As per the complaint filed on April 15 in federal court [...]]]> In the war of the tablets, Apple Inc. hauled Samsung Electronics into court alleging that the company’s Galaxy phones and tablet computers invade patents and the trademarked look of the iPhone and iPad. Tej Kohli blog brings you the complete report.

As per the complaint filed on April 15 in federal court in Oakland, California, Apple alleges Samsung for infringing patents related to the way the Galaxy gadgets work, including the use of finger touch on screen, besides the patents on the shape and color of the iPad and iPhone. Samsung’s Galaxy phones and tablets which employs Google’s Android software, were specially designed to ape Apple products, Apple said in its complaint.

The litigation pits the two biggest manufacturers of tablet PCs against each other, especially when there is a huge demand for the product. Steve Jobs, Chief Executive Officer of Apple, which depends on Samsung to supply chips for the iPhone and iPad, called out Samsung when releasing the iPad 2 in March, saying that the company was among the tablet makers angling to make 2011 the “Year of Copycats.”

“What I can see is that the strategic relationship between Samsung and Apple is getting worse lately,” said Tej Kohli, CEO of Grafix Softech, a software development firm. “As Samsung gains ground with its handset and tablet business, Apple is trying to hold in Samsung.”

“It’s no coincidence that Samsung’s latest products look a lot like the iPhone and iPad, from the shape of the hardware to the user interface and even the packaging,” said Steve Dowling, a spokesman for California-based Apple. “This kind of blatant copying is wrong, and we need to protect Apple’s intellectual property when companies steal our ideas.”

“Samsung’s development of core technologies and strengthening our intellectual property portfolio are keys to our continued success,” said Titus Kim, a spokesman for Suwon, South Korea-based Samsung. “Samsung will respond actively to this legal action taken against us through appropriate legal measures to protect our intellectual property.”

Tej Kohli says it’s a known fact that Apple and Google are vying for dominance in the growing smartphones and tablets market. According to a research, Google’s Android operating system, which is used by Samsung, Motorola and various other companies, will account for 39.5 percent of global smartphone shipments this year, as compared to 15.7 percent for Apple,.

“The iPad still rules the tablet market, accounting for about two-thirds of sales this year,” said Tej Kohli.

In the lawsuit, Apple also claims that Samsung is infringing seven patents related to the way the gadgets responds to the hand gestures like selecting, scrolling pinching and zooming and other three patents on the design like the flat black face of the iPhone and iPad.

Apple also alleges Samsung of imitating the on-screen icons, in addition to trademarks for specific icons like the green boxes with phone or a sunflower for photos. Samsung is also accused of copying the packing style of Apple.

“Instead of pursuing independent product development, Samsung has chosen to slavishly copy Apple’s innovative technology, distinctive user interfaces, and elegant and distinctive product and packaging design, in violation of Apple’s valuable intellectual property rights,” Apple said in the complaint.

Apple is seeking a court order blocking further use of its patents and trademarks, along with cash compensation and “reasonable funds for future corrective advertising.”

This lawsuit is only a point in case as far as the recent war amid technology companies over the growing market for smartphones is concerned. Apple is also involved in a patent fight with Motorola Mobility Holdings, as is Microsoft Corp.

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The buzz around the June release of iPhone 5 had Apple users scurrying to clarify a [...]]]> Rumours are doing rounds that Apple may launch the fifth edition of iPhone on some date in June this year. Tej Kohli blog brings the complete report for its readers.

The buzz around the June release of iPhone 5 had Apple users scurrying to clarify a South Korean news site’s report that Steve Jobs would launch the fifth-generation smart-phone during the Apple’s worldwide developer’s conference in San Francisco.

The aforesaid news site reported Monday that unnamed industry officials had confirmed a June release date for the iPhone 5. Accroding to the site, the release could happen on June 4 or 6 at the WWDC, which is slated for June 6 to 10.

Another thing that the report highlighted is the availability of iPhone 5 to the south Korean buyers via local carriers KT and SK Telecom before the June end.

Tej Kohli noticed that the  report also defies a couple of other iPhone related things. Earlier in March, Sony CEO Howard Stinger told Wall Street Journal that a camera sensor plant had been crippled after the March Tohuku earthquake, causing delay in the shipment of parts.

Furthermore, if one gives credence to another report that Sony will replace Omnivision for supplying cameras to for the Apple’s new iPhone version, that disclosure becomes meaningful.

What that adds to it the the latest rumour that Apple is postponing the iPhone 5 release to the fall, and its not surprising to see people being skeptical about the South Korean news report.

But the chances of South Koreans receiving a new version of iPhone just within a few months after Apple started selling iPhone 4 there are remote. Further, with iPhone4 still selling like hotcakes and possible obstacles in Apple’s ability to seamlessly integrate the 4G technology into its new handset, it doesn’t make sense for the company to launch iPhone5 in the market.

Still, if we look back at the Apple previous product release patterns appeared over the past few years for example the release cycles for Apple’s iOS-driven devices seem to be getting tighter and Apple’s iPad edition 2 was released less than a year after the first one was unveiled. So, the question is – is the company actually going to teeter its iPhone releases by 15 months or more.

“After taking all the aforesaid  things into consideration the idea of launching iPhone 5 does’nt seem too good at the moment”, says Tej Kohli.

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Conceding to the wave of protests sent via online petition website Change.org, Apple has removed an iPhone app considered anti-gay by various protest groups.

