Manufacturers
NTP sues Google, HTC, LG & Motorola over patent issues
NTP Inc., best-known for getting a settlement from Research In Motion over email technology, is shifting its legal sights to a number of smartphone makers Google.
NTP, which holds a number of patents but doesn’t manufacture any products, filed a lawsuit on Thursday in the U.S. District Court in the Eastern District of Virginia against Google, HTC, LG and Motorola over eight patents related to the wireless delivery of email.
AMOLED display shortage not temp; to last at least until 2012
As we all know, low supplies of AMOLED screens has been hindering sales for HTC for nearly two months. iSuppli is reporting that shipments of AMOLED screens used in mobile phones are projected to reach 184.5 million units by 2014, up from 20.4 million units in 2009. Read the rest of this entry »
HTC posts record second quarter revenue
HTC today announced a record second quarter revenue of NT$60.53 billion (US$1.88 billion), up nearly 58.4 percent year-on-year, or 60.6 percent quarter-on-quarter, and higher than its forecast of NT$50 billion. Read the rest of this entry »
The company also set a record revenue of NT$23.86 billion in June, up 66.7 percent year-on-year and the third consecutive month the company registered a record monthly revenue, the company said Tuesday.
Qualcomm Dual Core Snapdragon Hands on video
In the last one year, we saw many devices using the power of Qualcomm Snapdragon single core processor, but now the manufacturer is ready for dual core version. We are even hearing rumours about the possible Android devices which will run on the dual core version.
How much power does this pack inside, folks over Netbook News got their hands on a prototype running on it at Uplinq 2010. Here is the video of their experience with the device.
Quick Note: 160,000 Android phones selling everyday
At the Droid X launch event today, Google vice president Andy Rubin announced that 160,000 Android devices are being sold per day. That is a big increase from 100,000 devices from last month’s Google I/O.
Apple sues HTC again
After their 20 long patent case against HTC, Apple has again sued High Tech Corp. This time it involves four patents, two fresh, two resubmitted. Read the rest of this entry »
The case reinforces Apple’s intent to clamp down on HTC, which many believe is ultimately a proxy target the company is using to get at Google and curb the growth of Android.
INQ working on Android phone; to launch in fourth quarter
Social handset maker INQ has started focussing on Android now, leaving behind Qualcomm Brew.
Gigaom is reporting that INQ will be launching its first Android handset in the fourth quarter this year.
No other details are currently available on this device, but it is expected to be social networking oriented phone.
In the recent times, we have seen lot many companies migrating towards Android in the push to widen their smartphone inventory.
Welcome INQ to Android family.
LG goes Motorola way; to launch 20 Android phones this year
We all know Motorola is planning to launch 20 Android phones this year, and that’s normal because it is totally dependent on Android now. But, LG also seems to have caught fancy of their Android strategy. Read the rest of this entry »
Korea Times reported recently that LG wants a pie of growing smartphone market, thus it would be concentrating on Android now. So, the company is planning to launch around 20 Android phones this year.
Sony Ericsson working on Android powered 'Walkman Phone'
We all were wondering, what after Xperia X10 series from Sony Ericsson. So, here is a rumour which is suggesting that Sony Ericsson is working on a Walkman series phone running on Android.
This upcoming is very similar to Xperia X10 mini but with the walkman twist. It would be sporting a similar 2.6? TFT touchscreen, 5 MP cam, GPS, Bluetooth, 3G, 600MHz processor and supoort of style up covers.
No other information right now, but we are digging up.
Acer announces LumiRead e-book reader
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Acer made their Android based e-book reader more official with a press release today. Acer CEO some days back showed the device in an event, but it was thought to be a tablet. But, now we know it is an e-book reader.
The 6″ LumiRead, which is half-typical e-reader, and half-all new measures only a few millimeters thick, has QWERTY keypad, comes with 2GB of memory for storing books and other materials, WiFi and 3G. It will be using Barnes & Noble and Libri.de e-book stores.
