Nokia Blackberry

sUnShInE · 06-15-2004, 10:21 AM

A U.S. company that claims it owns rights to some of the key technology used in the BlackBerry e-mail products announced yesterday that it has reached a licence agreement with cellphone manufacturer Nokia.

NTP Inc., a Virginia company that won a jury decision last year against Research In Motion Ltd. (RIM), maker of the BlackBerry, said its licence agreement with Nokia covers five U.S. patents at the centre of the legal dispute.

As you may well imagine, this is huge news in the cellphone market. Nokia had been waiting patiently since late 2002 for RIM to settle its patent disputes with NTP before offering the BlackBerry service on its cellphones. But now it seems that Nokia is tired of waiting. To cover its legal butt, Nokia has licensed patents directly from NTP. According to The Globe and Mail, a source familiar with the litigation between RIM and NTP suggested Nokia had "secured an insurance policy pending the outcome of the appeal", which is expected within the next few months.

More importantly, the move gives Nokia legal footing to begin the introduction of the BlackBerry service into its cellphones. Nokia's 6820 will be the first phone to ship with the BlackBerry service, expected to hit the U.S. in two to three months. Devices with the service have already been available outside the U.S.

The 6820 features a clamshell flip cover that turns the unit into a full QWERTY keyboard. Read more from CNET and the NTP press release, or a review from PDA Buyer's Guide.

doctorow · 06-16-2004, 08:58 AM

Maybe it is just me but I find the cell phone with a clamshell flip cover looks ridiculous.

sUnShInE · 06-16-2004, 11:11 AM

You're not alone there, but oddly, I'm kind of intrigued by it. I may run over to the AT&T store near my place and check out the earlier 6800 models.

06-15-2004, 10:21 AM	#1
sUnShInE Drama Queen Posts: 784 Karma: 11712 Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: United States Device: Palm Tungsten T\|T3	Nokia Blackberry A U.S. company that claims it owns rights to some of the key technology used in the BlackBerry e-mail products announced yesterday that it has reached a licence agreement with cellphone manufacturer Nokia. NTP Inc., a Virginia company that won a jury decision last year against Research In Motion Ltd. (RIM), maker of the BlackBerry, said its licence agreement with Nokia covers five U.S. patents at the centre of the legal dispute. As you may well imagine, this is huge news in the cellphone market. Nokia had been waiting patiently since late 2002 for RIM to settle its patent disputes with NTP before offering the BlackBerry service on its cellphones. But now it seems that Nokia is tired of waiting. To cover its legal butt, Nokia has licensed patents directly from NTP. According to The Globe and Mail, a source familiar with the litigation between RIM and NTP suggested Nokia had "secured an insurance policy pending the outcome of the appeal", which is expected within the next few months. More importantly, the move gives Nokia legal footing to begin the introduction of the BlackBerry service into its cellphones. Nokia's 6820 will be the first phone to ship with the BlackBerry service, expected to hit the U.S. in two to three months. Devices with the service have already been available outside the U.S. The 6820 features a clamshell flip cover that turns the unit into a full QWERTY keyboard. Read more from CNET and the NTP press release, or a review from PDA Buyer's Guide.

06-16-2004, 08:58 AM	#2
doctorow Guru Posts: 914 Karma: 3410461 Join Date: May 2004 Device: Kindle Touch	Maybe it is just me but I find the cell phone with a clamshell flip cover looks ridiculous.

06-16-2004, 11:11 AM	#3
sUnShInE Drama Queen Posts: 784 Karma: 11712 Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: United States Device: Palm Tungsten T\|T3	You're not alone there, but oddly, I'm kind of intrigued by it. I may run over to the AT&T store near my place and check out the earlier 6800 models.

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