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United States a court Thursday asking Apple and Samsung, whether the search technology litigation between the two companies to set aside a few months until appeals courts rule on the lawsuit between the two sides. United States District Court of San Jose, California, a jury ruled last year, sought compensation from the Samsung Apple 1.05 billion dollars, but the presiding judge in the case Luxi·Kehe (Lucy Koh) refuses to Apple for a variety of applications for Samsung mobile phone ban. Apple has filed an appeal, but the appeals court decision until September this year at the earliest.

Apple also prosecution in another lawsuit against Samsung assault search patents, the technology was included in the iPhone’s Siri voice Assistant. The sitting will be held in March 2014.

Christof Koch judges in the hearing on Thursday on Apple and Samsung lawyers said, the Court of Appeal’s decision might cover both lawsuits, so she wanted to know if I should wait until after the decision of the Court of appeal, and then continue to advance search technology litigation.

“I just don’t know if we really need both two cases. “Kokh said.

Apple lawyer weilian·Li (William Lee), because of the different patents involved, so the two cases should be parallel development. Samsung bar weiduoliya·maluolisi (Victoria Maroulis) were of the view that, between the two lawsuits has a very large “overlap”.

Kokh asked both lawyers to consider shelving programme and submit their positions by March 7.

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Ever since the Apple iPad Tablet market the rapid rise. Microsoft has been in the desktop and notebook market shaking heaven and Earth, Tablet craze makes Microsoft began to worry that they adhere to the market will be flat erosion, after several years of gestation and development, Win8 systems as well as Surface RT tablet was born. But Surface RT also has a fatal weakness–can’t have abundance of Windows before running the application, in order to make it clear to consumers Windows RT and the difference between Microsoft Windows 8 also took great effort. But for ordinary consumers to ascertain the relationship between the two seems to be not easy, so Samsung simply abandon ATIV Tab in United States listed.

However the Tablet is also sold in other countries. We finally starting with a through other channels, we have come to the conclusion that after the evaluation ATIV Tab has to be much better than Surface RT!

Hardware design

▲Surface、ATIV Tab

If you play with a Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 10.1 or Galaxy Note 10.1, it congratulates you, look you can skip. ATIV Tab and Samsung Tablet is almost the same as a decade, Samsung still own design style. That is camera is still plastic casing, through the polished look of metallic. Although a bit cheap, but combat drop damage and scratching capabilities are better than one.

▲ Back continues to be commonly used by Samsung plastic polishing

▲ Back 5 million pixel camera and Flash features

▲ Right ATIV Tab uses a solid home bar design

Above the front have a 1.9 million-megapixel front-facing camera, Center founder under the screen there is a home button Windows RT system entities. Keep using flat high quality loudspeaker design, and stereo speakers placed in the front of the fuselage on both sides, metal grid on the speaker feels very good. 3.5mm headphone jack at the top, power key, volume keys, microSD card slot, micro-HDMI, and USB 2 ports. Does not have any buttons on both sides of the fuselage, there is a very simple, refined feeling. Border power interfaces, base interface at the bottom there are specially prepared for the keyboard interface.

▲ The bottom port feature

¡Ø front camera features

Internal configuration, equipped with a 1.5GHz Qualcomm dual-core Snapdragon S4 APQ8060A (referred to below will show better battery life Surface RT, speculated that distinction should be between the 28nm process and 45nm processors), Adreno 225 image processor and 2GB RAM, same configuration could be found in the Lenovo Idea Tab S220 and Dell XPS 10. 32GB internal storage capacity, without a 16GB version, largely because Microsoft Windows RT systems will account for 11GB, so the obvious 32GB of internal storage space is too small, not enough.

Working in our hardware design has been carefully following the evaluation, foot under the Samsung still is in the quality of that work, and ATIV Tab to the highest standards required to design, manufacture, we used the hand twisted, pressure (test of mild violence) camera, there will be no plastic kind of crunch sound, works very well. Instead of protection, in cases directly into the camera bag, you need to pick up time and did not find any scratches, which ATIV Tab is very suitable for Office functions. The three dimensions 265.8mm*168.1mm*7mm, weight reached 570g, compared to Surface RT 680g lighter, the structure is more compact. After all, Samsung has been designing hardware, has advantages in this respect will not be difficult.

