A few leaks and rumors about Nokia’s future plans are making the rounds this morning. First up is a Nokia Communicator device that looks a bit like a Nintendo 3DS thanks to its two screens and 3D display technology. This device looks like something Nokia is actually considering, having shown up in a patent application […]
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Microsoft sues Foxconn, Inventec Barnes & Noble for patent infringement in Android devices
7 Comments on Microsoft sues Foxconn, Inventec Barnes & Noble for patent infringement in Android devicesMicrosoft is continuing its fight against Android… not just by focusing on Windows tablets and Windows Phone 7 smartphones, but also by taking legal action against companies producing Android devices that Microsoft says are in violation of the company’s patents. Last year Microsoft sued Motorola over patent infringement in some Motorola smartphones. Now Microsoft has […]
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Nokia seeks patents for tablet designs
Nokia may be best known for making smartphones, but according to two patent applications, it looks like the company may be getting ready to enter the tablet space. It’s not clear what operating system these devices would run, but MeeGo Linux seems like a possibility. While Nokia is shifting its smartphone focus to Windows Phone […]
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Microsoft seeks patent for dynamic keyboard with keys that change functions
Microsoft has applied for a patent on a new type of physical keyboard that could actually display different key icons depending on how you’re using it. For instance, if you’re playing a game, the center row of buttons could show buttons for firing, moving, jumping, and so on instead of letters. When you’re composing an […]
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Palm patent reveals a handehld computer with removable phone
HP may have purchased Palm to get its hands on the WebOS operating system rather than the company’s hardware technology. But that doesn’t mean the Palm Pre and Pixi are the only things Palm has been working on. Unwired View dug up a patent application from April which shows an intriguing device which could function […]
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Sony developing a netbook, game console, eReader hybrid?
The Apple iPad has already shown that people are perfectly happy to read eBooks and play video games on the same device that they use to surf the web. But that doesn’t necessarily have to be a tablet. At least that’s what Sony appears to be hoping. The Wall Street Journal reports that “people familiar […]
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Sony files for patent on dual screen laptop/eBook reader
After playing around with a dual-screen concept device from MSI earlier this year, I wasn’t 100% sold on the idea of a tablet that serves double duty as a laptop by letting you turn one display into a keyboard. On-screen keyboards just aren’t as easy to use as physical keyboards, I figured. But it turns […]
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Qualcomm patent details all-in-one folding tablet, phone, netbook
Part of the reason smartphone have largely replaced PDAs over the last few years is that there are a growing number of activities that require an always-on internet connection. But another reason is that people don’t like carrying around two or three devices when they can stuff just one item in their pocket. Who needs […]
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Is LG planning a netbook tablet?
While LG is reportedly looking to scale back its netbook ambitions, Electronic Pulp  dug up a patent filing from November that seems to indicate that just a few months ago the company was thinking big. According to the patent documents, LG was working on a “convertible computer” that would be “equipped with a notebook computer […]
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Acer files patent for a keyboard-less Mobile Internet Device
It looks like Acer could be working on more than a 10 inch netbook. The company has filed for a patent on a mobile internet device or MID. There’s virtually no information available about the device yet. All we have are a few pictures showing a computer that is all screen and no keyboard. It […]