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If you thought the Apple vs Samsung court battles were over, you were wrong – evidenced once again today by another big ruling: an overturning of a preliminary sales ban on Samsung’s Galaxy Nexus. Of particular importance is this overturned ban from sales of the Galaxy Nexus because of its status with Google as one of their hero Nexus family phones, working with a “Vanilla” version of their Android software, not modified by the manufacturer, that is to say. Here the Apple vs Samsung court cases rage on beyond the one that appeared to be over for just a moment earlier this Summer.

This banning started all the way back in June and continued to receive updated statuses throughout the following weeks. At the moment it would appear that the U.S. appeals court has overturned the preliminary injunction banning the Samsung Galaxy Nexus from sales in the USA.

This ruling is hinged on the idea that the case will return back to a California court for reconsideration rather soon. The lawsuit included – and continues to include – eight patents that Apple says Samsung infringed back in February. The lower court handling this case agreed that Samsung was guilty indeed and the ban stayed in place until here nearer Autumn when the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has taken command.

This court of appeals previously agreed to a stay on the injunction from sales on the Galaxy Nexus but has now changed their minds, saying that the district court in California “abused its discretion in entering an injunction.” So grab your wallets and get to picking up a brand new Nexus, folks. Meanwhile check out the timeline below of additional recent court appearances by Apple and Samsung in their eternal struggle against one another!

[via Rueters]

Galaxy Nexus ban lifted in Samsung vs Apple case is written by Chris Burns & originally posted on SlashGear.
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Samsung has just announced the Galaxy S III mini, a 4-inch David version of its Goliath big brother — will it be worthy of its name? The rumor mill churned out that it might be a dumbed down version, but an oblique comment by mobile head JK Shin suggests otherwise — either way, we’re on the scene in Frankfurt, Germany to give you the long (and short) of it. According to the spec sheet we just received, this Android 4.1 phone features a dual-core 1GHz chip (which is good news for the 1,500mAh battery), 1GB RAM, 8 or 16GB of internal storage plus an extra 32GB maximum via microSD. The 4-inch Super AMOLED screen comes with a WVGA resolution, while the main camera takes five-megapixel photos plus 720p video, and there’s a VGA front-facing camera as well for fans of video chats. There’s obviously the usual bundle of radios as well, including 802.11a/b/g/n WiFi, GPS, GLONASS, FM radio, Bluetooth 4.0 (LE) and even NFC, but for now, this 111.5-gram TouchWiz device will only support HSPA 900/1900/2100 networks along with EDGE 850/900/1800/1900.

Update: Our hands-on with the phone is live!

Richard Lai contributed to this report.

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The Samsung Galaxy Nexus is now available for purchase in the US yet again, after a sales ban on the smartphone was lifted by a U.S. appeals court, and for those who are interested in following the fallout from the case between Apple and Samsung, the preliminary injunction that banned the Galaxy Nexus’ sale in the US will be sent back to a California court for further reconsideration.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, which did place a stay on the injunction previously, ruled that the district court in California “abused its discretion in entering an injunction”, this coming after the California court agreed with Apple that Samsung infringed upon some of Cupertino’s patents. It would be interesting to see what happens after this, and will it set a precedent for all future cases as well as past rulings? Apple must be miffed by the overturn of the sales ban, and Samsung executives should be popping open a bubbly with this news.

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Verizon is moving insanely quickly with the growth of their 4G LTE network, so it may make you wonder when the carrier will flip the switch to shut down its 3G network and have its users rely solely on its 4G LTE. It’s going to happen at some point, obviously, but Verizon says that it’s going to shut down its 2G and 3G networks by 2021.

If you’re still relying on the carrier’s 3G network, you have approximately nine years to make the switch to 4G. which shouldn’t be too much a problem for most users. If you have an iPhone, then you’re still using 3G unless you recently upgraded to the iPhone 5. But if you’re on Android and you’ve upgraded phones within the past year or so, chances are you’re already good to go.

Vice president of global strategy for M2M at Verizon, Aparna Khurjekar, said that the carrier is “giving a decade worth of pre-warning” before it starts to shut down its 2G and 3G networks. This is certainly more than ample time, and we’d be surprised if most users weren’t using 4G LTE by then.

Verizon plans to cover its entire 3G network in the US with 4G LTE coverage by the end of next year, so the new data technology will easily become mainstream well before the planned 2021 shutdown of 3G. I’ll still be relying on 3G, though, well after the end of next year, since my iPhone 4S contract doesn’t end for another year-and-a-half.

UPDATE: Verizon has gotten a hold of us regarding some “inaccuracies” on the 2G/3G shutdown. The proposed 2021 date is merely just a “guideline” to give enterprise customers time to plan a transition over to the carrier’s 4G network. They said they plan to keep their 2G/3G networks up and running in order to support customers who have “mission critical projects.” Read the full statement below.

“The Verizon Wireless 2G and 3G networks will be available into the foreseeable future. Recently published dates are guidelines that we are giving customers who have to plan, fund, and transition large enterprise projects to the faster speed networks. The Verizon Wireless 2G and 3G networks will be available as long as necessary to support customers who may have mission critical projects on those networks.”

[via FierceWireless]

Verizon to shut down 2G and 3G networks by 2021 [UPDATE] is written by Craig Lloyd & originally posted on SlashGear.
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