Screens, as well as over sound

Microsoft Windows RT first generation Tablet resolution is limited to the 1366*768, now the top Android 1920*1200 resolution, as well as the iPad for 2560*1600 resolution, is a little shabby. But the reality is that as long as you are not very close distances to watch the screen difference is not obvious, plus Microsoft technology in font handling, display fonts also are very clear.

Now that the season of winter, outdoor test screen when the Sun is not strong, such cases were able to observe from a large angle to the screen display. Because of ATIV Tab does not eject bracket like the Microsoft surface, so if you want to use this piece of flat films, we recommend that you purchase a pedestal, hand-holding plate to the cinema is a very tiring job. Fitted with brackets and Surface with RT, brightness to maximum, ATIV s backlight brightness can be observed to be higher than the Sruface.

The speaker did well on both sides of the fuselage, bass is also good, the greatest volume of sound is also very large. Not very scientific test, we put the camera in an open room, closed the door, increase the maximum to the music. Speaker sound clear and crisp. That is to imagine situations where, if you are having a small party at home, this machine to act as a small speaker.

Performance and battery life

▲ Differences due to processor technology process, ATIV Tab to be better than the Surface life

If you have never used a Windows 8 and Windows RT, especially if you are coming from the Android and iOS devices, you can immediately feel the Windows before RT and differ both in the system response. For example, when you turn a flat 90 degree switch from horizontal to vertical, the screen display is not only turn a 90 degree will be narrowed and then …. then get the 90 degree transition animation. ATIV Tab like this happened on a few times.

▲ ATIV Tab life

Similar situations also have a APP load speed, if you’re used to clicking, get loaded, then Windows loading speed of the RT system to an average of 5 seconds will make you a little adaptation. For example, open the video player, click after the magnets, appears with a red background, there are several starting points around the pictures rotate around the Central picture schematic APP is loading. But when the APP is fully loaded when running, very smooth no cotton, even if you switch between several APP, slide action, responsiveness of the software quickly, rarely seen Caton.

In our testing of electricity consumption, by looping a movie and turn on WiFi, brightness up to the 50%. ATIV Tab can hold 12 hours and 30 minutes, breaking the technology we dependence tests of a similar record, which is also a Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.7 got 12 hours 1 minutes.

Software

Windows RT on October 26, in order to compete with Android and iOS, Windows RT is based on the ARM processor design systems. Back in October when we were evaluating Windows 8, we discovered that Microsoft encountered difficulties in this area, which is the Windows 8 and Windows RT is the same in appearance on the UI and behavior, consumers may confuse the two. This may also be why Samsung ATIV Tab was canceled in the United States causes to be sold. While RT has a desktop model, but Windows RT is not compatible x86 software. For the general consumer does not easily explained.

Video playback is also problematic, we test video file formats are. MP4, encountered a large number of frames as well as decoding issue.

System comes with Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and OneNote, although with some modifications to suit the RT system. It is unfortunate, the optimization of Office software for touch screen and not enough, perhaps Microsoft is also taking into account the problems, leaving a USB port to connect external devices. After you have connected to the mouse, which many software to control smoothly.

Now Windows RT app store application in a social class is still relatively low. And the People Hub is not good enough, like Twitter and Facebook is still short of the official application. Although there are applications to replace, but are a bit poor quality, the application simply by converting the mobile version of Twitter pages to render content. Other commonly used like Instagram, Spotify, NPR, such as Dropbox software don’t have (foreign social applications are lacking, worse in China).

Other aspects of

▲ Photo effect

ATIV Tab rear camera 5 million pixel effect barely passing, we recorded a number of winter color, images with a color smearing. Also some white, too light. Comes with camera software lacks the touch focus feature, there is no filter can be selected. But Samsung’s own image processing tools to add some filters to take pictures, Samsung will have a white balance in the camera APP provided such a Setup, it’s normal, macro shooting mode.

Summary

Microsoft Surface compared to Samsung ATIV Tab RT with lighter, thinner, gripping feeling better benefits. And battery life is much better than Surface RT, connected to the mouse, the keyboard can also be very good after production. When it comes to defect, more Microsoft Windows RT system, such as application is not rich enough. Also had to said of, and Microsoft “Pro-son” competition is does not easy of, like Google Nexus 4 on has system update most fast, and and Google official system optimization of advantage, this description other of hardware manufacturers to and Google, and Microsoft they of products competition is easily of, needs hardware manufacturers spent more of Kung Fu to produced out excellent of hardware to competition, currently view Samsung in this area do was also good.

