mardi 31 mai 2011

Review MSI X420 Laptop


 
 
 
 
 












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 Cpu
Intel®   Core 2 Duo SU7300
 Cpu speed
1,3GHz
 Ram
 DDR3
Ram size
4GB
 Hard drive
 Go 500 5400 rpm  
  graphic
ATI Radeon HD5430

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screen
14"
sys
 Windows®  7  Home Premium   64-bit

Laptop
 Cost

864,00€ 

Apple provide iWork package users of iPhone and iPod Touch

Apple released a while ago and before the date of the Conference of Apple's global developer update to iWork package to work with iPhones and iPod Touch, where she was previously working with the iPad, but only now has become a comprehensive programs.

And talking about this update, Phil Schiller, vice president of global marketing for Apple:

Now you can use Elkinot, Pages Nmprz and on the iPhone and iPod Touch to make wonderful presentations, documents, spreadsheets, the palm of your hands. Ritna wonderful screen, interface URL About Touch and the wonderful and powerful system makes it so the industry documents, edit, and share is easy with the iPhone iPod Touch 4.

All programs in the package containing the same properties Balaibad but now has become available on the iPhone and iPod Touch and became a comprehensive program to support the two devices together.

If you purchased the software previously, you can update for free to run on the iPhone or iPod Touch or purchase each program on the unit value of $ 9.99:

From here

Steve Jobs : the Lion and iCloud iOS 5 on June 6

Apple announced in a press statement that the premiere (Keynote) to Developers Conference WWDC 2011 submitted by the company's chief executive Steve Jobs. Will be next Monday June 6 at 10 am

Crowd out Apple on Monday unveiled the next operating system coming from the Mac Mac OS X Lion and the next operating system for mobile devices (iPhone and iPod Touch and iPad) iOS 5 and service iCloud (cloud) to come.

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The Best free app for your iphone


iphone apps Best Free Apps for iPhone


Apple iPhone users are getting increased these days and i will call iPhone as the King of phones. iPhone 4 was the hottest phone of the year without any single hand raising against this. I have collected few free and must have iPhone apps for your Apple Product. Peep into it and enjoy but before that you can look at how to change your iPhone into an iPad.



1. Harvest Mark Food Traceability:
If you are wondering to know more of fresh food that you would like to buy and keep them safe, this is best to trace your food back to the source using your iPhone whenever you see HarvestMark logo, and the codes found on them can be scanned into your iPhone to let you know the details of who in reality grew your product and what issues you should know when using that product. These codes and logo are also appearing on bagged salads and fresh produce products.
Download: HarvestMark Food Traceability
2. Bed Intruder Soundboard – The Best of Antoine Dodson:
The app is created by Appmosys that is made for entertainment with many of the favorite lines from Antoine Dodson and viral bed intruder video right in the palm of your hand. The features are simple, easy to use soundboard with more than 20 different sound clips that has a original video and song remix.
Download: Bed Intruder Soundboard-The Best Of Antoine Dodson
3. Surf Report:
While checking your vacation surfing in one of the bay waters, this is good to check the surf height, swell direction and tide. This is also a need to know the weather and you can even know two day forecast using this app for Surf Report. This app will give you the conditions for surfing in one of the thousands of beaches around the world, learn what the best conditions are for any beach, find the best beach near you, and the get the latest reports on surfing.
Download: Surf Report
4. The Weather Channel:
The Weather Channel is the app that will take you for weather experience to the next level with full screen apps, extended forecasts, severe weather forecasts, alerts and much more on a customizable radar maps. This app uses Google Maps for faster zooming and panning, and helps to launch location by pointing and integrates with Facebook and Hurricane Central.
Download: The Weather Channel
5. Twitter:
When you are discovering what is happening right in your friend’s circle then you need to get one or more of the socialnetworking apps like the most common one being Twitter, the official iPhone free apps. This does real time search, top tweets, trending topics and maps that show what is happening everywhere. You can tweet, send DMs, share photos, videos and links to your friends around the world. The app comes in various languages like English, German, Italian, Japanese and Spanish.
Download: Twitter
6. Facebook:
Facebook is the iPhone app that can be downloaded for socializing with your friend’s circle, where you can start a conversation on the Facebook Chat and check your friend’s latest photos to Facebook while you are on the go. Being one of the most popular social networking site, this app is also being downloaded the most. The app comes in various languages like English, Chinese, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian and Spanish.
Download: Facebook
7. Skype:
This app is not a social networking app, and is rather an alternative to make cheap international calls via internet and receive call to your mobile. This also allows doing instant messaging, and saving on international calls and text messages to phones. This is easy to save on international calls and text messages to phones. This is free to download and easy to use, and allows making 3G calls also. This permits multitasking while using the app. The app is available in various languages like English, Chinese, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish and Swedish.
Download: Skype

