Lodsys, the troll previously suing independent iOS and Android developers for infringing on a fax-machine era patent they claim covers in-app transactions such as upgrades and upsells, has now modified the suit to go after Angry Birds developer Rovio, SIMS developer Electronic Arts, Atari, Final Fantasy maker Square Enix, and 2K sports developer Take-Two Interactive. That takes the number of developers involved in the suit from 7 to 11.

FOSSPatents points out that this might mean:

• Lodsys isn’t afraid to go after “deep pocket” developers.
• Is content targeting Android as well as iOS
• Isn’t intimidated in the least by Apple legal
• Due to their existing licenses, Apple and Google might be precluded from trying to invalidate Lodsys’ patents as a means of interceding.

Apple is still trying to intervene based on patent exhaustion, though that may or may not prove successful. Some developers, meanwhile, have removed their apps from the US App Store to avoid any potential suits.

For more, listen to our special edition iPhone Live 160: World War Patents.

[FOSS Patents]

We haven’t been able to prove this ourselves yet, but we recently received several tips from regular podcast listeners, all on iOS 5 beta 3, who say they began listening to one of our shows using the Music (formerly iPod) app on iPhone and then went to continue listening later on their iPad, only to find it automagically began playing right where they left it.

We’re going to run a bunch of tests as soon as we can. iCloud already does this for iBooks, so if Apple is rolling it out across all media, we’ll finally be able to scratch another of our outstanding wants off the list.

(If you’ve experimented with this at all, let us know the results.)

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AT&T announced their Q2 2011 financial results today and they include 3.6 million iPhone activations, with 24% of subscribers being new to AT&T.

AT&T continues to deliver robust smartphone sales. (Smartphones are voice and data devices with an advanced operating system to better manage data and Internet access.) In the second quarter, 5.6 million smartphones were sold, a second-quarter record and the third-highest quarter ever. Smartphone sales also increased more than 43 percent year over year. Sales of non-iPhone smartphones more than doubled year over year. Nearly 70 percent of postpaid device sales were smartphones. During the quarter, 3.6 million iPhones were activated.

Android likely accounts for a huge majority of those “other smartphones”.

Apple yesterday announced 20 million iPhones sold in Q3 2011 (Apple and AT&T have different financial year-ends, so Q3 for Apple is Q2 for AT&T). It will be interesting to see how many iPhones Verizon moved when they release their results.

[ATT]

According to Financial Times, Apple has passed Nokia to become the biggest smartphone producer by volume on the planet. It took both Apple’s recent 20 million iPhone surge, and Nokia’s just as recent decline for the two to switch position, but that it happened only 4 years after Apple entered the market is impressive none the less.

Apple was already the biggest smartphone maker by revenue and profits, but the April-June period marked the first time it had surpassed Nokia in volume.

Nokia recently began a painful transition away from the “burning platform” of Symbian towards Microsoft’s Windows Phone, similar to the one Palm (now HP) took towards webOS and RIM is taking towards QNX.

Apple, meanwhile, is full speed ahead on iOS, with iOS 5 set for release this fall, and most likely iPhone 5 to go with it.

[Financial Times]

Every day, TiPb gets flooded with announcements for new and updated iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad apps and games. So every day we pick just a few of the most interesting, the most notable, and simply the most awesome to share with you!

• IsoSketch: Effortlessly draw on an angled isometric grid and create beautifully precise geometric artwork. [$2.99 for iPad - iTunes link]

• Sheep At Stake: Take your multi-tasking abilities to the extreme by helping the sheep pass obstacles by opening switches, moving flying platforms, activating ramps and more. [Free for iPhone - iTunes link]

• Business Card Reader (Sale): Import contact information from a business card directly to your iPhone address book. [On sale for $0.99 for iPhone - iTunes link]

• Where To?: A simple tap is all it takes to instantly find the nearest restaurants, doctors' offices, post offices, parks, public pools or hotels. [$2.99 for iPhone - iTunes link]

• Cryptid Curling: – A relaxing colour matching bouncing puck game of angles that's extremely hard to put down. [Free for iPhone and iPad - iTunes link]

Any other big app or game releases or updates today?

Have an app you’d love to see featured on TiPb? Email us at iosapps@tipb.com, tell us about your app (include an iTunes link), and we’ll take a look.

Disney has released an interactive iPad book, Cars 2 World Grand Prix Read and Race.