Mobile devices need to be present in various sizes are important objectives pursued by Samsung, Samsung is about to released Galaxy at the MWC 2013 Note 8 flat products. According to foreign media at MWC is preparing the exhibition venue captured in photos, Samsung seems to be on the big screen just to show this Galaxy Note 8 tablet, but judging from field personnel understand, this 8-inch Tablet and all kinds of rumors, previously anticipated are relatively consistent.

Above this Zhang pictures by show of flat than Samsung of Galaxy Tab 7.7 slightly large some, figure in the this paragraph flat carrying Note inertial navigation some S-Pen, appearance and zhiqian of information also basic same, from 8 inches of size view, Note 8 filled has Note II and Note 10.1 in size between of vacancies, used and Note products same of silver edge design, plus II generation S-Pen, appearance for white.

Also according to abroad media of latest message, this paragraph equipment seems to in sale Shi also contains has headset, this on flat, is comparison strange of, usually headset only contains in more small of phone in the, from Samsung of practices Shang view, Galaxy Note 8 and will become a paragraph super large of smart phone equipment, however due to size relative phone, is overload, so equipped with a paragraph headset is correctly of select, may Note 8 can become current most large of smart phone.

Next week is the MWC show shine for a week, then there will be many products and users meet more concerned cnBeta.com the most recent report, for users interested in mobile phones and mobile devices can be sure not to miss.

Samsung opened Innovation Center Executive Vice President Dawei·youen (David Eun) in a media interview on the patent battle between Samsung and Apple responded , he thinks, patent litigation battle between Apple and not conducive to innovation, the proceedings should not continue.

Ewan, his statement does not mean that Samsung, Samsung Apple patent is not to comment on the details of the war, he believes that this impasse is a “loss”.

This can actually be seen as a direct response to, and Ewan’s body language in an interview also indicated it does not want to patent litigation battle continues. As he spoke, each sell iPhone handsets, Samsung will be able to make money, although the two companies are competitors in some areas.

In the outside world, patent litigation war between Samsung and Apple are not conducive to innovation.

As previously rumored Samsung Galaxy S4 should I have less than a month time to publish. The new equipment has not been reached, rumors cause peripheral makers had already started for the Galaxy S4 produced case, at least the protection will let us spy on S4 new flagship part of the story. It is said that these leaked photos from one of China’s “very reliable” parts manufacturers. Protection sleeve shape, Galaxy S4 profile return s-II design, and similar to the Galaxy s Pebble III is not the same.

Judging from the protective sleeve on the back, opening reserves Central camera positions, left and right sides, the respective openings, estimated left LED fill light on the right rear speaker. Foreign media speculation that S4 screen size should be 4.99 inches or 5 inches, this should also be guaranteed, after all, Samsung’s mass production is 5 inch 1080p AMOLED screen.

Location to the headphone jack on the top of the case to set aside a small hole, along with side screen lock key and the volume up key, the bottom is a regular data interface, not surprisingly a microUSB port, next to the microphone calls.

But the leaks on the protection programme, also has a lot of the earlier, and not every time disclosure is so accurate, is like a 2011, iPhone 5 casing to light, but eventually proved to be unreliable. Samsung devices on the security work of a set, they sometimes provide prototypes to test some peripheral partners and design purposes, sometimes processing some fake prototypes to confuse, which are also considered important means of propaganda. Expected on March 14, the Samsung phone press conference, Samsung’s fans can now braced for new equipment.

Current Samsung opens Innovation Center Executive Vice President, AOL, Google, Time Warner and NBC Entertainment Dawei·en (David Eun), was attending the California danabote D:Dive Into Media 2013 opening ceremony and took the floor during the night. In view of the concerns of the meeting was the media/content, well Kala·siweixieer with the chairpersons (Kara Swisher) dialogue almost entirely around the star role in content, production, and publishing world. Language of his start, he has a remarkable, confirmed that Samsung will develop the thinking Accelerator two innovation centers.

From to a certain extent, Samsung compete in the financing, this is undoubtedly a largely by Angel investors (they do not necessarily come from a big company) dominate the industry added a new variable. First of all, one of the centres will be opened in the Bay area, and another somewhere in New York City. Grace pointed out that past Samsung “focuses on manufacturing hardware”, but not long ago realized that must be “both hardware and software aspects”.

