Not surprisingly, settlement talks between Apple and Samsung over their patent dispute have reportedly not resulted in any agreement.
Instead, both sides are back in court arguing over proposed sanctions.
According to a report from The Korea Times, Apple's Tim Cook and Samsung's Choi Gee-Sung failed to agree on a settlement that would have ended the companies' year-long patent fight.
According to court documents, the executives and their legal teams met in a San Francisco courtroom for nine hours on Monday and seven hours on Tuesday. Samsung and Apple have not yet filed documents about what was discussed.
A Samsung spokesman said the company is "unable to provide any details of the meeting." Apple did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Highlighting the lack of an agreement is a Wednesday filing from Samsung that accuses Apple of concealing evidence. Specifically, "Apple withheld 283 relevant deposition transcripts (totaling more than 34,000 pages of testimony) throughout the discovery period, and indeed for six weeks thereafter, preventing Samsung from using these materials during discovery, in expert reports, and in dispositive briefing."
A Dec. 2011 decision required Apple to hand over those documents by Jan. 15, but by March 2012, it had produced just 15 documents, according to Samsung. Apple produced all 283 documents in question by April 12, but Samsung said today that that's too little, too late. Samsung asked the court to ban Apple's experts from using or relying on the information contained within the documents, and to award damages.
In March, Apple accused Samsung of doing the same thing - failing to produce source code for nine functionalities found in its devices.
Patent blogger Florian Mueller speculated today that Samsung was looking for a delay to the case. "Samsung may hope that it will take a while to sort out between the court in California and the ITC as well as other district courts which documents Apple ultimately has to make available to Samsung," he wrote in a Wednesday post. "The California court can solve the whole problem by providing the clarification Apple requests. In that case, there won't be a delay, and probably no sanctions."
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Samsung Galaxy S3 Vs HTC Sensation 4G: Which Android Smartphone Should You Buy? - ibtimes.co.uk
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Dimensions
The HTC Sensation measures 126.1x65.4x11.3mm and weighs 148g whereas the Galaxy S3 measures 136.6x70.6x8.6mm and weighs 133g.
Operating System
The HTC Sensation launched with Android 2.3 (Gingerbread) which can be upgraded to ICS. The Galaxy S3 comes preloaded with ICS.
Processor
The HTC Sensation is powered by Qualcomm's MSM8260 Snapdragon chip with a dual-core 1.2GHz Scorpion processor and packs 768MB of RAM. The Galaxy S3 will be powered by the Exynos 4 quad-core processor, which has been clocked at 1.4GHz, and packs 1GB of RAM.
Camera
The HTC Sensation is equipped with an eight megapixel main camera with auto-focus and dual-LED flash and the camera includes other features like geo-tagging, touch-focus, image stabilisation, face detection and instant capture. The camera can capture video in 1080p at 30 frames per second (fps) with stereo sound recording. The front-facing camera of the smartphone is a VGA-quality camera.
The Galaxy S3 will be equipped with a main camera of eight megapixels with auto-focus, LED flash and other features such as simultaneous HD video and image recording, geo-tagging, touch-focus, face and smile detection and image stabilisation. The camera can record video at 1080p and 30 fps. The handset packs a secondary camera of 1.9 megapixels, which can record video in 720p at 30 fps.
The difference between the main cameras of both smartphones is that the Sensation 4G's camera features dual-flash. However, on the flip side, the Galaxy S3's cameras have some impressive technological innovations, most notably Smart Stay - the front-facing camera recognises when the user is looking at the screen and keeps it well lit and unlocked during that time, automatically dimming and locking when not in use.
Connectivity
The HTC Sensation offers Wi-Fi b/g/n, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot, Bluetooth version 3.0 with A2DP and 3G connectivity. It supports data speeds up to HSDPA 14.4 Mbps and HSUPA 5.76 Mbps.
The Galaxy S3 offers Wi-Fi b/g/n, Wi-Fi HT40, Near Field Communication (NFC) and Bluetooth v4.0. It supports data speeds up to HSDPA 21Mbps and HSUPA 5.76 Mbps. The Galaxy S3 can connect to 4G networks.
Storage
The HTC Sensation offers onboard space of 1GB, which is wretchedly poor. However, it does have a microSD card for space up to 32GB. The S3 comes in two models - with 16/ 32GB of onboard space; a 64GB model is also expected. The S3 will also support microSD cards.
Battery
The HTC Sensation is powered by a LI-ion battery of 1520mAh which delivers talk time of eight hours. The Galaxy S3 will be powered by a Li-ion 2100mAh battery and is expected to deliver longer talk time than its HTC rival.
Tulip Telecom wins Managed Services contract from Indian Government - telecomlead.com
HS Bedi, chairman and managing director, Tulip Telecom
Telecom Lead India: Tulip Telecom has bagged a large managed services contract for a Science and Technology body under the Department of Information Technology of Indian Government.
