Apple Stores will soon be able to repair your iPhone 5s, 5c.

   Apple Stores across the nation are gearing up with training manuals, special machinery and replacement parts so that damaged iPhone 5s and 5c devices can be repaired, according to 9to5Mac.

According to the Apple news website, the company began making iPhone 5 repairs at its stores earlier this year, and it will now do the same for the latest versions of its smartphone. This should save the company money. Previously, in some cases, Apple gave customers new phones instead of sending them off for repair.

Apple Stores will be able to replace screens, batteries, volume buttons, vibrating motors, rear cameras and speaker systems on the iPhone 5s and 5c. They will also be able to replace the home button on the iPhone 5c, but not on the iPhone 5s, which has a special version that includes a fingerprint scanner.

Customers whose iPhone damage is covered under the warranty will receive the repairs for free; those whose devices are not covered will have to pay. According to 9to5Mac, a battery replacement will cost $79 while an iPhone 5c home button will cost $29.

Apple Store iPhone 5s and 5c repairs are expected to start "in the near future," the report said. Apple could not be reached for comment.

By Salvador Rodriguez.

Apple and Samsung each get a victory in patent battles.

   At this point, even a scorecard might not be enough to let one keep track of the patent litigation between Apple and Samsung. But let's try anyway.

Two courts have handed down separate rulings that gave Apple and Samsung partial victories in ongoing appeals related to a patent case last year in federal court in San Jose.

Samsung lost that case, and a jury ordered it to pay Apple $1.05 billion for copying features in Apple's iPhones and iPads.

However, U.S. District Judge Lucy Koh later denied Apple's request for a permanent injunction on the 13 Samsung smartphones and tablets involved. Most of those products are older, and few are still available for sale.

Still, Apple is looking for a precedent and leverage for future patent cases, and so it appealed that ruling to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, which hears cases involving patents, intellectual property and international trade.

On Monday, a panel of that court in Washington ruled that Koh should reconsider her ruling and more carefully weigh Apple's arguments.

It's likely that Samsung will ask the entire appeals court to review that decision before it is actually sent back to Koh. So there's no immediate effect.

Still, score one for Apple.

Meanwhile in federal court in San Jose, Apple and Samsung were back on Monday for more testimony in a retrial of the damages portion of last year's $1.05-billion verdict.

A few months after the jury ruled in Apple's favor, Koh reduced the award by $450 million, citing confusing instructions to the jury. Both sides are now trying to make their case for the size of the damages that would be added to the $600-million portion of the verdict that remains in place.

Samsung says that additional part should be $52 million, while Apple is asking for $380 million.
However, on Friday, Koh ruled that Apple couldn't ask for damages related to lost profits, which could cut the amount of additional damages Apple could seek by as much as $114 million.

So, score one for Samsung.

The damages retrial is expect to move to closing statements on Tuesday, with the case then going to the jury.

By : Chris O'Brien

Samsung says it sold 800,000 Galaxy Gear smartwatches in two months.

   Samsung Electronics said It has sold 800,000 Galaxy Gear smartwatches in two months , making the device the best -selling in the world smartwatch despite lackluster reviews .

The South Korean company said Tuesday That Gear sales were better than its own expectations and that it would expand sales promotions for the holidays falling on the device , According To a Reuters report .
"It's the Most sold wearable watch available in the marketplace ... and we map to expand availability its by Expanding mobile devices with the Gear That Work , " Samsung said in a statement to the news agency .

The $ 299 Gear went on sale this year and is only consistent with a few Samsung devices. The company was the device Hopping would be a breakthrough in wearable computing, it has-been goal widely panned by reviewers for its Lack of features.

Our tech blogger Salvador Rodriguez had this to say in his review of the watch . "The Galaxy Gear is a nifty device and an awesome preview of what's to come with wearable technology Goal ace is Often the case with first- generation gadgets, there 's a lot of limitations with what the Galaxy Gear can do . "

The smartwatch can perform many of the functions of a smartphone, including making calls, sending texts, taking photos and running apps. It also comes with a pedometer and voice recorder.

But you can't see tweets, get Facebook notifications or use many other popular services available on smartphones.

Samsung has been heavily marketing the Gear, running dozens of full-page ads in numerous newspapers and multiple TV commercials, including one with soccer star Lionel Messi.

By : Andrea Chang

Samsung Launches Another Large Smartphone, the Galaxy Grand 2.

  Samsung has announced the launch of Galaxy Grand 2, a 5.25-inch smartphone which - like its predecessor, the Galaxy Grand - can best be described as a mid-range smartphone with a large screen.

The HSPA + device has a 1280x720 TFT screen, a quad-core, 1.2GHz processor, 1.5GB of RAM memory plus 8GB of storage memory, expandable via microSD cards, and an 8-megapixel camera.


The Grand 2's dimensions are 146.8 x 75.3 x 8.9 mm and 163g in weight, accomodating for a large, 2,600 mAh battery. It comes with Android 4.3 (Jelly Bean) and dual-SIM slots.

The Galaxy Grand 2 will be available in black, white and pink. The price and exact date of availability have not been revealed.

By : Stan Schroeder

LG Unveils Ultrabook Z935 within the Conference Berlin IFA 2013.

   Although the LG does not have a strong presence in the market for computers Ultrabook with system Windows 8, but during the conference Berlin IFA 2013 for laptop Z935 in size 13 inches and a resolution of 1440 in 2560 with technology IPS as well as the fourth generation of Intel processors Haswell and thickness of 13.6 mm, which makes it less thickness in addition to less weight 1.15 kg, and there is a USB port, HDMI port, audio port and a port for external memory microSD and Ethernet port and will be available in November with a price $ 1,000.

Specifications of Samsung Galaxy Note 3 that has not yet been approved.

  Samsung is now testing several models of Samsung Galaxy Note 3. Models that testing now, carry screens with 5.68 inches and 5.7 inches because of the instability on one model, not only on the size but the rumor says that Samsung is also testing the type of screens which is "Super Amoled Full HD" or "Oled Screens", which may make the phone slim, or screens of Sharp Corporation, known as IGZO. Samsung did not depend on the sensitivity of the camera, if they use the sensor with 8 megapixel, the phone will be slim, but now the market requires a powerful camera with 13 megapixel and in the line with Samsung Galaxy S4.

  Maybe this strategy will make the Samsung choose the best model and the most willing to be on the top. "Sammobile" site stated that he would ask his sources inside the company in order to get more information about the phone.

IPhone 5 most hated phone and Samsung Galaxy S4 is the most lovable phone.

 

   IPhone 5 may be the most best-selling phones in the world, but at the same time most of them unwillingly by users. According to The Daily Mail newspaper, and a statement from BGR site, that a study set up by the British news agency, that they had to monitor Twitter and other forums in the time of the launch of iPhone 5, Lumia 920, BlackBerry z10 and Galaxy S4. After observing their tweets they discover that 20% of them were complaints from iPhone 5, 18% complaints on the BlackBerry z10, 15% for Lumia 920 and only 11% for the Galaxy S4, which made them conclude that the Galaxy S4 is the most lovable phone to the people.

Most of the complaints about the iPhone 5 was the phone's lack of innovation, low-quality photography, bad Apple maps and some mobile phones that have black color included some scratches.

But in contrast when Apple launched Iphone 5 occur more than 1.7 million people on the phone, 300,000 people for BlackBerry z10, and 140,000 for the Galaxy S4, while only 45,000 people spoke about Lumia 920. So the table will show us everything that we talked about :