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Motorola asked Apple for a 2.25% royalty rate for each iPhone and iPad
As part of the ongoing legal battle between Motorola and Apple, the Wall St. Journal reported recently that Motorola asked Apple to pay 2.25% in royalties for each iPhone and iPad sold – an exorbitant royalty rate that would easily reach into the billions of dollars. What makes the request particularly sickening is that the [...]
Continue reading...Samsung sold slightly more smartphones in 2011 than Apple
Wednesday, February 1, 2012
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Apple this past quarter shipped a whopping 37 million iPhones, setting a new quarterly record as iPhone sales grew 128% year over year. The achievement was enough for Apple to slightly edge out Samsung with respect to smartphone sales during the recent holiday quarter. A few days ago, Samsung reported shipping 36 million smartphones as [...]
Continue reading...ITC preliminary ruling says Motorola doesn’t infringe upon Apple’s patents
Monday, January 16, 2012
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The ITC last Friday issued a preliminary ruling regarding Apple’s allegations that certain Motorola products infringe upon 3 of Apple’s patents. On this date, the ALJ issued an initial determination on violation of Section 337 and recommended determination on remedy and bond in the above-referenced investigation. It is held that no violation of section 337 of [...]
Continue reading...German Court rules Apple iOS devices infringe Motorola FRAND patents
Monday, December 12, 2011
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After getting off to a promising start, Apple’s recent efforts to legally dismantle and throttle the momentum of Android are proving unsuccessful. Hot on the heels of a US Judge denying Apple’s motion for a preliminary injunction against Samsung, Apple suffered a setback in Germany where a Court ruled there that Apple’s 3G capable iOS [...]
Continue reading...Motorola only shipped 100,000 Xoom tablets last quarter
Thursday, November 3, 2011
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By Luis Estrada: Motorola Mobility released its earnings last Thursday and the results sort of depend on how you look at things. You see, Motorola lost a lot of money during the last fiscal quarter – $32 million to be exact – but still didn’t lose as much money as it has in previous quarters. [...]
Continue reading...Motorola’s MotoACTV looks a lot like the iPod Nano
Tuesday, October 18, 2011
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By Josh Rosenthall: Motorola on Tuesday announced the MotoACTV, a new “smart watch” powered by Android and aimed at serious exercisers. The watch plays music, tells time (of course) and can wirelessly upload a user’s fitness data to the web as it can track the distance, speed, and pace of runners. There are also optional headsets [...]
Continue reading...Motorola Xoom 2 specs leak: More RAM, 1080p video recording, and more
Thursday, September 29, 2011
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What you’re looking at above may very well be the second iteration of the less than spectacular Motorola Xoom tablet. In what’s becoming quite the pattern, Motorola Xoom sales were lukewarm at best. And whereas iPad 2s for sometime were being purchased at a faster clip than Apple could manufacture them, the Xoom was never [...]
Continue reading...Microsoft was also contemplating Motorola acquisition before Google swooped in
Tuesday, August 16, 2011
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As the reverberations from Google’s acquisition of Motorola have started to simmer down, Om Malik of Gigaom writes that Motorola was keen on selling and that Google wasn’t the only interested suitor. Microsoft was also interested in purchasing Motorola and acquisition discussions between the two companies had reportedly been ongoing for some time. Driving Microsoft’s [...]
Continue reading...Will Google’s Motorola acquisition be a success?
Monday, August 15, 2011
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There’s so much fallout from Google’s Motorola announcement today that it’s hard to even know where to begin. While Google certainly strengthens its patent portfolio, the acquisition clearly raises a number of important questions. First, how will Google’s other Android partners react? After all, they’re now competing with Google in the hardware market. Publicly at [...]
Continue reading...Google acquires Motorola Mobility for $12.5 billion
Monday, August 15, 2011
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Wow. Shit just got real. In what is easily Google’s biggest acquisition in its history, Google today said it will acquire phone hardware maker Motorola Mobility for $12.5 billion in cash to help enhance sales of its Android mobile OS. All told, Google payed $40 a share for Motorola Mobility, representing a 63% premium for [...]
Continue reading...After winning injunction against Samsung’s Galaxy Tab 10.1, Apple files suit in Germany against Motorola over Xoom tablet
Wednesday, August 10, 2011
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Apple yesterday was on the receiving end of a favorable judgement from the district court of Dusseldorf, Germany when it ruled that Samsung was barred from selling its Galaxy Tab 10.1 tablet anywhere in Europe, save for the Netherlands. Further, for each discovered violation, Samsung will have to either pony up $350,000 or have its [...]
Continue reading...The iPad has no competition, especially not from the Motorola Xoom
Wednesday, August 3, 2011
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Companies looking to take on Apple’s iPad are quickly finding out that it’s more of an uphill battle than they bargained for. Whereas Android was able to quickly catch up to the iPhone in terms of marketshare, the same cann’t be said for Android-based tablets. This past quarter, Apple recorded record revenue thanks in part [...]
Continue reading...Motorola working on homegrown mobile OS – Rumor
Friday, March 25, 2011
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There’s no denying that Google’s Android OS effectively saved Motorola from the dredges of smartphone irrelevancy, but with Android now the mobile OS of choice for an inordinate number of handset manufacturers, Motorola is reportedly working on its own homegrown mobile OS to prevent becoming over reliant on Google. Infoworld is reporting that Motorola [...]
Continue reading...Ars review of the Motorola Xoom reminds us why the iPad is top dog
Monday, March 7, 2011
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Shocking revelations from Ars Technica’s review of the Motorola Xoom: The Xoom’s impressive hardware specifications and ambitious feature lineup are intriguing, but the product falls short of its full potential due to a general lack of completeness. It feels like it was rushed to market and delivered to consumers prematurely. The number of headline features [...]
Continue reading...Sign #421 that people will write anything just to reference Apple
Monday, February 28, 2011
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Wayne Rash clumsily writes that the timing of Apple’s upcoming March 2 iPad announcement was plotted with the intention of spoiling the new Motorola Xoom tablet. The announcement by Verizon Wireless that the Xoom will ship on Feb. 24 was followed almost immediately by an invitation by Apple to a press announcement in San Francisco [...]
Continue reading...The importance of Verizon to Motorola
Thursday, February 24, 2011
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While iPhone 4 sales on Verizon have been steady and not quite astronomical, Motorola can’t be all that pleased that Verizon now has a brand new darling child in its smartphone lineup. In a regulatory filing made last week, Motorola stated that sales to Verizon last year accounted for 28% of the company’s revenue. And [...]
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Wednesday, February 8, 2012
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