The big head at Cupertino fire back. Apple countersues Nokia saying that “other companies must compete with us by inventing their own technologies, not just by stealing ours”. Apple is suing Nokia for infringing 13 Apple patents. According to the press release “Apple ignited the personal computer revolution in the 1970s with the Apple II and reinvented the personal computer in the 1980s with the Macintosh. Today, Apple continues to lead the industry in innovation with its award-winning computers, OS X operating system and iLife and professional applications. Apple is also spearheading the digital media revolution with its iPod portable music and video players and iTunes online store, and has entered the mobile phone market with its revolutionary iPhone”.

If you like games on the go you will love Nokia 5530 XpressMusic Games edition. The new version of the phone packs a Nokia 5530 XpressMusic with 20 games from Gameloft and EA mobile. Get more from your Nokia 5530 with this cool Games Edition phone preloaded with games like Sims 3, Monopoly, Solitaire 2, Pro golf world tour 2010, Tetris, Amecian Idol, Brain Challenge 2 and Texas Poker just to name a few. Click on the read link to learn more on Nokia’s USA website.

If the insider got the inside info straight, you must be looking at the Sony Ericsson Kurara. The rumored phone is suppose to be a lower end Sony Ericcson Satio running S60 5th edition toped with Sony Ericsson UI. Little is known for this buddy other than a 8.1 megapixel camera and possible OLED screen. Hit the link to see more pics of Kurara here.

You know you want to stay in touch 24/7 and be fully connected with Arsenal FC. The club knows it too that’s why they’re throwing the Arsenal FC iPhone App on your iPhone and iPod touch of course. It’s going to costs you 3 quids but that’s nothing compared to up to the minute scoop for Arsenal main news, Reserves/Youths, Ladies, Junior Gunners, Community, USA or the dedicated pages for fixtures and the latest Premier League table. As an added bonus “there is a video section where you can find exclusive interviews with the players and special features. Pictures of every first team game will be posted in the Gallery section as soon as possible after the match”. Get it now, before the goal!

It’s official. In about two weeks time, RIM will start shipping the BlackBerry Bold 9700. Yes, the very same BlackBerry Onyx you saw here it’s ready for prime time. Email junkies and white collars get ready for a higher resolution screen, optical trackpad, 3G speedy downloads, WiFi, a 3.2 megapixel AF camera with flash and the brand new BlackBerry OS 5.0 for fun over AT&T and T-Mobile networks.

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Alright, Nokia or Apple playing dirty here but it’s up to the Delaware District Court to decide who’s Mr Bad. What we take for granted though is Nokia suing Apple for infringement of Nokia GSM, UMTS and WLAN patents. Pretty bold claim from the Finns. According to the press release,

“The ten patents in suit relate to technologies fundamental to making devices which are compatible with one or more of the GSM, UMTS (3G WCDMA) and wireless LAN standards. The patents cover wireless data, speech coding, security and encryption and are infringed by all Apple iPhone models shipped since the iPhone was introduced in 2007″.

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The release date of one of the most hyped and coolest Nokia phones, the Maemo 5 powered N900, is pushed back again in the UK. Stores won’t see any of the beloved 3.5 touch screen inches till mid November. According to an email from an official partner with Nokia Retail,

“Delivery of Nokia N900 stock into our Nokia stores has unfortunately been delayed by two weeks to w/c 16th November. The delivery when it arrives will be the first N900 stock in the UK and orders will be dispatched on a first ordered, first serve, basis directly from our Nokia stores”

Now it’s time to be a man, stop crying and go watch all the cool N900 videos you can or look at the bright side. You won’t even bother updating the N900’s firmware if you don’t have one.

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Bad news for all you T-Mobile SideKick users. Sad to report that all your data including contacts, photos, calendars etc have been lost forever. Yes, forever. Read the press release after the jump and try to be calm. Oh! Don’t you dare to power cycle or switch off your SideKick. Not now!

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