Sony sues LG to block shipping to US

 

                            Sony sues to block LG from shipping phones to U.S.

 

Sony Corp has filed a patent infringement complaint seeking to block LG Electronics Inc from shipping smartphones such as its Rumour 2 model to the United States.

In a filing late Wednesday with the U.S. International Trade Commission, Sony said LG violated U.S. trade rules by importing mobile phones and modems that infringed Sony patents.
Sony said LG also infringed patents of some of its licensees, including its Sony Ericsson joint venture, Samsung and Nokia.
The company filed a related complaint with the federal court in Los Angeles, court records show. A copy of that complaint was not immediately available.
LG spokesman John Taylor said in an email that it is company policy not to discuss pending litigation.
Sony said the patent infringement relates to more than 10 phones including the Encore, LG Accolade, Neon, Quantum, Rumour Touch and others.
The patents in the suit involve audio and microphone devices in phones, caller ID technology and transmission power.
LG, South Korea's fourth-largest conglomerate, this month said it is trying to expand its major businesses, including smartphones, and on Tuesday said it wants to raise 2011 sales by 11 percent to 156 trillion won ($135 billion).
Since October, LG has sold 2 million units of the Optimus One smartphone, its most popular smartphone model to date.
Sony reported an operating profit of 68.7 billion yen ($847 million) in the three months ended Sept. 30, reversing a loss the previous year.
The ITC case is In re: Certain Mobile Phones and Modems, U.S. International Trade Commission, No. 337-TA. The California case is Sony Corp. v. LG Electronics USA Inc. et al, U.S. District Court, Central District of California, No. 2:10-09967.

 

New kind of dance

                                          English cricketers dance on Australian papers

Australia's surrender of the Ashes on home soil for the first time in 24 years had English cricketers dancing on the front pages of local newspapers on Thursday and cricket writers pulling apart the home team like a left-over Christmas turkey.
The tourists swept to an innings and 157-run victory in the fourth test on Wednesday in front of thousands of English fans at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.
"What a spray," the Herald Sun front-page headline said on a full-page picture of a joyous England team doing the "sprinkler" dance on the MCG's turf.
"Just when you thought the cricket couldn't get any worse, we had to endure this at the MCG yesterday," the caption fumed.
"The Age" newspaper also gave front-page treatment to the victory jig, adding the more mournful: "England dances on Australia's Ashes grave."

Tips to kick start weight loss

Now experts from the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center can help you stick to that New Year's resolution of losing weight if you just follow these six tips.
1. Keep moving each day: all it takes to see a weight-loss benefit is 30 to 60 minutes of aerobic activity daily.
"You don't need to be athletic. Just brisk walking or dancing to your favorite music or using an aerobic exercise machine like a stationary bike or treadmill is all you need to do - just try to do it each day," said Anne McTiernan.
"You can break it into 10- or 15-minute sessions throughout the day to get the weight-loss benefit," she said.
2. Keep a food journal: "By spending a little extra time to write down everything you eat and drink, you'll be able to see where extra calories sneak in," said Caitlin Mason, an exercise and health researcher in the Public Health Sciences Division of the Hutchinson Center.
"There are lots of good online tools that can help estimate the calorie content of common foods and track your weight loss progress over time," she said.

LG to Release First Dual-Core Android Smartphone in 2011

LG planning to make a new but extra ordinary Android smartphone in line of Optimus series. It will be the flagship model of LG’s Android lineup and will available in the beginning of 2011.
This phone will be an 8 megapixel camera, 1080p video-recording with dual-core cpu inside. The phone support 4" touchscreen.
Its suppose to be a Super Phone, here are some of the mind boggling specifications:

• 4" Touchscreen
• 8Megapixel Camera with LED Flash and Full 1080p HD Video Recording,
• Video Call Camera
• NVIDIA Tegra 2
• micro SD Card Slot
• 1500 mAH Battery

According to leak news the internal codename for the device is “Star” but that is most likely to change upon official release. LG is aiming to release it early in 2011 to get the first mover advantage of becoming the first Dual CoreAndroid handset. It should be the very first dual-core Android handset, this device will finally bring NVIDIA's Tegra 2 into the smartphone realm.
And after the huge success of LG Optimus One smartphone LG will surely try to follow this lineup. Also LG has announced that it has managed to sell over one million units of the LG Optimus Onesmartphone within a short time span of 40 days. The LG Optimus One is powered by Google’s Android OS 2.2 Froyo

Now Froyo Running on Over 43 percent of the Android Smartphone

According to Google's latest report on the Android versions usage now more than 43% or Android Smartphones and tablets running the Android 2.2 Froyo OS inside.
This report based on the number of Android devices that have accessed Android Market within a 14-day period ending on the data collection date noted below. Now Android 2.2 Froyo OS finally take the lead with 43.4% of the Android devices and with 39.6% Android 2.1 Eclair on 2nd position.
The Android 1.5 (Cupcake) runs on only 6.3 percent and Android 1.6 (Donut) runs on 10.6 percent of the Android smartphones and tablets. The rest 0.1 percent of the devices are based on obsolete versions.
The last month share growth of Froyo was 2.9 percent while now it reaches 7.2 percent, jumping from 36.2 to 43.4 percent. As for the Eclair, it lost share by 1.2 percent.
Today only around 17% of the Android smartphones and tablets are still need an upgrade that's running an Android version lower than 2.1. Though some of them will never got an upgrade or not promised for a free update. And based on this report we can say that share of Android 2.x OS will rise speedily.

Veuze: Google Android 2.3 Gingerbread Appeared in Official Video

Veuze: Google Android 2.3 Gingerbread Appeared in Official Video

Google Android 2.3 Gingerbread Appeared in Official Video

Android 2.3 Gingerbread is almost done now and appeared in an official video from the Google. Now we can hope that Google Android 2.3 Gingerbread is almost ready to release this new version of its mobile operating system.
According to the video, which was a tutorial from Google Hong Kong, aimed at offering additional details on Google Voice Search. The handset looks like Nexus One on which Google Voice Search is being demonstrated. Now the notification area color has been changed to black with new icons.
The virtual menu key on the bottom of the screen has been placed on a black background and it's now flanked by two shortcuts. The final bit of UI polish in Android 2.3 Gingerbread is the restyled buttons in the settings menu. A somehow tweaked launcher bar placed at the bottom of the home screen. Now you will see some new tabs in the Android Market. There are three new tabs inside the app information page, one of which is "Related".

There is no official announcements about the features in next Android 2.3 Gingerbread but we can hope very soon a official release before the end of this year.