BlackBerry Sues Typo Again Over Second-Generation iPhone Keyboard Case
BlackBerry today filed a second lawsuit against Typo Products, the startup backed by Ryan Seacrest, alleging that the second-generation Typo keyboard continues to infringe upon its intellectual property, reports The Hollywood Reporter. In a complaint lodged in a California federal court on Monday, BlackBerry claimed Typo “slavishly copied” its keyboards down to the “smallest detail.”
Just as they did with the Typo Keyboard, Defendants have again copied numerous proprietary BlackBerry designs and patents in the Typo2 Keyboard. The Typo2 Keyboard still blatantly copies BlackBerry’s iconic keyboard trade dress designs that have been embodied in numerous BlackBerry smartphones from the 2007 BlackBerry 8800 to the current Q10 and Classic models. The Typo2 Keyboard also infringes numerous BlackBerry utility patents related to BlackBerry’s proprietary keyboard design, backlighting and typing automation technologies.
Typo Products first clashed with BlackBerry shortly after the former debuted its first-generation Typo iPhone keyboard case in late 2013. Backed by media personality Ryan Seacrest, the product was the result of a desire to create a physical keyboard for the iPhone after he and his partner Lauren Hallier saw many of their friends carrying two phones — one for typing and correspondence, presumably a BlackBerry, and an iPhone for everything else.
The Typo2 for the iPhone 6
The snap-on iPhone keyboard that Seacrest and Hallier developed looked very similar to a BlackBerry keyboard, which BlackBerry took offense to. BlackBerry sued and won an injunction against Typo Products, leading Typo to produce the Typo2, a second-generation keyboard that it claimed did not violate any BlackBerry patents.
The $99 Typo2 features a sleeker design with a built-in keyboard that unfortunately blocks the Touch ID fingerprint sensor on the iPhone 6. Though Typo Products claims that its second-generation offering does not infringe on BlackBerry patents, it continues to bear a visual resemblance to the keyboards BlackBerry has used in its products for years.
According to BlackBerry, with the Typo2, Typo Products produced a “minimally modified derivative version” of the original Typo keyboard that continues to abuse BlackBerry’s trade dress. The lawsuit cites a range of media reviews that compare the Typo2 to the BlackBerry, pointing out the marked similarities between the two, including a comment from one of our own forum members. BlackBerry’s lawsuit also accuses the Typo2 of infringing on five BlackBerry patents.
BlackBerry now has two lawsuits pending against Typo, for the original Typo keyboard and the Typo2. BlackBerry has also won an award of $860,000 after Typo continued selling its original keyboard in violation of the previously mentioned injunction. In the newest lawsuit, BlackBerry asks for “enhanced and exemplary” damages for Typo’s continued infringement.
LG could use in house octa-core 64-bit chip for future devices putting another hit to Qualcomm
It just hasn’t been Qualcomm‘s year has it? I am sure the situations arose in the end of last year, but still. It would seem that Samsung isn’t the only manufacturer looking to go in-house with their own processor in the very near future. Those out of the loop might be unaware that Samsung has […]
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Microsoft Office apps for Android will soon allow integration with other third-party cloud apps
For some, the integration of Dropbox with Microsoft Office apps streamlined life, both personal and professional. While it was certainly a good move, there are plenty of other cloud storage solutions out there that people use beyond Dropbox. Box is a prime example of one that is easily more geared towards business users. A communication […]
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Xposed Framework for Lollipop released [alpha build]
Customization is one of the key features of the entire Android ecosystem. The way that user’s are empowered to change their own environments, within the bounds of a given Android powered device, has been crucial to Android’s overall adoption rate. Historically custom ROMS were needed to truly expose the full power of what the mobile OS has to offer. Flashing ROMs, though, can be a rather time consuming process. What happens if you brick your device? What happens if you running a Nexus device and just want extended functionality? This is where the Xposed framework comes into play. After rooting your device and installing Xposed, you now have access to a ton of a la carte modules that can increase the overall functionality of the device. The beauty of Xposed is that you can do all this without the need to flash and reflash your device when new ROM updates are released. Just install a mod, turn it on, reboot, and you’re done. Until recently, support for Android 5.0 has not been available.
This weekend the creator of Xposed, rovo89, announced and released the Xposed framework for Android 5.0 Lollipop. According to rovo89, “Many [Xposed] modules will actually work without any changes, especially those which modify the behavior of user apps…” For testing purposes, the newest version of Xposed is still in alpha. See it released into production once a spectrum of Xposed’s seasoned modders get their hands on it. Check out the XDA thread here for apks and instructions. Happy modding.
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Monkey King Escape is Ubisoft’s new endless runner for Android
Monkey King Escape is a new endless runner from Ubisoft for Android devices from the Google Play Store. Loosely based on the Chinese novel Journey to the West, Monkey King Escape sees you run and fly across a mystical world in an effort to claim the title of Monkey King.
