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Blackberry Future Uncertain

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the up-in-the-air dept.

Dave White writes "Research In Motion and NTP have failed to reach a settlement in the Blackberry case. It looks like the door has been opened for NTP to be granted an injunction blocking the sales of Blackberry wireless messaging devices in the US. The New York Times (free registration yadda yadda) has the scoop on this interesting development."

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  1. Bug Me Not by VxJasonxV · · Score: 5, Informative

    http://bugmenot.com/view.php?url=nytimes.com

    Who needs logins now?

  2. snuh by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    part of the problem is, RIM got the patent office to reexamine 8 of NTP's patents regarding the technology, and so far the PTO has come out with rejections on each proceeding they've done.

    this adds a layer of complication to the infringement case, as no doubt some part of the deal rested on the outcome of those proceedings.

  3. No suprise there. by Lumpy · · Score: 5, Informative

    The company I work at recently yanked all blackberry devices and replaced them with Treo 600 and treo 650's.

    the fact that you dont need any "special" software to access email and has the capability of viewing doc and excel attachments was the death spike for the blackberry here at this company.

    and honestly, the treo's have much better sounding audio for phone calls than even the latest blackberry's did.

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