HTC or royalties paid $ 8 for each phone to Apple

HTC announced over the weekend to settle patent litigation and reached a 10-year patent licensing agreement with Apple, although the terms of the agreement were not disclosed, but industry sources said the 6-8 U.S. dollars HTC Android phone will pay royalties to Apple.

 Sterne Agee analyst Shaw Wu said, in contact with people in the industry, he informed Apple in 2013 from the license fee of $ 6-8 per HTC Smartphone. Calculated in accordance with the HTC shipments 3000-3500 million units, Apple can get about 1.8-2.8 billion dollars in licensing fees.

Shaw Wu also believes that the settlement agreement with HTC will lay the foundation for Apple and Samsung and Motorola reconciliation patent litigation, Apple may reach a similar agreement with the two companies.

IPad mini no hinge color protection shell priced at $39

Before there are rumors that the iPad mini with colorful results with colors is its polyurethane Smart Cover color protective shell. iPad mini black and white models.

iPad mini with a new design the protective housing, remove the metal hinge. Apple's chief designer Jony Ive said it can be a single piece wrap iPad mini.

iPad mini protective housing priced at $ 39, there are at least six kinds of colors, including a Product Red version. (Note: Product Red with global brands cooperation related to the development of Red products directly into the part of the profits to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS in Africa) designed to help.

Apple application 3D remote control and protection equipment safety patent!

Apple has won a series of new technology patents, one patent describes a similar Wii controller 3D control mechanism, using patented sensor positioning this patent application in 2006; another patent for the detection,patent unauthorized user information collection and the iPhone and other mobile devices. Two patent may have a significant impact on their mobile devices.

Apple 3D controller patents, by moving the control device, the use of infrared light, an accelerator and an image detector, a target on a screen operation. Apple may consider the iPod eventually become a control device, is likely to become the main candidate equipment with the Apple TV set-top boxes.

    Another patent is related to security measures, and also the most likely to allow the user to see the actual effect of the patent. Apple said in the patent description, the use of the patent can be based on the information through the built-in sensors to obtain user heartbeat, photo or voice recording, combined with suspicious behavior and situations such as identification of the user's identity.

    This patent can activate a system to monitor user, take pictures, record sound, to obtain operating screenshot, logging keystrokes and records retention Internet use.

    Apple did not disclose the product of these two patents applications. Related patents and security measures, however, if applied to the product, iOS devices will improve user services for equipment users tremendous value, may help prevent, at least in solving the theft of mobile devices, the real a step forward.

Apple killer! iPad Mini goal suppress Amazon Kindle

Several analysts pointed out that Amazon's new tablet PC - Kindle Fire $ 159 from the price to the $ 499 Kindle Fire HD will not pose any threat to Apple's tablet dominance.
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos on Thursday announced a number of new models of tablet PCs and an upgraded version of the Kindle Fire - price between 159-499 U.S. dollars. $ 499 is the lowest price of the Apple iPad tablet computer.
Jeff Bezos, Amazon and Apple's business model in a speech comparing "We want people to use the equipment rather than the purchase of equipment to make money."
Jeff Bezos on Kindle Fire HD and iPad comparison, Kindle Fire, the annual cost of data services for $ 49.99 with a configuration similar to the 32GB version of the iPad and similar data plans, consumers' annual savings of more than $ 400.
Although some experts say Amazon has become Apple's largest competitors, other analysts not agree with this view. Investment Company Topeka capital markets executives Brian White Investment Report said, "compared to the first generation of products has added some interesting new features, we remain convinced that the iPad will continue to dominate the high-end tablet PC market."
Brian White, the investment firm ISI Group executive Brian Marshall also believe that Apple is not nothing to worry about. Brian Marshall Investment Report, said, "While Amazon's new product gives the left a deep impression, we believe that Apple is still a dominant position in the smartphone and tablet computer makers."
Their reasons to focus on several factors, including Apple's App Store application store - the number of applications than Amazon majority of one hundred thousand, iCloud storage and synchronization service, and may be released in the next month, code-named "iPad the Mini small size iPad.
Brian White and Brian Marshall, iPad Mini is Apple's killer. White said, "We believe that the upcoming release of iPad Mini - price of 250-300 U.S. dollars, or even lower, Apple will expand the market opportunities, shipments even more than the normal size of the iPad."
Jeff Bezos, Amazon a price of $ 199 Kindle Fire HD 11 at the end of the Offer Price will be available for sale Sept. 14 for $ 299 WiFi version of the Kindle Fire HD. If analysts' forecasts are accurate, the prices of these two products are in the range of iPad Mini.
Market research firm Patrick Moorhead, principal analyst at Moor Insights & Strategy on Forbes author said Amazon's move "no victory", mentioned Apple's several advantages, including the yet to be announced iPad the Mini, Apple released the low-cost The Tablet PC will attract a large number of consumers, consumers will be able to display a resolution of 1920 pixels pixels the Kindle Fire HD X1200 purchase price of $ 299, but can not get the Apple brand and experience.
Brian White, Brian Marshall, Patrick Moorhead, said despite impressive hardware, the price, as well as the threat of Apple's largest content ecological chain, Amazon still can not shake the dominance of the iPad. The market research firm IDC, iPad accounted for 68% of the tablet PC shipments in the second quarter than the first quarter, an increase of nearly 7 percent. White predicted that Amazon announced the new product will not affect iPad conquer new territories of the pace of the global Tablet PC market.

Nokia shares jump on Apple-Samsung verdict

Shares in Nokia , the No 2 cellphone maker, rose more than 6 percent early on Monday after its bigger rival Samsung Electronics lost its court case against Apple .
A US jury found the South Korean company had copied critical features of the hugely popular iPhone and iPad and awarded the US company $1.05 billion in damages.

“In addition to Apple, we name Microsoft and Nokia as the main beneficiaries from this outcome,” Nordea analyst Sami Sarkamies said in a research note.
Nokia and its software partner Microsoft have been struggling to win ground from Samsung’s Android-powered smartphones which lead the market.