SAMSUNG`s Mobile Foldable Display devices are coming to a reality. Patented 3 foldable displays tech: phone/tablet/phone.

Francisco De Jesùs.

Today`s components, Tomorrow`s possibility. 

It is just the beginning of what Samsung have been teasing a lot in the last 3 years, showing curved, bendable and foldable displays in several mobile shows events around the world, and recently launching the Galaxy Curved smartphone in 2013.

According to the above draw, the device has three displays that can fold out to the size of a tablet. When the displays are folded, like a tri-fold wallet, the device is a more pocketable phone size. You may think something like this is still far from becoming a reality, but news out of South Korea suggests that Samsung has a few prototypes. They also mention that the device will allegedly launch in 2015, as you can see on their schedule below:

Samsung Display dreams are clearly projected on the video below:



Samsung Flexible OLED display,the Next Future. Curved, Bendable and Foldable mobiles are coming from 2013 to 2015. Samsung was the world`s first to launch the Round curved smartphone followed by LG with its Flex phone. 

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Qualcomm buys HP/Palm patents portfolio. Will Qualcomm enter the mobile market.?

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LG bought the rights to webOS from HP in February of last year, it didn't acquire patents in the deal. HP clarified then that the associated Palm and WebOS patents will be licensed to LG. So Qualcomm is now the owner of those patents, although on the Press Release below don`t mention Palm OS or Palm webOS ,just say Qualcomm Incorporated has acquired a patent portfolio from Hewlett-Packard Company, Hewlett-Packard Development Co LP and Palm Inc, and that the portfolio, comprising approximately 1,400 granted patents and pending patent applications from the US and approximately 1,000 granted patents and pending patent applications from other countries, covers technologies that include fundamental mobile operating system techniques.

The question is will Qualcomm enter the smarphones and tablet market as  

China Spreadtrum chipsets manufacturer just did

Remember Jon Rubistein is in the Qualcomm board of directors. Are they thinking in a re-launch of webOS entering the smartphones,tablets and now phatablets market?

Is Jon mad about HP did wasting good time and wants to make things right this time?

Qualcomm is the worlds number one on mobile chipsets manufacturing. Maybe they will create a new company to built mobile devices.

Part of an answer to those above questions was posted on PCWorld that we quote:

The patent portfolio will let Qualcomm “offer even more value to current and future licensees,” the company said. In addition to being a dominant vendor of mobile chips, Qualcomm developed many of the technologies used in mobile devices and networks and makes much of its revenue from licensing that intellectual property. PCWorld

Update: "This does not change our strategy with respect to mobile, and we will retain a license to these patents," an HP spokesman tells The Verge. Qualcomm will be indeed be taking possession of webOS patents as part of the deal. 

"I think Qualcomm may be buying patents so it can offer protection to its ODMs rather than to make own devices" says Mary Branscombe @marypcbuk omnivorous UK technology journalist; the girl with the USB earring; co-author of Windows 8 for IT decision makers, she said.sandmUK

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Press Release:

Qualcomm Acquires Palm, IPAQ and Bitfone Patent Portfolio from HP

Acquisition Further Enhances Strength and Diversity of Qualcomm Incorporated’s Patented Mobile Technologies

SAN DIEGO – January 23, 2014 – Qualcomm Incorporated (NASDAQ: QCOM) and HP today announced that Qualcomm Incorporated has acquired a patent portfolio from Hewlett-Packard Company, Hewlett-Packard Development Co LP and Palm Inc. The portfolio, comprising approximately 1,400 granted patents and pending patent applications from the US and approximately 1,000 granted patents and pending patent applications from other countries, covers technologies that include fundamental mobile operating system techniques. The acquisition further enhances the strength and diversity of Qualcomm Incorporated’s industry-leading mobile patent portfolio and will enable the company to offer even more value to current and future licensees. The purchase price was not publicly disclosed.

About HP

HP creates new possibilities for technology to have a meaningful impact on people, businesses, governments and society. With the broadest technology portfolio spanning printing, personal systems, software, services and IT infrastructure, HP delivers solutions for customers’ most complex challenges in every region of the world. More information about HP (NYSE: HPQ) is available at http://www.hp.com.

