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Apple wins German injunction against Motorola over 'slide-to-unlock'
Judge Dr. Peter Guntz of the Munich Regional Court on Thursday found that a number of Motorola products had infringed on Apple's slide-to-unlock patent that gives the iPhone maker the option to enforce a German injunction against any offending devices. Apple's first win against Motorola could result in a complete reworking of how Motorola devices handle screen unlocking.
The German court looked at three different Motorola implementations of gesture-based device unlocking and found that two infringed on Apple's patent, namely those used by the RAZR maker's Android smartphones.
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The career of one of America’s most innovative businessmen has been more than just a string of moments, but these 10 peeks at Steve Jobs’s formidable presence will remind you of why his resignation is such a momentous event.
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82% of future tablet owners will buy an iPad
Yesterday ChangeWave revealed the results of another survey, which shows that 82% of future tablet owners would prefer to buy an iPad instead of its competitors, namely Motorola Xoom and RIM Playbook.
3,091 consumers were asked in February what tablet would they like to buy and only 4% and 3% would choose Xoom and PlayBook respectively. Another 3% would stick with Samsung Galaxy Tab.
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Apple iPad 2 vs Motorola Xoom vs HP TouchPad vs BlackBerry PlayBook
Since Apple today announced iPad 2, it is a good time to compare it with other devices on the market. Let's see the spec diffs of Apple iPad 2, Motorola Xoom, HP TouchPad and BlackBerry PlayBook:
Motorola's Xoom Will Get Flash Support This Spring
A new ad of Motorola's upcoming tablet Xoom on the website of Verizon Wireless shows that the device has 1 GHz dual-core processor that is "fully Flash-enabled for video-rich web". But as you can see on the screenshot above, there is a note, which shows that actually Adobe Flash is expected in Spring 2011.
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HP TouchPad vs Apple iPad vs Motorola Xoom vs BlackBerry PlayBook
Engadget have posed a very interesting comparison table of the most interesting tablets that are known today. Have a look at specifications for HP TouchPad, Apple iPad, Motorola Xoom and BlackBerry PlayBook. Unfortunately there is no Apple iPad 2 in this table, becasue iPad 2 specs are all just rumors for now.
| HP TouchPad  |
Apple iPad  |
Motorola Xoom  |
BlackBerry PlayBook |
| Platform | webOS 3.0 | iOS 4.2.1 | Android 3.0 | BB Tablet OS (QNX) |
| Processor | 1.2GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon dual-CPU APQ8060 |
1GHz Apple A4, PowerVR SGX 535 GPU | 1GHz NVIDIA Tegra 2 |
1GHz Cortex-A9 dual-core |
| Display | 9.7-inch | 9.7-inch LED-backlit IPS LCD |
10.1-inch | 7-inch LCD |
| Resolution | 1024 x 768 | 1024 x 768 | 1280 x 800 | 1024 x 600 |
| Memory | 1GB RAM | 256MB DRAM | 1GB DDR2 RAM | 1GB RAM |
| Storage | 16GB / 32GB | 16GB / 32GB / 64GB | 32GB | 16GB / 32GB / 64GB |
| Front camera | 1.3 megapixel | none | 2 megapixel | 3 megapixel |
| Rear camera | none | none | 5 megapixel with 4x digital zoom, AF, dual-LED flash, 720p 30fps video |
5 megapixel, 720p video |
| Cellular radio | "3G and 4G variants" | UMTS / HSDPA / GSM / EDGE |
EVDO Rev. A | 3G and 4G |
| WiFi | 802.11b/g/n | 802.11a/b/g/n | 802.11b/g/n | 802.11a/b/g/n |
| Bluetooth | 2.1 + EDR | 2.1 + EDR | 2.1 + EDR | 2.1 + EDR |
| Gyroscope | Yes | No | Yes | -- |
| Accelerometer | Yes | 3-axis | 3-axis | Yes |
| Battery capacity | 6,300 mAh | 6,600 mAH (approx.) | -- | 5,300 mAH |
| Weight | 740g | 680g (WiFI), 730g (WiFi + 3G) |
730g | 400g |
Apple's tablet market share decreased from 95% to 77%
Yesterday research firm Strategy Analytics has reported that in the December quarter iPad rivals started to conquer the tablet market, which caused Apple's tablet market share to drop from 95% to 77%.
In the Q4 of 2010 Apple sold record 7.3 million iPads and thus represented 95% of the market. Android shipments in turn increased from 100,000 units to 2.1 million, which eventually significantly changed the situation on the market, the director of Strategy Analytics Neil Mawston told.
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