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Ironic, considering how he dismisses Samsung as "as innovative as the spec sheet allows", when Samsung is the one making those Retina displays.

And the RAZR MAXX is somehow a "wasted opportunity", when Motorola fit a 3300mAh battery in the same profile as the iPhone(9.3mm)

"which can't be disabled"

Looks like they can be opted out of.

http://www.engadget.com/2012/09/07/amazon-confirms-yes-you-c...

Samsung doesn't implement the slide to unlock action on a predetermined path. On 2012 phones, it's just swipe anywhere along any direction for a certain distance. IIRC, onn the 2011 phones it was slide the lockscreen wallpaper in any direction.

None of these software patents have been tested in court.

Several European courts threw out the slide to unlock patent, as there was prior art with a Neonode phone. Judge Posner, with whom Apple tried to argue that a tap is a zero length swipe, and Judge Koh were skeptical of the validity of the slide to unlock patent.

Don't overlook the 2nd gen Zenbook Primes from ASUS, 1920x1080 IPS screens on both 11.6" and 13" models.

http://www.anandtech.com/show/5843/asus-zenbook-prime-ux21a-...

Correction, the Infinity's screen is 1920x1200.

Stick to ASUS for Android tablets, great hardware at good prices. The $500 model is the 32GB version. Also, to reiterate the quick updates, ASUS updated the TF300 model to JellyBean this week (1 month turnaround from 4.1 code release)

Looks like Motorola is trying with what seem to be non-FRAND related patents. (non 3G/4G related)

"Motorola Mobility unit said it filed a new patent-infringement case against Apple Inc. (AAPL) claiming that features on some Apple devices, including the Siri voice-recognition program, infringe its patents. The complaint at the U.S. International Trade Commission claims infringement of seven Motorola Mobility patents on features including location reminders, e-mail notification and phone/video players"

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-08-17/google-s-motorola-f...

Right now the 16GB version is sold out on Google Play, while the 8GB ships in 3-5 days.

https://play.google.com/store/devices/details?id=nexus_7_16g...

I thought Android 4.0 (ICS) had gamepad support. During ICS launch last winter, they demoed it with XBox controller.

If you look closely, after it understands "play" command, there's a progress bar. If the user doesn't respond it would go to the music player automatically. He cut it short and clicked "Play", probably for TL;DW people.

The Tab 2 10.1 has speakers facing forward, the same design they used in Germany to thwart that injunction.

The 10.1 came out almost a year ago. Is Samsung even selling it now? It'll just release a new version soon.