The verdict is in: Motorola’s Xoom doesn’t copy iPad’s design

By Christian Zibreg on Jul 17, 2012

A German court ruled today that no, Motorola’s Xoom tablet doesn’t infringe upon the iPad’s design, Dow Jones Newswire has it. As a result, Apple won’t be able to ban the device across Europe, as it originally planned. It doesn’t matter as the Xoom, an inaugural tablet running Android 3.0 Honeycomb, was introduced at CES in January 2011. The device barely passed the one million units mark and in the first quarter of 2012 sold just 100,000 units. The ruling also rejected Motorola’s assertion that the iPad’s design patent is invalid… Read More

 

T-Mobile Disses the iPad 2 by Calling the G-Slate Faster

By Oliver Haslam on Jul 24, 2011

T-Mobile USA has declared an all-out war on the iPad 2, claiming that the “G-Slate” tablet is both faster and cheaper.

In a new tablet comparison page on the company’s website, T-Mobile pits the hugely popular iPad 2 against the Android-powered Motorola Xoom, listing specifications and costs for both tablets. Unsurprisingly, the only tablet of the three that T-Mobile has on its network comes out on top, with the G-Slate receiving the most praise… Read More