Smartphone Patent Means Everyone Gets Sued

Iria · Jan 27, 2008, 02:01 AM

Source: Tech-Ex
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On Tuesday, the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) issued a patent on a "mobile entertainment and communication device." The description of the device:

a mobile entertainment and communication device in a palm-held size housing has a cellular or satellite telephone capable of wireless communication with the Internet and one or more replaceable memory card sockets for receiving a blank memory card for recording data directly from the Internet (more) ...

Sounds like a smartphone, doesn't it?

Jan 27, 2008, 02:01 AM	#1
Iria DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 7,275 Rep Power: 89	Smartphone Patent Means Everyone Gets Sued Source: Tech-Ex ________ On Tuesday, the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) issued a patent on a "mobile entertainment and communication device." The description of the device: a mobile entertainment and communication device in a palm-held size housing has a cellular or satellite telephone capable of wireless communication with the Internet and one or more replaceable memory card sockets for receiving a blank memory card for recording data directly from the Internet (more) ... Sounds like a smartphone, doesn't it?