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In the last few years the smartphone has become the latest ''must-have'' gadget. Industry experts predict that smartphones will make up 45% of the UK mobile phone market in the next three years. With such rapid growth companies are working flat out to get a foothold in the market, and each new release promises (like the new Vivaz) to be the long-awaited ''iPhone killer.'' Yet, for all the competition and advertising campaigns, legal proceedings in the US are indicating that the biggest threat to Apple''s supremacy might just be itself. The major problem with the smartphone industry is that the handsets they are creating are designed to do just about everything. This means that they are not just competing technologically with other players in the industry, but with major players in other industries as well. Having said that the largest battle over smartphone technology is firmly entrenched within the mobile phone industry. Nokia, the Finnish manufacturer of phones and the largest smartphone operator in the world, has launched a series of lawsuits against Apple claiming infringements of patents on all sorts of devices. Unbowed Apple immediately launched a counter-claim for thirteen patents that Nokia had infringed on the iPhone. That case is as yet unresolved and some experts suggest that it will be impossible to reach the bottom of. At the same time Kodak has filed lawsuits against RIM (the maker of the Blackberry) and Apple for infringements of patented technology used for viewing pictures. Kodak states that it has been trying to reach an amicable agreement with the two companies for years, but that things have now gone too far. This lawsuit may be more serious for the two companies. Kodak has already won a similar claim against Samsung for issues related to camera phones. This suit in particular is a clear example of massive companies in different sectors being drawn into conflict over the smartphones attempts to do everything at once. If Kodak wins, it will not mean the end of the iPhone or the Blackberry, merely that Apple and RIM will owe significant sums of money which may have an impact on the future price of their products. The smartphone market is expanding all the time and companies are constantly innovating to try and get an edge. New areas of technological development are always a legal minefield, and this is no different, but until all the legal disputes are resolved if you''re looking for a smartphone, it might be a good idea to consider options that aren''t the Blackberry or the iPhone.
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Porter Ivrin is an expert in communications technology and recommends the new Sony Ericsson Vivaz mobile phone.
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