This thread is about all the challenges Android is going to face in time to come.
What has already been reported on XDA here
Whats taking place now
A patent troll funded by Apple, Microsoft, and a handful of other tech companies is suing Google and a number of its Android partners, including Samsung, HTC, Asustek, and LG.
The lawsuits were filed on Thursday by a tiny company called the Rockstar Consortium, as first reported by Reuters. Rockstar is a new breed of company. It’s jointly owned by five tech giants — Apple, Microsoft, Blackberry, Sony, and Ericsson — and it’s chartered with making back the $4.5 billion these companies pooled together to build its patent portfolio. source
(Reuters) - The group that owns thousands of former Nortel patents filed a barrage of patent lawsuits on Thursday against cell phone manufacturers including Google, the company it outbid in the Nortel bankruptcy auction. source
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From XDA Portal POSTED NOVEMBER 3, Google Patent Trolled by Rockstar
Apple, Samsung to face off in court again on patents
Many millions at stake at 2nd Apple-Samsung trial
Anyone come across any NEW developments or anything new, please add to this thread
Google files lawsuit against Apple, Microsoft backed Rockstar patent group
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Last Updated: Friday, December 27, 2013, 11:56
Washington: Google has reportedly filed a lawsuit against Apple and Microsoft backed consortium Rockstar, claiming that its patent campaign is unfairly targeting Google's Android partners and customers.
The search giant has alleged that Rockstar's litigation campaign is placing a cloud on Google's Android platform and threatened its sales of Nexus-branded Android devices.
According to Cnet, the lawsuit stated that among the companies included in Rockstar's patent dragnet are customers and partners of Google who use Android OS in their devices ASUS, HTC, Huawei, LG, Pantech, Samsung, and ZTE. In October, Rockstar filed suits against Google and other companies over a host of allegedly infringing patents.
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Samsung, Google Sign Patent-Sharing Deal
Google CEO Slams Patent Wars
Google Strikes Back Against Apple in Patent Wars
Since 2006, Samsung has ranked No. 2 after IBM in terms of the number of registered patents in the U.S. each year. The Korean electronics giant has around 100,000 patented technologies.
According to market researcher TechIPm, Samsung own 23 percent of the fourth-generation LTE technology patents registered in the U.S.
Google for its part dominates the global mobile OS market. More than 80 percent of smartphones sold around the world are equipped with the Android OS. Google has around 50,000 patents, but though it lags behind Samsung in terms of the sheer number, it is a behemoth in the field of software.
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HTC Strengthens Relationships with Mobile Operators and Distributors in China
BEIJING, July 27, 2010 – HTC Corporation, a global designer of smartphones, today introduced its brand and first HTC-branded devices in China. As part of its mobile operator focus, HTC also announced a partnership with China Mobile to bring future HTC phones to market and announced a new distribution partnership with China’s largest electronics distributor, GOME Electrical Appliances Holding Ltd.
“We are proud to introduce the HTC brand in China and look forward to bringing a fresh customer-centric smartphone experience to consumers in China,” said Cher Wang, chairman of HTC. “Together with our strategic partner Dopod, we have introduced many state-of-the-art phones over the past few years in China. HTC’s passion for innovation and its commitment to delighting people around the world are what drive us to improve the overall mobile experience in big and small ways. It is this customer-centric approach that has driven HTC’s global leadership position and has differentiated us.”
With a broad portfolio of innovative smartphones, HTC’s design philosophy is rooted in the belief that one size does not fit all and focuses on creating an intuitive and personalized mobile experience that are based on a unique people-centric approach. HTC has become a leading mobile brand focused on simplifying how people communicate by emphasizing improvements to little things that deeply impact the experience people have on their phones. HTC's entry into China represents its continued growth and highlights the broad demand for its unique smartphones and the increased visibility of its brand globally.
“The pace of mobile innovation globally is moving at an extraordinary pace and we are excited to be bringing many of our most innovative phones to China, the largest and most sophisticated mobile market in the world,” said Peter Chou, chief executive officer of HTC. “HTC was founded with a vision for mobile convergence and a passion for innovation that has established us as a globally recognized mobile leader.”
