2014年1月3日星期五

HTC vows to fight sales ban in Germany over Nokia's NFC-Bluetooth transfer patent

HTC's handset sales in Germany are under threat after a court in the country last week cleared Nokia to enforce a ban on HTC products that infringe a Bluetooth and NFC data transfer patent.
The patent in question, EP 1 148 681, covers the transfer of network resource information between mobile devices and could see a number of HTC devices, including its flagship HTC One smartphone, blocked from sale in Europe’s largest market.
The decision by the Regional Court in Munich has handed Nokia its second significant patent victory over HTC's Android devices in as many weeks.
Earlier in December the same court granted Nokia the right to enforce an injunction and seek damages for HTC devices infringing its USB patent EP 1 246 071, which covers a method of configuring two devices using a USB connection.
While Nokia can enforce an injunction on HTC's infringing products, the Finnish company will have to post a €400m bond to pursue the ban, and, according to HTC, any injunction would only apply to HTC itself in Germany, meaning its its customers, such as carriers and resellers, can continue to sell the infringing products.
HTC may also have the injunction lifted if it successfully appeals the decision, which it is planning to do alongside a separate challenge to the validity of the Nokia patent. HTC is also exploring options to modify its devices to sidestep the patent.
"In addition to appealing today's decision, we will continue with our invalidity action pending before the German Federal Patents Court," HTC said in a statement.
"Even though we believe the first instance court should have sided with HTC on the issue of infringement, notwithstanding the appeal that we will file, we are also exploring possible modifications for our handsets to avoid infringement of the patent in question."
HTC said that a number of devices were found to infringe the patents however neither it nor Nokia have said which devices are affected.
Nokia says it has now proved HTC has infringed on seven patents in separate court across Germany, the UK, and the US International Trade Commission.
Just ahead of Christmas, HTC escaped a possible ban on UK sales of the HTC One mini after the UK High Court found several of its devices using Broadcom and Qualcomm chips infringed on one of Nokia’s wireless patents.

2013年11月25日星期一

ECSEM mini Stereo Bluetooth earbuds Amazon test review

I had received my iPhone 5C pink for several days till now. All are what I expect except the earbuds apple sent is not wireless. The bluetooth earbuds Apple store sold are more expensive than amazon like jawbone Plantronics BOSE. Er So I choose this stereo one in Amazon : ECSEM® Mini Wireless Bluetooth Earbuds Stereo Headphones Headsets, only 20.99.

Er the package is very simple as description : bluetooth eabuds, a USB charger, a pair of earhooks Earplugs and a User manual. Paring with the phone is a little difficult for a bluetooth beginner, as you should carefully to press the top button about 5-10 seconds, then the flash light change to red-blue blink means paring. Find the machine connection in your phone , click it.

After used for some days, I test the ECSEM Bluetooth earbuds support the belowing function : basic Vol + -, play and pause, Prev and next music, answer the call.

The most important thing is that the battery life is not so long, less than 3 hours music palying. Fortunately the chargeing time is also short. The sound is more likely my iPhone 5C own earpod (Maybe I am not so senstive to the sound quality).

The earbuds is not so steady into the ear, but this is not the problem with the earhooks. The earbuds bluetooth connectivity isn't outstanding, the bluetooth range is about 320 inch. I put the phone in bedroom and test the earbuds in kitchen, the sound is not very clear and interrupt as the distance up.

In the end , the great sound , easily use and 20.99 price makes it worth buying. You can view its amazon review here.


Here is the typical goog review From amazon : First of all, I would like to say I am using this on a windows phone 8 (Lumia 521) and i was completely blown away by how well it worked. Unsure of functionality for other phones, but pairing was really easy and straight forward and functions exactly as i would expect, in fact it feels much more expensive than the $20 I paid for them. It takes a little under an hour to fully charge the earbuds for those of you that's wondering.

I'm a student so I use them sparsely throughout the day and the charge holds well. Really satisfied with this product. It's really light, however a bit uncomfortable if you are not used to in-ear earbuds, but i got used to them quickly. Mic works really well, super sensitive. Highly recommend this as a gift to a friend!