Apple hit with lawsuit over iPhone as e-book reader

Earlier this month Apple got hit with a lawsuit over an "exploding" iPod Touch. Now it appears to be getting hit with a suit over the exploding e-book market.

A couple of blogs, including Apple Insider, are reporting that a Swiss communications firm, Monec Holding, has filed suit in a Virginia district court. Monec accuses the iPhone maker of "patent infringement, unfair trade practices, monopolization, and tortious interference for allegedly treading on its January 2002 patent No. 6,335,678 titled 'Electronic device, preferably an electronic book.'"

We've never heard of Monec, but the mission statement on its rather austere Web site claims it's "a leading innovator for mobile, globally usable communication solutions...with user-friendly products and pioneering solutions, Monec provides companies and users with secure, wireless access solutions which offer highest degree of flexibility, functionality, speed and independence."
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Where to find the perfect mobile phone

Yesterday, we scoured through libraries of movies to find exciting gadgets we would love to get our mitts on. However, no matter how hard we tried, there was no perfect mobile phone to be found, even on the silver screen. Then it hit us that there are some things even special effects cannot replicate.

So where can we find the perfect phone. It may come as a shock to you, but it was in the Japanese anime Macross Frontier where we saw the ultimate handset.


In the show, mobile phones no longer have lame clamshells, sliders, candybasr or touchscreens.
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Dell CEO hints at a smartphone...again

As he has been doing in public speeches and interviews in the last year, Michael Dell has again stirred up speculation about what his company has planned in the handheld market.

In a speech he gave in Tokyo Tuesday, the chief executive of Dell was slightly more specific than he has been in the past on this topic.

"For the last three years, we have integrated 3G radios into our notebooks," said Dell. "We already have agreements with many mobile carriers around Netbook devices, so it wouldn't be unreasonable to expect that we would have smaller mobile Internet devices or smartphones in the future."
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China Unicom posts iPhone 3G images, specs

China Unicom did nothing to dispel rumors that it plans to be Apple's iPhone partner in China by posting images and specifications of the iPhone 3G on Tuesday.

The details (in Chinese), spotted by IDG News Service, are perhaps the strongest sign that China's second-largest carrier has won the deal to supply the iPhone to the world's largest mobile phone market. At this point, some may wonder why China Unicom wouldn't just wait for the new iPhone that is almost universally expected to arrive some time around the middle of this year, but Chinese media reports have suggested that China Unicom and Apple reached a breakthrough in their negotiations just last week, and China Unicom plans to launch a 3G network in May.
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iPhorest: Tend a tree via your iPhone

"One who plants a garden plants happiness." This proverb, of Chinese origin, I believe, can now become a reality of sorts without the need for land or even a green thumb. A new app called iPhorest lets you be an electronic gardener.

After downloading the software for US$4.99, you dig a virtual hole by creating a digging motion with your iPhone until your seedling appears. Then you plant it.

Not only might the gardening bring happiness to you, The Conservation Fund also benefits. For each virtual tree planted, the fund will plant a native tree in real life--starting with the restoration of vulnerable wildlife habitats along the Gulf Coast in the US.
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