8. Dragon Dictation:
Dragon Naturally Speaking allowing speaking powers this easy to use voice recognition app in ease and instantly by texting or emailing the messages. This will increase your typing speed by five times. With Dragon Dictation is also possible to update status on social networking sites instantly, and send notes and reminders to yourself by using your voice. Therefore, when you are on the go, stop typing and start speaking by sending short text messages and longer emails. This supports US and UK English, German, French, Italian and Spanish.
Download:Dragon Dictation
9. Oanda Currency Tools:
This tool is used to convert the currency exchange rates for over 180 currencies and 4 metals. The conversion amounts by using a custom big button keypad. Using corporations, tax authorities, auditing firms and financial institutions, provide the reliable rates. This is possible to see, buy and sell currencies and credit cards using this app.
Download: Oanda Currency Tools
10. CareerBuilder.Com:
The careerbuilder.com is an iPhone application that is used to offer a unique and powerful way to search nearly more than 2 million jobs on the CareerBuilder.com website, while US having the largest access to job openings. This is possible to search for jobs, locate companies, use GPS to find places, synchronize the account with the phone, create accounts and resumes form the phones, save jobs and receive personalized job recommendations and others.
Download: CareerBuilder.Com
11. WebEx Online:
Join the online meetings that can be organized online via WebEx, when you are not able to come in person and get the full meeting experience using a native 3G or Wi-Fi support for simultaneous data and audio. This will allow viewing documents, applications and screen-sharing with live annotations, see who is in the meeting, have a private conversation and chat publicly. This is also possible to schedule, start and cancel meetings.
Download: WebEx Online
12. Roambi:
This is the pulse of the business app that is in the palm of your hand as your iPhone app. This app is interactive and uses mobile dashboards, by letting you tap, turn and swipe to analyze and share your company’s latest information on any iPhone by keeping you connected to your business anytime and anywhere. This innovative application is useful to transform many business reports and data from many of the popular business applications to secure, interactive mobile downloads, instantly to your iPhone. This is easy to view application and helps in making smart decisions and impromptu presentations.
Download: Roambi
13. EasyTask Manager:
This personal EasyTask Manager works on a simple and easy to use user interface. This app is used for getting things done and is capable for running on Mac or Windows. The best part of the app is that this can sync with multiple computers on your iPhone.
Download: EasyTask Manager
14. Action Method Mobile:
This method is a free and powerful task management app that is designed for a maximum productivity. The app also syncs easily and is the best iPhone app. This is both a personal and collaborative task management application that allows users to organize tasks by project, due date, keyword, color, and many other tasks to be done. This can automatically capture those Action steps instantly and anytime.
Download: Action Method Mobile
15. Simple Note:
Many people are using Simple notes to keep track of your thoughts and actions to bed one while doing some other work. This will also have lists and ideas. They also provide tags, pins, versions and sharing. You can concurrently sync on both your computer and your iPhone app, no matter which one you use. This is compatible in other devices also.
Download: Simple Note
16. Use your Handwriting:
UYH is a powerful tool that is simple but an easy way to organize and express yourself, instead of typing you can use your handwriting with a unique graphic rendering engine that will keep your handwriting as it is. There are many more things to write like hassle free writing, short cuts galore, customize the title of the name or doodle, icon badge to the show the number of items, color of the notes and much more to do.
Download: Use Your Handwriting
17. PayPal App:
Use the PayPal iPhone app that is used to send money for your friends and family, to transfer money between PayPal and bank accounts and many more. This is faster and easier than going to ATM, writing checks and sending gifts. This is one of the best app that helps to manage your money.
Download: PayPal App
18. iHandy Level:
iHandy level is a very good app that is used as a Carpenter toolkit for free with a chance to experience the most beautiful and accurate level that you can get in hand.. This comes with a fully functional calibration capability. The instrument could be calibrated on any flat surface.
Download: iHandy Level
19. Flashlight:
This uses the LED light on iPhone 4 that fills your screen with bright white light to illuminate your world when your cornered to a dark spot or you are in a concert. The app will make the iPhone glow white or blue.
Download: Flashlight
20. Custom Conversion:
This app is used with custom conversion that us free to use the application for creating your own unit conversions that you will want to convert anything quickly and easily. Convert units are an essential tool in all fields of job, and is a very helpful tool for researchers and other laborers. This is one of the highly powerful and capable app that is custom used for conversions.
Download: Custom Conversion
21. Ruler:
This is a single touch of your iPhone that turns into an accurate ruler, which is downloaded by many people around the world for this comes handy with a single touch. This is measured by placing the device screen near any object and moving each line limiter, one after the other to get more or less precise measurements. The measurements could be switched between inches and centimeters.
Download: Ruler
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Greenpois0n RC6.2 comes to jailbreak iPad 2