About Qualcomm Incorporated

Qualcomm Incorporated (NASDAQ: QCOM) is a world leader in 3G, 4G and next-generation wireless communications technologies. Qualcomm’s licensing business is operated by Qualcomm Technology Licensing, or QTL, a division of Qualcomm Incorporated, which owns the vast majority of Qualcomm’s patent portfolio. Qualcomm Technologies, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Qualcomm Incorporated, operates, along with its subsidiaries, substantially all of Qualcomm’s engineering, research and development functions, and substantially all of its products and services businesses, including its semiconductor business, QCT. For more than 25 years, Qualcomm ideas and inventions have driven the evolution of mobile devices and digital communications equipment, linking people everywhere more closely to information, entertainment and each other. For more information, visit Qualcomm’s website, OnQ blog, Twitter and Facebook pages.

Apple patented a mobile way to record your heartbeat.

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Apple has patented a way to record the heartbeat on their mobile devices . Although is not the first to do so , the movement aimed at different applications that expand both the capabilities and security of future iPhone terminals.

Heart rate analysis is considered one of the safest biometric identification  methods. It is as unique as a fingerprint  Registration heart rhythm also can help measure the effort of a person as well as healthy habits .

Although recorded by Apple patent does not specify what use will give this technology - even ensures that they are to be incorporated in future models - seems a logical step in the evolution of the iPhone. The latest model of the brand, the iPhone 5S, incorporates a fingerprint reader in the physical button on the terminal , allowing the user to authenticate with the device. If this is added to the reading of the heartbeat , the chances of identity theft are reduced.

The identification by the pulse is not based on the beats per minute, constantly changing ,  but the little nuances of the electrocardiogram. These , analyzed with enough resolution , are unique to each person , independent of rhythm.

In addition to the patent for cardiac sensor , Apple has also registered a patent on a technology that will help improve the accuracy of the touch panel. The new system is able to detect the presence of a finger on the screen even when you are not playing .

Samsung already use similar technology on your phone Galaxy S4, to allow communication with the terminal using gestures.

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Verizon backs Samsung in US patents battle with Apple

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  US market-leader Verizon Wireless has come to the aid of Samsung in the South Korean vendor’s legal battle with Apple, officially lodging its opposition to Apple’s efforts to seek an injunction to block shipments of Samsung’s smartphones and tablets into the US. Verizon argues that an injunction would hinder its rollout of LTE.

FOSS Patents reports that the US number-one operator has submitted a request to a Californian court to file an amicus curiae ("friend of the court") brief in support of Samsung, which would allow Verizon to intervene as a third party in the case.

In its request, the firm argued that a victory for Apple in the US case "would hinder Verizon Wireless in developing and deploying its next generation high-speed LTE network, the job growth dependant on that network, and will undercut key public policy goals, including expansion of Americans' access to broadband networks and faster communication with emergency personnel."

While Verizon Wireless has been a keen supporter of Android-based smartphones (including those made by Samsung), it has also offered a version of the iPhone since February this year, breaking rival AT&T’s three-and-a-half year exclusive hold over the device.

Apple filed its preliminary injunction against Samsung in the US in July, alleging patent infringements by four Samsung products: the Infuse 4G, Galaxy S 4G, Droid Charge and Galaxy Tab 10.1. The case is due to be heard on 13 October.

The two firms are currently locked in about 20 legal disputes over patents in nine countries including the US, Germany, Australia, South Korea, Japan and the UK. Early decisions have ruled in favour of Apple; a German court this month upheld a complaint by Apple that Samsung copied the iPad, banning the sale of Samsung´s Galaxy Tab 10.1 in Europe´s largest market. Nevertheless, Samsung said it should still meet its 2011 target for tablet sales.

Samsung appeared to raise the stakes in the dispute last week, announcing it was “preparing aggressive legal suits against Apple, shifting away from our defensive strategy.” It is thought that this could include action against Apple´s as yet unreleased iPhone 5.

Apple Patent Application Reveals Advanced Camera System

Apple's latest patent application details a new camera flash system that would optimize the flash based on the photo's subject. It combines a flash redirector, imaging sensors that concentrate on scene conditions, and a touch screen.

This combination of these elements could be used to provide the equivalent of a touch-to-focus for light for dark areas of a soon-to-be photograph: a touch-to-illuminate feature. The system could be incorporated into iOS devices, the iMac, MacBooks, and even a dedicated video camera. [Patently Apple]