- IBM and Samsung announce patent cross-license agreement, we pray for a z196-based Galaxy Tab
The dirty details are few and far betwixt, but IBM and Samsung have just joined up to announce a patent cross-license agreement that could have significant impact in the world we obsess with. According the (admittedly brief) release embedded after the break, the two will license their respective patent portfolios to each other, but considering that specific terms and conditions are being kept under wraps for now, it’s on us to imagine what kind of magic will result from the agreement. Of course, the patent portfolios for each of these companies is staggeringly vast — covering everything from mobile technologies to semiconductors, and just about everything in between. We’re told that the deal will allow each company to “innovate and operate freely,” and to use each other’s patents to keep pace with the rapid expansion of technology. Is a 5.2GHz z196-based Galaxy S just months away? A boy can dream, can’t he?
[Thanks, Peter]
IBM and Samsung announce patent cross-license agreement, we pray for a z196-based Galaxy Tab originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 12 Feb 2011 17:33:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
- HTC Thunderbolt exclusively hits Best Buy for $250 at launch, rooted prototype provides hope for full unlock
Though hard facts on the HTC Thunderbolt’s availability were hard to come by, conflicting rumors were flying fast and strong — now, a Best Buy ad seems to clear most everything up. Like we’d originally heard, the 4.3-inch LTE smartphone will launch for $250 on a two-year contract — or a wallet-crushing $750 without — but the key ingredients here are three words at the very top. The Thunderbolt is apparently a “national retail exclusive” for Best Buy, which explains how the device could simultaneously face Verizon delays and yet come in for a Valentine’s Day landing at the big box store. You’ll also note that the ad mentions Skype video and 4G mobile hotspot functionality, so we’d be surprised if the phone came without, though it’s also possible that the whole kit and kaboodle has been delayed to match — Droid-Life says this ad comes from a February 20th circular, so we might not see anything until then.
In case you needed an additional reason to be excited about the Thunderbolt, the developers at AndIRC have some related news — they’ve already rooted a prototype version (which just so happens to have the familiar codename Mecha) and believe the same technique will work on retail devices. Wouldn’t it be nice to have root on day one… whenever that is?
[Thanks to everyone who sent this in]
HTC Thunderbolt exclusively hits Best Buy for $250 at launch, rooted prototype provides hope for full unlock originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 12 Feb 2011 16:46:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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- Nokia’s marginalization of MeeGo came as a surprise to Intel
Yesterday’s announcement by Nokia that it’s switching to Windows Phone 7 as its primary smartphone platform has already had, and will continue to have, great repercussions for plenty of parties besides the Finnish company and its new best bud Microsoft. One of the biggest effects of that deal was that Nokia now no longer considers MeeGo — the open-source OS it was co-developing with Intel — an item of priority, classifying it as a “learning project.” No prizes for guessing Intel’s nowhere near happy about that, but would you have also guessed Nokia kept Chipzilla in the dark about its new direction until the day it announced it to the world? Such is the word from TechCrunch‘s well placed sources, who also say that Nokia dedicated only a three-man external team to the development of UI customizations for MeeGo. Not exactly the hugest investment in the world, we’d say, and when you consider Nokia and Microsoft already have concept devices drawn up, you’ve got to think plans to abandon MeeGo as a sincere flagship strategy were materializing in Espoo a long time before this event. It would probably have been nice to tell Intel, though, just to be classy. Hit the source link for more detail, including confirmation that Nokia’s N9-00, its first planned MeeGo device, was canned — apparently due to complaints from operators about its hinge.
Nokia’s marginalization of MeeGo came as a surprise to Intel originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 12 Feb 2011 15:37:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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