greenpoisOn RC6.2 iPad 2 jailbreak by using GreenpoisOn RC6.2 Coming Soon



As I’m sure many people have heard, Josh (posixninja) has recently been quoted saying the iPad 2 jailbreak is coming in“weeks”, I know I have been very publicly abrasive and non-commital on giving any kind of timeframe or comment on this matter, but at the behest of Josh (in conjunction with his need for a swift kick to the ass for motivation) we’reALL going to hold him to that!!! I’m not going to get into extensive detail about this, but what I will say one of the missing puzzle pieces may have reared its head and cast a glance in our direction… take from that what you will.
NOTE:  WE will hold him to that, please do NOT badger him with “is it done yet, when will it be ready?!?!, does it wear a slipcover from an elevator sandwich?”
Chronic Dev Team announced that they will release jailbreak tool greenpoisOn RC6.2 to jailbreak iPad 2 very soon, it can be release with in seven days can’t say because they already announced about that.
iPhone Dev Team also can Released RedsnOw 0.9.rc18 to jailbreak iPad 2, as before they released unofficial RedsnOw 0.9.6rc17 which does not supports iPad 2 and it updated with Advance Command option.
Last 4-5 weeks before Geohot also challenge to jailbreak iPad 2. So here tough competion among three big hacker team iPhone Dev Team, Chronic Dev Team and Geohot let se who will jailbreak iPad 2 first.
Stay tune to us for more Details we will update you with more information and Details about ipad 2.

Dell XPS 15 with Core i7 for $963

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iOS 5 Launched on Monday, june 6

itunes iCloud and iOS 5 Launched on Monday, June 6

Apple to unveil iCloud, iOS 5 on Monday, June 6

Apple to Unveil Next Generation Software at Keynote Address on Monday, June 6
CUPERTINO, California-May 31, 2011-Apple® CEO Steve Jobs and a team of Apple executives will kick off the company’s annual Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) with a keynote address on Monday, June 6 at 10:00 a.m. At the keynote, Apple will unveil its next generation software – Lion, the eighth major release of Mac OS® X; iOS 5, the next version of Apple’s advanced mobile operating system which powers the iPad®, iPhone® and iPod touch®; and iCloud®, Apple’s upcoming cloud services offering.
WWDC will feature more than 100 technical sessions presented by Apple engineers. Mac® developers will see and learn how to develop world-class Mac OS X Lion applications using its latest technologies and capabilities. Mobile developers will be able to explore the latest innovations and capabilities of iOS and learn how to greatly enhance the functionality, performance and design of their apps. All developers can bring their code to the labs and work with Apple engineers.
For more details, visit the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference 2011 website at developer.apple.com/wwdc.
Apple designs Macs, the best personal computers in the world, along with OS X, iLife, iWork and professional software. Apple leads the digital music revolution with its iPods and iTunes online store. Apple has reinvented the mobile phone with its revolutionary iPhone and App Store, and has recently introduced iPad 2 which is defining the future of mobile media and computing devices.
Apple has just sent out a press release, and the rumors are true: iCloud is coming at WWDC next week.
As an added plus? Steve Jobs will be keynoting after all.
Had some doubts that Apple was heading skyward? Those lingering concerns can now be put to rest. Apple has confirmed that it will be announcing iCloud on June 6th, what it’s calling an “upcoming cloud services offering.” That will be part of the keynote for this year’s Worldwide Developers Conference, known to the cool kids as WWDC. This is, of course, where everyone has come to expect new iPhones to come to light, but this year we’re thinking the focus will be more on software, and indeed Apple’s event notice indicates that the big highlights will be Mac OS X Lion and the next version of its mobile operating system, iOS 5. This is a decidedly non-Apple way to announce something big like iCloud, making us wonder what other surprises Steve Jobs will have for us at the event — yes, he’ll be kicking things off. As ever you can find out as it happens here, live.

