Samsung landed a sales injunction in Germany against Apple products having to do with patents for 3G tech Samsung holds. The result is Apple has been forced to pull its products using 3G technology from its German online store.

Rumors are swirling that the iPhone 5 may be revealed in June. If true, the phone will surface for the first time at WWDC.

The good news for iPhone users on T-Mobile is that the carrier is planning to improve the support for iPhones starting on January 30, which is today. The carrier is adding a special iPhone support page, which will help iPhone users that need assistance. Alas, the phones was still be only 2G capable. Last week Samsung saw its second 3G patent suit against Apple rejected by the courts.

The suit in question was in German courts, the judge Andreas Voss rejected Samsung claims without a clear explanation of why. I would imagine Apple doesn’t really care why, it’s just glad the claims are rejected. I doubt this is the last time we hear of lawsuits between Samsung and Apple.

The delay in launching a jailbreak for the device was in cracking the A5 processor and that bit was apparently not at all easy to accomplish. The jailbreak is called GreenPois0n Absinthe. There are a few catches, notably the untethered break is for Mac only.

The other caveat is that it will only work on devices running iOS 5.0.1 and any update to iOS will lose your jailbreak. I bet the jailbreaks to support the new updates would come much faster now that the processor has been cracked.

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Carrier IQ has been in hot water with consumers and the government for tracking of personal details. The company is meeting with the FTC and FCC right now.

A firm called YouGov has looked in the so-called consumer perception of smartphones. According to the company, Samsung is beating the iPhone in consumer buzz. I wonder if that really means anything at all.

AT&T has started to throttle the data speed of heavy iPhone data users back to 2G speeds from 3G. Apparently, users will learn they are being throttled after receiving an email telling them they are in the top 5% of users.

Samsung’s attempt to get a ban on the iPhone 4S has been rejected. The French court even made Samsung pay $134,000 in legal fees.

Samsung has admitted that it has an informal policy of not suing Apple. That sounds strange considering all the suits between the two companies right now.

Developers have reportedly cracked Siri to run on any device. Siri will reportedly work to some degree on the iPhone 4 and 3GS devices and the latest is a hack claiming to port Siri to Android.

AT&T has said that the iPhone was the most popular smartphone on its network in Q3. However, Android made the biggest growth on the network.

Sources inside Samsung are claiming that the company shipped 20 million smartphones in Q3 putting it ahead of Apple. Apple has already said rumors of the iPhone 4 hurt sales of the iPhone 4.

Apple announced its fiscal Q4 2011 earnings and it missed estimates by a bit. Apple blames the heavy rumors about the iPhone 5 for the missed estimates.

C Spire has announced that it will be offering the iPhone 4S in the coming weeks. This small private carrier will offer unlimited data.

Samsung set up a pop-up store in Sydney right next to an Apple store to lure iPhone 4S hopefuls to the Galaxy S II. Samsung was offering 10 S II handsets daily for only $2 each.

The guys that fond the iPhone 4 last year that was sold to Gizmodo were finally sentenced. Each was given a year of probation and fined $250 to pay Apple a total of $500.

Samsung is pushing for a ban on the iPhone 5 smartphone to prevent it from going on sale in Europe. Apple’s legal team is claiming that Samsung has withheld the fact that it was planning on included certain tech in phones that it had patented already.

Apple is rumored to be buying glass polishing equipment for its phone manufactures for making curved glass screens. The curved glass is said to be ready by the second half of 2012.

The launch date for the iPhone 5 has been tipped by a new update schedule that has surfaced. An AT&T user has found that his account says he can get a discounted update on his current iPhone on October 13, which is in line with rumors on the launch date.

Samsung has announced that the world’s largest memory fab is ready for mass production. The fab is called Line-16 and the need for so much more memory supply cold well be the new iPhones coming to market.

Apple has offered up a rendering of its new Fifth Ave store in NYC and it looks really cool. The store has a seamless 32-foot glass cube in front.

A smartphoen “study” that has been published form people at Harvard looked at major smartphones including the iPhone. We call BS on the whole thing so check it out and see what you think.

Sources are claiming that Apple’s chief patent lawyer is leaving soon. The source claims Richard Lutton Junior could be leaving as early as next month.

Samsung has demanded that the Apple legal team be disqualified from the legal proceedings between the two firms, the reason for the demand is that Samsung claims the team has insider knowledge.

Samsung has been denied their request for early access to the iPhone 5 as part of the ongoing legal battle between it and Apple. It is also looking like Apple will not get its request injunction on Samsung devices either.

Apple will be offering a free streaming app for the iTunes Festival 2011 show. The app will stream in HD and should be cool for music fans.

Samsung’s legal department has asked the courts to force Apple to give it early access to the iPhone 5. This comes after Samsung was forced to hand over samples of its devices that allegedly infringe on Apple patents.

AT&T is having to answer more questions from the FCC about its purchase of T-Mobile. Apparently, the FCC wants AT&T to answer 50 different questions to start with.