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IP-Com and HTC were trading legal blows which could have eventually led to HTC devices being banned from Germany. Luckily, the UMTS patent infringement claims have been suspended by courts, as the real problem lies with a chipset vendor rather than HTC themselves. Although the buck as been successfully passed, and HTC should be fine to continue doing their thing in Germany, they are working with said chipset vendor to make something else that works in everybody’s favour. Way to dodge the bullet, HTC.
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Simon Sage
Simon Sage’s education largely surrounded writing, technology and online community, leading him to begin his blogging career at www.BlackBerryCool.com and to quickly discover a vibrant and active community surrounding BlackBerry and mobile technology. In exploring RIM’s platform, he has learned what enterprises are looking for in mobility as well as what makes the innocuous BlackBerry so appealing to them. Recently Simon’s been covering RIM’s gradual move into an already-crowded consumer market, and the impact of burgeoning challengers, such as the iPhone, as well as long-time leaders, like Nokia, on BlackBerry’s advancement. With plenty of content under his belt, Simon will be branching off a bit to see what other smartphone manufacturers are working on while still using BlackBerry as a barometer. At IntoMobile, you can count on his posts being even-handed, well-informed and thought-out.
