Is The #HTC / #Apple Patent Battle Significant? #android

It’s not a new thing for companies, mobile phone OEM’s to have a dispute over cross patenting issues. While the patents are older than the smartphone, the technology harks back to the handheld computer, PDA[personal digital assistant], remember the devices like the Apple Newton, or Pocket PC’s like the Dell Axim or the HP iPaq. A lot of what we see today, was built and patented way back when, for people not of that era, when tech mobility was, something we hoped to see become dominant, these old patents seem irrelevant. They are key though to the modern smartphones that we use today, and therefore highly valuable and protected by the OEM’s they originated from. Obviously it will be an ongoing saga, and whilst Microsoft’s handheld computer market dominated, the introduction of the iPhone changed the mobile playing field forever. Then Android hit the scene, and the playing field got broader, and it has brought the hardware manufacturers into the light of day. The contest for mobile dominance has evolved to a space where the device makers, propel innovation in the mobile ecosystem, as much, if not more than the software vendors.
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