[JManekia]

AT&T HTC One X shipments indefinitely delayed by US Customs for investigation of Apple patent infringement

[SultanJazz]

I've just finished reading this article. The patent system is really hurting us consumers and hindering innovation.

[Newtoandroid99]

Leave it Crapple to cry foul if someone else makes a smartphone. I'm glad to have gotten my one x exchanged before the store ran out of stock.

[Lenient Process]

But our lord and savior Jesus Jobs

Glad I got my One X last week. I've had an iPhone, and it (and my just-retired Windows phone) just pales in comparison.

Idiotic lawsuits like this don't solve anything. It just makes life harder on the consumer and creates a lot of extraneous BS that absolutely doesn't need to be there.

[corydorcutt]

Somebody needs to remake the classic 1984 Apple commercial, just all the drones are isheep tapping away at their iPhones and the runner throws a one X through a giant IPad.

[ogeneo]

I was considering selling mine, maybe it's time.

Price just went up a bit

[sparkomatic]

I hope software updates aren't indefinitely delayed too! haha

[nth_79]

Can anyone with an HTC One X check if HTC removed the option to select an action after clicking on a linked phone number?
See the following article for more info on how HTC thought they were going to avoid infringement of Apple's patent:

[jpb07]

Thankfully I got my order in last week and it went out after they received a shipment over the weekend. Less than 12 hours until it's in my hands

[Johnly]

I hope software updates aren't indefinitely delayed too! haha

Spoken like a true genius...hard to find these days...: )

[neoenigma]

Not only are these 2 little patent infringements minor squabbles... but Apple actually had 94% of the smartphone profits last year. Samsung with the other 5%. HTC is JUST now getting back into the game with an amazing phone (I know, I own it)... and Apple is like "NOPE, NO COMPETITION PLEASE."

I absolutely hate apple. Seriously. #(&%*# those guys.

[karmamule]

Can anyone with an HTC One X check if HTC removed the option to select an action after clicking on a linked phone number?
See the following article for more info on how HTC thought they were going to avoid infringement of Apple's patent:

I just went to a web page with a phone number, touched the phone number, and it took me immediately to the phone dial menu with that phone number pre-filled in, so no it did not provide me with an option to select an action, it just went to the default action.

[joerivera17]

Me too I hate apple , why don't Google/android sued apple for stealing the notification status bar and other stuff. I just don't get.

I hope it happens to apple when their new iPhone 5 come out! Having their fans get their new device until weeks after launch day.

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[mztiklimit]

I've just finished reading this article. The patent system is really hurting us consumers and hindering innovation.

Couldn't agree more. Software patents, like the one Apple is enforcing on HTC, are really slowing down progress.

[I Monarch]

I updated my international One X with the update they pushed out last night. That didn't change the interactions. I emailed myself a phone number and was able to click-to-call it still.

[newbey123]

Glad I already have mine. Had it a couple of weeks now and love it!

[rlb]

Don't all phones launch the dialer with the # filled in when clicking on a phone # in an email or web page?

[karmamule]

Don't all phones launch the dialer with the # filled in when clicking on a phone # in an email or web page?

I think the patent infringement was more specific than that. It had to do with the user touching a phone number (or e-mail etc) and being offered a list of actions from which to choose. HTC says that they've changed it to just perform a default action automatically, and they believe that resolves the patent infringement.

From the article nth79 cited:

"But to clarify, we were found to infringe the interface, not the functionality," an HTC spokeswoman said in an email. "So we will remove the bit that says 'Do you want to call this number? Save this number? SMS this number?' Each found data string will have a default action. A phone number will dial, an email will begin composing an email, et cetera."

I confirmed that at least on my AT&T HOX it is behaving as HTC said: if you tap a phone number on a web page it will just do a default action rather than offer you a list of choices, so it should not be considered in violation of Apple's patent.

[scorpiodsu]

If any of you guys are really paying attention, Apple probably has more lawsuits against them then any of the mobile companies. I don't agree with all this patent war stuff, but if they can be sued by everyone, why can they not sue? They had issues with their iPad and iPhone sales in other countries due to Samsung's lawsuit against them. So it's not like Apple is the only company doing it. They are all doing. I don't agree, but I cannot look at Apple as the villan just because it's a phone we want. They are doing the exact thing that others are doing. But each company has the right to protect what they believe is their intellectual property. Now whether it's actually theirs or not is a different story but obviously if a ruling is in favor of someone, then they could be right. I'm all for continued innovation, but when is it no longer innovation and just stealing? Like someone mentioned, Apple devices having the drop down notification is an example. If Apple was sued for this (if it actually was patented by someone), thats not hindering innovation, that's protecting what you one. These companies are in it to make money. If you owned a business and your competitors used your idea or something you create in the same capacity that you do, you'd be upset to. But because we're consumers here, we act as if the businesses should ignore it.

