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U.S. Bans Some Cellphones For Patent Reasons

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the keeping-them-honest dept.

runner_one writes "According to the New York Times, A federal agency has banned imports of new cellphones made with Qualcomm semiconductors because the chips violate a patent held by Broadcom. The International Trade Commission said today that the import ban would not apply to mobile phone models that were imported on or before June 7." Update: 06/08 13:05 GMT by KD : Glenn Fleishman notes that Apple's iPhone will be allowed into the country, since it doesn't use any 3G chips. He adds that Apple "might have the most advanced smartphone on the market unless President Bush or his trade representative overturn the ruling (which they have the power to do)."

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  1. why to do trade by timmarhy · · Score: 0, Troll

    That fine i'm pretty sure some other countries will take them cheap phones!

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