Filed under: Cellphones, Displays

Nokia’s General Manager of Mobile Devices, Antti Vasara, had some interesting things to say in an interview with Sweden’s E24.SE this morning. Of course, the fact that the E90 ramp-up has begun is notable, especially if you happen to be reading this in Finland where the first shipments of the hotly anticipated communicator will rollout. However, what we found to be most enlightening is Nokia’s take on the recent trend towards high-end touchscreen displays — a la the LG Prada, HTC Touch, and Apple iPhone.

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Filed under: Misc. Gadgets

C’mon Google, you can’t seriously be upset that you can’t get your search engine integrated into every piece of software known to man, right? Actually, it appears that the search giant can indeed bust out the whiner card on occasion, and it has apparently done just that in regard to the Vista Search that’s built into Microsoft’s latest OS. Reportedly, Google accused Microsoft of “designing Vista to discourage users from running its indexing and search software,” and a company spokesman even went so far as to claim that Redmond’s current approach “violates its agreement with the government and hurts consumers.” Google’s gripes start to grow legs when you consider just how difficult it is to actually disable or modify Vista’s ingrained search tactics, and while Microsoft has supposedly stated that it is “committed to going the extra mile to resolve this issue,” there doesn’t look to be any timetables set for giving users the ability to choose just yet.

[Thanks, Dinraj P.]

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Filed under: Cellphones, Wireless

If you’ve been a bit disappointed by Nokia‘s offerings of late, it’s probably because the firm is shifting out of the cellphone industry and into the legal environment. Okay, so maybe it hasn’t called it quits in the handset game just yet, but this ongoing battle with Qualcomm is beyond ridiculous. Before Qualcomm even had time to swallow the previous counter-suit filed against it, Nokia is firing away again, and this time it’s claiming that its opponent “has illegally used six of its technology patents in its Brew smartphone and MediaFlo mobile TV chipset products.” Additionally, Nokia’s CTO got vocal by stating that this case was just “another example where Qualcomm has effectively copied Nokia’s innovations.” While we’re sure it’s getting difficult to decipher which counter-lawsuit belongs to which original grievance, this particular one apparently links to an April 2nd filing where Qualcomm “claimed that Nokia had infringed three patents.” C’mon folks, why not settle this like they do in the Alabama State Senate? [Warning: Read link requires subscription]

[Via Yahoo]

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Filed under: Storage

Western Digital just upped their My Book family of storage solutions to 1.5TB. The update apparently applies to the magnificently confusing range of products including the World Edition, World Edition II, Pro Edition, Pro Edition II, Premium Edition II, Premium ES Edition, Premium Edition, and Essential Edition… which isn’t all that essential considering the alternatives. However, the obtusely worded press release and lagging web site and on-line store has us scratching our collective heads. So let’s just say that the My Book World Edition NAS products have been updated and call it a day.

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Filed under: Misc. Gadgets

Rabid seems to be the norm today, not the exception. Funny, considering the fact that not too many groundbreaking announcements are expected for today’s Steve Jobs keynote, just a general re-commitment to the Mac platform and a few Leopard and iPhone surprises. Maybe a couple new iMacs and some Google / .Mac love, but even that’s stretching it. So what’s a fanboy to do with such paltry news? Make some up, of course! Recently “leaked” through some German sources, a keynote “transcript” has already made it out onto the internets, promising the aforementioned announcements, along with an iPhone “secret feature” of iWork, iLife and .Mac integration. The real kicker, and the near certain clincher of this report’s fallacy, is the “one more thing” announcement. As if that line wasn’t played enough as it is, the transcript unveils the iPhone@home, which features a 10-inch multitouch screen, 30GB of flash memory (?!?), 8 hours of battery, “no connections except dock connector,” integrated iSight, iChat… you know, every fanboy’s dream in a nutshell. Yeah, we’re not holding our breath.

[Via TUAW]

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