"With a wide range of Managed Services offerings and a growing portfolio in government sector, Tulip looks forward to act as a catalyst in the evolution of Information Communication and Technology (ICT) adoption in the country and provide an impetus to Government's e-governance plans," said HS Bedi, chairman and managing director, Tulip Telecom.
For this project, the company will be responsible for
Network Management, IT infrastructure management, links commissioning and
management amongst other day-to-day IT and network operations for various
Government departments.
Furthermore, the service provider will also be
responsible for Fault management, WAN management and the overall network
management for the networks implemented and managed by the institution.
It is one of the two selected service providers for the
networks implemented and managed by the body.
It has already received its first orders totaling to Rs 132 crore over a period of 5 years and will continue to receive the remaining orders over the current quarter.
Tulip will assist in managing all the network facilities created at their Disaster Recovery site at Hyderabad, State Headquarters (SHQ), District Headquarters (DHQ), Tehsil Headquarters and Bhawans in their respective States.
The company anticipated that it will require for it to deploy close to 1400+ resources across the country for such large scale and value order.
For this order, Tulip said that there is a significant synergy in terms of skill set required with that of the existing team that the company has on board.
Tulip Telecom income up 15% to Rs 2705 crore in FY2012
Recently, Tulip Telecom posted revenues of Rs 2705.1 crore in fiscal 2011-12, up 15.1 percent over FY11.
Tulip Telecom's revenues in Q4 2011-12 were Rs 662 crore, up 3.7 percent over the same quarter of previous fiscal.
O2 blasts Ofcom for 'analytical' failings in row over 4G - Daily Telegraph
In an uncharacteristically forthright attack, O2 said the regulator had ignored its own claim that there should be two 4G providers in the market and drawn conclusions that are “irrational and fundamentally unfair”.
“It is unclear...why Ofcom has not bothered to review its own contemporaneous documents on the merger,” O2 added.
An Everything Everywhere spokesman said: “Being one of several potential companies able to launch 4G this year does not make us a 'monopoly’. This is exactly the type of rhetoric, that is designed solely to delay the launch of 4G in the UK.
Theoretically, both Vodafone and O2 could launch 4G at the moment but are unlikely to do so until after the 4G spectrum auction later this year.
Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 gets S Pen slot - Electronista
Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 case redesigned
The forthcoming, and heavily re-engineered, Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 has had its case redesigned to accommodate the S Pen. Although the smaller Galaxy Note 5.3 has a slot for the S Pen, it took observers by surprise at Mobile World Congress in February when Samsung first revealed the device without an in-built location to stow it. Since its Barcelona unveiling, Samsung has completely revamped the Note 10.1 and has now also shoehorned the same 1.4GHz Exynos 4412 quad-core processor from the Galaxy S III into the device.
The extended delay between the first unveiling of the Galaxy Note 10.1 and its future launch was said to have been motivated by Samsungs desire to leapfrog the new iPad in terms of performance. With Apple seemingly locked into an annual upgrade cycle for its mobile products, it is now not expected to debut a fully quad-core iPad until at least early next year. Although some had expected Apple to launch a quad-core iPad in January this year, Apple delivered a revised version of its A5 dual-core processor from the iPad 2, but tweaked it with a quad-core GPU.
With the unexpected popularity of Samsungs Galaxy Note 5.3, in part attributed to its tailor-made S Pen, Samsung appears to have shifted its tablet strategy to the Galaxy Note 10.1. The addition of the new system architecture as well as the case redesign is hoped to boost its modest tablet sales. Samsung has revealed that the Galaxy Note 5.3 has shipped in excess of 5 million units; however, it has so far been coy about how many Galaxy Tabs it has sold, having admitted that they were not selling as well as hoped.
The latest pictures of the revised Galaxy Note 10.1 also show that Samsung has also prepped a special S Pen holder, which is designed to accommodate the redesigned S Pen for the new Note 10.1. Apparently, Samsung has made the new S Pen much thinner, so it could fit the S Pen slot into its design. The S Pen holder will make the S Pen easier and more comfortable to hold when in use. [via Netbook News]
Samsung Galaxy S3 hits stores early... in Dubai - PC Authority
If you just can't wait to get your hands on the new Samsung Galaxy S3 you might want to book a flight to Dubai. Sammy's new superphone appears to have been let out of the gate early in the Middle East, with one Reddit user spotting the phone onsale in Dubai.
Seemingly backing up his claim, The Verge was sent snaps of a Galaxy S3 that had allegedly been bought in Dubai. The phone was on sale for AED2500 (around AUD$799). Sadly, the cost of flying from Australia to Dubai is significantly higher than this. Might be best to wait, then.
While you're counting the hours until launch day, check out our hands-on with the Galaxy S3.
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