Most Impressed Products- the first half of 2011-

These phones, tablet computers, cameras … This is not necessarily the best equipmenton the market yet conquered by the consumer is equipped with innovative features.

Nintendo 3DS The Most Impressed Products Launched in the first half of 2011
Nintendo 3DS manufacturers may feel the heat from the smartphone market withhandsets capable of playing games and three-dimensional display content, but 3DS isstill a gaming machine without 3D glasses are very popular world.
Motorola Atrix 4G The Most Impressed Products Launched in the first half of 2011
No need to mention groundbreaking dock plug netbook turn the phone into MotorolaAtrix 4G is still a smartphone of today’s most powerful goods with dual-core 1 GHz, 4-inch screen and 960 x 540 pixel mode to open the fingerprint reader phone lock. Atrix4G is distributed in the U.S. for $ 130 with 2 year contract subscribers.
Sony Handycam HDR TD10 The Most Impressed Products Launched in the first half of 2011
The camera uses two lenses have appeared before, but Sony Handycam HDR-TD10 is the first device is equipped with two sensors and two processors for 3D video resolution of 1920 x 1080 pixels.
ipad 2 The Most Impressed Products Launched in the first half of 2011

Apple iPad 2 deserves to appear in all the charts not only by the thin or the ability tooperate the impression that this tablet surpassed its rivals in sales last even sold inMarch.
Samsung Series 9 The Most Impressed Products Launched in the first half of 2011
Samsung Series 9 is considered Apple Macbook Air version of Windows. The lower cost $ 1,150, this is a luxury product but also many people willing to spend money to own this beautiful laptop.
Asus Eee Pad Transformer The Most Impressed Products Launched in the first half of 2011The difference of the Asus Eee Transformer Pad is the tablet computer can be attachedto the keyboard (with USB port, SD card slot and battery separately) to ”transform” intoa small laptop.
Eye Fi Mobile X2 The Most Impressed Products Launched in the first half of 2011
X2 Mobile Eye-Fi SD memory card that can be the first direct connection to the IOS andAndroid phones to share images, data wirelessly to smart phones and then posted onFacebook, Twitter … without a PC or cable.
Casio Tryx The Most Impressed Products Launched in the first half of 2011Looks like a normal camera, but Casio Tryx can rotate, flip the screen or turn the outlineinto a stand (tripod) to facilitate the recording.
Google Nexus S 4G The Most Impressed Products Launched in the first half of 2011

Nexus S 4G is Google’s first phone with electronic wallet functionality in America thanks to Google Wallet service and NFC technologies, support user swipe the phone to buy in the supermarket. $ 200 smartphone has a 2 year contract with the network using Sprint(U.S.).
Sony Ericsson Arc The Most Impressed Products Launched in the first half of 2011

Sony Ericsson Arc is a strong candidate for the title of sexiest phone in 2011 with a thickness of only 8.7 mm, 4.2-inch Bravia screen, 8 megapixel camera.
Canon Rebel T3i The Most Impressed Products Launched in the first half of 2011
Canon Rebel T3i the magazine PC World (U.S.) is assessed under $ 1,000 DSLR best.Products with 3-inch LCD swivel screen and supports video 60 frames per second
MacBook Pro1 The Most Impressed Products Launched in the first half of 2011
New Macbook Pro and Dell XPS 15Z – New laptops from Dell and Apple
Lenovo ThinkPad X11 The Most Impressed Products Launched in the first half of 2011
Lenovo ThinkPad X1 is the thinnest model ever (17 mm). Products with new featuressuch as 13.3-inch screen is protected by toughened glass super Corning Gorilla Glass,quick charging
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iPhone 4S A5 processor and 8-megapixel camera and built-SIM The iPhone 5 in 2012

Macotakara website says today that Apple will unveil the next generation of iPhone 4 under the name iPhone 4S A5 processor architecture of the ARM Cortex-A9 dual-core and 8-megapixel camera accurately as it would be equipped with

Qualcomm Gobi chip, which would make the phone works on the GSM or CDMA mobile phone will be iPhone 4S chip built, which means they are not fungible.

