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WWDC 2011 Keynote Live Coverage Links

Live coverage links for WWDC 2011 Keynote on Monday June 6th, 2011 at 10:00 a.m. San Francisco time (Pacific Time).

Search “wwdc 2011 live coverage” on Google and you will find a lot of links, The followings are vetted for your convenience:

CNN will be providing some kind of live coverage scheduled at 10:30 a.m. Pacific Time (01:30 p.m. Eastern Time).

More of WWDC 2011 Keynote live coverage links will be added later.

There will be no sneak peek of the next iPhone or iPad, just iOS 5 demonstrated on iPhone 4 variants. Mac OS X Lion and iOS 5 are reported to have some kind of integration with each other through the iCloud. Special apology to Phil and Scott for not acknowledging you two as the one who told me about the next iPhone that might not be an iPhone 5, because they are not the source I was told that it’s dubbed as iPhone 4.5 (it’s a trap?).

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Lodsys responds to Apple by suing iOS Developers earlier than planned.

Lodsys moves to sue iOS Developers earlier than planned as a respond to “Apple’s threat“.

From Lodsys’ blog:

Q: Why did Lodsys sue some App Developers on May 31, 2011?

Lodsys chose to move its litigation timing to an earlier date than originally planned, in response to Apple’s threat, in order to preserve its legal options.

Lodsys also sent Legal threats to Android Developers regarding in-app-purchasing patent.

Lodsys revealed that Apple, Google and Microsoft are already licensee of Lodsys’ patent portfolio. Apple, Google and Microsoft could seek to invalidate Lodsys patent.

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For some reason, this is what the iPhone 4 thinks of Lodsys:

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Destination: Apple WWDC 2011

Apple to unveil Mac OS X Lion, iOS 5 and iCloud on June 6th, 2011 at Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC). Steve Jobs and Apple Executive Team will address the keynote.

Mac OS X Lion Developer Preview 3 is currently available to registered Apple Developers. Despite of the NDA in effect, details of Mac OS X Lion has been posted on the Internet.

iOS 5 beta is expected to be made available to registered Apple Developers following the WWDC keynote. According to sources, iOS 5 will be released in Fall 2011.

Apple will explain what iCloud is and where it stands with MobileMe service.

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Samsung Lawyers Must Be Crazy.

Samsung fires back at Apple asking for prototypes of Apple’s upcoming devices such as the next iPhone and iPad. Samsung Legal Team wants the court to believe that such move is fair since Apple has been granted access to prototypes of announced products from Samsung. Based on the reports, only Apple Legal Team would be given access to those prototypes, not any other Apple employees. Apple initially sued Samsung for infringing on Trade dress of iOS devices; iPhone and iPad in particular. Samsung then countersued Apple on same patent infringements.

The Samsung Legal Team must be crazy to ask for unannounced products from Apple. Relying on patterns on past product releases and rumors, Samsung Legal assumed that they would be granted access to the non-existent products. The jokes are already flooding in such as this gem:

Apple: Samsung is kirfing our products.
Samsung: Can we see your future products (so we can kirf them)?

The best case scenario for Samsung is that they’d be getting the complete and functional prototypes of iPhone 4 in White and iPad 2.

 

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Lodsys also threatens Android Developers over patent. Google, it’s your move.

After gaining a lot of attention for sending lawsuit threat to numbers of iOS Developers, Lodsys is also going after Android Developers over in-app purchasing patent. Lodsys in its Q&A blog explained why its going after individual developers but not Apple, Google and Microsoft; that’s because the three companies have already licensed the four patents in question.

On May 23rd, 2011 Apple Legal sent a letter to Lodsys stating that Apple is licensed to all four patents in the Lodsys portfolio. Any iOS Applications published in iTunes App Store are essentially covered by the license.

Android Developers are hoping Google to do the same with what Apple did for its Developers.

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Anecdote and Antidote: That’s not an iPad

A client told me: “My husband bought me an iPad from Verizon. The smaller iPad.” I told her that there is no “smaller” iPad, and it turned out to be a Samsung Galaxy Tab.

Verizon Stores do sell iPad, they just don’t have them in stock. Apparently the salesperson sold the Samsung Galaxy Tab as “small” iPad. I guess the salesperson really needs to fill the sales quota.