Things at Apple v. Samsung kicked off with a bang this morning, as
Samsung accused Apple of tampering with the icon layout of one of its
phones to look more like the iPhone. At issue is a photograph of the
Epic Touch 4G that Apple presented which shows an icon layout that
closely mirrors that of the iPhone. Samsung objected, saying that it
noticed yesterday that the phone doesn't represent the state of the Epic
4G Touch out of the box. Samsung presented its own photo — which its
attorneys said had been taken last night — which featured a different
layout with a larger number of homescreens.

Judge Koh, whose temper has been growing increasingly short with both
parties, took Samsung's legal team to task, actually questioning whether
Samsung's photo was legitimate. She pointed out the Samsung's image
didn't feature the Google search widget — something the company's
attorneys said was present on the device out of the box. "Why does your
homescreen not show the Google search box when you're telling me the
phone has the Google search box," she asked, eventually demanding to
just see the device in question herself. She then pointed out that
Samsung's image featured yesterday's date — clearly indicating that the
photo had not been taken on Sunday as alleged. Samsung's attorney
eventually admitted he misspoke about the date.

Pong Clock

In the old school Pong © TV game you could put the paddles in such
a position, that the ball kept bouncing forever. Quite hypnotic, and it
became the inspiration for this time-killer/clock....

While this game of Pong © randomly plays, the so called 'players'
score the time. The left player scores the hours, and the right player
scores the minutes, creating an unusual timepiece, ideal for those
Friday afternoon moments.

http://www.sandermulder.com/pong_clock.html

Reports: Wafer discounts, rush orders from MediaTek, Nvidia

LONDON – The supply of chips from foundries in Taiwan is being
complicated by discounting and rush orders as companies try to benefit
from more-available 40-nm silicon to win against chips design in less
available 28-nm, according to reports.

Those discounts are being offered for the mainstream nodes at
45-nm/40-nm, at 65-nm and larger geometries, the report said. But
another report from the same publication states that two fabless chip
companies – Nvidia Corp. (Santa Clara, Calif.) and MediaTek Inc.
(Hsinchu, Taiwan) are "vigorously increasing contracts" for 40-nm
foundry capacity at Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd.
(Hsinchu, Taiwan) to address strong demand for certain of their ICs.

http://www.eetimes.com/electronics-news/4391836/Wafer-discounts-from-foundries-and-rush-orders

btw… But if Samsung ever blows this Next Gen Lead by selling these to
Apple….. they’ll need to have their frigging heads examined. We already
know iPhone 5 will be powered by the same Exynos 4 in Galaxy SIII.
Meaning Apple’s getting a Free Ride off Samsung’s New Gate First HKMG
Patented Process Technology. After Apple’s original A6 designs with
PowerVR GPU have now been apparently dumped.

That most likely has
something to do with Mark Papermaster (of IBM fame) getting dumped for
telling Steve Jobs, that using an External Antenna was an asinine move.
Especially since it was just to meet external design goals. But… no
problem for Papermaster, because he was quickly snapped up by AMD. Then
recently we heard all is not well in the rotten Apple filled orchards of
Cupertino. When Jim Keller (famed for AMD’s x86 64bit Intel beating
chips) also abandoned Apple’s Garden Walls of Closed Proprietary Madness
for AMD. After having to just take Samsung’s Hummingbird design,
customize it for iOS, re-cap and re-brand them into Apple’s A Series
chips.
http://allthingsd.com/20120801/amd-hires-apples-head-chip-designer/

http://www.androidauthority.com/samsung-exynos-5-dual-specs-features-106609/

............ wait what? Iphone 5 is using Exynos 4? lolollll...is this true? WTF? Samsung should pull the plug on apple already. let those fucker sink or swim on their own ...

who gives a shit if their A6 design crashed.

