Ready for your daily dose of evening tech news? In today’s US Update we’ve whipped up a full serving of smartphone news, covering everything from Apple’s latest patent to the Windows Phone-version of the Nokia N9 smartphone code named ‘Sea Ray’.
A patent filed in 2007 by Apple has just given the Cupertino camp a possible capacitive multi-touch monopoly. According to several sources familiar with intellectual property law, the patent could make it difficult to build a competitive smartphone.
A video is making its rounds across the web of Nokia’s CEO Stephen Elop unveiling what looks to be a Nokia N9 smartphone running Windows Phone 7 Mango. The device in question is code named Sea Ray and features the same 8-megapixel Carl Zeiss lens as the N9.
Speaking of the N9, Nokia’s availability checker has 23 countries listed (as of now). Surprisingly that list does not include the US, UK or India. Is this more evidence the Windows Phone is the future of Nokia smartphones and MeeGo is a side project?
Motorola has issued an update on the Droid Bionic via Twitter. The company has confirmed the phone will launch this summer, but the team is still “working on some new updates”. With the severe delay, will the Droid Bionic live up to the hype?
Last up this morning is the HTC EVO 4G+ headed to South Korea. This 3D-less version of the HTC EVO 3D coming to Sprint on Friday looks to have all the makings of an Android super smartphone. Will we see a UK or US launch?
That wraps up the latest and greatest in the fine world of tech news. As always I’m Nick Marshall and I’ll see you again tomorrow.
