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The integrated music player. Oh, and the touchscreen looks cool.

But, I'm most looking forward to the competition in the mobile OS space that this will touch off.

Well, it's nice to see that some comment writers stop to think before posting, since the original post writer forgot to. Engadget should probably impose a ban on giving legal opinions, since they are almost universally wrong when they do. Especially with patents, which apparently are automatically "dubious" just because someone is suing.

So, to be specific... I looked at the actual patent, rather than just the news stories. Andy's guess is correct - the patent was originally filed in 1996. Since it hasn't been litigated yet, I can't say whether there is prior art to invalidate it, but I can say with certainty that Paul Miller doesn't know either.

Another point on patents. A patent's validity isn't based on it's title. The patent's claims are what matters. So Alex's point about whether Bluetooth is "broadband" doesn't matter. The actual claims refer to a combination of filters and circuits that perform some function, but don't use qualitative terms like broadband.

Yup, that happened to me, too. Like everyone said, it seems to only cover the achievements I got in November. Everything else is about what it should be. (Except I have one achievement with no date on it at all. But I got that one in October.)

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