Apple could buy its way out of Chinese iPad ban hints Proview chairman
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Enacting a full import ban on the iPad 2 in China is likely too difficult to achieve, litigious trademark holder Proview says it has been warned by customs, leaving the company hinting it would accept a payoff from Apple. Having won its legal challenge against Apple in China last year, convincing courts that it, not the American company, holds the iPad trademark, Proview has now discovered that implementing a sales ban against the coveted tablet may be even more troublesome than the Cupertino legal team.

“The customs have told us that it will be difficult to implement a ban because many Chinese consumers love Apple products” Proview Technology chairman Yang Long-san told Reuters. “The sheer size of the market is very big.”

Instead, the company is chasing piecemeal blocks at a local level. ”We have applied to some local customs for the ban and they’ll report to the headquarters…………… continues on SlashGear

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Gartner: Apple’s iPhone Stole The Smartphone Show In Q4
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We’ve seen handset makers like HTC, LG and Nokia all warning of declines in smartphone sales. But if there is a slowdown affecting some, it’s not because people are not buying smartphones; it’s because they’re all buying iPhones.

Figures out from Gartner today say that smartphone sales totalled 149 million units in Q4 2011 — 47.3 percent higher than the same quarter a year ago, led by none other than Apple’s iPhone, which its analysts noted “saved” the smartphone market after two quarters of declining sales.

The mobile device market is also getting ever closer to a tipping point in terms of smartphone dominance: Gartner notes that they accounted for one-third of all mobile sales in the last quarter worldwide. The analysts predict that in 2012 smartphone sales will continue their march, growing by 39 percent compared to only seven percent growth for feature phones.

That is significant in that it shows how strong smartphones are playing in developing markets as well. In developed markets like the U.S., UK and Japan smartphone sales have been close to or already outpacing feature phone sales for a little while now.

Platforms. Moving away from specific vendors,…………… continues on TechCrunch

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