[Weekend Poll] Would Android Silver Replacing The Nexus Program Be A Good Thing Or A Bad Thing?

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A growing number of sources are corroborating our initial report on a project known as Android Silver – a premium retail and branding effort orchestrated by Google to encourage manufacturers and consumers alike to get on board with handsets certified by Google as meeting certain criteria.

We know, for example, that one of the goals of this program is pinning down the Android software experience: Silver devices would be required to run the latest version of Android with little to no modification of the software experience (a la Motorola, for example).

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Jury Finds Samsung Guilty Of Patent Infringement And Awards Apple Almost $120 Million In Damages

nexusae0_court_thumbThe latest round of back-and-forth in the endless IP battle between Apple and Samsung is over, and the former has come out on top. According to an 8-person jury in the federal court, various Samsung phones and tablets, including the Galaxy S II and III, Galaxy Note, and Galaxy Nexus, infringed on three Apple patents. The jury awarded Apple $119.6 million USD in damages. 

Apple didn’t have it all its own way: the jury also found that none of the Samsung phones presented violated two other Apple patents, and they awarded Samsung $158,400 after finding Apple guilty of unintentionally violating one of the Korean company’s patents presented in a counter-suit.

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