Rev your engines for this thrilling Cars 2 original story—a must-read for racing fans! This action-packed app features stunning Disney/Pixar movie images, exciting tap-and-play interactivity, professional narration, music and sound effects, 3-D car customization, and two amazing racetracks.

• Disney/Pixar Cars 2 movie images with custom interactivity
• Multiple Reading Modes: Read to Me, Auto-turn pages, Younger Reader Mode
• Professional narration, music and sound effects
• 3-D race car customization, including color, tires, spoilers and engines
• Racing game featuring device-tilting technology, Cars 2 racers, and movie-themed racetracks from Tokyo, Japan and Radiator Springs
• Three game-play skill levels

Cars 2 World Grand Prix Read and Race is available for $6.99. Screenshots after the break.

[iTunes link]

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Buy Me a Pie!, by Skript, is a new shopping list for the iPhone. It’s beauty is the simplicity. You can also sync your lists with the cloud or share view SMS or email.

• Very simple and beautiful design.
• Automatic cloud synchronization.
• Share your account with friends to manage grocery lists together.
• Get notifications when your lists are updated.
• Use the Buymeapie.com website to manage your lists from any computer.
• Quickly add items from a predefined list of groceries.
• Entered items are automatically stored in the built-in dictionary for future lists.
• Automatically suggests a word upon entering a few letters. Just tap a suggested word instead of typing all of the letters of the desired word.
• Create and manage multiple lists.
• Send your lists via text message or email.
• Easily duplicate your lists.

Buy me a Pie! is available for $1.99. Screenshots and video after the break.

[iTunes link]

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Deadlock has just been released in the US App Store and if you are into online multiplayer shooter games you really should check this one out. Deadlock is a dual-stick shooter game designed for online play with up to eight other players via Game Center.

Features:

• Gorgeous 3d Graphics
• Up to 8 player online multiplayer action.
• Over 30 weapons including assault rifles, sub machine guns, grenades and more.
• Robust loadout system including multiple weapon attachments, and armor.
• 3 Gameplay modes at launch including Deathmatch, Team Deathmatch and Capture & Hold
• 30 ranks to earn with rewards for each rank you earn.
• Asynchronous Online Tournaments – automatically be entered into new tournaments running every day and every week to win unlock points which can be used to unlock new weapons and items.
• Gamecenter integration for tournaments and achievements, character stat tracking.
• Character synchronization between multiple devices (iPad/iPhone/iPod Touch)
• 5 Maps at launch with more on the way!

The game is free to play for a limited time, we don't know how or if that will change in the future; so if you want to try it, do it now. There are also in-app purchases to unlock game features. These are optional and can be unlocked through game achievements anyway.

The game is a universal binary so compatible with iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad. We have the game trailer after the break, take a look if you are still unsure what it is all about. I think it looks extremely fast but a lot of fun!

[Free – iTunes link]

Trying to figure out how to easily add holidays and sports schedules into the iPhone or iPad Calendar app? Lucky for us Apple actually solved this problem quite a while ago for Mac iCal users. Simply subscribe to Apple’s already built calendars and you’ll be all set. Read on to find out how!

Sure, you can manually add calendar subscriptions right on your iOS device, but finding them and tapping them all in can be a pain. iCal on Mac makes it simple, and if you’re already syncing, it can save you some time and effort!

1. First, open iCal on your Mac.

2. Next, from the top menu choose Calendar and then Find Subscriptions.
3. Your web browser should open and direct you to Apple’s iCal calendar downloads page.

4. From here you can browse from many calendars. Choose the one you want and click Download next to the calendar name.

5. Your computer will ask you what program you want to open the file with. iCal should be highlighted. If it’s not, select it and tap Ok.

6. iCal will automagically open and show you the subscription link. Simply click Subscribe. You should now see the subscribed calendar in your side bar and the events should now be added to your calendar.
7. That’s it! Simply sync your iPhone or iPad and your calendars will come down. If you have MobileMe, it’ll do it by itself with no syncing required.

If you guys subscribe to calendars via Apple, which ones do you use? I find these especially handy for things like holidays and sports schedules as well as astronomy calendars. We live on the beach and sometimes I want to know what time the sun is setting. Sure I can use a weather app but it’s nice to be able to set alarms for nights I know I’m going to be around the beach area. How about you guys, any calendars you found that you think are especially cool?

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