If you ask what happened to the mobile phone iPhone 5 it says, according to sources that the phone will not be available until spring of next year

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Sony - No PlayStation 4 (PS4) is developing THE NGP

Before yesterday, the entire World Wide Web has put on full alert, saying, "Sony confirmed the PlayStation 4. "

Well ... damage is a false alarm.

In fact about Masaru Kato have been misunderstood or simply misappropriated. When he spoke of a "future platform" he was not talking about the PS4, but the Sony Next Gen Portable (NGP) announced since January and that should be sold before the end of 2011.

And now, we hope now that the die-hard gamers, fan of Sony's home console, not going to throw it out the window.

But we are reassured that Playstation 4 is probably somewhere in the study at Sony, but not yet ready to talk about it:)

Jailbreak iPad 2 - Done

The jailbreak of the iPad 2 is already done by then that comex@ iPad 2 has just been released in the U.S..

As and when updates to the IOS, Apple fills gaps but hackers are always stronger, and above all faster and faster to get through the cracks.





For now the jailbreak iPad 2, iOS under 4.3, is not available to the public but @comex working on a version to be released.

The jailbreak will never be paid for P0sixninja

1306453231868 Le Jailbreak ne sera jamais payant pour P0sixninja
P0sixninja says loud and clear, the jailbreak will never be a tool charges. This is good news for owners of iPad 2.

After countless news that proliferate on the net about rumors about the jailbreak iPad 2 and the possibility that this tool is paying p0sixninja (aka Joshua Hill, a famous hacker of the jailbreak scene and a member of The Chronic Dev Team) decided to put the record straight.

The jailbreak will never pay for P0sixninja

As you can clearly read his tweet on the jailbreak will never pay it and we made ​​the promise. It's a great relief for owners of iPad 2 which are still waiting for it impatiently. Anyway, dear friends, it's perfectly clear that our fellow hackers have always been against paying a jailbreak tool, apart from some exceptions such xowaxn d0lfyxn or trying to move the scene of the jailbreak by offering links to jailbreak applications that would cost nearly $ 35 (we recommend you to download these files and run them, no one is immune to a virus) that without any tangible evidence on the proper functioning of the latter.

You'll understand that you should never pay for a jailbreak by what he was never paid and it's not tomorrow it will be if one believes p0sixninja.

lundi 30 mai 2011

NVIDIA Launches GeForce GTX 560M, attracts ASUS, MSI, Toshiba and Alienware

NVIDIA refreshes notebook graphics with GeForce GTX 560M, attracts ASUS, MSI, Toshiba and Alienware

