Korean microelectronics standardization body JEDEC Solid State Technology Association has ratified next-generation DDR4 SDRAM standard. The new development was announced through a press release on September 25. The JEDEC DDR4 (JESD79-4) standard has been defined to ensure higher performance with improved reliability and reduced power.
American Airlines (AA) has decided to equip its flight attendants Galaxy Note tablet PCs. Though AA has not mentioned, what version of Galaxy Note the company will provide to its flight attendants, the announcement page of AA seems to indicate 5.3-inch Samsung Galaxy Note adoption.
Apple made a lot of tall claims when it released iPhone 5 recently. It stated that the device comes with an A6 chip which provides 2X performance compared to the A5 chip used in iPhone 4S. Now, the score of iPhone 5 on Geekbench tests has affirmed this.
Motorola and Apple have been embroiled in a legal battle in Germany over the bounce-back feature in iOS. Apple defeated Samsung precisely by bringing up this same feature and now, Motorola has also lost in the patent case against Apple. This defeat may lead to Motorola products being banned in Germany.
Apple has been able to secure a major victory against Samsung in a recent case where the jury has ruled that Samsung must pay Apple $1 billion in damages. The jury found Samsung to have infringed Apple’s design patents, which also include rounded corners. Google seems to be baffled over this.
You have already got the pricing for iPhone 5. It’s similar to that of iPhone 4S pricing at launch – $199 for 16GB, $299 for 32GB, and $399 for 64GB. But, it is not the whole game. Some other phones have gotten cheaper with the launch of iPhone 5. These phones range from older versions of iPhone to newer Galaxy S3.
The launch event of the next iPhone, due on September 12th, is just around the corner. A number of speculations and rumors have been doing their rounds regarding iPhone 5. To add to it, a fresh badge of speculations suggest that iPhone 5 will indeed feature global LTE connectivity options, a move which may lead Apple to more patent wars.
Apple has been actively pursuing different tech giants over alleged patent infringements. Recently, it won a landmark victory against Samsung, bagging a smug $1 billion in damages. However, Apple may be in for a few defeats too. HTC has been pursuing a patent case against Apple over LTE technology and it seems that the judge is somewhat convinced by the former.