sori lupa nyantumin sumber.. http://m.gizmodo.com/5869507/htc-android-phones-are-being-banned-from-the-us-next-year On Dec 20, 2011 7:12 AM, "Andika Ikhsan" <[email protected]> wrote:
> lagi2 apple.. > siap2 taun depan ga ada lg htc cdma/global mode yg masuk indonesia. > > HTC Android Phones Are Being > Banned from the US Next Year > > By Casey Chan, Dec 19, 2011 5:53 PM > > Whoa. Apple just won a big court victory > against HTC that could force HTC to stop > selling its Android phones in the United > States. The United States International > Trade Commission ruled that HTC was > infringing on an Apple patent that effects > HTC Android devices running Android 1.6 > to 2.2. > > The devices that may be banned from being > sold in the US is basically a who's who list > of Android phones: Droid Incredible, Evo > 4G, T-Mobile G2, Nexus One and a bunch of > older Android devices. The patent that the > courts ruled HTC was infringing on > (#5,946,647) is potentially a big one. > > According to Fortune, who took a deep look > at the specific patent, it works like this: > When an iPhone receives a message that > contains a phone number or an address > — e-mail, Web or street — those bits of > data are automatically highlighted, > underlined and turned into clickable > links. > Click on the phone number, and the > iPhone asks if you want to dial it. Click > on the Web address, and it opens in > Safari. Click on the street address, and > Maps will display it. > > That's huge, not only because it's an > important feature in smartphones but > because it could mean Apple could go on to > attack other Android phone makers > because it's the OS that's infringing the > patent, not the hardware. However, if HTC > Android phones removed that feature > (unlikely) or implement it in a different way > (which we expect HTC to do), they could > keep on selling. And that's pretty much > what HTC expects to do, HTC, which has > responded to this decision with rainbow > colored unicorn tears, reached out to us > with this statement: > This decision is a win for HTC and we > are gratified that the commission > affirmed the judge's determination on > the ‘721 and ‘983 patents, and reversed > its decision on the ‘263 patent and > partially on the ‘647 patent. We are very > pleased with the determination and we > respect it. However, the ‘647 patent is a > small UI experience and HTC will > completely remove it from all of our > phones soon. > > Yes, the patent in question is a fixable > problem but I'd hardly categorize the > court's decision as a win for HTC. If HTC > doesn't fix this issue however, the ban on > HTC Android phones in the US is set to take > into effect on April 19, 2012. That's not > winning. > There are still some real moves left for HTC > to make to avoid the import ban (a > Presidential veto is an option) but this is > sure setting up for a major stateside war > (thermonuclear, even) between Apple and > Android phone makers much like with > what's happening with Apple and Samsung > Tablets in Europe and Australia . [ USITC, > Bloomberg, FOSS Patents , The Verge ] > -- "Indonesian Android Community" Join: http://forum.android.or.id =============== Download Aplikasi Kompas versi Digital dan Keren https://market.android.com/details?id=com.kompas.android.kec --------------------- Gunakan Paket Unlimited Data XL Mobile Broadband http://www.xl.co.id/XLInternet/BroadbandInternet -------------------- PING'S Mobile - Plaza Semanggi E-mail: [email protected] Ph. 021-25536796 -------------------- i-gadget Store - BEC Bandung E-mail: [email protected] Ph. 0812-21111191 -------------------- Toko EceranShop - BEC Bandung E-mail: [email protected] Ph. 0815-56599888 =============== Aturan Jualan dan Kloteran ID-Android http://goo.gl/YBN21
