The fact that it went that long actually prevented Nokia from doing in the US CDMA market what they have been trying to do the GSM market with unlocked handsets. If they could have gotten those agreements earlier, we'd not be having conversations, as often, about unlocked devices (in the USA).

It doesn't matter though that you fight a long fight, only that you can. And considering the international scope of the IP patents in question that Apple is using, I'd not be surprised if Nokia gets some kind of settlement offer pretty quickly. Apple, speicfically Jobs, doesn't like when life gets in the way of what he plans.

This won't end like Nokia/Qualcomm - that was an argument over the basis of cellular wireless from several points (network, radios, transmitters, etc.) - this is one over how to apply those functions. And you can bet Qualcomm is watching this closely. Because in some of those cases with those GSM/radio patents, one side is held by Nokia and the other by Qualcomm. No mobile maker wins out from having to license one or the other here (another reason why Google wanted to go for white-space technologies here and abroad).

Multitouch, yea whatever. Call me when that injunction comes that says carriers cannot utilize Apple mobiles on their network due to patent restructions. Let's multitouch the possibilities there - and nope, there's no app for solving that one either.