Mashable reports that Hugo Barra, Android's VP product management announced an unlocked Google Edition of the Samsung Galaxy S4 smartphone at Google I/O in San Francisco. The user interface of the S4 is the same as the interface that Google offers on its Nexus devices. . Read More
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The Verge reports that Apple has included Samsung's new Galaxy S4 in a list of 22 products that it thinks infringes iOS user interface patents, in preparation for its second patent trial against Samsung set for spring of next year. . Read More
Mashable reports that Nokia has launched Lumia 925, a lighter, metal model, which replaces polycarbonate in a few places on the phone for aluminum, in an attempt to grab the attention of buyers to reduce the massive market lead of rivals Samsung and Apple Inc. in the profitable smartphone market. . Read More
CNET reports that Amazon has purchased Samsung's color e-ink company Liquavista, suggesting that it may plan to provide full color e-ink to its series of Kindle tablets. The financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. . Read More
Samsung Electronics announced that it has successfully engineered the world’s first adaptive array transceiver technology functioning in the millimeter-wave Ka bands designed for cellular communications, which resides at the core of 5G mobile communications system and will offer data transmission close to a few hundred times faster as compared to current 4G networks. . Read More
Reuters reports that Nokia investors have informed CEO Stephen Elop that they are running out of patience with his flagging efforts to get closer to market leaders Apple and Samsung in Smartphones sales. . Read More
Gigaom reports that MOVL, the Atlanta-based second-screen startup, has confirmed that last month it was acquired by Samsung. The terms of the deal haven’t been disclosed. . Read More