Apple vs. Samsung trial suddenly frozen in South Korea

A South Korean court has put Apple vs. Samsung
on ice, prompting speculation that it will follow the lead of the
high-profile San Jose, USA trial as the Korean company fights against
allegations of patent infringement. A ruling on two lawsuits – one filed
by Apple against Samsung, the other by Samsung against Apple – had been
expected on Friday morning local time, Korea Real Time reports,
but a surprise announcement by the Seoul Central District Court
confirmed the verdicts had been delayed for “procedural reasons.”

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bahahaha.... oh yeah bitches. It's a giant international trade war now. Let loose the spooks. This is going ultra high tech  ... the kind of thing that they make movie out of.

but if the rumor of iPhone 5 is using exynos 4 is true. Apple is Samsung's bitch period. In fact, Samsung should talk with TSMC behind the door and together fuck apple. Just to even out kicking HTC.

I gives Apple 20-30 months to its death the minute such secret pack exist. If I were Apple, I would be extreme paranoid right now. They are completely at the mercy of their competitor. iPhone 5S will be made out of liquid metal, rounded corner, bouncy scroll and powered with rubber band and stick. They have no advanced chip suppliers.

Acer Bosses Continue to Call Microsoft to Drop Surface Tablets.

Acer Group, one of the world's top PC suppliers, was among the first
to express concerns about Microsoft Corp.'s own-brand Surface media and
productivity tablets. The company still believes that Surface will
impact the whole ecosystem in the world and therefore Microsoft should
think twice. Moreover, Acer may reconsider its strategies going forward
in regards of Windows and even thinks about alternatives.

“We have said [to Microsoft] think it over. Think twice. It will
create a huge negative impact for the ecosystem and other brands may
take a negative reaction. It is not something you are good at so please
think twice,” said JT Wang, the chairman of Acer, in an interview with Financial Times.

Microsoft itself has admitted in a filing with the Securities and
Exchange commission (SEC) that its forthcoming Surface media and
productivity tablets will compete against third-party slate-type
products that use Windows 8 operating system, which may lower the
commitment of the company's partners to the platform.

“If Microsoft is going to do hardware business, what should we do?
Should we still rely on Microsoft, or should we find other
alternatives?,” said Campbell Kan, the president for personal computer
global operations at Acer.

http://www.xbitlabs.com/news/mobile/display/20120808215329_Acer_Bosses_Continue_to_Call_Microsoft_to_Drop_Surface_Tablets.html

stop helping making rope that will be used to hang you..you dumb ass.

Surface should be killed. period.

Apple vs. Samsung Trial Forces Companies to Open Up the Books

The folks at boutique firm BlueFin Research Partners this morning opine that Samsung Electronics‘s (005930KS) is going to be ready by September to produce an “A6” processor for Apple (AAPL) for use in the next iPad at Samsung’s Austin, Texas facility.

The firm draws its conclusions based on conversations with “key semi material suppliers,” who say that Samsung is nearing completion of an upgrade of the Austin facility to 28-nanometer chip production.

Because that won’t be ready until the September, and because the
iPhone 5 is expected to ship in September or October, “we think it is
likely that it [the iPhone 5] will incorporate the same A5X
processor with quad core graphics as the recently released iPad, rather
than the 28 nm A6 processor. The A6 applications processor is likely
slated for the next generation iPad in early 2013.”

http://blogs.barrons.com/techtraderdaily/2012/05/31/apple-bluefin-sees-a6-chip-in-next-ipad-a5x-in-iphone-5/

Google mobile search gets a Google Now-style makeover

Halleluya..no more pinch and zoom stupidity.....

now if they can find  magical solution to general web page look in small screen so it doesn't need pinch and zoom.

Exynos 5 Dual supports resolutions of up to 2560x1600 as well as SATA, USB 3.0.

The chip also includes ARM's new Mali-T604 GPU designed to power
Retina-class displays and support high-performance connectivity options
like SATA and USB 3.0. These improvements make it a substantial upgrade
over current-generation products like NVIDIA's Tegra 3 or Samsung's own
Exynos 4. We'll look at different aspects of the chip to see not just
how the Exynos 5 and other Cortex A15 SoCs will benefit current tablets,
but also how those improvements could lead to more viable laptop
replacements.

http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2012/08/new-samsung-cortex-a15-based-chip-opens-door-to-retina-android-tablets/

Samsung designers are so thick, they will probably put this chip inside a white plastic and aluminum back again.

