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Networking: Feds calls BlackBerry essential
UPI ^ | November 14, 2005 | UPI

Posted on 11/16/2005 5:12:39 PM PST by 2Jim_Brown

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To: adamsjas
And we all know how well the instant photo business is doing these days don't we....

Polaroids are still used for a number of things, though digital is gradually replacing them. Actually, it's interesting that nobody's picked up any of the instant-photography stuff whose patents have expired. I would think there would be uses for some of it, though I have no idea what the raw materials costs are.

21 posted on 11/16/2005 6:23:26 PM PST by supercat (Sony delinda est.)
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I'm the go-to guy for Blackberrys at work. God I hate those damn things. As soon as someone gets one, they can't live without it. How the heck did we do anything before they arrived? I guess they are OK when they work. Problem is, they don't work more than they work. My dream is that they win the lawsuit and shut them down.

I'm serious.

22 posted on 11/16/2005 6:30:22 PM PST by linuxnut
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To: adamsjas

I'm sure this action by the Feds is just their way of letting the judge know that whatever remedy he prescribes, it should not include putting RIM out of business completely.

On a related note, maybe this is why when I installed the BlackBerry Enterprise Server software and 12 devices for a customer last month, Cingular gave us the $4000 software from BlackBerry for free.


23 posted on 11/16/2005 6:41:38 PM PST by RightFighter
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To: martin_fierro

"Treo 600, actually. "

I have a 650 - dunno how i ever lived without it!


24 posted on 11/16/2005 9:11:22 PM PST by adam_az (It's the border, stupid!)
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To: RightFighter

I'm weirded out that the US Fed Gov is totally reliant on a product from a company owned and run by furriners!


25 posted on 11/16/2005 9:13:09 PM PST by adam_az (It's the border, stupid!)
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I'm thinking about getting her the Palm GPS Navigator Bundle for it for Christmas.

Do you use a SD card with yours, and if so, what capacity? How well does it work? We have a 256 MB one and may upgrade to the 1GB.

26 posted on 11/16/2005 9:19:41 PM PST by martin_fierro (< |:)~)
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To: adamsjas
Sideways swinging on a swingset patent is one of my favorites. How many children out there can be sued for patent infringement... Oh, and if you look at the bottom of the granted patent application, licenses are available.
27 posted on 11/16/2005 9:19:51 PM PST by kingu (Draft Fmr Senator Fred Thompson for '08.)
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Sideways swinging on a swingset patent is one of my favorites. How many children out there can be sued for patent infringement... Oh, and if you look at the bottom of the granted patent application, licenses are available.

HOLD EVERYTHING... I have prior art! In the family scrap book... Me and my bro....

28 posted on 11/16/2005 9:33:08 PM PST by adamsjas
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To: martin_fierro

" Do you use a SD card with yours, and if so, what capacity? How well does it work? We have a 256 MB one and may upgrade to the 1GB."

2 gb sd card. For 2 reasons... 1) so move programs onto the card and out of main memory (theres a few programs to do this with), and of course for mp3 files i play with ptunes. :) I can also carry large work related docs like .doc and .pdf files on there, and save pics and video to the card.

I figured it was worth paying now for the 2gb card rather than get a smaller card now and another card later.


29 posted on 11/17/2005 6:21:23 AM PST by adam_az (It's the border, stupid!)
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To: martin_fierro

Oh btw, reason I have the phone period is that my job requires a lot of travel. For example, between now and the end of Jan I'll be in Portland OR, San Diego CA, Breckenridge CO, Pittsburgh PA, and Austin TX. A pda/phone is indespensible to a road warrior!


30 posted on 11/17/2005 6:23:02 AM PST by adam_az (It's the border, stupid!)
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To: 2Jim_Brown

Update:

US judge deals RIM blow in BlackBerry patent case

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - BlackBerry maker Research In Motion Ltd. on Wednesday was pushed closer to a possible shutdown of its U.S. mobile e-mail service after a judge refused to delay a patent infringement case and rejected a disputed settlement with patent holder NTP Inc.

U.S. District Judge James Spencer said he would request briefs and set a hearing date to deal with the remaining issues of injunctive relief and appropriate damages against RIM.

"Valid patents would be rendered meaningless if an infringing party were allowed to circumvent the patents' enforcement by incessantly delaying and prolonging court proceedings, which have already resulted in a finding of infringement," Spencer said in his ruling.

Still pending before Spencer is a request by NTP to move forward with an injunction that would halt U.S. sales of the BlackBerry and shut its service.

Spencer granted an injunction in 2003 after the patent-holding company successfully sued RIM in the U.S. District Court for Eastern Virginia, but the ruling was stayed pending appeal.

Waterloo, Ontario-based RIM and NTP, of McLean Va., reached the outlines of a $450 million settlement in March, but the deal fell apart over the details.

An appeals court in August scaled back an infringement ruling against RIM, but upheld some of NTP's patent infringement claims.

Shares in RIM were halted pending news. A RIM spokeswoman did not immediately return calls and e-mails seeking comment.


31 posted on 11/30/2005 3:21:42 PM PST by Spottys Spurs
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To: adamsjas

If you read the article correctly, which it appears that the headline writer did not, you see that the Feds consider the service essential to the use of the Blackberry ( well duh) ... NOT that the use of the Blackberry was essential to the government.


32 posted on 01/23/2006 7:00:04 PM PST by RS (Just because they are out to get him doesn't mean he is not guilty)
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