I wonder how much of the criticism has to do with us liking Android. For instance, if iPhone shipments were stopped because of a Samsung judgement, most people in here would applaud the courts and call Apple thieves and so forth. But because it's happening to an Android OEM, it's a point of criticism. Hmmmmmmmm.

Maybe the patent laws need to change. But that's a different conversation. Again, not that I agree with it, but I do understand.

[Johnly]

It's rediculous. Apple can suck a big fat one...

[Ry]

If any of you guys are really paying attention, Apple probably has more lawsuits against them then any of the mobile companies. I don't agree with all this patent war stuff, but if they can be sued by everyone, why can they not sue? They had issues with their iPad and iPhone sales in other countries due to Samsung's lawsuit against them. So it's not like Apple is the only company doing it. They are all doing. I don't agree, but I cannot look at Apple as the villan just because it's a phone we want. They are doing the exact thing that others are doing. But each company has the right to protect what they believe is their intellectual property. Now whether it's actually theirs or not is a different story but obviously if a ruling is in favor of someone, then they could be right. I'm all for continued innovation, but when is it no longer innovation and just stealing? Like someone mentioned, Apple devices having the drop down notification is an example. If Apple was sued for this (if it actually was patented by someone), thats not hindering innovation, that's protecting what you one. These companies are in it to make money. If you owned a business and your competitors used your idea or something you create in the same capacity that you do, you'd be upset to. But because we're consumers here, we act as if the businesses should ignore it.

I wonder how much of the criticism has to do with us liking Android. For instance, if iPhone shipments were stopped because of a Samsung judgement, most people in here would applaud the courts and call Apple thieves and so forth. But because it's happening to an Android OEM, it's a point of criticism. Hmmmmmmmm.

Maybe the patent laws need to change. But that's a different conversation. Again, not that I agree with it, but I do understand.

Reading intelligent posts like this gives me hope for humanity. Thank you.

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[ptm88]

HTC 'stealing Apple's patented innovation'? Apple clearly copied features from Symbian, Android and other OSes. Case in point, look at the slide-down notification bar in iOS. A CLEAR copy from Android. Then they stole the camera feature from Windows Phone.

Microsooft and RIM have been doing this clickable action well before the iPhone, it just happened that the patent trolls at Apple patented this process whereas others did not. Apple stole it, added a few changes and called it their own innovation. My old pocket PC from 2003 did this.

They have turned into the worst patent trolls in the tech business and they have become the company they said they never would be. This is why I sold my macbook pro and will never own an iphone or another apple product again.

SCREW YOU APPLE I GOT MY HTC ONE X, you didn't get us all!

[Droid800]

HTC 'stealing Apple's patented innovation'? Apple clearly copied features from Symbian, Android and other OSes. Case in point, look at the slide-down notification bar in iOS. A CLEAR copy from Android. Then they stole the camera feature from Windows Phone.

What camera feature? If you mean the shortcut on the lockscreen, that's been a feature of the iPhone for quite a while. (The gesture to do so changed recently though)

Microsooft and RIM have been doing this clickable action well before the iPhone, it just happened that the patent trolls at Apple patented this process whereas others did not. Apple stole it, added a few changes and called it their own innovation. My old pocket PC from 2003 did this.

Buy yourself a calendar and some reading glasses. Apple patented this feature in 1996.

They have turned into the worst patent trolls in the tech business and they have become the company they said they never would be. This is why I sold my macbook pro and will never own an iphone or another apple product again.

SCREW YOU APPLE I GOT MY HTC ONE X, you didn't get us all!

Overreacting drama queen much?


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[jpb07]

Apple ought to do like most other segments do and demand damages. Holding up product at Customs does nothing but hurt the end user. That is my issue with it and this episode has completely sealed my household off from anything Apple. As far as the patents themselves...they ought to just call it a wash and start over. All of them have stolen from each other BUT whereas Apple is holding up EUs over petty BS, the others have some fairly sizable claims (notification bar being a biggie.)

[Droid800]

Apple ought to do like most other segments do and demand damages. Holding up product at Customs does nothing but hurt the end user. That is my issue with it and this episode has completely sealed my household off from anything Apple. As far as the patents themselves...they ought to just call it a wash and start over. All of them have stolen from each other BUT whereas Apple is holding up EUs over petty BS, the others have some fairly sizable claims (notification bar being a biggie.)

Would you be saying the same thing if it was Google or Samsung in apples position. That is my biggest issue with statements like yours; you sure as hell wouldn't be saying that if it was any other company.

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