Not the best of days if you’re a part of Samsung’s legal counsel. The court in Hague has rejected Samsung’s claim of patent infringement by Apple and thus, rejecting the appeal to ban on sales of Apple iPhone and iPad.

Judge was of the opinion that Samsung’s 3G patents were a part of essential standards and both companies should negotiate licensing under FRAND.

Meanwhile in United States, U.S. District Judge Lucy Koh said that Galaxy Tab infringed iPad related patents but the injunction will depend on Apple to prove the patents are valid.

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It seems that Samsung is in aggressive mode with Apple on legal patent disputes. Recently, Samsung filed preliminary injunction motions to stop iPhone 4S sales in Paris and France. Now in a fresh wave of legal dispute, Samsung has asked an European Union agency to nullify Apple’s exclusive rights to the iPad design in Europe.

“Apple claims that the iPad’s design is exclusively its own, but the design existed long before the iPad,” said Samsung spokesman Kevin Jeong. Samsung has not been able to launch the Galaxy Tab 10.1 in the Australian market and is feared to miss the Christmas season which may hamper the sale.

A Spain-based agency, Alicante, oversees rights for trademarks and designs in the EU countries. The registered community design, which gives an entity the exclusive rights to make, market, import or export products, stays valid for five years and can be renewed up to a maximum of 25 years.

iPad’s community design has been filed on May 2004, this means the Cupertino giant still has the exclusive rights to use the design and to prevent others from using it within the European Union.
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It seems Apple couldn’t find any way to stop Redsn0w working on iOS 5 beta releases. The just released iOS 5 beta 3 can be jailbroken with Redsnow 0.9.8 beta 1 version, confirms MuscleNerd through his twitter account.

Though no new features are included in beta 3 release, but a lot of bugs are fixed in it. Read our previous post to read the full changelog and to check what is changed in this new release. At the moment the jailbreak for iOS 5 beta 3 is tethered on all idevices except iPad 2. iPad 2 can not be jailbroken with Redsn0w or even with any other jailbreak tool except JailbreakMe 3.0 which can jailbreak iPad 2 running on iOS 4.3.3.

We have already covered the complete jailbreak process in “Jailbreak iOS 5 on iPhone 4, 3GS, iPad and iPod Touch with Redsnow 0.9.8” post. The only difference in iOS 5 beta 1 jailbreak and iOS 5 beta 3 jailbreak is that you have to point Redsn0w to iOS 5 beta 1 when you are asked to browse for .iPSW file.

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Kingston has announced a portable storage drive called the Wi-Drive that has been specifically designed to work with iOS devices to expand their ability to store music, videos and files. Best of all, media can be accessed wirelessly which gives the drive its name.

The Wi-Drive works by allowing a PC or a Mac to upload files to the drive using the included mini-USB to USB cable. To access the media, iOS device owners will need to download an app from Apple’s App Store. Once the application is downloaded, users simply need to access their Wi-Fi settings to connect to the Wi-Drive before starting the application. It is through the application that users will be able to access music, videos and any other files on the hard drive without need of a wired connection.

The wireless connection allows for three users to connect simultaneously without streaming performance degradation and works over 802.11 b/g with security provided via a password. The Wi-Drive can even be configured to connect to a wireless access point as well as being compatible with the iPad, iPhone 3G (limited to iOS 4.1.1+) in addition to the iPhone 3GS/4 and iPod touch (3G and 4G).

The Wi-Drive is small enough to fit in your pocket, but is also durable and reliable thanks to its Flash-based technology. The on-board battery is capable of four hours of continuous use and can be charged through the drive’s mini-USB port. Kingston will offer two models of the Wi-Drive with 16GB and 32GB of storage. They are expected to be available for purchase later this month, but no prices have been announced yet.

The Wi-Drive was first demonstrated at CES in January where it was originally codenamed MobiSX. Android users who may feel left out needn’t worry as Kingston is planning Wi-Drive models for Android devices in the near future.

When Apple reveal their Back to School Promotion for 2011, the initial reaction was not that positive. Instead of a free iPod touch with Mac purchase, students now “only” get a $100 gift card for iTunes or app Store purchases.

