HTC is willing to negotiate with Apple to settle the companies’ patent disputes, its chief financial officer told Bloomberg.

Speaking in an interview with the news organization, HTC’s Winston Yung said that his company is “open to having discussions” with Apple.

In March 2010, Apple filed a complaint with the U.S. International Trade Commission against HTC, saying the handset maker violated 10 of its mobile patents. After a protracted delay, the ITC released an initial ruling earlier this month, saying that HTC did, in fact, violate two of Apple’s patents.

Samsung on Thursday is launching the 4G-capable Galaxy Tab 10.1, the company announced today.

The Galaxy Tab 10.1 comes with a 10.1-inch display and runs on the 1GHz Nvidia Tegra 2 dual-core processor. The Android-based 4G tablet comes in the user’s choice of Metallic Gray or Glossy White, and like the previously released version of the device, also allows users to connect to the Web via Wi-Fi.

Apple and AT&T are both reportedly gearing up their employees for September, the month that the iPhone 5 is expected to launch, according to several reports.

Hot on the heels of word that the Motorola Atrix 4G is about to get its Gingerbread “soak” test, we’ve now learned that the Motorola Droid X is about to get a soak of its own.

Motorola’s asking for a few thousand testers. MFN members are being contacted and asked to complete a survey, after which they may be accepted into the beta. We’re not sure if it’s going to be the Gingerbread update, but we’ve got a feeling that it will be. Here’s the survey intro:

Verizon this morning dropped a few more details on the markets that are scheduled to see the LTE switch flipped on Thursday. (We say “scheduled,” because it definitely looks like some of you are seeing those sweet, sweet 4G speeds.)

Verizon’s trickling out press releases all day, so we’re updating as we get them.

The much-awaited next generation iPhone (dubbed iPhone 5) from Apple will debut on September 5, followed by a global release a month later, according to a senior Swisscom executive. Apple has done this in the past releasing products like the iPad in the US first and then releasing it in other countries around the world one month later, lets hope that the iPhone 5 actually goes on sale around the world at the same time. Swisscom is Apple’s partner in Switzerland, together with carriers Orange and Sunrise. Incidentally, Verizon CEO Lowell McAdam, in a conference call with analysts today (following the announcement of the latest quarterly results) also said that the new iPhone would be released sometime “in the Fall.”

Apple is conducting quality tests for a new high-resolution LCD screen due to appear in its next-gen iPad 3 sometime this fall, according to a report from Korea Times.