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The BlackBerry Infringing on Other Technologies?

Posted by samzenpus on from the norhing-is-new dept.

windwaker writes "The maker of the popular BlackBerry waits to see if he's infringing on eight other patents. If this is true, future BlackBerrys will have to be licensed differently, to compensate for the infringement."

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  1. Blackberries by Andrewkov · · Score: 4, Informative

    From a support perspective, these Blackberries have been a nightmare for us. The well publicised RIM server problems (which my users think is *my* fault), problems with the synchronization software on Windows, problems integrating with Lotus Notes, how fragile the units are (I had a user break 2 LCD screens in one week by dropping them), and problems ungrading to newer models.. If RIM gets sued into oblivion and we stop using the damn Blackberries, that would make my day.

    1. Re:Blackberries by Raeth · · Score: 2, Informative

      Blackberries are a major part of our companies' communications strategy. We have about 700 blackberries deployed among 1200 users. We also went thru a notes to exchange migration about 1.5 years ago. I agree with a lot of what you said - BB's under notes are kindof a PITA. They do seem to work somewhat better under exchange tho. I DO agree that these things are fragile: we've probably replaced 200 of these things in the past year or two. I'd have to add that this is dependant on the users - most users have the same one they've always had, but some users.... *cough*likemyboss*cough* are on their 5th or 6th.

    2. Re:Blackberries by Jack+Johnson · · Score: 2, Informative
      From a support perspective, these Blackberries have been a nightmare for us. The well publicised RIM server problems (which my users think is *my* fault), problems with the synchronization software on Windows, problems integrating with Lotus Notes, how fragile the units are (I had a user break 2 LCD screens in one week by dropping them), and problems ungrading to newer models.. If RIM gets sued into oblivion and we stop using the damn Blackberries, that would make my day.

      My experience with deploying Blackberries and BES has been very smooth. RIM's documentation and support are very good. However, I would like debug logs explained in detail. I've asked RIM for this specifically and they pointed me to a 1 day class which can't possible provide what I'm looking for.

      I agree wholeheartedly about the BB's fragility. I dropped one less than 18 inches while tying my shoe the other day...cracked screen. In contrast, my Sanyo phone has been dropped on the pavement from a full sprint, kicked down the street, sat on and stepped on without skipping a beat.

  2. Re:Patent companies by spamfiltertest · · Score: 5, Informative

    Forgive me - but RIM actually produces a product (IE - blackberry, suretype). They are not just sitting around thinking of vague ideas, they are actually doing something, where as NTP is not. I do not know what other patents they have submitted, and what they are sitting on and not producing, but to call them an pure IP shop (like NTP) is incorrect.