Apple "pursuit" Galaxy S, Galaxy tabs

Apple continues to allege more 4 product of electronics of Korea, including the Galaxy S and Galaxy, for copyright infringement.

Samsung denied the rumors to pay 1 billion coins for Apple

After the mob family lawsuit between Apple and Samsung ended, on the Internet appeared information that Samsung has prepared 30 truck filled with 5 cent coin type 1 billion to pay the fine for Apple.

Newsroom Paperblog has quoted Lee Kun-Hee, Chairman of Samsung Electronics, "you can use your coins to buy soft drink or boil them to flow computer manufacturer, that is not my issue, I am willing to pay for them and made the whole obligation law".

Need Samsung denied rumors, by the British newspaper the Guardian argues, also has shown myriad positions in information on point and confirms Samsung will not "childish game".

iPhone 5 highway photo clarity ahead of Apple's event

High resolution image of the front of the 6th generation iPhone has just posted shows a device with a screen 4 inches and width remain as in the iPhone before.

New iPhone templates but there are longer than the equivalent thickness iPhone 4S. The parts in front of the iPhone 4 including LCD monitors, digital touch screen, screen frames and Home button.

Prediction: Samsung smartphone sales nearly double Apple

The moment Android smartphone sales all combined well not by iPhone is over, now own a smartphone Android also has sales nearly double Apple.

Not hard to figure out this is the manufacturers Samsung, effects from the product line Galaxy S has all the cheap touchscreen phone line company, making of smartphone consumption increased rapidly.

As predicted by Reuters, Apple's smartphone sales and Samsung's turn is over 50 million computers and 30.5 million in Q2/2012.

Expert market analysis of IDC, Francisco Jeronimo also have the same opinion with the Reuters news agency when it said Samsung would be "hero" in Q2. Jeronimo also confirms Galaxy S II, III was the best-selling smartphone from Samsung.

Analysts also expected Samsung would far the Nokia in Q2/2012 with a distance of 15.7 million, which is almost 3 times as compared with the same period last year.

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surprise concessions due to "boycott"

Just few days after the withdrawal of the products from the standard "environmental-friendly" and subjected to boycott harshly, Apple had to compromise and unexpectedly putting his products back to the standard "blue".

This can be seen as one of the quickest policy reversals in the history of Apple, only less than 1 week to withdraw the product from the list of EPEAT, a set of standards for protecting the environment for high-tech products, "Apple" had to change his decision after the protests harshly.

Information on major Bob Mansfiled, Director of Apple's hardware.

"We noticed a lot of loyal customers of Apple feel disappointed with the decision to withdraw the product from the system EPEAT standards. And that's a mistake. Since today, the Apple products will continue in accordance with the standards of EPEAT, "said Mansfiled said.

The products of Apple was forced to comply with standards for EPEAT after unexpectedly pulled out of the standard last week

EPEAT standards require companies to design the product so that users are able to disassemble and repair easy. This will help to process recycled products (usually done in poor or developing countries) will not make the hazardous materials such as talc and battery into the environment.

Apple has signed and participate in EPEAT standard for many years, however it has unexpectedly pulled out of the EPEAT products last week, that one of the possible reasons for the design of new products such as the iPad or MacBook hard to disassemble the components separately.

Though Mansfield said Apple is trying to build a standard with its own internal environment, strong and complete than EPEAT, but perhaps the so-called Apple's decision makes the new standard by "Apple" building not completed and announced.

"Our engineering teams worked very hard over the years to make our product even more friendly to the environment and much of our progress has been beyond standard levels of EPEAT," Mansfield said.

However, Apple's decision was immediately subjected to oppose, least from the agencies of the u.s. Government. The city of San Francisco is one of the city's pioneers "boycott" of Apple's products because the product did not meet EPEAT certification. In addition, a large number of individual customers or large corporations in the United States also had "turned" move with Apple.

Maybe the boycott harshly is Dynamics to make Apple must change his decision before the wave of "boycott" spread more broadly around the world.

However, previous information that Mansfield announced, there is still a question arises whether the EPEAT standard has returned to alter the style design of the new products of Apple? Does the iPad in the future are easy to remove and use battery power can be disassembled?

Apple has been the United States Government to boycott because of "scene-stealing"

Apple has decided to withdraw the whole quite a surprise when their products out of the standard "environmental-friendly". Shortly after this decision, it seems like Apple has been ostracized from the US Government agencies.

Apple has required EPEAT product has ever removed 39 confirmed friendly environment, including desktop PCs, monitors and laptops, including the product line of MacBook Pro and MacBook Air ... out of the list of environmentally friendly products.

EPEAT is held to be the United States Government established, through a grant from the environmental protection agency, federal and manufacturers to create standards and verification for electronic products capable of recycling and is designed to optimize the maximum efficient use of energy and minimize environmental harm.

To meet the standards of EPEAT, the product needs to be easily removable with common tools, to separate the hazardous components such as the battery products in the recycling process. The criterion is the manufacturers coupled with EPEAT, including Apple and other government agencies.

Apple's products are now no longer "environment friendly"

According to Robert Frisbee, CEO of EPEAT, Apple has been filing up the organisation from June will no longer want to Apple computer are listed in the list of certificates of EPEAT. Until today, EPEAT officially given notice and put the Apple products from the list.

It looks like Apple has been immediately, US Government agencies to boycott. Although based in the city of Cupertino, not far from the city of San Francisco but San Francisco City Government said would not add cost to buy Apple products.

The reason that the city of San Francisco made the decision to withdraw the products from the list "environment-friendly" by Apple.

By an act of the Government of the City launched in 2007, the Agency asked the city to evaluate the electronic products, including desktops, laptops and monitors are EPEAT certification or not.

"We are very frustrated prior Apple pulled the product off the EPEAT standard and we hope that the dynamics of the city do not buy products that will make Apple rethink his decision", Melanie Nutter, Director of the San Francisco Department of the environment said.

Current EPEAT are one of important standards in the US market. Many large corporations in America we just place an order to purchase products from the manufacturers achieve EPEAT green standards. In which the United States Government also requires 95% of electromagnetic products on the market to meet EPEAT standards.

In a survey last year, as many as 222 out of 300 major universities in the United States requires a computer system with EPEAT standard, whereas up to 70% of schools in the United States also require EPEAT certification for electronic equipment that purchased.

However it seems that this is not too important to Apple as its revenues from educational institutions only account for only about 10 to 15%. The main products that bring in revenue for Apple iPhone and iPad is not currently on the list of EPEAT's certificate.

Experts predict that sooner or later, Apple will soon build a separate standards-friendly environment but in accordance with the product design of Apple.