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Brazil’s Institute of Industrial Property decided that Apple can’t have exclusive rights to the “iPhone” trademark in the country. The decision was made as a local company Gradiente registered the trademark back in 2000, which is 7 years before the Cupertino-based company launched its smartphone.
Apple will be able to sell its handset using the iPhone name, but it won’t be the only iGame in town. Gradiente has its own “iphone”, an Android-based device that can handle two SIM cards at once. That, however, doesn’t make it better, it’s just a different kind of product running different platform.
Suddenly buying an iPhone in Brazil isn’t as easy as doing it in other parts of the world…
[Via: TheVerge]
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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.
