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Is Apple borderline slanderous this time?  I think that Apple crossed the line when they attempted to address their iPhone 4 Death Grip issue. How so??  They shifted the focus from themselves by claiming that other manufacturers such as RIM, HTC, Samsung and Noika were having the same problem. I fail to understand their point.  It’s their phone design, not holding a phone tightly that is the issue.  RIM has 20 plus years of reliable wireless service even in low coverage areas. It’s time that the folks at Apple grow up and realize that their bad design issues can’t be cleared by lashing out at other people’s products. And, oh yes, giving iPhone 4 users free cases was a nice gesture, but doesn’t the case defeat the purpose of owning the slimmest smartphone?  Just my two cents.

Microsoft is giving away 90,000+ Windows Phone 7 devices!  Yes, it’s true.  If you are a Microsoft employee, you are getting one.  While this will cost Microsoft, they are really trying to make their employees evangelists.  Why?? Because NOBODY likes using a buggy device – even if it is bleeding-edge technology.  Also, by providing all Microsoft employees with the phone they will be able to report that 90K+ people are using it.  While I haven’t tried one myself, I’ve heard it’s a usable device.  Need another tester Microsoft?

What is the smartphone of choice?  So far, it’s RIM’s Backberry with a reported market share of 41.7 percent, followed by Apple with 24.4 percent and Microsoft with 13.2 percent.  With Google and Palm rounding out the top 5, but expect that to change.  Google’s Android is picking up speed and with 57% of their applications being free, it’s just a matter of time before it’s in the top 3.

Be careful how you update your Adoble Flash.  This warning comes after the discovery of a compromised website offering Adoble Flash updates to anybody.  If the update is downloaded and run, you are left with an extremely nasty piece of malware that has been identified as Downloader.CEW.f. Once installed, it will download and install MORE scamware and spyware programs. What should you watch for?  The version number is the biggest tip-off, it’s version 11 and the latest version available from adoble for their flash player is 10.1.

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Two months after Apple sued HTC for violating 20 patents, HTC’s hitting back, alleging that Apple’s violated 5 of HTC’s patents, asking the ITC to ban the import and sale of all iPhones, iPods and iPads in the US. UPDATED.

So, the story, in a nutshell. A couple months ago, Apple sued HTC over 20 patent violations in its smartphones—particularly its Android phones—basically as a way to swipe at Google. Shortly afterward, HTC announced a patent licensing agreement with Microsoft for its Android phones. (It’s paying Microsoft to license technology Microsoft has patents on; which seems odd, given their tight relationship via Windows Phone.) And there’s been not a word from Google on any of this.

Today, HTC is hitting Apple back over five patents, illustrated above. Two are related to power management, two are over personalized phone dialers, and one’s over a telephone dialer with easy access memory—definitely a smaller range of stuff, compared to everything Apple is slamming HTC with.

They’re asking the ITC to halt the import and sale of all iPhones, iPods and iPads, which is a pretty standard request with patent violation dealios. (Don’t worry, you’ll still be able to buy your iPad. If Apple somehow found itself at HTC’s mercy here, what’d end up happening most likely is that Apple and HTC would announce joint licensing deals, drop their suits, and everybody goes home.)

Good times.

With thanks to gizmodo.com .  To see the original article please click here.

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Allan

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“If you think it’s expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur.” -Red Adair