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Quote: Originally Posted by rcb771 I am a non techie, but I have two very simple questions. Here goes: 1. Would the Qualcomm rf360 allow the next iphone to talk and surf on Verizon; and 2. will the chip be included in the new dev…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Tallest Skil Samsung is the one producing the counterfeit adapters in the first place. I have both. In real life, they don't look very much alike. The Samsung one has a nice flange to grab h…
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Quote: Originally Posted by jungmark Sorry kdarling, but Apple isn't going to license iPhone patents. That's like Google licensing its search algorithm so it can use h264 patents. That is unreasonable. On the contrary, not only …
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Quote: Originally Posted by PhilBoogie PS tedious thing, to delete all the html stuff from your posts when quoting. Do you have the same issue when quoting someone else? Try clearing your cache. I saw the editor stuck sometime…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Tallest Skil 'ja even read his post? Please. Yeah, we did. It was not that different from wishes posted by others, like Marvin. Hey, some of these newbies could be somebody's father or mother. …
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Quote: Originally Posted by TheOtherGeoff That is your players list. It's demonstrably difficult to predict the long term future of phone makers, though. Eight years ago, who could have predicted the sharp fall of Noki…
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Quote: Originally Posted by jungmark I'm pretty sure Apple isn't confused. SEP holders should not demand cross licensing for non SEP. that demand is not FRAND. While it doesn't have any pricing structure, it's pretty obvious you can't …
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Quote: Originally Posted by Gatorguy That's what I understand too from researching it for myself. Qualcomm charges an on-going per-finished device royalty, currently estimated at something north of 3% of the bill of materials plus a on…
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Quote: Originally Posted by jragosta I see. So when it's Cadillac, they get a portion of just the component involved. But when it's Apple, they get a portion of the entire device. Can you say 'hypocrisy'? I can say, …
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Quote: Originally Posted by Chris_CA SEPs are decided by a standards organization, not a company. Samsung/Apple/Nokia/whoever don't simply say, "this is now SEP/part of the standard". Actually, usually they do simply registe…
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Quote: Originally Posted by jragosta Right. So if a Qualcomm chip is used in a Cadillac because of their OnStar handsfree connection, then they get 3.3% of $50,000? I don't think so. Qualcomm would get 3.3% of the OnStar …
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Quote: Originally Posted by wohjion12 After the success of the 3G/3GS/4, Samsung made the unilateral decision to invalidate the contract that Infineon had for the patents, Perhaps you're thinking of Qualcomm. Infineon c…
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Quote: Originally Posted by macaholic_1948 Net sales. Not gross sales. Of the licensed product. The licensed product, in this case, is not the phone but the chip. No sir, it's based on the entire device. This is an indisputable…
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Quote: Originally Posted by jfc1138 Except Samsung was asking for substantially MORE (approx. $16 per) then the purchase price of the chip itself (approx. $11 per) which was being purchased by Apple from a company that had already lic…
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Quote: Originally Posted by jragosta I wondered what kind of bizarre argument you'd come up with. You didn't disappoint - that it truly bizarre. It's understandable that you're confused, since this piece has rarely been mentione…
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A couple of historical notes: Quote: Originally Posted by AppleInsider Samsung somehow managed to convince the ITC that Intel's license was only valid in the United States, and that Intel's American sales of Infineon chip…
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Quote: Originally Posted by drblank What I crack up about is that Google wasn't the first Internet search engine, nor were they the first mapping program, and a lot of the ideas in modern smartphones and tablets stemmed back from the …
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Quote: Originally Posted by RedGeminiPA When you factor in custom UIs from the various Android manufacturers, features are a scattered train wreck from brand to brand. Good luck getting a feature you love between the various options w…