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Submission + - Google announces $299 Nexus 4 smartphone and $399 Nexus 10 tablet (bgr.com) 1

Submitted by TheBoat on Monday October 29, 2012 @12:28PM

TheBoat writes: Surprise, surprise. It looks like Hurricane Sandy can’t hold Google down, as the company has just gone ahead and unveiled the Nexus 4 smartphone and Nexus 10 tablet even though its press conference was canceled. Nexus 4 specs include a 4.7-inch True HD IPS Plus display with 1,280 x 768-pixel resolution, an 8-megapixel camera, a Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Pro processor, 2GB of RAM and Android 4.2. The phone starts at a shockingly affordable $299 without any contract or subsidies, and it will launch in the United States on November 3rd.

The Samsung-built Nexus 10 tablet sports a 2,560 x 1,600-pixel display with a pixel density of 300 PPI, a dual-core 1.7GHz Samsung Exynos chipset, 2GB of RAM, NFC and a 5-megapixel camera. Pricing starts at $399 with 16GB of storage and tops out at $499 for the 32GB model, and both will launch on November 3rd alongside the Nexus 4.

Both devices will be available through the Google Play store.

Submission + - CEO Tim Cook apologizes for Apple's awful Maps app, recommends Bing and (bgr.com)

Submitted by TheBoat on Friday September 28, 2012 @09:05AM

TheBoat writes: Tim Cook has apologized for the company's Maps app in iOS 6. The CEO admitted that Apple “fell short” on its commitment to deliver the best experience possible to its customers. He also recommended that while the company works to fix the experience, users can take advantages of alternative mapping options for iOS including MapQuest and Microsoft’s Bing app.

Submission + - Apple confirms iPhone 5 preorders top 2 million in 24 hours (bgr.com)

Submitted by TheBoat on Monday September 17, 2012 @08:55AM

TheBoat writes: Apple announced on Monday that iPhone 5 preorders topped 2 million units in the smartphone’s first 24 hours of pre-sale availability. That figure doubles Apple’s first-day iPhone 4S sales last year, making the iPhone 5 Apple’s fastest-selling smartphone ever.

Submission + - Samsung: Apple stole the iPad's design from a tablet it saw a decade earlier (bgr.com)

Submitted by TheBoat on Wednesday August 15, 2012 @11:20AM

TheBoat writes: We’re starting to see a theme develop here. Now that it’s Samsung’s turn to present its case in the San Jose, California patent trial that regularly has the tech media abuzz, the company is taking an interesting approach. Rather than start out by arguing that its various Android smartphones and tablets do not copy Apple’s designs or infringe on its patents, Samsung is arguing that Apple’s IP is invalid to begin with. On Monday, Samsung argued that Apple’s pinch-to-zoom patent was stolen from Mitsubishi’s old Diamond Touch and on Tuesday evening, Samsung made a similar argument regarding the design of Apple’s iPad.

Samsung on Tuesday presented the jury with videotaped testimony from Roger Fidler, head of the digital publishing program at the University of Missouri. In his testimony, Fidler stated that he began work on a tablet design in 1981. “Apple personnel were exposed to my tablet ideas and prototypes,” he testified, adding that Apple staff saw his designs in the mid-1990s.

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