Nokia—Right now it looks like my e71 will be my first and last Nokia device.  While there are a few really good things about the device, its seems that Nokia’s next generation offerings (Symbian^3 and Meego) are simply evolutionary.  With Android looking better every day and WP7 looming, it will take a lot for any of their devices to break into my short list.  Honestly, I think they are done in the US unless they snap up Palm.  This seems pretty obvious to me…a company with great hardware and a so-so OS acquires a company with a great OS and so-so hardware.  Problem solved, right?  I just don’t see Nokia swallowing their pride and going this route.

Apple/HTC Lawsuit—This is such an odd lawsuit. To me, it seems like Apple really got pissed off about Android, but rather than suing Google decided to go after its smaller, weaker friend.  It will definitely be interesting to see how this plays out.  If Apple can successfully defend its multi-touch patent in court, what does that mean for the rest of the industry?  Will we not be able to see multi-touch on WP7, Android, and Palm?  Or, will these company’s be forced to license this tech?  My guess is that it will do little to deter Apple’s competitors.  And, most will just fine ways to circumvent the patent.   But whatever the outcome, I think most people agree that patenting a means to interact with an interface is ridiculous.  Apple should not be able to patent multi-touch.  Could you imagine what would have happened, if companies tried to enforce patents on the keyboard and mouse?  Hopefully, the continued criticism coming out of this lawsuit will finally cause the US patent office to change how it deals with IT patents.

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