Comments on: Apple Patent Halts HTC One X and EVO 4G LTE Shipments Onto US Soil, Trade Commission Begins Investigation

By: Guest

Guest — Wed, 06 Jun 2012 21:19:00 +0000

That would be interested.

For 1 full year… no patents will be issued or enforced by anyone.

By: Some Random Dude

Some Random Dude — Thu, 17 May 2012 02:46:00 +0000

i stopped using iphone since i was born

By: Androidandwp7equalsPower

Androidandwp7equalsPower — Wed, 16 May 2012 23:50:00 +0000

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By: lbphoenix

lbphoenix — Wed, 16 May 2012 20:43:00 +0000

Now I’m sure that my 3 or 4 windows mobile phones all made before the iphone had this feature.

By: Thach

Thach — Wed, 16 May 2012 19:49:00 +0000

Apple is a dick! I stop using iPhone since 3gs

By: spyro1154

spyro1154 — Wed, 16 May 2012 19:37:00 +0000

this is just another way of apple tryna stop android from expanding there doing all this patent shit cause they lose all there money to android devices. scared much apple?

By: eckdawg5

eckdawg5 — Wed, 16 May 2012 19:16:00 +0000

For Sprint, this is a blessing in disguise. Sprint didn’t have the inventory to keep up with demand (as usual) and this will buy them some time. The Galaxy Nexus is constrained for them as well. Sprint is horrible at device launches.

By: teejaycard

teejaycard — Wed, 16 May 2012 17:31:00 +0000

Dear God that’s dumb.

By: WilliamKingX17

WilliamKingX17 — Wed, 16 May 2012 17:25:00 +0000

Apple has to be lobbying the ITC pretty damn hard about their so called revolutionary patents. I wonder how much money they’re funneling into the ITC? Hundreds of thousands? Millions? Whatever the amount it’s working like a charm.

By: Jon Fingas

Jon Fingas — Wed, 16 May 2012 17:23:00 +0000

Guys: as is pointed out in the article, the delays are mandated by the ITC based on the December verdict, not something that Apple suddenly brought in after the fact.

You can dislike the verdict, you can trash the US patent system, but don’t pretend Apple is going around blocking each device as it ships. If anything, you should ask why HTC started shipping the Evo 4G LTE days before May 18 without any preparation to clear the phones through the exclusion order. It’s like showing up five minutes before a blockbuster movie’s first showing and wondering why it’s sold out.

By: Dave

Dave — Wed, 16 May 2012 17:02:00 +0000

duplicate

By: Dave

Dave — Wed, 16 May 2012 17:02:00 +0000

Apple, in essence, is indirectly attacking stock Android by going after the Galaxy Nexus, and it’s a smart move on their part. Should Apple win an injunction, Google wouldn’t necessarily have to comply with the courts since it’s really a case against Samsung, but Google would have to change ICS to exclude “linkify”, as it’s called, if they wanted the Galaxy Nexus to continue selling. They could just leave Samsung and the GNex in the dust, but that could sour their current partnerships which is just not good for business.

While Moto provides a debatable shield against patent attacks, I still don’t think it’ll be enough to prevent Apple from continuing litigation. It’s going to be an ugly year in the mobile space and it sucks for us all.

By: jasdempsey

jasdempsey — Wed, 16 May 2012 16:59:00 +0000

I’m pretty sure that my Palm Treo had this feature, and that would certainly be prior art to the iPhone. I wonder when the patent was granted?

By: Alan Burnstine

Alan Burnstine — Wed, 16 May 2012 16:46:00 +0000

I still don’t see how Apple got this patent. Windows Mobile (Pocket PC Phone, and about 4 other names) was able to do this for years before the iPhone was a twinkle in Steve Job’s eye.

Alan

By: Josh Groff

Josh Groff — Wed, 16 May 2012 16:42:00 +0000

But that won’t affect me getting one this month.

Also, Motorola had much more innovation on the cell phone front in general, and likely has patents to back much more major things than a phone number linking back to the dialer, so I doubt they’ll poke the sleeping bear and attack stock Android. Also, why would you attack something you rely on? (Google)

I’d love to see Google remove all access from Apple devices to any of their services. (not something they’re likely to due because they’d lose a ton of revenue, but it would be beautiful)