New Panasonic Android Phone Coming to Japan with Super-Camera

• Android 2.3
• 4-inch QHD LCD screen with 960×540 resolution
• waterproof body (IPX5/7)
• TI OMAP4430 dual-core CPU (1GHz)
• compatible with SoftBank’s “Ultra Speed” high-speed data communication service (max. 21Mbps)
• microSDHC card slot
• IEEE802.11b/g/n Wifi
• Bluetooth 2.1+EDR
• infrared connection
• e-wallet function
• digital TV tuner
• W-CDMA, GSM
• size: 64×123×9.8mm weight: 128g

Steve Jobs Contacted Samsung in July, 2010 About Patent Infringement

According to reports, Apple's Steve Jobs personally contacted Samsung in July of 2010, in order to negotiate terms when Apple first suspected Samsung's Galaxy S devices were violating Apple patents. Here's a quote from the PhoneArena article with a few details,

These revelations come courtesy of Richard Lutton, who is a high-ranking director at Apple and its patent attorney. He also said that once the patent infringement talks between Apple and Samsung began, Steve ceased his involvement and left it to his legal department. 

While responding to questions by Samsung's lawyer David Catterns, Mr Lutton noted that Steve Jobs's involvement was a simple courtesy call: “Samsung is an important supplier with whom we have a deep relationship. We wanted to give them a chance to do the right thing.”

Further industry intel indicates that Mr. Jobs was not directly involved in these negotiations, but was simply the "bearer of the olive-branch" to get negotiations started. Shortly after negotiations began, Samsung didn't agree with Apple's assessment of the situation, and felt that Apple was simply using their working relationship to pressure Samsung into compliance. This eventually led to the patent war that is going on now.

Samsung Reveals New Galaxy Tab 7.0 Plus Dual-Core & Honeycomb Sequel

Samsung has officially unveiled their follow-up to the original Samsung Galaxy Tab 7. This one is called the Galaxy Tab 7.0 Plus, and is beefed up quite a bit. The device is now sporting a dual-core 1.2GHz Chip and Honeycomb. Here's a full feature-set:

• 16GB and 32GB varieties
• 1.2GHz dual-core CPU
• Android 3.2 Honeycomb with TouchWiz UI
• Seven-inch LCD with 1024 x 600 resolution.
• Two megapixel front-facing camera,
• Three megapixel camera in back that supports 720p video
• 1GB of RAM
• Quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE, 3G with 21Mbps HSPA
• Bluetooth 3.0 and GPS capabilities
• WiFi 802.11 a/b/g/n at both 2.4GHz and 5GHz, along with support for channel bonding and apt-X Codec for Bluetooth