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HTC has no plans to settle Apple lawsuits

Cher Wang, HTC chairwoman, says the company has no plans to settle patent lawsuits with Apple, according to the “Taipei Times” (http://macte.ch/K08x9).

Wang made the remark after Apple won a major victory in a patent suit against Samsung in the U.S. last week. A California-based jury awarded Apple US$1.05 billion in damages after ruling that Samsung had infringed on six of the seven patents contested by Apple.

“Samsung’s defeat does not mean that Google Inc’s Android camp is defeated,” Wang says.

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Velti: Android gaining mobile ad market share from iOS

Velti (www.velti.com) — a global provider of mobile marketing and advertising technolog — has released its July “State of Mobile Advertising” report. The data reveals that although the majority of mobile ad impressions are still recorded on Apple’s iOS handsets, Android took 4% of market share from Apple.

Apple devices now claim 58% of in-app ad impressions. Volumes for iPhone models dropped from 31% to 27% in July and fell from 22% to 19% for the iPod touch, according to Velti.

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Apple rumors: iPod nano, 13-inch Retina MacBook Pro

Here are the latest Apple rumors from the blogosphere:

“A new report is suggesting that the next iteration of the iPod nano will have a WiFi antenna built in to the body of the device, so that it can connect to a wireless network and download new music from iCloud. This is according to Macotakara who are saying that the new iPod Nano will be be WiFi equipped to take full advantage of the biggest music store in the world.” — “AppleBitch” (www.applebitch.com)

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Greg’s Bite: Samsung and Android Lose, Big Time

By Greg Mills

Steve Jobs anticipated the eventual copy cat problem, should the iPhone and iPad be successful. I really don’t think anyone at Apple knew at launch just how successful the new platform would become. Jobs gave fair warning at the launch of the first iPhone that Apple had patented the phone and software lavishly with numerous patents. The competition panned iPhone, but also began to reverse engineer the device.

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