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This lump of coal is for Samsung.

It is Christmas and Samsung found a lump of coal in the stocking. That’s for not providing Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich upgrade for its Galaxy S and Galaxy Tab.

From The Verge:

Samsung has just distributed the worst news of this Ice Cream Sandwich upgrade cycle: the popular Galaxy S smartphone that sold 10 million units last year and the 7-inch Galaxy Tab tablet won’t be upgraded to Android 4.0.

Everyone points out that Samsung Galaxy S is basically the same with Nexus S which is getting Ice Cream Sandwich. So what is Samsung’s real excuse? Maybe Samsung wants the consumer to buy new Samsung phone every 6 months.

For that Samsung does deserve the lump of coal.

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Captain Obvious called this one.

It was like an accident waiting to happen, Hasbro sues ASUS over Transformer Prime tablet. Hasbro holds many trademarks, and obviously won’t let ASUS get away with it. Michael Bay should make a movie about this lawsuit.

By the way, ASUS Transformers Prime site is horrible. If it is in HTML5 than it is a kitchen-sink full of HTML5 barf.

Remember when Apple licensed the name “Mighty Mouse” from Viacom just like Verizon Wireless licensed the name “DROID” from Lucasfilm?

From Apple Wireless Mighty Mouse Manual (page 35):

From DroidDoes.com:

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Carrier IQ 2, The Quickening

It is inevitable for the Carrier IQ controversy dominating the headlines. This should be a bigger story than the overblown “Locationgate” story.

The Carrier IQ controversy has attracted the attention of Al Franken, US Senator from Minnesota; maybe he heard the page from applefanboy.com. Apple made a statement, saying that they have abandoned Carrier IQ with iOS 5 in most of their products. HTC say they don’t receive data from Carrier IQ. The story goes on and on.

Yes, you should be wearing your tin foil hat.

The Verge has great coverage on Carrier IQ controversy.

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Tin Foil Hat Zone: Carrier IQ

Hot topic of this week: Carrier IQ

Grant Paul, who is also known as chpwn reports that Carrier IQ is in iOS.

  • Android fans should point to iOS fans and says: “Ha ha! You got it too.”
  • iOS fans should snicker at Android fans and say: “It doesn’t really do anything in our iOS devices.”
  • Windows Phone 7 should yell at Android and iOS fans: “Hey, we exist!”

Before we all jump to conclusion and start a rage against the answering machine, take all the news with a grain of salt.

The Verge is covering the Carrier IQ controversy and highly recommended for pre-rage reading.

Just remember to wear your tin foil hat for now.

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Having fun with CyanogenMod on HP TouchPad.

On Thursday October 13th, 2011 I picked up the three HP TouchPads I purchased at a severely discounted price. On Friday, iPhone 4S went on sale and I was helping a few people with theirs. Saturday morning I decided to install CyanogenMod on the HP TouchPad. I didn’t actually work on it until late afternoon.

Now, I’m bookmarking the important pages that helped me the most in installing the CyanogenMod on HP TouchPad.

Note to self:
You’re having too much fun.

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Gingerbread 2.3.6 update for Nexus One.

Gingerbread 2.3.6 update notification popped up on my Nexus One last night. Well to be honest, I am not sure when the notification arrived since I had not used the Nexus One for more than a week. According to the message on the Nexus One:

This OTA update will upgrade your device to Gingerbread 2.3.6. It contains important bug fixes and security updates.

Initially I was not able to update the phone because the internal storage was somewhat full. I had to move some applications to the SD card and uninstall some of them.

A quick query on Google, apparently some Nexus One owners are getting the update within the past week.

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Samsung signs agreement with Microsoft while fiercely fighting Apple in court.

Microsoft announces it has signed agreement with Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.:

Microsoft announced today that it has signed a definitive agreement with Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., to cross-license the patent portfolios of both companies, providing broad coverage for each company’s products. Under the terms of the agreement, Microsoft will receive royalties for Samsung’s mobile phones and tablets running the Android mobile platform. In addition, the companies agreed to cooperate in the development and marketing of Windows Phone.

It is interesting that Samsung signs a cross-licensing deal with Microsoft while fiercely fighting Apple in court over patents and other things.

Well, Samsung already licensed Windows OS for its portable computer in addition to producing Windows Phone 7-based devices.

In related news, Google says that Microsoft-Samsung license deal is “extortion”.

I wonder what Google said about the deals Microsoft made with HTC over Android licensing?

Related read:

Samsung takes Android patent license from Microsoft rather than wait for Motorola

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What if Apple asked Samsung to pay royalties for every Android devices sold? Would Samsung take that deal? That’s exactly what Samsung is doing with regard to the deal with Microsoft.