He said, the whole company “in the past few years has been investing heavily in software”, when referring to effects on content, he explained, the company has an internal process and is committed to collect views on the consumer. This is not necessarily a creepy invasion of privacy-observations, but to understand the consumer wants something but does not appear in the market. Well, Samsung “is creating an increasing number of display devices”, but it also has enormous, untapped potential.

He said: “once (Samsung) that the device will be connected, we will have a published application-perhaps even an ad – the world’s largest platform. This is one of our goals. “Siweixieer went on to ask him whether Samsung is interested in build their own ad networks, but he has not confirmed that the company was done in cooperation with partners. If you remember, Facebook finds this sort of thing was far from just starting to look so daunting.

Of course, an interview with Samsung executives could not have been referring to Apple, surprisingly well just say a little. Him more from technology enthusiasts rather than employees of Samsung angle conversation, said ongoing patent battle is between Apple and Samsung innovations “loss”. Yan went on to say that Samsung is working to make their products compatible with external devices and services–in other words, every consumer owns Galaxy Note 10.1, Galaxy S3 and Samsung HDTV is unrealistic.

As he had said within the company, he hard to create products, “just use”, can’t control what other products in the portfolio. This is an interesting point of view and incredible, daunting challenges, but also makes people wonder whether behind-the-scenes talks about content standards and protocols and media.

He also provided a briefing on the upcoming Samsung devices “innovation”, and insisted that the Smartphone could be by far the most important product. But this is not a confirmed Galaxy S4 are about to launch, but confirmed the company would continue to sing.

China Centre, owned by Samsung semiconductor plant at the evening of 27th to 28th last month local time hydrofluoric acid leakage accident happened in the morning, leaving 1 dead, 4 injured. Even though the Samsung press release reiterated time and again there was no gas leak, but Samsung had to bowed his head before the new evidence. New evidence suggests at least 10 litres of hydrofluoric acid leaks. After the accident, Samsung not only has not reported to the relevant bodies, not even staff informed in a timely manner.

“This is a colorless violent poisons, to simply destroying people’s lungs and bones, or even a direct result injury of the nervous system. “At present, Samsung has a Korea police allegations.

Song Byung-sun of the national police agency said: “according to chemical supply system in chip factories hydrofluoric acid was confirmed after analysis of closed-circuit television footage has spread outside of the factory.”

According to foreign news that Samsung is expected to be launched in July or August of Tizen system smart phone. In this week’s MWC Conference, Tizen Association official will announce the matter. New star of Tizne is recognized as a smart phone system, Samsung and Intel support system development, Japan NTT DoCoMo has promised to launch mobile phone.

2013 Smartphone OS will set off a battle at the MWC Conference today, Firefox OS has the battle. Tizen can give operators more choices, they can customize their services in the system, and then to consumers.

For Samsung, it can add smartphone product line diversification, maintaining multiple OS strategy. In addition to Android, Samsung also is a key partner Microsoft Windows Phone 8. Judging from the progress of the Samsung on Firefox OS not interested.

Tizen based on Linux, it also supports HTML5. In January, said NTT DoCoMo Executive, Tizen smartphones at the end of the commercial.

Last year Barcelona global moved General Assembly Shang first support s Pen of Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 quite by sought after, but eventually evaluation of results does not satisfactory, Samsung this will carrying has repeatedly leaked but has not been official publishing of Galaxy Note 8 debut global moved General Assembly, Note 8 is a paragraph Samsung medium size and carrying s Pen of flat computer, its size between 5.5 inch Note II smart phone and the 10.1 inch Galaxy Note between 10.1 Tablet PC.

The hardware is equipped with

From the configuration specification view, Note 8 is a mid-range device, using 8-inch 1280X800-resolution screen, equipped with nuclear Exynos 1.6GHz Samsung 4 processors at, 2GB RAM,16GB, and 32GB to choose from and supporting mini SD-memory card expansion, Mount rear camera 5 million pixels, and 1.2 million megapixel front-facing camera, body thickness is 7.95mm,338g weight with iPad Slightly a bit heavy compared to mini, Note 8 continues Samsung’s design style, Galaxy s overall design looks like an oversized Note III or II, is not very good glossy plastic fuselage extension using touch.

