The Embedded & Gadgets

Nokia adds Apple’s iPad 3G to its lawsuit parade

Nokia has filed a lawsuit against Apple in a Federal court in Wisconsin over five patents. Nokia, which is already suing Apple over the iPhone, added iPad 3G products to its list of targets. Nokia said in its complaint that Apple is infringing on one or more of its patents with the “iPhone, iPhone 3G, iPhone 3GS, and iPad 3G. The Wi-Fi only iPad is off the list. Also: Nokia sues Apple again; iPhone, iPad 3G patents at stake. According to Nokia: Nokia is harmed by Apple’s...

Samsung, Broadcom snag multiple wins with iPad

SAN JOSE, Calif. — The Apple iPad sports an unusually high processor-to-memory channel, an abundance of touch-screen silicon and a novel case design, according to a teardown report from UBM TechInsights, a sister division of EE Times. The report shows Samsung and Broadcom are among the major silicon suppliers in the system released to much fanfare Saturday (April 3). Apple's A4 processor is the most significant chip in the iPad, and holds the biggest surprise found in the teardown. The...

The Apple iPad buying decision: Your use case will vary

The first Apple iPad reviews are in and not-too-surprisingly they are all bullish on the device. Unfortunately, you’re not going to learn much about the iPad from the reviews until you take one for a spin and ponder your own personal use case scenarios. Let’s consider: Walt Mossberg says the iPad could be a laptop killer. Mossberg notes that the iPad will “change computing profoundly,” make touch bigger than the mouse and is “more than an e-book or digital periodical...