Happy Wednesday, everyone. If you've come here to look for some interesting tech news on this hump day, then you're in luck because we have it in spades. First off, something for Apple fans - Apple's Ive gets second knighting and a iPhone tease. For something a little more business-oriented, we have HP's Q2 2012 earnings, with $6 billion earnings. And the other major story of the day - Diablo III sets record for fastest-selling PC game ever.
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SlashGear Evening Wrap-Up: May 23, 2012
Sony and Samsung enforcing minimum pricing on TVs
Cheap televisions may be great for the consumer, but it seems like some companies are fed up of the low prices. The Wall Street Journal reports that Sony and Samsung have both begun to set minimum pricing on their TVs to protect profit margins. Retailers will be prevented from offering the TVs below the prices that the companies have set in an effort to avoid steep discounts.
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Kodak patent used against Apple and RIM invalid
Back in January, Kodak filed suit against Apple and RIM saying that the companies infringed on its patents. The digital imaging company filed the claim with the International Trade Commission, saying that Apple and RIM both infringe on a patent relating to the preview of images. A judge has failed to see the argument, however, saying that the patent is invalid, and that neither company violated trade laws as a result.
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Apple files for Samsung Tab ban in USA
The Samsung legal team is defending itself this week against a potential Apple-led ban of their Galaxy Tab 10.1 tablet, this just three days before court-moderated settlement talks between the two manufacturers. This motion is being filed by Apple after a partially successful appeal was won by Apple on U.S. Patent No. D504,889 which has the Galaxy Tab 10.1 infringing on the iPad enough that the court may ban (temporarily or indefinitely) the Samsung tablet from sale here in the United States. At the moment Apple has won its preliminary injunction motion so it is quite likely that Judge Lucy Koh will move forward without another hearing and will ban the tablet temporarily.
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Apple and Samsung enter mediation talks
A quick reminder in case you’re not following the various legal battles happening across the tech industry right now: everyone is suing everyone. One of the most prominent cases involves a legal tussle between Apple and Samsung, with Cupertino pointing fingers at the South Korean manufacturer, claiming that they blatantly copied various products. Now, the courts have ordered the two companies to try and settle the issue before the trial starts.
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Samsung may face HTC-like block by Apple next
This week we’re seeing one gigantic slip in stock prices for HTC as Apple’s complaint to the ITC has two of their next hero phones blocked from being shipped to the USA – now we must ask if Samsung’s Galaxy S III will be next. What we’re seeing here is the HTC One X as well as the HTC EVO 4G LTE being blocked by “a standard U.S. Customs review of shipments that is required after an ITC exclusion order.” This information comes straight from HTC who note that the proposed infringement comes from a dialer app that comes pre-installed on HTC mobile phones. This order dates back to December of 2011 between HTC and Apple when the order was sent down that the order on the case would be delivered no later than April 19th, 2012: this affecting at this point just these two HTC devices thus far.
Apple accuses Samsung of deleting “vast quantities” of evidence
Apple has accused Samsung of destroying evidence in the ongoing patent battle between the firms, demanding that the court push the jury to assume the Korean company feared it would indict itself. Samsung's supposedly slapdash email storage system has been conveniently blamed for the deletion of "vast quantities of relevant evidence in blatant disregard of its duty to preserve all such evidence" Apple told the Northern District of California in a motion filed on May 1.
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Samsung SPH-L300 leaks: Snapdragon S4 and ICS
All eyes may be on the Samsung Galaxy S III, but looks like the South Korean company has another handset destined for the United States that could vie for your attention. A picture has leaked of the Samsung SPH-L300, an Android phone running Ice Cream Sandwich that will feature the increasingly popular Qualcomm Snapdragon S4, plus a design that we haven’t seen from Samsung before.
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Samsung’s Software Wake-Up
Samsung’s new Galaxy S III isn’t short on superlatives – its quadcore chip and HD Super AMOLED display spring to mind – but the biggest upgrade is surprisingly in software, not hardware. There’s no denying that the Galaxy S III raises the game from the Galaxy S II, bringing the new flagship up to scratch in competing with HTC’s One X and steeling itself for the incoming iPhone 5. Yet, while Samsung excels in hardware, it’s software and ecosystem which took the focus of the company’s launch.
Google to sell Motorola’s hardware division to Huawei?
It’s fair to say that Google’s acquisition of Motorola Mobility was a big deal, raising questions about what the Android giant was planning to do with the hardware side of Motorola. While most people immediately thought Google could create their own Nexus devices, the company dismissed such plans, saying it planned to keep Motorola as a separate entity. After speaking with various sources, The Wall Street Journal suggests that Google was only interested in Motorola for the patents, and is planning to sell the hardware division to Huawei.
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Samsung predicts record profit for Q1 2012
Samsung's Q1 2012 earnings estimates are out, and the Korean company is expecting record numbers from its smartphone sales among other things. Overall sales of 45 trillion won ($39.8bn) are predicted, with operating profit of 5.8 trillion won ($5.13bn) for the three month period. However, we won't know exact numbers until Samsung announces those imminently.
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HTC granted Face Unlock patent
One of the features that Ice Cream Sandwich brought to Android and the Galaxy Nexus was Face Unlock. Although not very secure, it did provide a fun, additional method to unlocking the phone. In a curious turn of events, it turns out HTC has been granted the patent behind the technology, which certainly raises some legal questions.
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