals that Apple is using a revised version of its A5 processor that has been built on the 32nm Samsung High-K + Metal Gate process. This chip is capable of a smaller process which theoretically leads to improved battery life.

The battery life compared to the third-generation iPad is even better, boasting an extra two and a half hours of gaming and browsing, and an extra four hours of video playback. Beyond eking out a bit more battery life, the 32 nm processor on these iPad 2 units perform just as quickly as the originals.



So how do you get one of these iPad 2,4 units? It’s tricky, because the box art is exactly the same as any other 16 GB Wi-Fi iPad 2, so the only way you can find out the specific model number is by loading up a diagnostic app like Geekbench. iPad 2,4 models are preloaded with iOS 5.1, but aside from that, you might have to return a lot of iPads to the store if you’re really on the hunt for one of these.

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