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HTC just lost a big lawsuit with Apple, and they are now forced to stop selling their Android devices running Android 1.6 to 2.2. They are banned due to Apple’s patent, #5,946,647, ruled by the United States International Trade Commission.

Fortune states that, “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.”

Because this feature is used in a lot of other smartphones, it can lead to Apple placing lawsuit on other companies too. Now it’s up to HTC to fix this problem; if not, their Androids will be banned in the US.

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aww that sucks for the HTC people :s


That is a big loss. Hopefully, they will come to an agreement otherwise users won’t be happy as well. 


this is really bad! Hope HTC fix this soon or they Lose a lot


wow this sucks for htc… hope everything ends up well for them


Too bad for HTC - hope the company fixes the problem since it would be sad to see their phones be banned in the US. Plus, the company would lose access to so many potential customers. 



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