Apple and Samsung l 'Smart watches' and recognizing footprints phones

The battle between Apple and Samsung has come almost to a level typical of football teams. It's like the fight between Apple and IBM itself in the eighties or, more recently, supporters of the Mac and PC. Or as the classic between Coca-Cola and Pepsi-Cola. Now, with sales of 'smartphones' slowing in the U.S., where 61% of mobile phone users already have a device of this type, the question is what will they do Apple and Samsung? The answer, according to U.S. media is all. The two companies are working on a 'smart watch' which, presumably, would also receive messages and email and have a pretty amazing area (for example, it is speculated that this could be flexible). According to Financial Times, Samsung will present its 'smartwatch' early next month at the IFA technology trade fair, held in Berlin from 6 to 11 September. The British newspaper also reported that Apple is far behind in the project, and you can not start making the call 'iWatch' , at the earliest, until late 2014.

Something new

The issue is that so far other 'smart watches', launched by giants like Sony and Microsoft, have crashed on the market, and that Samsung has played very well at the time to imitate Apple, using the Android operating system from Google . So watch the future of the computer is still in the air. Apple needs to get something new because, from the iPhone 5 launched almost a year ago, has not presented any new product. The current president and CEO, Tim Cook, has excelled in improving the supply chain and the company, and satisfy shareholders, two areas in which his predecessor, Steve Jobs, was not one. But the innovative character of Jobs, who was the hallmark of the company, Apple seems to have disappeared. Until yesterday 'The Wall Street Journal reported that the components Taiwanese manufacturer Hon Hai (Foxconn), which is the largest supplier of the giants of consumer technology (only one of its factories in China employs more than 250,000 employees ) two months ago received an order for Apple to produce two new models of 'smart phones' .

One of them is a phone with a screen resolution and the dimensions of the iPhone 5. Among the features of this device might be the facial and fingerprint recognition, ie, face recognition and fingerprint of its owner, which would not require a password. Similar systems have already been implemented in computers and other electronic systems but, to date, their practical results have been mediocre.

The other iPhone would have the plastic housing, and would be aimed at developing countries where Apple prices make their products uncompetitive. The strategy of taking a cheaper version of its devices and was applied by the company, with moderate success in 2012, when it launched the iPad mini.

Samsung is preparing a surprise announcement in January

The South Korean company announced its participation in the most important technology fair in the U.S., CES 2013, and confirmed that it will make a great release for the event, between 8 and 11 January. It appears that present the Samsung Galaxy S4 . For now, this is just a rumor, but the news will not wait. The same company has already circulated a video to raise more expectations. Various rumors say that the new Samsung phone would display Super AMOLED 4.99 inch 1080p HD (1,920 x 1,080 pixels), Exynos 5450 processor quad-core 2 GHz 8-core and GPU. Memory, as distinct portals risk, will have 2 GB of RAM and up to 64 GB of internal memory. The camera may be 13 megapixels. The operating system Android 4.2 Jelly Bean would or Android 5.0 Key Lime Pie , to be launched in 2013. Other versions say that the device will arrive until February. The previous smartphone, the Galaxy S III , was unveiled at the Mobile World Congress, held in March this year in Barcelona. It went on sale in May and became a success, with more than 20 million phones sold in three months. Samsung has emerged as the favorite brand of mobile phones, leaving behind his main competitor Apple and its iPhone.

Samsung allowed to sell its new Galaxy tablet in the U.S.

The Justice U.S. lifted Monday evening 1 ^st October, a temporary ban on sales to the United States to the Galaxy Tab 10.1, Samsung Electronics, which had been imposed prior to the trial that pitted the southern group in August- Korean Apple .Even if the model in question is not the most recent lifting of the ban on the sale comes as the looming holiday season, the key moment for manufacturers of electronic products. Judge Lucy Koh , the court of San Jos é, California, found that the Galaxy Tab 10.1 does not infringe patents on design grounds that had motivated its prohibition. "the basic order of 26 June n longer exists and the court considers it appropriate to end " , prompted Judge Koh on Monday in his judgment.

A TRIAL COASTER

"We are pleased with the court's decision, which confirms our position that there has never been a violation of Apple patents (...)" , said Samsung in a statement.The South Korean group has also filed a complaint, saying that the iPhone 5, the latest smartphone from Apple violated some of its patents. Lucy Koh chairs a large trial on patent infringement that Apple opposes Samsung.In August, Apple won a significant victory over Samsung in the United States, a California jury recognized the South Korean group guilty of having copied Apple products and recommending him inflict a fine of more than one billion . In mid-September, Apple has asked more than 700 million in additional damages while Samsung has requested a new trial. The Californian group believes that the damages received do not cover enough offenses Patents knowingly Samsung. Judge Koh has scheduled a hearing on December 6 to discuss the exact amount of the fine, which could be tripled, and bans the sale of certain Samsung products as a result of judgment in mid-August.

