Apple Purchases 4G LTE Patents, Set To Compete With Samsung In 4G LTE Market

(GSM Insider) - After Samsung loses the lawsuit against Apple, they threaten to sue Apple if they release LTE-enabled devices. According to sources, Apple successfully purchased 4G LTE patents and set to compete with Samsung soon. 

At the moment, Apple owns 318 patents of 4G LTE. 44 patents were own developed and others are purchase from other companies. 

Samsung still leading the 4G LTE patents with 819 patents which equal to 12.7%, follows by InterDigital, and Huawei. Apple only owns 4.9% of 4G LTE patents. Therefore, Apple needs to work harder for more patents for them to fight with Samsung in the future. [Source]

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Google Files Patent For Making Calls With Both Sides Of Phone

(GSM Insider) - From the latest patent files by Google, users able to make calls with both sides of the phone. With this patents, phone can automatically detects the phone position and switch the call. This can avoid users listen to wrong side of the phone. 

Google says this patent still on the progress but no official date on when this phone coming soon. 

Recently, Google purchased Motorola Mobility for $1.2 billion. It could be fantastic if Motorola coming with this kind of phone.  [Source]

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Apple Offered To License Patent In 2010, But Samsung Not Interested

(GSM Insider) - In 2007, Apple explicitly asked Samsung not to copy its rubber banding patent, according to Apple Senior Vice President Scott Forstall.

At the lawsuit of Apple vs Samsung, Apple Senior Vice President Scott Forstall told a jury that Steve Jobs told Samsung: "Here’s something we invented. Don’t — don’t copy it. Don’t steal it.”

When as about the conversation between Jobs and Samsung, Forstall responded, "Rubber banding is one of the sort of key things for the fluidity of the iPhone and - and all of iOS, and so I know it was one of the ones that Steve really cared about.

I actually think that Android had not done rubber banding at some point and it was actually added later. So they actually went form sort of, you know, not yet copying and infringing to - to choosing to copy, which is sad and distasteful.

But I can't give you a specific recollection of - of Steve, you know, going over rubber banding with - with them in those meetings or not...

I expect it came up, because it's one of the key things we talked - you know, he and I talked about, but I don't know if it came up there."

So what do you think of this? Samsung copy Apple? For full news, please hit the source button.  [Source]

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Latest Patents Suggest Apple Working On Smart Cover With Touch and Display Development

(GSM Insider) - From the images of USPTO, we can see that Apple files patents for the enhanced version of Smart Cover. Those Smart Cover no longer just a dock for users to use the iPad but also with integrated function on the Smart Cover. The Smart Cover to feature some touch button as the users can use to play-pause the movies or musics. So it is quite convenience. Furthermore, Apple added external keyboard on the Smart Cover as well. Is this means that the Smart Cover going to include touch button and external? We might see when the launch of iPad 4 in somewhere next year. [Source]

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