NVIDIA Gives Notebook Gamers New Levels of Power and Portability With GeForce GTX 560M
Gamers Have a New Reason to Restock Their Mobile Arsenal as GeForce GTX Gaming Comes to the 500M Series, Now With NVIDIA Optimus
TAIPEI, TAIWAN–(Marketwire – May 29, 2011) – COMPUTEX 2011 — NVIDIA today unveiled the first gaming notebook graphics processing unit (GPU) in its award-winning GeForce® 500M Series of notebook GPUs.
The GeForce GTX 560M graphics processor hits the “sweet spot” for gaming notebooks by delivering a no-compromise gaming experience at full 1080p resolution in the hottest new DirectX 11 titles. For the first time, leading OEMs will also be offering GeForce GTX gaming GPUs with NVIDIA® Optimus™ technology.
“The GeForce GTX 560M and NVIDIA Optimus mean gamers get 50 frames per second in Duke Nukem Forever and five hours of battery life in Microsoft Office,” said Rene Haas, general manager of notebook products at NVIDIA. “That’s real power and real portability.”
Available only with NVIDIA GPUs, NVIDIA Optimus technology enables extra-long battery life by automatically switching on and off the GPU so that it runs only when needed. The smart convenience of NVIDIA Optimus technology is designed into over 80 percent of GeForce 500M Series notebooks and is used by every major notebook OEM.
GeForce GTX 560M GPUs are “DirectX 11 Done Right,” and offer even more performance-per-watt than the previous generation, with faster frame rates and more detail with the same battery life. The power of GeForce GTX GPUs means gamers can play at full 1080p high-definition resolutions with the advanced technology features that set GeForce GPUs apart from the competition, including:
NVIDIA 3D Vision™ technology support, the #1 3D technology for notebooks
NVIDIA PhysX® technology support, for in-game real-time physics effects
NVIDIA CUDA® architecture support, for GPU computing applications
GTX GPUs also support NVIDIA SLI™ technology, the industry’s most scalable multi-GPU platform for doubling gaming performance, and are also supported by the highly-praised NVIDIA Verde™ notebook drivers.
For thin-and-light notebooks, NVIDIA also refreshed its entry-level GeForce GT 500M GPUs with the arrival of the new GeForce GT 520MX GPU. GeForce GT 520MX offers better performance, wider support and a more advanced feature set than integrated graphicsi and offers a step forward from the existing GeForce GT 520M GPU.
Alienware and Toshiba will be offering notebooks featuring GeForce GTX 560M and Optimus technology. ASUS, Clevo, MSI and others will be offering notebooks featuring GeForce GTX 560M. ASUS, Samsung and others will be offering notebooks featuring GeForce GT 520MX.
If you’ve enjoyed NVIDIA’s fine tradition of merely bumping along its GPUs time and again and affixing a new badge, you’ll like the GeForce GTX 560M — it’s much like last year’s GTX 460M, but with more bang for the buck than ever. ASUS, MSI, Alienware, Toshiba and Clevo have all committed to new notebooks bearing the graphics processor in light of the potent performance NVIDIA claims it will bring: Namely, those same 192 CUDA cores (now clocked at 1550MHz) and up to 3GB of GDDR5 memory (now clocked at 1250MHz, with a 192-bit bus) should enable the latest games to run at playable framerates on a 1080p screen with maximum detail — save antialiasing. Of course, that assumes you’ve also got a recent quad-core Sandy Bridge processor and gobs upon gobs of RAM, but NVIDIA also says that with the built-in Optimus switchable graphics, those same potent laptops should be able to manage five hours of battery life while idling.
If you’re looking for some inexpensive discrete graphics, however, NVIDIA’s also got a refresh there, as the new GeForce GT 520MX bumps up all the clock speeds of the GT 520M. When can you expect a mobile GPU to knock the GTX 485M off its silicon throne, though? Glad you asked: a chart shows a “Next-gen GTX” coming late this year.

Samsung’s lawyers demand to see the iPhone 5 and iPad 3



We always knew the Apple / Samsung lawsuit would produce some major fireworks, and Samsung just lit off a corker: the company filed a motion Friday night asking Apple to turn over the iPhone 5 and iPad 3 as part of the discovery process. Seriously! Samsung claims that it needs to see Apple’s future products because devices like the Droid Charge and Galaxy Tab 10.1 will presumably be in the market at the same time as the iPhone 5 and iPad 3, and Samsung’s lawyers want to evaluate any possible similarities so they can prepare for further potential legal action from Apple. It’s ballsy, but it’s not totally out of the blue: the move comes just a few days after the judge ordered Samsung to hand over pre-production samples of the Droid Charge, Infuse 4G, Galaxy S II, and Galaxy Tab 10.1 and 8.9 so Apple could determine if those products should also be part of the lawsuit and potentially file a motion to block them from the market.
Now, the key difference between the two requests is that Samsung had already announced its products, while Apple has maintained its traditional iron silence about future devices. But there’s some additional nuance involved as well, as well as some bigger-picture implications — let’s walk through the entire situation, shall we?