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Conceding to the wave of protests sent via online petition website Change.org, Apple has removed an iPhone app considered anti-gay by various protest groups.

The Manhattan Declaration App, which was initially approved and available at the App store in October, was developed by Manhattan Declaration, a movement launched in 2009 by a group of christian leaders espousing their condemnation of both gay marriage and abortion rights.

When approving the app, Apple initially gave it a 4+ rating implying that it had no objectionable material.

But change.org has another story to tell. The sites describe Manhattan Declaration as an app that invites people to join anti-gay and anti-choice campaigns. The app had offered a survey featuring 4 questions, including ‘Do you believe in sanctity of marriage between a man and a woman?’ ‘Do you support the right of choice regrading abortion?’ users who didn’t responded in accordance to the beliefs of the group received a message at the end telling them that they answered 0 out of 4 questions correct. The app also invited people to register, support and donate to the cause.

In contrariety to the app, change.org lunched an online petition addressed to Apple CEO Steve Jobs asking that the app be removed for its ‘hateful and divisive language’. Follwing emails from about 7,700 people sent via Change.org, Apple removed the app during Thanksgiving.

“We removed the Manhattan Declaration app from the App Store because it violates our developer guidelines by being offensive to large groups of people.” said Apple spokeswoman in a statement.

Responding to the situation, the Manhattan Declaration said that it is confused over Apple’s decision to withdraw the app. It said that “Apple pulled the app shortly after a small but very vocal protest by those who favor gay marriage and abortion.”

Retorting to the claims that the app is homophobic and anti-gay, the group said it doesn’t think that ‘disagreement’ is ‘gay-bashing’ and insists that the language it uses “to defend traditional marriage and the sanctity of human life…is civil, non-inflammatory, and respectful”. Meanwhile, the group has written to Steve Jobs urging him to restore the app.

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If you’re excited about the new Android tablets, don’t be – so, comes the announcement by Google. Tej Kohli Blog brings you the complete story:

Is Google’s Android power tablet going to give Apple’s iPad a tough competition? It definitely will, but it will take more efforts than [...]]]>

If you’re excited about the new Android tablets, don’t be – so, comes the announcement by Google. Tej Kohli Blog brings you the complete story:

Is Google’s Android power tablet going to give Apple’s iPad a tough competition? It definitely will, but it will take more efforts than simply slapping the OS on a big-touch screen device. Google will need some serious rework. The android’s interface makes use of the extra pixels and real estate on a tablet, just like Apple did when it put the iOS on the iPad.

Android’s two upcoming versions – Gingerbread and Honeycomb – are going to be built keeping tablets in mind. At present, the best thing a hardware manufacturer can do is to put Android 2.2 Froyo on a tablet and rework it to handle the new form factor. But it seems Google doesn’t like that idea!

“If you want Android market on that platform, the apps just wouldn’t run, [Froyo] is just not designed for that form factor,” said Hugo Barra, Google Mobile head. As a matter of fact, Google disallows the use of its Android Market app store on tablets at the moment-Samsung’s Galaxy Tab apparently avoids this restriction by being, technically, a giant phone rather than a tablet.

The Galaxy Tab will likely be the first semi-plausible iPad alternative, in the Europe at least, where it is slated to launch next month. It seems, Samsung has reworked its built-in Android apps like email and calender by itself. But Barra is correct. The device will be constrained by the fact that third party Android apps are made for undersized smartphones, not for the tabs which are much larger.

For all the iPadversaries that have already been released or announced, the category is still in a sort of dress rehearsal stage. While people are excited about the potential of a tablet-friendly version of Android, as well as HP’s upcoming WebOS tablet, but we still haven’t seen any concrete proof that any software company except Apple has figured this stuff out.

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1. Flash: The ipad uses safari browser which doesn’t have flash, just like the iphone. This is a [...]]]> Apple’s ipad, a new iphone-esque mobile computing device, may have a lot of new features, but it still has a lot of features missing in it. Tej Kohli Blog enlists the 10 important features it does not have:

1. Flash: The ipad uses safari browser which doesn’t have flash, just like the iphone. This is a huge drawback.

2. No camera: It does not have a user facing camera to enable video conferencing/video chats. This feature was at top on the list of expected features, but apple disappointed users.

3. No multitasking: Even though apple has rearranged iPhone’s OS in a new way to work on the new apple iPad, it still fails to run the background processes. This again is a big detractor.

4. No Verizon: Verizon Wireless is not providing the 3G wireless service which comes as a choice with iPad. Instead of Verizon, AT&T is providing this service.

5. No wide screen display: Although you can watch HD movies on its 9.7-inches display, it fails to match the 16:9 standard screen dimension that many of the other modern devices support.

6. No Mac OS: The iPad works on a new processor A4, manufactured by the Apple itself. It runs at 1GHz, which appears suitable for an iPhone OS, but it doesn’t run the more efficient full OS X, something which would have really made the device rock.

7. No GPS: There is an accelerometer for a great gaming experience, but there is no GPS. This means Google Maps will have to rely on 3G and/or Wi-fi to locate the iPad. Too much to replace your smartphone.

8. Enough Storage: iPad can sync content with iTunes and users can add/remove content as they wish, but the maximum space of 64 GB is not sufficient, especially for those who are a lot into games, movies and music.

9.Removable Battery: Following the footsteps of iPhone and the newer laptops, which don’t have a user-removable battery.

10. No HDM1: It doesn’t feature an HDM1 port, which makes it incompatible with all the modern HDTVs.

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