A Sleeker Lumia Thanks to its aluminum exterior, the Lumia 925 is perhaps the most sophisticated looking of Nokia’s current smartphones. It has a 4.5-inch OLED display and carries the company’s PureView label, meaning the camera sports advanced imaging technology. Covers Back covers for the Lumia 925 come in different colors and incorporate wireless charging, which isn’t built into the device itself. Backside Lumia 925′s back side is mostly made Read More
HP goes Android with x2 hybrid – CNET
SlateBook x2: HP is putting more muscle behind Android now. The SlateBook x2 follows the Slate 7 Android tablet. (Credit: Hewlett-Packard) Hewlett-Packard has a newfound affinity for Android. After announcing the Slate 7 in February, HP announced Tuesday that it is adding a second Android tablet, the SlateBook x2. The SlateBook takes its well-received Envy x2 design and loads Android 4.2.2 and Nvidia’s brand-new Tegra 4 chip inside a sleek Read More
HP brings Android to laptops with SlateBook X2 – PCWorld
Hewlett-Packard has given the “Android treatment” to its latest laptop-tablet hybrid, which is called SlateBook X2 and has a detachable 10-inch screen that can independently function as a tablet. The X2 is HP’s second device with Android. Its first was the US$170 Slate 7 tablet that started shipping in late April. The SlateBook X2 includes the tablet and keyboard dock as a package, and the tablet cannot be bought separately. Read More
Apple, Samsung Devices Seen Raising Pentagon’s Cyber Risk – Bloomberg
The Pentagon risks exposing itself to hackers by opening its communications networks to Apple Inc. (AAPL) and Samsung Electronics Co. (005930) smartphones and tablets, according to cybersecurity officials. The two companies want to crack a market long dominated by Waterloo, Ontario-based BlackBerry (BBRY), which provides about 470,000 of the U.S. military’s more than 600,000 mobile devices. While those numbers are a fraction of BlackBerry’s 76 million subscribers worldwide, the company Read More
Nintendo, Apple, Samsung, Metso: Intellectual Property – Bloomberg
Nintendo Co. (7974), maker of the Wii video-gaming system, won a U.S. appeals court ruling that makes it harder for patent-licensing companies to seek an import ban on products as a way to demand royalties. Motiva LLC, which claimed Nintendo infringed its patents for a system to track a game user’s position, didn’t meet the requirements to file a trade complaint, the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit said Read More
HP’s latest hybrids sport Nvidia Tegra 4 and 3rd-gen Intel Core CPUs – PCWorld
Clamshell laptops will always have their place, but that form factor just can’t deliver the versatility of a hybrid tablet with a detachable keyboard. Unfortunately, the designs we’ve seen so far have been hobbled by weak CPUs. HP currently has just one hybrid in the consumer market, the pretty-but-underpowered Envy x2. The company hopes to raise expectations with the two models it’s announcing today. HP The Split x2 will use a Read More
HP Slatebook x2: Finally, a Serious Android ‘Laptop’ – Mashable – Mashable
Android Gets a Laptop You Can Use The HP Slatebook x2, coming this summer for $479.99, is a 10.1-inch Android tablet that becomes a laptop when attached to its keyboard dock. The dock has a touchpad that directs a mouse cursor — something not often found on Android laptop devices. Angle View The dock increases the battery life, charging the tablet when it’s attached. Many manufacturers have tried to create Read More
Verizon, VMware roll out Android work, life sandboxes – ZDNet
Verizon’s enterprise unit and VMware said Wednesday that they have rolled out a “dual persona solution” that segregates corporate information running on Android devices. Under the deal, the two companies will offer the dual persona software on the LG Intuition and Motorola RAZR M smartphones used by Verizon Enterprise customers. The dual persona software is powered by VMware’s Horizon Mobile software. VMware’s Horizon Mobile creates Read More
In court filing, Justice Dept. accuses Apple of e-book price fixing – Washington Post
In its own court filing, Apple vehemently denied allegations of price fixing, saying it brought fresh competition to a market dominated by Amazon. “The evidence proves that Apple acted independently, to further its own legitimate business goals,” the company said. The dueling documents with the U.S. District Court of the Southern District of New York detail for the first time aspects of the government’s case against Apple. The court is Read More
Apple Targets Samsung Galaxy S 4 in Patent Case – PC Magazine
Apple wants to add the Galaxy S 4 to a list of 22 Samsung devices its believes infringes on its patents. Cupertino said it is willing to drop one of those 22 gadgets and swap in Samsung’s newest flagship smartphone. “Based on Apple’s analysis of the Galaxy S 4, Apple has concluded that it is an infringing device and accordingly intends to move for leave Read More