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Blackberry Competitor Announced

Posted by Zonk on from the dirty-pool dept.

conq wrote to mention a BusinessWeek article reporting that NTP has licensed its wireless email patent to a new Blackberry competitor. Essentially, they're creating a competitor to Blackberry out of whole cloth, and bolstering their case against the popular handheld device maker. From the article: "The deal comes amid dwindling options for RIM, seller of the popular BlackBerry e-mail paging service. NTP four years ago successfully sued RIM for infringing on NTP's wireless e-mail patents. After a tentative $450 million settlement fell apart in June, RIM has battled back through court appeals, holding out hope that the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office (PTO) will strike down NTP's patents." This has not been a good month for RIM.

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  1. zzzzz by tehshen · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Announced? Wake me up when it's released, please.

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  2. Palm Treo 650 PDA by digitaldc · · Score: 0, Redundant

    http://www.palm.com/us/products/smartphones/treo65 0/

    Why isn't this a Blackberry competitor?

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