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In a cutthroat competition, the success of one player could turn out to be a failure for another. And right now, Microsoft may be thanking Google's Android.

The patent battle Apple has engaged with Android OEMs (Original Equipment Manufacturer) can have extremely grave consequences including ban on the disputed Android products, which could mean anything between a complete wipe-out to decreased US market share, to the Google's mega-hit mobile OS.

Google's Android Operating System is in serious trouble with the ITC ruling which says Android-run HTC devices infringe two of ten Apple patents in an initial determination by an administrative law judge (ALJ). These determinations will undergo review by the six-member Commission, the highest decision-making body at the ITC, to reach the final decision, with the target date of the final Commission decision set for December 6, 2011.

A US Trade Commission judge said that HTC has infringed two Apple patents.

The smartphone wars are not just about technology and marketing. It's also about the law.

HTC lost a preliminary ruling from the International Trade Commission after rival Apple filed suit against it, seeking an halt to the import of its products into the US.

ITC says HTC infringed on two Apple patents in the latest ruling. HTC plans on appealing.

T-Mobile USA recently launched HTC-manufactured myTouch 4G Slide smartphone that claims advanced camera features with zero shutter lag and backside illuminated sensor.

Search giant Google is expected to release an updated version of its Android operating system - Android Honeycomb 3.2 - to production partners at the end of July or early August.

Apple won a preliminary ruling from the International Trade Commission as it seeks put an injunction on rival HTC to halt what it believes is infringing its intellectual property.

Apple Inc won a preliminary ruling from a U.S. trade panel that Taiwanese handset maker HTC Corp infringed on two of the California company's patents.

HTC, which had been accused of infringing 10 Apple patents, said that it had been found to infringe just two, HTC said in a statement on Friday.

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Apple has enough reasons to worry as the latest order in the ongoing Apple-Samsung patent dispute is a pointer towards which way the wind is blowing. Judge Lucy Koh of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California denied Apple's motion to speed up the federal lawsuit against market rival Samsung. On July 1st, along with motion for Preliminary Injunction to halt the sale of four Samsung devices, Infuse 4G, Galaxy S 4G, Droid Charge, and Galaxy Tab 10.1, Apple also filed two m...

The Windows Phone 7 powered smartphones without a contract, usually, cost around $300-400 and a few cost around $200.

While both Galaxy S 2 and HTC Sensation have the where-with-all to beat iPhone 4, they are also at loggerheads with each other to corner a slice of the burgeoning smartphone market

Samsung Electronics and HTC are predicted to be the big winners in the global cellphone market in the second quarter, benefiting from booming demand for their smartphones running Google's software.

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Apart from Apple Inc.'s iPhone 5, the most expected Android smartphones are Samsung Galaxy S2, Motorola Droid Bionic and HTC Thunderbolt 4G. So which is the best Android smartphone that will emerge the winner in the United States?