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  Apple  has agreed to withdraw patent claims against a new  Samsung phone with a high-end display after Samsung said it was not offering to sell the product in the crucial US market. Apple disclosed the agreement in a filing in US District Court in San Jose, California. Representatives for both Apple and Samsung declined to comment. Last month Apple asked to add the  Galaxy S III Mini and other Samsung products, including several tablet models, to its wide-ranging patent litigation against Samsung. In response, Samsung said the Galaxy S III Mini was not available for sale in the  United States  and should not be included in the case. Apple won a $1.05 billion verdict against Samsung earlier this year but has failed to secure a permanent sales ban against several, mostly older Samsung models. The patents Apple is asserting against the Galaxy S III Mini are separate from those that went to trial. Samsung started selling the Mini in Europe in October to compete with Apple's  iPhone  

Tech giant  Apple  is working with  Intel  to manufacture a 'smart watch', a Chinese gadget blog has claimed.  According to the report, the Bluetooth watch would debut sometime in the first half of 2013.  Consumers have previously used the sixth-generation  iPod Nano  as a watch, with third parties producing wristbands for the product, News.com.au reports.  According to the report,  TechCrunch  writer Jordan Crook, however, said he was taking the news with a  grain  of salt.  He pointed out that if the  iPhone  maker is manufacturing a watch, it would be quite a while before we see any real evidence of it.  He also said that there's no proven market for smart watches yet.

As the year 2012 comes to a close, it's time for recap. Time to look back and see what worked and what didn't in the world of technology. While there many technologies and products that made an impact and were lapped up by users there were also some which failed to live up to the expectations and the buzz created.  Here we look at the top 10 tech misses of the year. APPLE MAPS Apple launched its home-grown Maps application in 2012, bumping off the popular Google Maps as the default mapping software for its mobile platform. However, this product was far from perfect and the company faced a lot of flak from users over its inaccuracies.  CEO Tim Cook was compelled to issues an apology for the flawed Apple Maps and even asked users to refer to rivals' products, including map apps from Nokia and Google. The ouster of software chief Scott Forstall is also said to be due to Apple Maps, for which he was responsible. When Google released its own Maps app for iOS, the appli

Apple  is reportedly in continued talks with Japanese manufacturer  Sharp  for its Igzo (Indium Gallium Zinc Oxide) display panels for the next-generation  iPhone ,  iPad  and iPad mini.  A Digitimes report has cited sources as saying that Apple is, however, concerned over the number of panels that Sharp can manufacture during 2013 to meet its requirements.  The report also said Apple is assessing if AU Optronics' L5C line can manufacture the required number of displays for its mobile devices for 2013. Sharp has licensed its Igzo manufacturing technology to  Innolux  Corp as well, which may emerge as the third supplier for this display panel for Apple, sources say.  Igzo displays are thinner and lighter than amorphous silicon (a-Si) panels that are currently used in Apple iPhone, iPad and iPad mini. This will reduce the weight of the devices, especially the fourth-generation iPad, which is heavier than iPad 2  and weighs over 650 gram. With the integration of this type of screen,

The  Samsung  Galaxy Note was a game changer. The device, with its 5.3-inch screen, made it cool to be seen with a phone-tablet hybrid - the phablet - and the Note II only improved on the form factor with a stellar hardware upgrade. But rivals are already nipping at Samsung's heels. We take a look at two new quad-core phablets to see if they have what it takes to compete with the Note II. LG Optimus Vu Phablets are supposed to be large, but the Vu is just humongous. This is mainly due to its squarer 4:3 screen. The '5-inch' size of phone screens is a diagonal measurement; so this proportion is always going to make for a wider display when compared to other 5-inch devices that use the widescreen 16:9 aspect ratio. What we like The Vu's big screen boasts of very good legibility - whether it's reading or web browsing - even in direct sunlight. Photos, movies and games are rendered with rich colours and the right amount of saturation. On the flip side, the 4:3 a

Recently, rumours about a  Nokia tablet  made quite a buzz, but details have been scarce. Now, sources close to the Finnish manufacturer have started dishing out leaks and one says Nokia's upcoming tablet will be powered by two batteries - one standard and the other in the keyboard cover.  According to a report in technology news website The Verge, the keyboard cover that will come with the device will have a battery and work as a kickstand, much like the one in Microsoft Surface. Users will be able to switch the keyboard-based battery in when the tablet's battery runs low.  The report cites sources as saying that the battery in the keyboard cover will work when the tablet's battery runs low.  The Verge also says that the primary battery of the tablet "will have a 10-hour capacity with fast charging that boosts the battery capacity to 50 percent in a short period of time." The tablet and the cover can be folded like a book, and the latter will also feature two bu

Finnish mobile phone manufacturer  Nokia  is in talks with its partners to develop a tablet that will help it take on market leader Apple's  iPad .  The company is in talks with Microsoft, Qualcomm  and  Compal Electronics  to manufacture a 10-inch tablet running on Windows RT , says Taiwan-based tech website Digitimes, quoting supply chain sources. This rumoured Nokia slate is 'likely' to be showcased at  Mobile World Congress , to be held in Barcelona in February, says the post.  This report in Digitimes also says that Nokia had previously considered making a Windows RT-based tablet working on Qualcomm's S4 processor in the early months of 2012. However, this idea was dropped when  Microsoft  announced its own tablet, Surface. Digitimes' sources said that Nokia thought it was prudent to wait to see the response to another tablet and proceeded to develop its phones.  In March this year, Nokia design chief,  Marko Ahtisaari  told a magazine that he was spending one

