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You got that right, two archrivals in mobile arena — Apple and Google — have joined forces to purchase imaging patents from Kodak, paying some $500 million for the privilege. Under the deal, both parties will be able to use Kodak’s intellectual property (IP) in their products.
We like when companies act like grownups trying to settle their disputes in joint actions, rather than suing each other. At the same time, we do understand companies don’t want to just give away results of their R&D efforts and are willing to go to court when needed. Still, “going thermonuclear” may be overreaching in some cases… depending whether your an Apple fanboy or not.
As I’m writing this, we’re not sure which of the patents from Kodak’s portfolio will end up in future smartphones and we’ll rather have to wait for few more weeks or months to see where this is going. We’ll let you know as soon as we hear something new…
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Dusan Belic
Dusan has been using smartphones since their introduction and is now following the latest trends in the industry. The "convergence" is what he's most excited about, and writing about it is the next logical thing to do. He thinks that using a smartphone is what everyone who cares about their time should do. In addition to his interests in mobile phones, Dusan also loves to experiment with the latest web and mobile 2.0 services. The idea of accessing and managing your information from any device no matter where you are simply amazes him. Whether it's an online to-do list, note taking service or a video sharing social network, he's there to try it out. He admits though, he's still searching for the ultimate web-based organizational tool, which "sings" perfectly with the mobile PIM application. Dusan used to run SymbianWatch.com which later became part of IntoMobile. He lives in Serbia, South-East Europe, from where he edits the site on a daily basis.
