Shipments of two new HTC smartphones have been seized for inspection by US
Customs because of the limited import ban Apple got from the International
Trade Commission in mid-December.
HTC was found to have infringed an Apple patent on "data tapping." That's
when you, say, tap on a phone number and the dingus dials it for you.
The Taiwan company wouldn't be in this predicament if it had followed through
on its initial decision to just rip the functionality out. Instead it
ultimately decided on a workaround and the customs people are checking to see
if it's abiding by the rules.
That means that the HTC One X that AT&T just started selling out of shipments
that beat the ban's April 19 enforcement date is now listed as "out of stock"
and the HTC Evo 4G LTE that Sprint was to start selling this Friday has been
put on hold. Sprint is taking pre-orders.
HTC says it hasn't... (more)
District Court Judge William Alsup, who refused last week to decide whether
Google had fairly used the Java IP a jury said Android infringed, had no
trouble Friday deciding that the jury made a mistake in finding Google only
copied nine lines of Java's rangeCheck code as well as infringing the
sequence, structure and organization of 37 Java APIs.
In a judgment as a matter of law the good judge said Google directly copied
eight other Java files and that it wasn't a petty little thing.
FOSS Patents had said when it came out that the jury's verdict was odd since
"there are code file... (more)
German giant SAP said Tuesday, after getting back from the long weekend, that
it's going to buy privately held Chicago-based Syclo, a long-established
company with a mobile enterprise application platform called Agentry and
packaged ERP and CRM apps.
Terms weren't disclosed. The deal should close this quarter.
Syclo has expertise in building applications for utilities, oil & gas, life
sciences and manufacturing and counts 600 customers around the world.
SAP said the acquisition "adds momentum to our already powerful mobile
portfolio, advancing our vision and leadership while accel... (more)
This morning I interviewed Antenna Software's Chief Marketing and Strategy
Officer, Jim Somer's about their new solution AMPchroma. AMPchroma (AMP
stands for Antenna Mobile Platform) is a cloud-based mobile management
solution that is intended to address the full mobile lifecycle, in other
words, allowing companies to design, build, deploy and manage a wide range of
mobile asset, (including native and hybrid web-apps, mobile websites, and
corporate app stores) from a single web-based console.
That is a huge challenge. I give credit to Antenna for their ambitions.
AMPchroma is ... (more)
WARNING! These are Kevin Benedict's personal thoughts and opinions pondered
over a cup of my favorite coffee shop's bowl of soul on the outdoor patio in
the warm spring sunshine of Boise, Idaho.
My first thought when I received the news that SAP is acquiring Syclo, was,
"Smart move SAP!" I respect the fact that SAP is willing to double down on
enterprise mobility. I also respect the fact that SAP is willing to brave
the inevitable criticism for having bought the same solution twice. SAP
has smart leaders. They have made an aggressive and brave decision with
this acquisition.... (more)
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