The Ubuntu smartphone cometh — to the Galaxy Nexus, specifically

Linux diehards, rejoice! The Ubuntu smartphone is coming, and it’ll be here in about eight months.

Ubuntu for smartphones will use all four corners of the screen, giving us what Ubuntu maker Canonical calls “a more immersive experience” than the …

Apple, Samsung infringed on each other’s patents, says South Korea court

While we’re still waiting on the jury’s response to the Apple v. Samsung case in San Jose, a South Korean court has issued its own verdict, which finds that both companies infringed on the other’s patents.

Apple and Samsung take 90 minutes to tell each other off in opening statements

Apple and Samsung’s highly publicized trial began today, with opening statements from either company that lasted 90 minutes each.

“Samsung had two choices: Accept the challenge of the iPhone, come up with its own designs, and beat Apple fairly in …

Apple-Samsung patent suit may not be as secret as they’d like

If Apple and Samsung want to fight their long-winded patent lawsuits in Judge Lucy Koh’s court room, they’re going to have to do it a little more publicly. Koh ruled today that the two companies could not seal documents that …

Apple tells retailers to stop selling the Galaxy Nexus and Tab

Apple is sending notices to retailers to stop selling Samsung’s Galaxy Nexus and Galaxy Tab 10.1, a filing by Samsung revealed today.

Foss Patents reports that a filing by Samsung included a note about Apple sending out letters to third …

Ban be damned, Galaxy Nexus selling now online and unlocked

If you’ve been following the Apple/Samsung legal battle, this will raise at least one of your eyebrows: The new Galaxy Nexus is selling right now on Google Play.

You can snap one up for $350, and the units will start …

Samsung Galaxy Nexus ban suspended temporarily

The twisty turns of Apple and Samsung’s current legal battle are enough to give you whiplash. After U.S. District Court Judge Lucy Koh denied Samsung’s appeal to lift the sales ban on the Galaxy Nexus earlier this week, the Court …

Sorry, Samsung: Judge turns down appeal on Galaxy Nexus ban

More bad news for Samsung. The company asked courts to delay a ban on sales of its Galaxy Nexus phone, but it was denied the extra time today.

According to All Things D, U.S. District Court Judge Lucy Koh, who …

Samsung: Galaxy Nexus ban based on ‘insufficient evidence’

South Korea’s Samsung Sunday appealed Friday’s preliminary injunction against sales of the Android-based Galaxy Nexus. In papers filed with the United States District Court for the Northern District of California, Samsung lawyers argue that the judge had “legally insufficient evidence” …

Apple smack down: Samsung may be forced to stop selling Galaxy Nexus

Samsung and Google are taking a beating from Apple this week. The iPhone maker just won an injunction against the Samsung Galaxy Nexus, after having already blocked the sale of the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 earlier this week.

Apple and …

Apple fights to keep Samsung Galaxy S III off U.S. shelves

The much-anticipated Samsung Galaxy S III phone will soon be available from five carriers in the U.S. But if Apple has its way, that could abruptly change.

Apple has filed a motion in a California court that claims the Samsung …

A Nexus free-for-all: Google may tap more partners for flagship Android 5.0 devices

Expect plenty more Nexus Android smartphones and tablets on the horizon from multiple manufacturers, as Google will reportedly expand its partnerships to squash fears surrounding its Motorola Mobility purchase.

Historically, Google has tapped a single device partner for its Nexus …

Google now selling unlocked Galaxy Nexus HSPA+ phone for $399

After Google’s failed attempt to sell the Nexus One smartphone a few years back, the search giant is attempting to sell hardware once more with an unlocked Galaxy Nexus compatible with HSPA+ networks, which is now available in the Google …

Sprint’s Galaxy Nexus coming April 22 for $199

Sprint still hasn’t rolled out its LTE 4G network,  but that’s not stopping the company from announcing new LTE phones. Next up for Sprint is the Galaxy Nexus, the latest flagship Google Phone, which will launch on April 22 for …

A marketing time bomb explodes: Android user wins Windows Phone Challenge, gets cheated by Microsoft staff

Sahas Katta, owner of a Galaxy Nexus Android smartphone, strolled into Microsoft’s Santa Clara, Calif. store on Sunday to compete in the company’s widely-publicized “Smoked by Windows Phone Contest” — but he walked out cheated of a victory by the …

Sprint’s first LTE 4G phone will be a souped-up Galaxy Nexus

While Sprint was likely saving news of its first-ever 4G LTE phone until the Consumer Electronics Show next week, an online ad leaked the news a bit early.

Sprint will launch its own version of Samsung’s Galaxy Nexus as its …

Apple could bring facial recognition to the iPhone, à la Android

You can bet if one major smartphone manufacturer develops a new feature, its competitors will follow suit. Apple has applied for a facial recognition patent, according to an application form published by the U.S. Patent Office. Looks like Apple is …

The most interesting phones of 2011: what mattered most in a year of smartphone overload

It seems like every week a must-have smartphone is either announced or released. It’s becoming increasingly difficult to track which phones are actually worth paying attention to and which will be swiftly thrown into the scrap heap of devices nobody …