Apple posts $2.6 million bond to ban Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1

The company quickly offers up the $2.6 million to inch closer to having the device banned in the U.S.


Apple has done just about all it can to get the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 banned from sale in the U.S.
The company late yesterday posted a $2.6 million bond to inch closer to stopping the Galaxy Tab 10.1 from being offered for sale, according to Foss Patents, which was first to report the news. The bond was set Tuesday by Judge Lucy Koh, of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, who awarded Apple a preliminary injunction against Samsung's tablet.
The posting of bonds is a commonly used technique designed to protect a company that's subject to an

Microsoft reveals list of countries getting Windows Phone 8

The list is a dramatic increase over the 38 markets from which developers had access in the marketplace's previous version.

After last week's deluge of information about the next iteration of Microsoft's new mobile operating system, the company is letting additional details trickle out. Microsoft revealed last week that Windows 8 Phone will be available in 180 countries when it launches later this year, but it didn't tell us which countries that would be -- until now.
In a company blog post today, the software giant released the list of every country that will have access to Windows Phone 8 Marketplace and the App Hub app submission portal when devices featuring the forthcoming mobile operating system arrive. The total of 180 is a huge increase over the 38 markets from which developers had access in the marketplace's previous version.

Adobe's Flash Player not certified for use on Android 4.1

The company says that its Flash player might still work on the platform, but it might "exhibit unpredictable behavior."
The end is very, very near for Adobe's Flash Player on mobile devices.
Adobe Systems announced in a blog post yesterday that its Flash Player will not be "certified for use" with Google's upcoming update to its mobile operating system, Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean). The company said that users might still be able to access the Flash Player on their Jelly Bean devices if they had previously run the service on Android 4.0, though it could "exhibit unpredictable behavior."
"Future updates to Flash Player will not work [on Jelly Bean]," Adobe wrote on its blog. "We recommend uninstalling Flash Player on devices which have been upgraded to Android 4.1."

Droid Incredible 4G LTE could arrive July 5

HTC's follow-up to its Incredible series could hit Verizon right after the Fourth of July.


Hold on to your hot dogs folks. A new report from DroidLife asserts that the HTC Droid Incredible 4G LTE is headed to Verizon a day after the July Fourth holiday.
With all the Samsung Galaxy S III and Motorola Droid Razr Maxx ICS update news, you may have forgotten about HTC's little Droid Incredible 4G LTE.

This compact Android was announced at CTIA 2012 in New Orleans and is expected to pack a wallop that belies its comparatively small size. A 4-inch Super LCD 2 serves as the phone's display, and a modern dual-core Snapdragon S4 processor will drive the device's Android Ice Cream Sandwich OS. HTC's new version of Sense UI also ties the phone's software together.
The handset will also connect to Verizon's 4G LTE network for quick wireless data access. Also thrown in for good measure is a 8-megapixel camera.
Source: news.cnet.com

T-Mobile's pricier Samsung Galaxy S3 will not get LTE

A T-Mobile spokesperson confirms that the Samsung Galaxy S III (S3) won't ride T-Mo's future LTE network.







If your decision to buy Samsung's Galaxy S III (S3) on T-Mobile comes down to the LTE radio within, prepare yourself for disappointment.
A T-Mobile spokesperson confirmed to CNET today that despite the same LTE radio in every GS3 model coming to the U.S., Samsung's new flagship Android 4.0 phone will not ride T-Mobile's forthcoming LTE network:

The Samsung Galaxy SIII won't run on T-Mobile's LTE network in the future, but we will continue to operate our HSPA+ 42 network when we launch LTE in 2013.

T-Mobile's AWS spectrum is the culprit here, since it will carry T-Mo's LTE network. AT&T and

ASUS Prepping ARES Radeon HD 7870 X2 Graphics Card

We already covered the Radeon HD 7970 X2‘s shown by PowerColor and HIS at Computex 2012 in the first week of June. But one thing to note about it was the cards was that they still seemed to be unfinished, full of bugs, and with the current overheating issues, their launch had been slated for October later this year. However, ASUS hasn’t been sitting idle and just watching the show.
ASUS has been cooking up another ARES card namely the ARES 2 as VR-Zone reports. Utilizing two Radeon HD 7870 cores, the 7870 X2 card will use two Picairn XT GPUs with a massive 1 GHz clock speed and a beefy and solid Power Phase VRM for extreme overclocking coupled with an insane price tag.
ASUS on the other hand is also prepping the ASUS Matrix HD7970 that will be coming in the months ranging from July to September.
Various sources in the hardware industry have also confirmed the existence of such a high end card but ASUS themselves are being tight lipped on confirming the preparation of the Radeon card.
This card will be faster than the HD 7970 and even possibly beat Nvidia’s GTX 680. But then again it all comes to the price. With the previous ARES GTX 580 X2 priced at 1200 USD, one shouldn’t expect much from ASUS to keep the card under the $700 mark.