I like Apple products. God knows I own and use enough of them. But, I hate their out-sourcing business practices and their world-wide anti-Android lawsuits. So, when I learned this morning that Motorola Mobility had won a permanent injunction against Apple’s iCloud service in Germany because of a patent violation and Motorola had followed that [...]
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Apple gets kicked in the teeth by German patent lawsuit decisions
February 3rd, 2012 · No Comments
Tags: Apple · Business · Google · Infrastructure · Legal · Motorola · SmartPhone · Tablet
The poor get poorer and the rich get richer with Apple’s iPad-based textbooks
January 23rd, 2012 · No Comments
Apple’s iBooks2’s reinvented textbooks really are something. They’re gorgeous, they’re fast, they’re real-time interactive with up to date information and they’ll only cost $14.99 or less. But, to use them, you’ll need an iPad–minimum list price: $499. Can you afford that for your kids? Can your school board? I could, but I’ve been lucky enough [...]
Tags: Apple · Applications · Business · Ebook · Education · Infrastructure · Tablet
Can Apple really beat Android in the courts?
January 12th, 2012 · Comments Off
If you buy the analysis of Deutsche Bank analyst Chris Whitmore, Apple is almost certain to beat the stuffings out of the Android vendors. I beg to disagree. While Apple has been attacking Android smartphone and tablet vendors in the courts around the world, I don’t see any reason to think, as Whitmore does, that [...]
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Apple loses one in its iPad tablet war with Samsung
December 22nd, 2011 · Comments Off
Take a long look at the two versions of Samung’s Galaxy Tab 10.1 on the right. One, says a German court, violated Apple’s iPad intellectual property (IP) design and thus couldn’t be sold in the European Union (EU). The other one is fine and dandy and can be sold. Can you tell the critical IP [...]
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Which Tablet has the Best Display?
December 21st, 2011 · Comments Off
We all have our own ideas on what looks good on a tablet display and what doesn’t. Unlike most of us though Dr, Raymond Soneira, president of DisplayMate, the world’s leading display and display tuning company, has more than just an opinion. He has a long, well-respected history of scientifically analyzing what separates great displays [...]
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