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 and Samsung have long been embroiled in one of the most expensive patent warfare in the history of the tech world. Apple recently had a field day when a U.S. court ruled in its favor, asking Samsung to pay a whopping $1.05 billion in damages. However, the story doesn’t end here.
A recent report claimed that Samsung has set ‘ATIV’ brand name for its Windows based devices. Sammobile has twitted “Windows 8 tablets by Samsung called: ATIV (GT-P8510)” with a screenshot. According to the tweet, the company’s Windows based tablets have got ‘ATIV’ trademark and the source said that the tablets brand name will be ‘ATIV Tab’. Currently, Samsung has used ‘Galaxy’ brand name for its Android based devices.
Recently, a rumor has been raised up about Samsung’s next Galaxy Note. According to the Business Insider, Samsung’s next super phone image has been leaked. This Android phone/tablet will come with a special stylus. The upcoming device is a successor of Galaxy Note 10.1.
The big legal battle between Samsung and Apple is being fought off in the U.S. District Court in San Jose, California. Apple recently presented its arguments, trying to prove that Samsung had copied a lot of its UI elements. In response, Samsung has now stated that it didn’t infringe any Apple patents, rather Apple infringed some of Samsung’s patents.
According to reports, in October 2010, Apple executives met their counterparts in Samsung to settle concerns that Samsung’s tablets and smartphones infringe Apple’s iPhone and iPad device patents. New court documents in the Apple vs Samsung patent war have revealed that, Apple proposed a patent licensing deal with Samsung that time. Apple offered to license its portfolio of patents on the order of $30 per smartphone and $40 per tablet in royalties from Samsung.
When Microsoft launched its Surface tablet, it was a surprising move for a lot of us. The chief source of surprise was the fact that from being a software vendor for such a long time, Microsoft was entering into the hardware realm directly (in terms of standalone computers). And it was doing so by jeopardizing its long partnerships with a lot of hardware vendors.
At last, Samsung has taken a decision about the release date of its Galaxy Note 10.1 tablet. As they promises, the stylus-equipped Android tablet is coming worldwide by the end of this month. Though one week already has been gone of this month, but the company till now did not confirm the final release date.