Software is equipped with and s Pen extensions

Note 8, extend it s Pen features for Samsung, functional hardware keys to control are scaled to the device capacitance, and s Pen hovering functionality can be applied to third party applications, a special version designed for Android system Flipboard application can implement the functionality described above, and Note 8 May will be pre-installed with the software, it is learnt that the pre-installed Android 4.1.2 Note 8 Jelly Bean system instead of the latest Android 4.2 system, equipped with the latest version of the Samsung TouchWiz interface, although the Note 8 its size up to 210.8mmX135.9mm specifications, users can still use the built-in headphones and microphones and receiving calls through the phone application operations (3G mode).

Other related software

Samsung TV Discovery applications that can enable the user to Note 8 infrared intensifier to control the TV and entertainment center, TV Discovery provides timetables as well as display lists, users can search live TV, and audio-video content, it is learnt that the application was launched for One Smartphone HTC Peel (applications that can control TV) back to Samsung under the promotion of, Meanwhile Samsung by optimizing the display contrast enhances its reading capabilities, makes users more comfortable to read, make it easier to read, Samsung claimed that the features like Kindl and Nook can support third-party applications.

Out vector evaluation process in the found, Note 8 in most area performance excellent, its more views features to makes user while run two paragraph application, phase comparison Note 10.1 has larger upgrade, its browser in network situation not is good and loaded large pictures of situation Xia also to has good of reaction and run speed, evaluation process in the found its camera of related application has lost standard, camera focus slow image quality also cannot was satisfaction, Note 8 in some iPad mini and can compete on features, but there are Off-form on the shooting function.

Message said Samsung plans in second quarter late global launched Note 8, according to will will has Wi-Fi,HSPA+ and LTE version can for select, but currently Samsung has not been announced its in United States of publishing plans, Note 8 eventually price also has not been determines, according to company representative claimed price due to area exists differences, face Nexus 7 and iPad mini of competition, Samsung in the size flat computer in the of competition pressure really does not small, equipped with s Pen of Note 8 if they can gain a competitive advantage in the Tablet the size is still a mystery.

Source: theverge

Analysts expect Samsung’s new Galaxy S4 phones to be released. Given the popularity of Galaxy S4, the models even after the listing could affect existing Apple iPhone 5 and the next-generation iPhone availability of 5S. Earlier news that Samsung sold 10 million Galaxy S4 monthly. According to foreign media BGR Institute of science and technology of the United States investment bank Jefferies analyst Peter-Mi Saike (Peter Misek) wrote to investors investment note disclosed that Samsung has plans to produce 100 million Galaxy S4 phone.

In fact, Samsung has great expectations of this phone and not surprising. Mi Saike expected, Samsung has so far sold a total of 60 million Galaxy S3 handsets, and in January of this year, Samsung released sales data is 40 million.

In addition, Mi Saike investor note said “Samsung Galaxy S4 phone release is likely to cause some parts suppliers to shift their resources from Apple to Samsung. ”

It is learnt that the Apple iPhone 5 in the first weekend after the launch, which sold 5 million units, Samsung Galaxy S3 sales reached 10 million within two months after it is published. If Mi Saike projections are accurate, and Samsung is expected to produce 100 million Galaxy S4 will most likely affect the outside world speculated that Apple’s next generation iPhone supply chain stability of 5S. According to media reports, Galaxy S4 will use Super AMOLED+ 4.8 inch screen, and is equipped with 8-core processor, is expected to be released in March this year, introduced in April for the global market, and, on 5 June, landing United States market, and this point in precisely the same coincides with Apple’s expected launch of the next generation iPhone.

Moreover, Mi Saike also forecast production for the next generation iPhone when Apple was prepared in March, this time is also very close to mass production with Samsung Galaxy S4. Taking into account the iPhone and Galaxy S4 rivalry relationship, their parts suppliers are unable to meet the requirements of the parties is likely to lead to Galaxy S4 or the next generation iPhone under capacity shortfalls occur.

It should be noted that is, poor supply chain management issues in the smart-phone is not a far-fetched thing. When Samsung released Galaxy S3, because the company has 600,000 plastic yield problems and lost nearly 2 million of the sales data. Recently Google released the Nexus 4 mobile consumers also disappointed, because Google greatly underestimated the demand for this type of market, leading many consumers will need to wait a few months to get one of these phones.