  • Last week, Apple asked the court to order Samsung to hand over samples of the Galaxy Tab 10.1, Galaxy Tab 8.9, the Galaxy S II, the Infuse 4G, and the Droid Charge so Cupertino could figure out whether they should be part of the lawsuit — and whether to ask for a preliminary injunction preventing Samsung’s products from going on sale.
  • The court sided with Apple, in large part because Samsung had already released review units and photos of everything listed. In fact, the ruling came just days after Samsung handed out thousands of Galaxy Tab 10.1s at Google I/O, so really the only unreleased product on the list is the Tab 8.9 — a product that was announced in March and has been handled on video.
  • The court imposed one important condition on Apple in order to protect Samsung’s competitive edge, however: only Cupertino’s outside lawyers are allowed to look at Samsung’s pre-release hardware, not anyone from Apple itself. (Of course, there’s nothing stopping someone at Apple from running out and picking up a Droid Charge or Infuse 4G at retail, but pre-production samples that come from Samsung under this order are protected.)
  • Apple hasn’t yet filed for that preliminary injunction, nor has it said it’s going to anytime soon.
Now, given that most of the Samsung products on the list were already either available or fully disclosed, it wasn’t surprising that Apple won — in fact, it’s more interesting that Samsung had chose to fight back on such a minor issue in the first place, since it had so little at stake. (And it’s also somewhat interesting that Apple even asked for Samsung’s products in discovery instead of just filing for an injunction from the get-go, since they had all been announced already.) It’s a tell: no little compromises means no big compromises are in the works. So now let’s step through Samsung’s motion to see the iPhone 5 and iPad 3 and try to get a sense of what’s actually happening in context.
  • Samsung’s asking for a court order requiring Apple to produce “the final, commercial versions” of the next-generation iPhone and iPad and their respective packaging by June 13, 2011, so it can evaluate whether there’ll be confusion between Samsung and Apple’s future products. If the final versions aren’t available, Samsung wants “the most current version of each to be produced instead.”
  • Samsung doesn’t actually know Apple is planning to release a new iPhone or iPad; the motion is based on “internet reports” and “Apple’s past practice.” Obviously this is a critical difference between Apple’s request and Samsung’s — Samsung had already disclosed its new products, and Apple didn’t ask for anything that wasn’t already announced.
  • Samsung says it has to see the next-gen iPhone and iPad because it believes those are the products that will actually be on the market against future Samsung devices, so it has to be prepared for Apple’s potential motion for a preliminary injunction. That’s kind of a stretch: Apple can’t really file for a preliminary injunction based on potential confusion with unannounced, unreleased products, so Apple’s lawyers will almost certainly focus on confusion with the company’s existing products.
  • Indeed, Apple told Samsung on May 23 that any potential motion for a preliminary injunction “would be based on products Apple currently has in the market.”
  • Samsung says that doesn’t matter because Apple tends to discontinue previous products when it launches new ones, and it has to be prepared for what might be in the market when and if Apple actually files its motion. This is also a bit strange, since Apple kept both the iPhone 3G and iPhone 3GS on the market after launching new models. You can bet Apple will point that out.
  • Samsung’s also promised to abide by the same rules as Apple — only its lawyers will get to see anything Apple produces, not anyone at Samsung. (Or us, unfortunately.)
  • Lastly, Samsung says “fundamental fairness” requires Apple to give up its future products, since Samsung had to do the same. Tellingly, Samsung doesn’t reference any precedent or law to bolster this line of argument — it’s basically just asking the court to be nice.
So that’s Samsung’s motion. It’s pretty strange, if you think about it: Samsung is arguing that Apple might file for a preliminary injunction, and that it might happen sometime after Apple might release a new iPhone and iPad. That’s a lot of assumptions — and Apple can basically kill this entire line of argument dead by filing for that injunction Monday morning and saying that Samsung’s already-announced products should be blocked from market because they’ll cause confusion with the iPhone 4 and iPad 2 for however many months remain before the new versions are released. Neither the court nor Samsung really need to see Apple’s unreleased products to deal with that. And even if Samsung wins, Apple will definitely appeal the decision, putting the entire case on hold while things get sorted out… a process that will almost certainly stretch past the iPhone 5′s expected release in the fall, rendering this entire argument somewhat moot. And what happens if Samsung eventually gets the iPhone 5 and determines that the Droid Charge infringes Apple’s patents and trademarks? Is it going to change the Droid Charge? The potential outcomes aren’t entirely favorable here.
So why is Samsung even pursuing this? I think it’s a calculated gamble for additional leverage. Apple and Samsung held negotiations for a year before giving up and heading to the courts, and I’m reliably informed that there haven’t been any substantive settlement discussions since Apple first filed its complaint. That means talks have been at a standstill for a long time now, and I wouldn’t be surprised if Samsung was trying to put some additional heat on Apple to try and kick negotiations back into gear. It’s an interesting and aggressive move in its own right, but it also highlights the fact that neither Apple nor Samsung have addressed the actual merits of their complaints in formal replies — this is a minor skirmish before the real battle begins. We’ll see if this sideshow accomplishes anything beyond clever lawyerly maneuvering, but for right now it’s clear that Apple and Samsung aren’t planning to back down anytime soon.