I've had what I'd call a "semi-smart phone" since I had the Sony Ericsson T68i. It was the first phone I had with Bluetooth. I don't remember exactly when I got it, but after that, I got the Motorola V600 for a couple of weeks. I really didn't like that phone, so I returned it and then got the Sony Ericsson T637. I got that phone about a year ago. During that time, I've also had a Palm Treo 600 and a Palm Treo 650. Those were easy to use because they have the Palm interface.
But, I just recently got a Nextel Blackberry 7520, and I love it. The phone is great, it uses email push technology, walkie-talkie, and bluetooth! I do have a few complaints about the size of the handheld, but it works. Just when I get one, I see this article about some Arlington, VA based company called NTP, that can displace Research in Motion from the United States. NTP has also settled with other wireless push companies including Good Technology, of Santa Clara, California and Nokia of Finland. NTP is an intellectual holding company that was incorporated to hold the patents of Tom Campana who developed a push wireless communications system.
This is an interesting legal case because, they were offered 450 million dollars and turned it down, 75% of RIM's revenue comes from the United States, and I would say that every lawmaker and/or their assistants here in Washington have one. So, if they want to side with NTP, and do the right thing, they'll have no email as they know it now. To further confuse things, Verizon and Microsoft are also shortly entering the fray by providing their own email push clients.
Posted by yakuza at June 10, 2005 01:34 PM | TrackBack