2012 was a big year when it came to gadget launches, as we saw many devices with revolutionary features hitting the shelves. Courtesy impressive technologies and in many cases unprecedented sales, these new devices made headlines all year long and kept us guessing what will be the next big thing.  Wondering which were the top 12 gadgets launched of 2012? Here's , read on.. 1.Apple iPhone 5 Apple iPhone 5 was the biggest gadget launch of the year when it came to the buzz surrounding its unveiling. This is the first iPhone to feature a 4-inch touchscreen with 326ppi pixel desity and runs on iOS6, the latest Apple mobile OS. The device is powered by the all-new propreitary dual-core A6 processor and is 18% thinner and 20% lighter than iPhone 4S.  Available in 16, 32 and 64GB versions, this device comes with an 8MP rear camera with LED flash, as well as a 1.2MP front snapper for video calls. Apple iPhone 5's connectivity features include 4G LTE, 3G, 2G, Wi-Fi and Bluetoo

Tech giant Apple is planning to launch a fifth generation tablet in March, a report has claimed. According to Japanese tech blog Macotakara's inside source, the new iPad will look like the iPadMini in design and detail and the dimensions of a slightly smaller iPad 2. The new model, according to the blog, would feature the Retina display with the same resolution as the third and fourth-generation iPads. According to the Daily Mail, these theories have been backed up by Digitimes and come from a source known for its accuracy regarding insider information about Apple products. If they do prove to be true, it would suggest that Apple is stepping up its game and keeping ahead of the curve within the world of tablets, the paper said. The current iPad measures 9.50in (241.2 m) by 7.31in (185.7mm) by 0.37in (9.4 m) and so according to the reports, the new one would be almost as thin as the iPad Mini at around 0.3in (7mm), the paper added.

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BB10 Browser gonna beat Desktop Browser.Astonished!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Read this: "We have a more [HTML5] standards-compliant browser than anybody else," said Alec Saunders, RIM's VP for Developer Relations. "It beats every desktop browser, it beats every mobile browser, it beats every tablet browser, when you start to measure the scores." The scores he referred to are points allocated by the site  HTML5test.com , which awards a mark for every measure of compliance that it detects in a browser while running its testing regime. The maximum score is 500, and the new BlackBerry 10 browser scored 484. "I think Tizen just beat us by one point," Saunders conceded, "But Tizen doesn't really matter, right?" This high level of compliance has been a major focus for RIM in the development of the new BlackBerry operating system, with Saunders admitting that web browsing in previous BlackBerry devices had been "a very poor experience".

Remember back in 2011, when all the big tech companies were working hard to create music “locker” services that allowed you to store your music in the cloud so you could listen to it whenever you wanted? Well, all of the big players — Apple, Amazon and Google — have them now. But it’s hard to tell if all the effort was worthwhile. Perhaps we all use them, and they’re so commonplace that no one thinks to mention it anymore. But my hunch is that they haven’t gotten much uptake from mainstream users. It may be telling, for instance, that none of the three competitors do much boasting about usage. Because all of them like to produce big numbers when they can. It’s possible, but not likely, that today’s news will change that: Google is rolling out a “scan and match” feature for its locker service,* which means it should be much, much faster to move songs from your computer to their servers — just like Apple and Amazon already offer. The twist is that Apple and Amazon charge u

Microsoft has quietly shifted Craig Mundie — its former chief research and strategy officer — to a new, vaguely defined role as “Senior Advisor to the CEO.” “In this role, he works on key strategic projects within the company, as well as with government and business leaders around the world on technology policy, regulation and standards,” Microsoft said in an updated biography on its corporate Web site. Most of Mundie’s duties, including oversight of Microsoft Research and other technical strategy responsibilities, will now fall to Eric Rudder, who is the company’s chief technical strategy officer. The move was announced internally in a Dec. 14 memo from CEO Steve Ballmer, but had not been publicized. “Over his career, Craig has brought great value to the groups and initiatives he has started and overseen and now brings that wealth of experience to his new role, Ballmer said in the email. “Craig has also been instrumental in building relationships with governments and poli

Google’s rich, reliable Maps app is back on the iPhone, and that means iPhone users can stop relying on the flawed, fledgling Apple maps app that replaced it as a built-in feature in September. Apple’s version is still bolted into the phone, and the new, free Google app must be downloaded from Apple’s app store. Google says the app was downloaded 10 million times in just its first two days of availability last week. More Info: After entering a place in Google Maps, tapping a bar on the screen brings up various data such as opening hours and photographic views. The reappearance of Google Maps on the iPhone closes a big advantage Google’s own Android phones had gained when Apple’s replacement turned out to lack some key features, such as labeling of buildings and businesses, street-view photos and public-transit routing. It also offered too much inaccurate location data. However, the biggest news here is that the new iPhone version of Google Maps isn’t just better than Apple M