HTC designs some of the world’s most popular smartphones and provides a unique opportunity to make each person’s phone experience uniquely their own. HTC’s newly unveiled smartphones with HTC Sense are the HTC Tianxi, HTC Tianyi, HTC Desire and HTC
Wildfire. HTC Sense is a unique user experience focused on putting people at the center by making phones work in a more simple and natural way. This experience revolved around observing and listening to how people live and communicate.
The industry has recognized HTC’s contributions through a variety of awards including Fast Company’s 2010 Top 50 Most Innovative Companies and MIT Technology Review’s 2010 50 Most Innovative Companies. The GSMA also recently awarded the HTC Hero as the “Best Phone of 2009.” For more information on HTC’s history of industry firsts, visit www.htc.com/quietlybrilliant
HTC has been partnering mobile operators in China since 2003 and has delivered many cutting-edge, intuitive smartphones in China. HTC is devoted to developing TD-SCDMA-based phones, the first wireless standard in China. TD-SCDMA(TD) marks an important milestone in the innovation and growth of China’s mobile industry and has spurred development of the cross-strait mobile sector.
About HTC
HTC Corporation (HTC) is one of the fastest growing companies in the mobile phone industry. By putting people at the centre of everything it does, HTC creates innovative smartphones that better serve the lives and needs of individuals. For more information about HTC, please visit www.htc.com
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This is great news for everyone. Hopefully there will be no need for china to invade taiwan for a decent phone now.
Hello, i have a qouestion, i got phone from chine, its look like replica of hTC,
i dont have any sw for him, i canot sync it with my computer because i dont have driver for usb
- i can say only that i have java , it is dual SIM mobile, 3MP kamera, FM, Bluetooth, wifii, touch screen,
on baterry and back case it writen that model is X9, but i search the web and there is no hTC model X9, i tray with chinaphonesuite, and a downloaded many driver but with no succes
so i need help plz, is there someone with similar problem !!!!!!??????
sorry for my bad english
Article link : http://www.pocketgamer.biz/r/PG.Biz/Uplinq/news.asp?c=30357
Kicking off day two of Uplinq, Qualcomm's developer conference, the keynote from HTC's CEO Peter Chou focused on the company's design philosophy.
"We focus on a holistic user experience, in terms of how people work and live and stay connected," Chou said.
"Which is why we put so much effort into HTC Sense - to make technology work for you."
Pointing to the importance of games, Chou introduced Steve Perlman, CEO of game streaming service Onlive, which has a strategic agreement with HTC.
Saying that he couldn't do a live demo of its streaming gameplay service, because of the amount of internet traffic at the conference, Perlman showed a video of the service running on the HTC Flyer tablet and the wireless Onlive controller to play Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood.
That vision thing
Agreeing with Qualcomm CEO Paul Jacob's opening keynote, Chou got a little visionary.
"The mobile revolution is putting a computer in every pocket," he said.
"Smartphones are bringing a new era, a new civilisation on a global scale, and it's happening very fast."
Big bang
Of course, as the CEO of public company, Chou had to mention some numbers. HTC sold 25 million smartphones in 2010; it's the fifth largest global phone brand.
In Q1 2011, it's already so 9.7 million smartphones, up almost three-fold.
Yet, even as an phone manufacturer, Chou was keen to point out that it was content developers who really push the market.
"We're entering a golden age of mobile development." he said.
"I like to see how people like you use these technologies to realise what is next. We want to drive what is next and that's mobile."
A helping hand
Building on this, Chou announced HTC Dev, a developers program that includes a web portal, SDK, documentation and source code, including 3D tech - something Gameloft has already used in its Spider-Man game.
HTC Dev will also include HTC OpenSense, so developers can integrate HTC's Sense UI within their applications.
The website (ww.htcdev.com) will go live in future weeks.
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Very good idea of the company HTC!
I thank Xda Devs having me on the Forum.
Cheers HTC ...
Edit: I just saw that link also mentioned: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1103049
Thank you.
Google has some patent butt-whooping to do. But it's against the parcel companies.
http://gizmodo.com/5829978/does-goo...ean-they-have-ups-fedex-and-usps-by-the-balls
To date, Google has remained the only company to not sue for patent infringement. So will they use this to join the dirty game? Perhaps, but I'm guessing not.