HEY SAMSUNG.......I WANT DIFFERENT LOOK than shitty white plastic and aluminum. This look has been over done for THREE FUCKING YEARS. give it a rest already.

ANYTHING but white plastic/aluminum or crappy black plastic. move on man...new design.

Now there is corroboratig anecdotal evidence coming out of the
woodwork: Gartner reports Western Europe desktop shipments down in Q2
2012

Apple expert: smartphone owners are willing to pay $100 premium for features Samsung copied

http://www.theverge.com/2012/8/10/3234453/apple-expert-smartphone-owners-100-premium-copied-samsung-trial

Hey....I wonder how much they are willing to PAY for that shitty SIRI feature.... LOLOlolol....

I mean they put advertisement all over for that useless P.O.S. feature. (and get sued for false advertisement)

Apple is willing to say anything to get more money. I bet they are willing to say...people are willing to pay hundreds for that aluminum body.  They own aluminum...plus, if the bouncy feature is $100, no wonder the rest of feature is so shitty. That's all they can think of.

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msl86 says:

I dare every moron who supports this “expert’s” opinion to offer a “bounce-back feature” app on the Android App Store for $35 (you can easily afford the $30 licensing fee for Apple from this fee). If this study is correct, this app would cost less than the feature is worth to users, so it should sell several million times.

And now tell me with a straight face that you REALLY think it would.
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Hey should post "double bounce" app in iStore, maybe iphone users will pay $200!!!! (man, I love to be a fucking expert working for apple. I got to say any sort of bullshit and get paid.)

As the battle between Samsung and Apple closed out another week in US District Court, lawyers for the latter focused its argument on evidence and testimony covering a presentation Apple made to Samsung in 2010, and its offer to license the patents. AllThingsD has the deck of slides from the meeting (embedded after the break), specifying areas and specific patents Apple believes Android as an OS infringes or things Samsung specifically copied
elements from, plus a report on testimony from Apple executive Boris
Teksler. He testified today about the meeting with Samsung, calling it a
"trusted partner" (should be, since Apple paid it paid $5.7 billion for parts that year) that both Tim Cook and Steve Jobs spoke to directly about the issue.

While more information is expected from Teksler next week, he did have
time to put a dollar amount on the licensing deal Apple subsequently
offered, at about $30 per smartphone and $40 per tablet, as well as
royalties also collected from phones running Symbian and Bada, with the
possibility of a 20 percent discount if Samsung would cross license its own technology
back to Apple. The companies are restricted by Judge Koh to 25 hours
each to argue their points (Apple is at 11 and a half hours while
Samsung has crossed over 12 with its own arguments yet to come) but
we're sure there's enough time left for a few more revelations before
any resolution is reached.

http://www.engadget.com/2012/08/10/apple-samsung-presentation-licensing/

Texas Instruments talks about its OMAP 5 processor

Texas Instruments told Know Your Mobile that the first batch of TI OMAP 5 processors should be hitting the market in early-2013.
Exact release dates, according to Texas Instruments, will depend on
manufacturers but the chips will be ready to go in the first quarter of
next year.

‘The OMAP 5 foundation consists of two ARM Cortex-A15 processors,’
says TI, ‘two ARM Cortex-M4 processors and various accelerators/engines
that enable the very best performance at mobile-friendly power levels.’

ARM Cortex A9 chips are currently the de facto choice of many chipmakers, including current market-leaders Qualcomm and Samsung.
However the advent of A15 Cortex chipsets, which we should see in
late-2012, will make laptop-like performance on mobile phones and
tablets a very real possibility.

http://www.knowyourmobile.com/blog/1464306/texas_instruments_talks_about_its_omap_5_processor.html

You are late TI...