Når Xperia X10 kommer i handelen engang i april, vil den have Android version 1.6 som allerede nu er ret forældet. Dette er ret problematisk for Sony Ericsson, da HTC har tænkt sig at lancere både HTC Legend og HTC Desire (begge med Android 2.1) i samme tidsrum.
Earlier this year, the company had confirmed that the devices will enjoy an upgrade to a newer version of Android. We assumed this would be version 2.1 but were informed today that it “will be an Eclair variant, so it could be 2.1 or even 2.2″, according to the spokesperson.
Det rygtes at denne opdatering vil komme i 2. halvår af 2010.
Hvis man undrer sig over hvorfor Apple netop har valgt at sagsøge HTC, som er et af de mindste mobilproducenter, så kan du måske finde svaret hos John Paczkowski fra All Things Digital.
HTC ejer færrest patenter af de “etablerede” mobilproducenter og John Paczkowski mener det sætter dem i en prekær situation, i forhold til at forsvare sig mod Apple.
A Deutsche Bank analysis of yearly patent filings by Apple (AAPL), HTC and Google (GOOG) reveals that Apple is by far the leader and HTC the laggard. Over the past few years, Apple has amassed some 3,000 patents, HTC just 58.
“HTC has had comparatively few patent filings leading up to the introduction of the original iPhone in June 2007,” Deutsche Bank analyst Chris Whitmore explained in a note to clients this past weekend. “Specifically, HTC filed zero patents with the US Patent office between 2004 and 2007 while Apple filed 507 and Google filed 67 over the same period.”
Men ifølge patent ekspert Nilay Patel fra Engadget, har Apple’s patenter måske ikke noget at sige i det lange løb. Han udtaler følgende til John Paczkowski analyse:
“Hey, just caught your piece on HTC’s patent portfolio. It’s interesting, and I agree with your reasoning on why Apple chose HTC over, say, Motorola, which has 1000s of patents, but remember that Apple’s entire portfolio doesn’t really matter here–it only picked 20 to litigate, and it only has to win one claim. Similarly, HTC only has to find one of its 58 patents that the iPhone infringes, which isn’t necessarily impossible since HTC’s portfolio is probably entirely mobile-oriented. I’m sure HTC will countersue here–it’s basically standard practice in this type of suit. I’d also expect Google to be named sooner rather than later–there’s no way HTC’s contract with Google doesn’t have a rock-solid indemnification clause.”
Twitter
Hvis du har en Twitter konto og ønsker at vise din støtte til Android, så kig forbi hos Twibbon. Her kan du automatisk få sat en “lille Android” på dit Twitter profilbillede og dermed vise din støtte til Android.
Google Chrome
Bruger du Google Chrome som browser, kan du også vælge at pynte lidt op med denne Android temapakke af Roman Nurik.
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