Tweetdeck lets you share accounts without sharing passwords
Until now, if you wanted to share Twitter log-in credentials with members of your team, it meant sharing a password. Thanks to TweetDeck, you no longer have to use the same info. The 140-character social network now offers TweetDeck Teams for its popular app: a tool that allows groups to employ the same account with admin and contributor roles. When you need to add a colleague to the social workload, all you have to do is authorize that user, and once they accept the invite, they’ll be good to go. As you might expect, access can be revoked at any time by the admin, and those folks have control over the password. Contributors can tweet, follow/unfollow, schedule tweets and make lists, but they won’t have any access outside of the app. The new feature starts rolling out today for TweetDeck on the web, Chrome and Windows.
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Pushbullet extends messaging support to Hangouts, WhatsApp, and more
Without question, Pushbullet is one of the most useful and powerful applications available. Pushbullet is all about convenience. The app seamlessly pushes content and notifications between computers, phones, and tablets. For the last few months, users were able to reply to messages from a mobile device’s stock messaging app. Earlier today, Pushbullet announced the extention of messaging support to some of the world’s best services.
Messages from WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger, Hangouts, Telegram, and Line are all now supported by Pushbullet. Incoming messages from those services will appear on a computer synced with Pushbullet and provide the options to reply to or dismiss.
A device with Android 4.4 KitKat is required for the aforementioned services to work with Pushbullet. Also, Hangouts requires the Android Wear app to be installed; however, users do not actually need to own an Android Wear device. Everything else should work just fine without any special actions.
Pushbullet also included a new widget for users’ homescreens. The widget allows users to decide whether or not the notification forwarding feature is activated.
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VLC finally getting Chromecast support in version 3.0
While not necessarily the flashiest of media players, VLC remains one of the most popular due to its high level of compatibility with just about any media format out there. This is true not only for PC users, but for Android and even iOS users. And now VLC is getting even better, as a new changelog from VLC indicates that support for Google’s Chromecast could be added to version 3.0 of the media player.
This isn’t the first time we’ve heard about VLC getting Chromecast support, as the first hints about the addition hit back in June of last year. At the time it was believed that the feature could roll out in as little as a month, something that obviously never happened. Ironically enough, the initial report also suggested iOS users would receive the feature first with Android next in line and platforms like Windows, Linux and Mac to follow later. It’s unclear if this will still be the case, though it is worth noting that VLC has finally returned to iOS after being pulled again.
So why did it take a half year or so to bring Chromecast support to VLC? Although we can’t say for sure, it is possible that VLC wanted a consistent release of the feature for all major platforms and felt that bringing the feature to version 3.0 (which is expected to bring a number of exciting new features) would make it stand out more than if they would have done it earlier in a minor (2.x) release. Either way, we’ll be sure to update our readers as soon as we know more.
Totallee Scarf Review: A Look at One of the Thinnest iPhone 6/6 Plus Cases You Can Get [iOS Blog]
The iPhone 6 and the iPhone 6 Plus are Apple’s thinnest iPhones yet at 6.9 and 7.1mm, respectively, and these ultra thin devices have spawned a range of super thin cases that aim to offer scratch protection without adding bulk. Of the dozens of featherweight cases on the market, the Scarf case from California case maker Totallee is one of the thinnest you can buy, measuring in at 0.35mm, and it’s affordable, at $14.99.
We went hands-on with Totallee’s Scarf case for the iPhone 6 Plus and you can see what we thought of it in both the quick video review below and our longer full-length review.
Design
At approximately the thickness of a fingernail, the Scarf is designed not to be noticed — its primary goal is to blend in with your phone and offer unobtrusive protection. It comes in colors that are designed to match the iPhone casing — black, gold, white, and light gray. Light gray is a brand new addition to the Scarf lineup, and was conceived to be a better match for the Space Gray iPhone than the previously available black color.
The Scarf is made of polypropylene, a lightweight thermoplastic polymer. It is flexible and bendable, so if you crease it forcefully, it can be damaged. The case’s flexibility lets it slip easily onto an iPhone. Like most iPhone 6 and 6 Plus cases, the Scarf has cutouts for the rear camera, the power button, the volume button, and the mute switch. It covers the top of the phone, but leaves the bottom open for access to the Lightning port, speaker holes, and headphone port.
#SHIELDTuesday brings in Saints Row IV to NVIDIA GRID services, next up Alan Wake and Metro Last Light Redux
Happy SHIELDTuesday everyone. If you are the proud owner of a NVIDIA Shield tablet or Shield Portable, then SHIELDTuesday is a day you might look forward too every week. It is the day that NVIDIA adds another title to the game streaming service, GRID. This weeks addition brings in Saints Row IV. The fun won’t stop there of course. […]
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