Yesterday, a preliminary ruling from the US International Trade Commission ruled that Motorola hadn’t infringed three Apple patents.
Apple’s original complaint was filed in October 2010 and was notable because one of the patents covered multipoint ‘multi-touch’ touchscreen use.
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Apple has been granted a patent that covers the ‘unlocking’ of a smartphone screen by sliding a finger across the display or entering a pattern.
The original application was filed in June 2009.
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Amazon has updated its range of Kindle e-book readers with four new devices. Three share a similar design to previous Kindles, while the fourth - the Kindle Fire - is an Android-based tablet.
The two current Kindle devices - now renamed the Kindle Keyboard and the Kindle Keyboard 3G - will remain on sale.
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Samsung has launched a 1.4GHz dual-core smartphone with a 5.3-inch screen, described as the market’s largest HD Super AMOLED display.
As well as being touch-sensitive, the screen also works with a stylus called the ‘S Pen’. The Galaxy Note promises a 180-degree viewing angle and a one-step screen-capture function; an option that’s currently missing from standard Android phones.
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