Germany
Panasonic Eluga for Europe official, coming in April
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Panasonic has revealed its first Android smartphone for European market – ‘Eluga’ yesterday at a company event. It will go on sale starting April in Germany, Spain, Italy and the Netherlands. Being manufactured at a company facility in Malaysia, Eluga was first show-cased as a prototype last year in December.
Apple wins injunction against Motorola in Germany
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Apple got its second victory against Motorola yesterday when a Munich regional court issued an injunction against Motorola smartphones due to slide-to-unlock patent infringement. However Motorola isn’t worried; according to the company, it has already implemented a new design for the feature. Therefore, it expects no impact on current supply or future sales.
Vodafone launches HTC Velocity 4G as Europe’ first LTE smartphone
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Vodafone and HTC have announced the launch of Velocity 4G Android smartphone in Germany yesterday. Velocity 4G is the first Android smartphone to support LTE connectivity in Europe and will go on sale in Germany on March 1. It will be priced under 200 Euros with a contract.
German court upholds ban on Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1
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A higher regional court in Germany gave Apple a symbolic victory by upholding the previously awarded temporary injunction on the sale of Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 in the country. This court decision does not impact the tablet scene in Germany very much, as Samsung has already started selling a modified version of tablet Galaxy Tab 10.1N, but will surely give a moral victory to iPhone maker.
Apples sues Samsung for ‘Slide to Unlock’ in Galaxy Nexus
Since the day Apple was granted the Slide-to-unlock patent, everyone was expecting Apple to bring an onslaught of patent infringement lawsuits on Android device manufacturer because the most common unlock mechanisms used by Android devices fall under the broad slide-to-unlock patent awarded to Apple.
After suing Samsung and Motorola for slide-to-unlock in two different German courts, company has filed a new complaint against Galaxy Nexus for the same patent yesterday in Germany. According to Apple, Samsung infringes its slide-to-unlock patent in Galaxy Nexus.
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Asus Eee Pad Transformer getting firmware update, brings HDMI fix, updated apps
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Asus is rolling out an OTA firmware update for original Transformer users in US, UK, Taiwan, Germany and tablets with generic WW SKU. This update includes HDMI fix for new HDTVs, updated applications, bring stability and input lag reduction.
Asus is not developing 3G version of Transformer Prime
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Asus Germany has stated that they won’t be releasing any 3G/UMTS version of Asus Eee Pad Transformer Prime. This quad core tablet is going on sale in its first market Taiwan day after tomorrow.
Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1N gets a video demo, attempts to bypass Apple’s patents
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The first news about Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1N came last week, when tech blogs reported that Samsung is trying to bypass Apple’s patent claims in Germany by trying to release a redesigned Galaxy Tab 10.1.
If you don’t know about the whole Apple-Samsung Germany episode, you can check here. To give you a gist, Apple had sued Samsung in Germany for allegedly copying the iPad design elements and other patents. Its lawsuit was successful and was granted preliminary injunction, thus barring Samsung from selling Galaxy Tab 10.1 in the country.
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Toshiba’s ultra-thin tablet AT200 now on pre-order in Germany
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Toshiba’s recently announced sleek Honeycomb tablet AT200 is now on pre-order in Germany at Deutsche Telekom’s t-online-shop.at. The 16GB and 32GB WiFi only versions on offer have been priced at €479 and €584 respectively.
Sony Tablet S goes on sale in Germany
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Sony has started selling the 32GB variant of Tablet S in Germany recently. Company has priced Tablet S 32GB WiFi only model at €578.99 and it is now available. While the 16GB WiFi only version will go on sale in Mid-September for €478.99 and 16GB 3G version in late November for €599.
