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Apple Fanboy Writes a Windows Phone Love Letter
Loyal Apple customer, Scott G., loves his Nokia Lumia 900 so much that he wrote a letter to Microsoft CEO, Steve Ballmer. The Windows Phone team published the letter on their website for all to see. Check it out!
Apple Blogger Ditches iPhone For Nokia C3
Cult of Mac editor John Brownlee wrote he doesn’t need an iPhone anymore. He loves his new phone, the Nokia C3. He admitted that the C3 is a “pretty big step down from any iPhone,” and the device just sucks at Twitter, Facebook, browsing the web, and more. The reason he loves the Nokia C3 is that he does all of that stuff on his iPad. Point of the story? If you have an iPad, ditch the iPhone and get a cheap Nokia phone…
Apple Pays Up in Patent License Agreement With Nokia
This is probably the first positive Nokia news I’ve seen in a while. Nokia just announced that Apple will be giving a one-time payment and on-going royalties due to a recently signed patent license agreement. The specific terms of the contract are confidential, but intellectual property expert, Florian Mueller, says that there’s serious money in this for Nokia.
Apple Assembles Top Patent Lawyers For ITC Hearing Against Nokia
Apple and Nokia will be facing off at the International Trade Commission this week to resolve a bitter dispute over smartphone patents. The commission has the power to ban imports of products found to infringe U.S. patents, but the most likely outcome is that the companies agree to end the litigation by licensing each other’s patents. Apple has been preparing for battle as Bloomberg reported today that Apple has hired several high-profile patent lawyers.
Steve Jobs: Nokia is Big, But Not the Best
Steve Jobs mentioned Nokia during Apple’s fourth quarter results conference call. He said that Apple admires Nokia, but don’t aspire to be them. Nokia leads global cellphone sales with low-priced phones, but Steve said Apple wants to make the best devices. He added that Apple’s goal is to make breakthrough products and that they don’t know how to make great handsets at $50.
Let’s Take this Outside (the USA), Apple Sues Nokia in Britain
Reuters just reported that Apple has sued Nokia in Britain, extending their patent disagreements outside the US. Their legal battle started last October when Nokia sued Apple in the United States. A spokesman for Nokia said the recent claims are based on patents already in suit between the two companies in the US.
Apple Shows the Nokia N97 Mini Loses Signal if You Hold it in Awkward Way
Apple did not want to leave the issue alone and published a video showing their own antenna test on the Nokia N97 mini. The iPhone 4 antenna press conference was held 5 days ago, so why was this video just published? Is Apple being petty?
Nokia Responds to Steve Jobs’ iPhone 4 Antenna Press Conference
Steve Jobs held a press conference today about the iPhone 4 reception problems. It resulted in free cases for iPhone 4 owners and waived return fees for unsatisfied buyers. He also mentioned Nokia during the conference by saying, “You can go on the web and look at pictures of Nokia phones that ship with stickers on the back that say ‘don’t touch here’.” A couple of hours after the Apple event, Nokia released a statement.
App Video: Raemote for Nokia N900, an Apple Remote Widget
I lost the Apple Remote that came with my Macbook, but it’s not a problem thanks to a Nokia N900 widget called Raemote developed by Thomas Perl. RaeMote is a desktop widget for the Nokia N900 that allows you to use the device’s infrared port as an Apple Remote. I created a quick video to show you how well it works.
Nokia Wants Some Attention Away From Today’s Apple Announcements With A Prototype N00
Engadget just posted what they believe to be photos of the Nokia N85, however nothing is for sure because it is labeled as a prototype N00. This news comes in the middle of Apple’s WWDC announcements highly covered by all the big tech blogs today and possibly this whole week. Nokia wants some attention too!
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