INTERNATIONAL LEGAL BATTLE

Samsung believes his side of the court that the constraints on the timing of the trial - the evidence of witnesses and documents were unprecedented for a patent litigation of this magnitude and complexity - was unable to present a full and fair response to numerous accusations of Apple. As a result, the South Korean group wants a new trial. In addition to the trial in California, other legal proceedings are underway in several countries, including the Germany, the Australian or the Japanese. In the latter country, Samsung has been cleared of any violation of Apple patents. Apple is the world's number one digital tablets before the South Korean, ahead instead the U.S. for sales of smartphones.

The Apple victory over Samsung

The Apple victory over Samsung in the courts could change the mobile device industry, especially for Android , the operating system of Google. The South Korean company, ordered to pay 800 million euros to the U.S. for copying the design of the iPhone and the iPad , is considered the highest quality platform of Android. Google is operating system devices other companies, and therefore is more protected complaints regarding potential. The analyst Rob Enderle said to AFP, however, that the ruling "will force a rethink of the products of Android as they reorganize to circumvent patents Apple » The ruling affects not only Samsung and Android in favor of Apple.Other players such as Microsoft or the manufacturer of Blackberry ,RIM , will benefit from these obstacles to the South Korean company.Microsoft may well impetus for his upcoming operating systemWindows 8 and the marketing of your phone star, Windows Phone 8. RIM , severely devalued in recent years, has become more attractive."His pantentes are considered strong enough to keep the battle," says Enderle. Android accounts for 50% market share of smartphones sold in the U.S., Apple accounted for 30% and RIM has fallen to 12%. In the tablet market, Apple leads the dispute, with 70% market share. To Florian Mueller, a specialist consultant patent rights, the judgment on Friday is a "big step forward" for Apple, but warns that there is still a long way to go legal . The September 20 hearing is held to determine whether to revoke or amend the judgment on Friday, or impose higher penalties to Samsung, which could triple the initial amount of compensation to be paid to Apple. A key component of the battle is Apple's ability to obtain a suspension or ban the sale of Samsung products. The expert in patent law at the University of Missouri, Dennis Crouch, says the judge has broad discretion to legislate on this issue. In any case, he said, Samsung is "definitely ready to stop selling each product in question and replace it with another." Possible targets are the popular Galaxy series phones and tablet Galaxy 10. Besides Samsung, Google could be the big perderor, especially if Apple decides to do battle with other manufacturers that support the Android operating system. "Google must now retire and start making changes in the Android software" remain Crouch.

Condemns Samsung for violating patents Apple devices

The federal court jury in San Jose (California) responsible for settling the patent war that pits tech giants Apple and Samsung ordered the company to pay the South Korean company of Silicon Valley 1000 million dollars (800 million euros) to have copied at least three of the innovations that the latter used in different devices, including the popular iPhone, iPad and iPodTouch. The verdict is further concluded that the company founded by Steve Jobs did not violate any of the patents Samsung, as it also reported. Samsung has responded Saturday announcing his intention to appeal against the measures taken by the court. The jury's decision can have enormous consequences for the U.S. and global market of smartphones and tablets. Samsung and Apple control between the two almost half the world market for these devices.Depending on the sentence imposed by the judge and, in particular, whether affects new or old models, the trade impact can be enormous. The nine jurors heard on Tuesday for four hours closing arguments that revolved around the degree of technological originality accounted for iPhone and iPad and, although the trial judge that the parties tried to reach an agreement, it has been impossible. According to the resolution, agreed just three days after the conclusion of the hearing, Samsung copied its mobile technology used by iPhones for larger screen and imitated the look of your icons, Apple had registered. In the manufacture of the tablet 10.1, did not violate Korean company patent as claimed Apple as a verdict. Still unknown the practical consequences of this decision, but it is very likely that the South Korean giant may not distribute the latest model of its Galaxy phone in the U.S., seeing reduced its prevalence in the U.S. mobile market. Last year Samsung sold 50 million smartphones, nearly double the iPhone sold by Apple terminals, and a profit of 5,900 million dollars (about 4,800 million euros) in the last quarter. On April 15, 2011, the company founded by Steve Jobs Samsung sued by 2,750 million dollars claiming that the South Korean company had copied its iPhone and iPad designs when creating their mobile phone models, Galaxy S, Galaxy SII, your tablet Tab 10.1, 22 and other products. Samsung countered Apple claiming 400 million for taking advantage of the technology developed wifi when iPhones and iPads and for violating its patent for integrating 3G mobile network. During the trial claimed that Apple's designs were "not so original". The verdict comes hours after another court in Seoul ruled that both companies are copying each other.The judge ruled that Apple had copied two patents for wireless data transmission Samsung-why you should pay 17. $ 650 in damages, and that the latter had imitated the rebound effect of the screen when you reach the end of a document iPhones. According to the judgment, the South Korean company will stop selling 10 of its products in that country, including the Galaxy SII and California has banned the distribution of your iPhone 4. Apple's lawyers asked the jury to pay attention to the chronology of the design of Samsung phones before and after the iPhone debuted in 2007, Apple said that it took five years to create, Samsung copied it in three months in response to Design crisis. In his turn to speak, the legal representatives of Samsung berated Apple's attitude as not seeking financial compensation for that trial by court order but ensured a competitive advantage in the market by blocking most serious rival and world number one seller telephones worldwide.