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it's time to break down how apple's courtroom win can impact you I'm Bridget Carey and this is your cnet update Apple may have won its patent case against Samsung and courtly Friday but the battle between the two biggest smartphone makers is not over yet the jury in San Jose California found Samsung products infringed on Apple's patents like rounded edges and pinch-to-zoom interface and they said Samsung should pay more than a billion dollars in damages next up the judge has to decide if she wants to change the award amount Samsung is expected to appeal and Apple will likely ask for an injunction to ban the selling of Samsung products that violate its patents the hearing to discuss all that will be September 20th the jury found 25 smartphones and tablets violated patents but you know it was on the list the galaxy s3 which is Samsung's flagship smartphone right now and the new Galaxy Note 10.1 tablet seems to also be in the clear consumers won't feel too much in effect if the hottest products are still in stores but if Samsung has to pay those damages that's a billion dollars it won't be spending on innovation or Samsung could raise its prices over time to help pay off that penalty fee if there's no appeal this victory would give Apple more ammunition to go after other companies and the marketplace will have to invest more and being different be no is totally in the clear Microsoft's Windows Phones although they aren't as popular it does prove you can slow something very different and in other Samsung news the next version of its oversized smartphone the galaxy note 2 is expected to be revealed Wednesday but a korean newspaper is leaking the specs saying that will have a 5.5 inch display a quad-core processor and it will run jellybean amazon announced that more items are being sent with prime free two-day shipping than with free super saver shipping now a prime subscription isn't really free costs eighty dollars a year and includes two day shipping super saver shipping doesn't charge you for shipping when the order is over $25 fresh reports are out about the seven inch iPad it's confirming that it will be called the ipad mini as many of us have been calling it already and that it will launch in October now we've been hearing October as a launch from several reports but the latest report comes from all things to you the tech leader of recording handwritten notes has been the Livescribe pen but now the Evernote app is getting in the game with a smart notebook the idea is that you write in the notebook take a photo of the page with the Evernote app and it can scan your handwriting and make the text searchable now what makes this paper special is that it's printed with tiny dotted lines that help the app scan the document correctly that your tech news roundup for today you could buy more details about today's stories at the blog sina com / update from our studios in New York I'm Bridget Carey