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Google Sues Back To Keep Using The Name ‘Android’
Like Apple’s initial problem with Cisco using the “iPhone” name, Google is facing its own problems using the Android name.
The back story: In 1999, Illinois entrepreneur Erich Specht started a company called Android Data Corporation, and began selling various software under the Android name.
In June 2000, Erich filed for trademark protection over the name “Android Data.” The registration was granted in October 2002 by the US Patent and Trademark Office.
This past April, Erich filed a lawsuit over trademark infringement of the name Android against Google, Motorola, Samsung, and Sprint Nextel. He also wanted $100 million dollars in damages.
Since then, the court has dismissed those charges, leaving Google the only defendant left.
The latest: Not one to back down from a legal challenge, Google’s lawyers have responded by counter-suing Erich Specht. Google wants punitive damages, attorney fees, denial of payments requested, and an order for the US Patent and Trademark Office to cancel Erich’s “Android Data” registration.
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Nokia N97 mini review: Less is more
Gsmarena have posted their review of the Nokia N97 mini. Here are the phone’s key features, main disadvantages, comparison to N97 and final impression.
Key features:
Slide-n-tilt 3.2″ 16M-color resistive touchscreen of 640 x 360 pixel resolution
5 megapixel autofocus camera with dual-LED flash and VGA@30fps video recording
Symbian OS 9.4 with S60 5th edition UI with kinetic scrolling
Slide-out three-row full QWERTY keyboard
ARM 11 434MHz CPU and 128 MB of RAM
Quad-band GSM support and 3G with 3.6Mbps HSDPA support
Wi-Fi and GPS with A-GPS
Digital compass
8GB onboard storage
microSD card slot with microSDHC support
Built-in accelerometer
3.5 mm audio jack and TV-out
Stereo FM Radio with RDS
microUSB port (charging) and stereo Bluetooth v2.0
Web browser has full Flash and Java support
Nice audio reproduction quality
Office document viewer
Main disadvantages:
The S60 touch UI is still inconsistent
Outdated camera interface and features
No DivX or XviD video support out-of-the-box
No smart dialing
No office document editing (without a paid upgrade)
No camera lens protection
No FM transmitter (though that may be stretching it too far)
Nokia N97 mini vs Nokia N97:
More compact (113 x 52.5 x 14.2 mm, 75 cc vs 117.2 x 55.3 x 15.9 mm, 88 cc)
Lighter (138g vs 150g)
Smaller display (3.2″ vs 3.5″)
Less internal memory (8GB vs 32GB)
Smaller battery (1200 mAh vs 1500 mAh)
No lens cover
No FM transmitter
Arrow keys vs D-pad
Final words
The Nokia N97 mini is a very versatile full-featured device, nicely balanced with with hardly any serious holes in its specs sheet. What’s best about it, is that “mini” moniker is certainly not a negative one. The N97 mini is in the size range of the Nokia 5800 XpressMusic and it’s in fact thinner despite the slide out keyboard.
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