Hello apple users, I have been an android person since I first got a major OS based phone, but the news of Steve Jobs' death hits me as if i was a part of apple. Jobs paved the way for computers, portable media, and the world of super powered touch screens to hit the market. He was an innovator, and a genius. (Personal note, I feel that they spat on the legacy of Steve Jobs by hiring boring Tim Cook to take over the company, I saw the iPhone 4S unveiling, worst unveiling ever, and I watch them everytime they had one. This one had NO WOW FACTOR, I was not impressed, but moving along...) Steve Jobs was the father of apple, and today, a child has been left on this Earth without his father. Android and Apple have had their back and forths, from which phone is faster all the way down to "Dude, you stole my UI! (SGS with the almost identical UI of an iPhone)" but any android user who says that Apple wasnt a pivotal point in the media/communications milestone is ignorant to say the least. I once again send my condolences out to Steve Jobs' family, the Apple corporation, and the legion of Apple/iPhone/iPod/MacBook users who are mourning his death. No one will do it like he did, and the love, compassion, and enthusiasm he had for the Apple Corporation!
May he Rest in Peace,
Ognimnella
We have a large thread on this here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1290812
Apple Inc. IS destroying the economy
Purpose of Petition to stop Apple from stifling innovation
1. Apple is stifling innovation by not allowing competition in a extremely competitive market.
2. Not only is apple hurting manufacters and the economy it is hurting retailers. Best buy who is currently in danger of closing down eventually cannot afford for a best seller to leave its shelf without having consequences.
3. The Galaxy Nexus and Galaxy Tab 10.1 Are now banned in the US
4. We the consumers must fight back against the big bad apple.
5. Ways you can fight back A. Sign this Petiton B. Write apple directly. C. Do not give Apple any money don't go on Apples Website, Don't buy apps from the App store or music from Itunes find another way to get it . Don't Develop apps for IOS OR MAC D. Don't use Siri E. Dont BUY OR SELL IPHONES BURN THEM AND POST IT TO YOUTUBE OR SEND THE ASHES TO APPLE HEADQUARTERS
6. We the Consumer control Apple without us Apple would be nothing and lets show them whose boss
7. Did you notice Apple only sues its strongest competitors is Apple suing Microsoft,RIM, HUAWEI, AND ZTE
8. THIS IS ONLY BEGGINNING WHATS NEXT THE GALAXY S2, HTC ONE X, DROID RAZR MAXX, AND GALAXY S3
FOR ANDROIDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD
PleaseS SIGN MY PETITION
http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/take-down-apple
poseidon5213 said:
Apple Inc. IS destroying the economy
Purpose of Petition to stop Apple from stifling innovation
1. Apple is stifling innovation by not allowing competition in a extremely competitive market.
2. Not only is apple hurting manufacters and the economy it is hurting retailers. Best buy who is currently in danger of closing down eventually cannot afford for a best seller to leave its shelf without having consequences.
3. The Galaxy Nexus and Galaxy Tab 10.1 Are now banned in the US
4. We the consumers must fight back against the big bad apple.
5. Ways you can fight back A. Sign this Petiton B. Write apple directly. C. Do not give Apple any money don't go on Apples Website, Don't buy apps from the App store or music from Itunes find another way to get it . Don't Develop apps for IOS OR MAC D. Don't use Siri E. Dont BUY OR SELL IPHONES BURN THEM AND POST IT TO YOUTUBE OR SEND THE ASHES TO APPLE HEADQUARTERS
6. We the Consumer control Apple without us Apple would be nothing and lets show them whose boss
7. Did you notice Apple only sues its strongest competitors is Apple suing Microsoft,RIM, HUAWEI, AND ZTE
8. THIS IS ONLY BEGGINNING WHATS NEXT THE GALAXY S2, HTC ONE X, DROID RAZR MAXX, AND GALAXY S3
FOR ANDROIDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD
PleaseS SIGN MY PETITION
http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/take-down-apple
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I hate to have to say this but the majority of people who would actively object to apple are not going to be apple customers and so apple won't take any notice.
I disaprove of their tactics, suing rather than offering a licence, it is done simply to eliminate android as competition but it is also a very effective way to take out competition in general.
Nexus 7 will be an apple target, especially if an ipad mini is released, it is all about control. You are right but your basically calling any passionate android fans to action and they are the very people who apple will listen to the least
Dave
( http://www.google.com/producer/editions/CAownKXmAQ/bigfatuniverse )
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