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Looks like settlement negotiations in the various Nokia / Apple patent lawsuits aren’t going too well — Espoo’s just hit Cupertino with a second federal patent lawsuit, this time alleging the iPad 3G and iPhone infringe five patents related to “enhanced speech and data transmission, using positioning data in applications and innovations in antenna configurations that improve performance and save space, allowing smaller and more compact devices.” Interestingly, Nokia’s filed this one in the Western District of Wisconsin, a so-called “rocket docket” that’s well-known for bringing patent cases to settlement or trial in just over a year. That means we could see some real movement in this dispute within our lifetimes, but we’re not holding our breath for a definitive conclusion — by our count, Apple and Nokia now have some five pending legal actions between them, including one that’s been placed on hold pending an ITC decision. Anyone want to bet how long it takes for Apple to add another countersuit to the mix?

Nokia sues Apple again, says the iPad 3G infringes five patents originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 07 May 2010 11:18:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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You’ll recall, studious little gremlins that you are, that we recently saw the venerable first-gen iPhone prancing about with an unusual little green droid providing it with operational commands. Well, the coder behind that project, David Wang, has now stepped his game up to the iPhone 3G, which has been outfitted with an almost complete implementation of Android. Audio support is the last missing piece of the puzzle, but the groundwork has been laid and it too should be ready for some unholy Apple plus Google action within the next few days. Downloadable binaries are currently being prepared, so we thought we’d help you fill the time with a video demo of the port, which may be found just past the break.

[Thanks, Andrew]

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iPhone 3G gets an Android port to call its own (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 07 May 2010 03:49:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Okay, so this isn’t out yet, but it’s hard to deny that the eBoy-designed Delicious Toys-developed game FixPix is probably the best idea anyone has ever had since the wheel or sliced bread. Maybe that’s a little hyperbolic, but as you know, we are huge fans of eBoy and their mind-boggling pixel art. Now the design collective’s cityscapes and fantastical scenes have been turned into an iPhone app where you can piece the 3D milieus back together by tilting your phone this way and that. As we said, the title isn’t available, but there’s an awesome demo site where you can play around with the concept, and it’s likely FixPix could see Apple approval any day now. We can barely contain ourselves. Check out a video of the game in action after the break.

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eBoy’s FixPix iPhone game is basically the greatest thing ever made originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 06 May 2010 11:22:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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This article was written on July 28, 2008 by CyberNet.

Apple’s App Store is now over two weeks old, and I have to say that overall I’m impressed with the variety of applications available for download. In the first three days of the launch over 10 million downloads were served up by Apple, and in the first 10 days that number increased to over 25 million downloads. No matter which way you slice it they’re averaging millions of downloads each day.

There were a lot of people who weren’t too happy about Apple’s distribution system particularly because they take 30% of any paid application. Right now games seem to be dominating the paid program arena (only 3 out of the top 10 paid apps are not games). Sega has even said that they expect to sell over 1 million downloads of their famous Super Monkey Ball game for the iPhone, which is a milestone the free Facebook app has already reached. Considering that Super Monkey Ball sells for $9.99 that would put $7 million in Sega’s pocket and a cool $3 million in Apple’s pocket.

The only problem I still see with the App Store is the long wait period for updates to get published. Since Apple has to manually review each update it can take a little while for a new version to show up. I recently contacted Brent Simmons, the developer of the NetNewsWire app for the iPhone, who uploaded three new updates over approximately two weeks before getting the first one published:

My first update (1.0.1) was uploaded before the App Store went live. I don’t recall exactly when 1.0.2 was uploaded, but it was within 2-3 days after the App Store went live. 1.0.7 was uploaded about 4-5 days after that.

Luckily when Apple got around to approving the updated version of NetNewsWire they skipped right to the latest release that Brent had uploaded.

I have to say that I was skeptical about the App Store being hosted in iTunes initially, but now I’ve actually come to appreciate it. It serves as the one-stop source for iPhone and iPod Touch app downloads, and prevents you from having to search all over the Internet for great programs or games. Not to mention the fact that it takes just a single click to see if a newer version of an app is available.

Next week we’ll be highlighting both our favorite free and paid apps that we’ve been experimenting with, so keep your eyes peeled for that post.

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Last time on let’s-speculate-about-Apple-products, the New iPhone rumor mill dug up dirt on video chat and a 5 megapixel camera. Now, it appears there might be one more reason to call it the iPhone HD. MacRumors reports that the iPhone SDK 4 beta includes the value “AVCaptureSessionPreset1280x720,” leading some to believe Cupertino’s next phone will record video in 720p. Mind you, the iPhone 3GS was technically already capable of that feat, so this might not have anything to do with a new handset, but honestly, at this point the iPhone’s camera wouldn’t be competitive recording in a smaller format anyhow.

iPhone OS 4 unlocks 720p video capture, further solidifying iPhone HD? originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 05 May 2010 22:52:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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