Nokia Sniffing Around Sidekick Territory with New Patent App

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I said it before at PBD, and elsewhere - if Nokia could/would get into the DangerOS game, that would be just sick. They make good quality stuff. Though what I am thinking is the first magnesium or aluminum Sidekick - from them.

Sneaking a peek at a patent application by Nokia shows the company slipping into me-too territory, doodling an application to the U.S Patent Office that looks surprisingly like a T-Mobile Sidekick. Supposedly sidestepping any danger of patent infringement is one notable difference: an odd crank-like device on the side that must be turned to open up the screen, with a half-turn revealing the QWERTY keyboard nestled underneath. Too much like a sidekick to be a separate patent? Nokia knows what it's doing, but this could still end up more as a court decision than an actual product.

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