Moto 360, other smartwatches get price cuts ahead of Apple Watch launch

Some rival smartwatches, such as the Android-based Moto 360, saw significant price cuts on Friday in a bid to keep up sales in the wake of Apple opening preorders for the Apple Watch.

Roger Fingas 11 years ago 93

Fingerprint sensor for Google's Nexus 6 was nixed after Apple bought AuthenTec

Motorola did intend to include a Touch ID-like fingerprint sensor in its Android flagship Nexus 6 smartphone, the company's then-CEO has revealed, but canceled the plan following Apple's acquisition of would-be component supplier AuthenTec.

Sam Oliver 11 years ago 83

Google's Nexus 6 abandoned fingerprint sensor after failed attempt to catch up with Apple's Touch ID

The Google-branded, Motorola-built Nexus 6 attempted to incorporate a fingerprint sensor like Apple's Touch ID which debuted on last year's iPhone 5s. However, the feature was abandoned shortly before the phone's introduction.

Daniel Eran Dilger 11 years ago 91

Samsung hypes Note 4 by copying Apple's iPhone 5c "for the colorful" ads

With sales of its flagship Galaxy S5 flagging, Samsung has turned toward hyping its upcoming Note 4 stylus-based phablet using teaser ads targeting the same "for the colorful" characters Apple presented last year using iPhone 5c.

Daniel Eran Dilger 11 years ago 82

Led by Apple Inc. iPhone, smartphones now account for 87 percent of U.S. handsets

New research by Counterpoint indicates that 87 percent of Americans upgraded to smartphones by the end of March, with Apple remaining the top vendor.

Daniel Eran Dilger 12 years ago 43

Before Apple's iPhone was too small, it was too "monstrously" big

Apple is widely expected to introduce new, larger iPhone 6 models this year, after ignoring the "phablet" market for years. Somewhat ironically, it was Apple that initiated and perpetuated the trend toward larger smartphones phones while its competitors, including Samsung, worked to popularize small devices in order to "exploit" consumer preferences for phones that weren't as "monstrously large" as the iPhone, as revealed in confidential documents from the patent infringement trial.

Daniel Eran Dilger 12 years ago 151

Jury's verdict in Apple vs Samsung case threatens far reaching consequences

The jurors deciding the outcome of the second Apple vs Samsung trial haven't yet returned a verdict, but their options are limited to a few possible outcomes, ranging from a fiery thermonuclear blast to a wintery new Dark Ages.

Daniel Eran Dilger 12 years ago 88

How iPhone 5c helps Apple move toward larger new iPhones in the future

Apple started 2014 with a diverse lineup of iPods and iPads in multiple sizes, but the company still only makes one form factor of iPhone. Here's how the company's iPhone 5c experiment has helped it to develop the operational sophistication needed to produce multiple sizes of iPhone.

Daniel Eran Dilger 12 years ago 98

Apple's iPhone 5c ate up Android while Google's Moto X flopped: why everyone was wrong

Last fall, Google's Motorola group unveiled its Moto X and Apple released its middle-tier iPhone 5c. Across the board, pundits and reporters portrayed the 5c as a grave mistake that got everything wrong while lavishing Google's Moto X with praise. Why were they so incredibly wrong?

Daniel Eran Dilger 12 years ago 218

Appeals court rules Apple can sue Motorola, creates claim chaos for Data Detectors

A U.S. appeals court ruled that Apple and Google's Motorola can sue each other over smartphone patents, overturning Judge Richard Posner's opinion from the summer of 2012. The court also sided with a claim construction that does not favor Apple, and may impact its case with Samsung.

Daniel Eran Dilger 12 years ago 43

How Samsung & Google teamed up to steal Apple Data Detectors for Android

Apple's critics contend that it either doesn't have innovative inventions worthy of patents, or has grossly overestimated the commercial value of its patents. Apple Data Detectors is one example that proves both ideas are wrong.

Daniel Eran Dilger 12 years ago 120

Apple moves to renew FRAND licensing suit against Motorola

With a court battle against Samsung raging on the West Coast, Apple on Tuesday asked the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in Washington, D.C. to renew a lawsuit against Motorola's alleged unreasonable licensing fees for declared-essential cellphone technology.

Mikey Campbell 12 years ago 19

Samsung's 'Beat Apple' memo: 'Threat from Apple extremely real and urgent'

While the tech media has devoted lots of attention to Apple's concerned reaction to Samsung's 2012 marketing blitz, evidence likely to be presented during the Apple vs Samsung trial shows that it was Samsung that targeted its attention on "beating Apple" as its "#1 priority" for 2012.

Daniel Eran Dilger 12 years ago 109

How Wikipedia's sloppy facts obscured reality in Apple vs. Samsung trial

In 2011, the world's two most profitable mobile phone makers engaged in a global IP war that continues to this day. As Apple and Samsung prepare for their second trial, it's useful to review why many onlookers were so ill informed about the first one: Wikipedia.

Daniel Eran Dilger 12 years ago 170

iPhone IP Wars: Nokia vs Apple vs HTC, Motorola & Samsung

In 2007 Apple introduced iPhone, emphasizing that virtually every significant aspect of its entirely new experience and industrial design was protected by patents. Three years later a global patent war erupted. Who's to blame?

Daniel Eran Dilger 12 years ago 34

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