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INR 50,000 allotted to each M.P. for buying iPads

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ipad-mpMPs have started going high-tech as Parliament is now providing them with sleek iPads, and for those who aren’t tech savvy, special orientation classes are now being organised to make Parliamentary business paper-free.

Soon MPs and ministers in Parliament would be reading the business listed against their names not from a sheet of paper but iPads.

The Parliament Standing Committee on IT had during the monsoon session made this recommendation and the idea was to make Parliamentary work hassle free and paper free.

Based on this recommendation, the Parliament Secretariat decided to sanction a maximum of Rs 50,000 to buy an Apple iPad 2 or Samsung Galaxy Tab.

The scheme has first been implemented in the Rajya Sabha within a fortnight. The Lok Sabha Secretariat is planning to roll out the scheme to the members of the lower House.

Samsung Galaxy tab ban lifted in most of Europe

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tabSamsung can sell its latest iPad rival in most of Europe again after a German court lifted most of an injunction it had imposed at Apple’s request.

The Duesseldorf regional court said it was questionable whether its authority extended to international companies operating outside Germany, so it restricted a preliminary ban imposed last week on Samsung Electronics to Germany.

Samsung’s Galaxy Tab line of tablet computers is considered the most credible alternative to Apple’s iPad, which has taken the market by storm, selling about 30 million since its launch a year and a half ago.

Apple and others have moved aggressively to defend their intellectual property in maturing markets, especially against Google’s Android software platform, on which the new Samsung Galaxy 10.1 tablet is built.

Android, a latecomer to the mobile market, has become a target by rapidly turning into the world’s most popular smartphone platform. Google is relatively defenseless because it owns few wireless patents, in contrast to older rivals.

On Monday, Google agreed to buy Motorola Mobility, the descendant company of cellular phone pioneer Motorola, for $12.5 billion, largely for its vast patent library.

Apple accused of faking Galaxy Tab picture

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tabsApple used a doctored image of a Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 to make it look more like the iPad 2, in the court hearing which saw the rival tablet banned, reports have claimed.

Dutch website Webwereld.nl took a closer look at Apple’s legal filing to the German court that barred the device from sale across Europe.

The site found a picture of the two devices next to each other and, in comparison, the Galaxy Tab 10.1 appears to have been doctored to make the aspect ratio appear more like the Apple iPad.

The Galaxy Tab, like most Android tablets, has a widescreen aspect ratio of 1.43, whereas the iPad 2 has a squarer aspect ratio of 1.3.

In the court fling, the Galaxy Tab’s has been altered to give it an aspect ratio of 1.36 making it look much more like the iPad than it actually does.

The Webwereld site claims: ‘Apple and its lawyers have, perhaps inadvertently, misled the judge of a Düsseldorf court by filing flawed evidence of the similarity between the iPad 2 and Samsung’s Galaxy Tab 10.1 tablets based on an inaccurate picture.’

Apple made no mention of the respective aspect ratios of the devices during the hearing, which saw the Tab pulled from UK shelves following a strong opening week of sales.

Apple successfully convinced the German court of its claim that the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 ‘blatantly copied’ the iPad’s form factor, UI and even the packaging.

Samsung, which was blindsided by the impromptu court hearing at which it did not have representation, is currently in the process of appealing the ban.

The company has a hearing on August 26th at which it will attempt to get the Tab back on to shelves across Europe.

Samsung Galaxy Tab 730 and 750 launched in India

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galaxy tabSamsung India launched the highly anticipated Samsung Galaxy Tab 750 (10.1 inch) and Galaxy Tab 730 (8.9 inch).

Both, the devices carry the same hardware profile. The only difference we could figure out is the display screen. Otherwise, both are similar to the extent possible. The Galaxy Tab 750 and 730 powered with 1GB RAM and 1 Ghz Dual Core processor. The device sports a rear camera with 3 Megapixel resolution and the front panel carries a 2 Megapixel camera.

Samsung in association with Vodafone offers a better data plan for the Galaxy tab owners. Customers can get 2 GB of data per month for a period of six months by paying Rs.3000. Galaxy Tab 750 will be available by the end of August, while Galaxy 730 will be made available from September. Samsung Galaxy Tab 750 is priced at Rs 36,200 and the Galaxy Tab 730 at Rs 33,990.

Apple Seeks ITC Ban on Samsung Products

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Looks like nothing came of those “high-level” patent litigation discussions between Apple and Samsung last month. Because legal hostilities between the two are on a high once again.

Last week Samsung filed a complaint against Apple with the U.S. International Trade Commission. And now Apple has responded in kind.

Cupertino this week filed an ITC complaint against Samsung, asking the agency to bar the U.S. importation of Samsung smartphones and tablets, which Apple argues have been “slavishly” copied from its iPhone and iPad designs.

Another variation on the same broadside Apple has been firing at Samsung for months now, slagging Samsung as a shameless “copyist.” And it follows a similar motion filed last week asking a California federal judge to issue a preliminary injunction that would bar Samsung from selling the Galaxy S 4G phone and the Galaxy Tab 10.1 tablet.

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