AppleInsider reports that Global Equities Research analyst Trip Chowdhry issued a note saying that the Apple Back to School 2011 promotion is very effective. 80% of incoming students are apparently buying a Mac instead of a Windows PC. Considering that students get a free Xbox 360 with a Windows 7 computer purchase, this should be pretty alarming to Microsoft. Apple is just way cooler for students than a Microsoft based computers.

About the Apple Back to School Deal 2011:
When you buy a new qualifying Mac with Apple education pricing from June 16, 2011, through September 20, 2011, you’ll get a $100 Back to School Card to use on the Mac App Store, the App Store, the iTunes Store, and the iBookstore. Shop now on the Apple Store.

Besides the apparently great performance of the Apple Back to School Promotion, the supply issue of the iPad 2 eased a bit this week. You only have to wait 3-5 business days instead of 1-2 weeks for your iPad 2 to ship when you order it online. It is still not shipping in 24h as most other Apple products do.

Monsoon Multimedia is again advancing its Vulkano line of set-top boxes with a feature not found on Sling, TiVo or Roku, adding the ability to make DVR recordings directly to iPad, iPhone or Android devices. While users can still watch TV from anywhere in the world using the Vulkano, the new DVR-to-mobile feature is restricted to WiFi and will only work with the new Blast model. Sure you could store your shows on its internal 160GB hard drive, but this way fans of The Killing on AMC can be disappointed by the season finale later on even while offline. Updates for the platform-appropriate $13 apps should arrive shortly, while Blackberry users are assured the feature is on the way soon for them too.

We’re not sure why it’s taken them so long, but Facebook is putting the final touches on an app that will be available for iPad users. Many Facebook users have resorted to using third-party apps to access the popular social networking site on their tablet devices, including My Pad, iFace and Friendly.

The delay in an iPad-friendly app might be due to Facebook’s rumored plans of a new mobile platform that will take on Apple’s App Store, according to reports.
Called “Project Spartan,” it will reportedly be HTML5-based and will aim to “break the stranglehold” Apple currently has on the mobile app market.

Previously, Facebook was quick to launch their mobile app for the iPhone when the app store launched in 2008. The iPad though has been out since April 2010, with users waiting over a year for an app from the social-networking giant.

Life doesn’t get any better than lining up tracks at a party, armed with an iPad and DJ tools like Griffin’s iRigand StompBox. Oh wait — it does! Griffin has teamed up with German-based Algoriddim to launch its DJ Cable, a $20 cable that works with Algoriddim’s award-winning djay app to split output between live tracks hitting the speakers and tracks being lined up through the DJ’s headphones. Of course, you’ll need the djay app — which, lucky you, is currently half off at $10.

Content trumped context after Smuggle Truck was rejected by Apple for distribution on the company’s iOS App Store, but Owlchemy Labs reworked some art to launch Snuggle Truck for iPhone and iPad. ”The changes made to the game consist only of minor art changes and some swapped sound effects. Gameplay remains exactly the same,” Owlchemy’s Alex Schwartz told Joystiq. “Essentially, instead of smuggling immigrants over the border, you’re now bringing animals from the wilderness into the comfort of a zoo, where they are provided plenty of food, water, shelter, and state of the art health care.”

Schwartz explained that Snuggle Truck was the developer’s way of still bringing “the fun and silliness” of its original game to the iOS platform. Due to contractual reasons, he couldn’t tell us the details of Apple’s rejection. Mac and PC players don’t have to compromise, as they’ll be able to switch between Smuggle Truck and its cuddlier counterpart with the press of a button (as shown in the video after the break). Snuggle Truck is available now on the App Store for iPhone ($2) and iPad ($3). Smuggle Truck (with Snuggle Truck) is $5.

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The JBL OnBeat™ loudspeaker dock is what your iPad has been waiting for – the first JBL® dock to deliver realistic, high-output sound from any Apple iOS device. A universal connector firmly docks iPad, iPod and iPhone devices and lets you rotate iPod and iPhone screens to portrait or landscape orientation for the best video display. The JBL OnBeat docking station features dual Phoenix full-range transducers with computer-optimized DSP equalization for a richly detailed 360-degree soundstage, an IR remote puts you in full control of system functions and music navigation from across the room, and an AC power supply keeps your devices charged when docked. With an optional composite cable, the JBL OnBeat system can even send video content on to your TV for the whole crowd to enjoy. You’ve had your iPad, iPod and iPhone devices all to yourself for long enough – and the JBL OnBeat dock makes sharing easy.