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   Yeh, well . . .

   

   gattaca, Nov 11th, 2005 @ 9:21pm

   
   

   What dogmatic group declared blackberry THE solution for wireless handhelds???

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   Why Blackberry over other solutions?

   

   Nonesuch, Nov 11th, 2005 @ 11:44pm

   
   

   What dogmatic group declared blackberry THE solution for wireless handhelds???

   There are plenty of wireless handheld solutions, but Blackberry has the most popular approach for "push" email... most other solutions, the handheld has to actively poll for new messages every X minutes, or use some sort of hack like the IDLE command in IMAP4 used by SnapperMail, etc.

   Additionally, in a corporate environment Blackberry Enterprise Server (BES) is arguably the most stable and scalable solution for rolling out wireless email to hundreds or thousands of employees. Competitors like "Good" just aren't good enough.

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   Re: Why Blackberry over other solutions?

   

   Mike (profile), Nov 12th, 2005 @ 11:42am

   
   

   The question isn't why Blackberry over other solutions, but why not have a backup plan, clearly knowing that Blackberry may need to be shut off.

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   Re: Why Blackberry over other solutions?

   

   Mousky, Nov 12th, 2005 @ 12:38pm

   
   

   You are overstating the impact of recent comments from the judge. Blackberry will not be shut off. It is not in NTP's interest to see an injunction. If Blackberry is shut off, then RIM would lose revenue, lots of it, which would make that huge windfall that NTP is looking for, less likely to happen. RIM will pay - and they know that. Most financial analysts are betting on a settlement of around $1 billion. Not a bad pay day for a company that makes no products and provides no services. Thank god for the patent system.

   Good read at Blackberry Surprise

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   Re: Why Blackberry over other solutions?

   

   Mike (profile), Nov 12th, 2005 @ 1:03pm

   
   

   No, I agree. There's no way it will be shut off (I think $1 billion is a bit high, but we'll see...). However, it's pretty clear that the gov't hasn't planned ahead in case it does happen -- which it absolutely could.

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   Feds To RIM: We Got Your Back, Just Keep The Crack

   

   Agitater, Nov 12th, 2005 @ 2:00pm

   
   

   . . . except that the U.S. Patent Office is has released its preliminary report stating that the NTP patent may not hold. The courts won't reverse a ruling against RIM based on a preliminary finding of the USPO, but logic dictates that if the USPO's own findings are now indicating a reversal the most likely winners in all of this will be the lawyers who counter-sure NTP when the USPO's final report favoring RIM is released (Two years from now? Three years?). Call Congress foolishly protective right now if you must, but the USPO has a hell of a lot to answer for because of reams of bad patents which been rescinded over the past ten years. The USPO is a rancid joke.

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   Feds To RIM: We Got Your Back, Just Keep The Crack

   

   Agitater, Nov 12th, 2005 @ 2:01pm

   
   

   . . . except that the U.S. Patent Office has released its preliminary report stating that the NTP patent may not hold. The courts won't reverse a ruling against RIM based on a preliminary finding of the USPO, but logic dictates that if the USPO's own findings are now indicating a reversal the most likely winners in all of this will be the lawyers who counter-sue NTP when the USPO's final report favoring RIM is released (Two years from now? Three years?). Call Congress foolishly protective right now if you must, but the USPO has a hell of a lot to answer for because of reams of bad patents which been rescinded over the past ten years. The USPO is a rancid joke.

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   Re: Why Blackberry over other solutions?

   

   Stoned4Life, Nov 12th, 2005 @ 9:09pm

   
   

   Since when has the government had a backup plan for anything??
   
   1. Create a Plan
   2. Execute the Plan
   3. Hope the plan works
   4. Pray the plan works
   5. Holy crap, the plan isn't working.
   6. OMG, what are we supposed to do??
   7. Turn to the judicial system and bend the law to suit your strongest and deepest desires... no, we're not legalizing child porn here.

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   Re: Why Blackberry over other solutions?

   

   Mousky, Nov 12th, 2005 @ 10:45pm

   
   

   Several analysts believe that the worst-case scenario for RIM is $1.5 billion. I read an "interesting" rant over at The Register that claimed that this was a David (NTP) versus Goliath (RIM) battle. Um, ya, RIM invests millions of dollars into a physical product and NTP invests zero into non-existant products and services. Gotta love patent blackmail. Why innovate when you can litigate?

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    RIM's stupidity is unbelievable

    

    dude, Nov 14th, 2005 @ 7:04am

    
    

    As far as I remember, back in 2002 when RIM was
    first sued by NTP and the court found RIM guilty of patent infringement, they were ordered to pay
    *only* 23 million bucks in damages ...
    Yet RIM decided to fight that court decision and
    here we go - the meter is at 450 mil now (at least) and counting...
    Talking about stupidity...
    

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