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Patents involved:

-Patent number 6,895,256. Combining several camera functions in a single chip (iPhone, iPod Nano, MacBook, MacBook Pro and MacBook Air).

-Patent number 6,714,091. Energy saving in mobile phones (iPhone).

-Patent number 6,34,181. Is about saving space within a mobile device by combining building of antennas and speakers in a way that allows both saving space and good sound quality. “Using this innovative speaker arrangement, Nokia is able to make some of the world's smallest and lightest mobile phones, while still providing excellent hands-free operation and speaker audio quality”.(iPhone)

-Patent number 6,518,957. Switching screen off when phone is placed close to cheek, I.e proximity sensor in a telephone. (iPhone).

-Patent number 6,262,735. Method about higlighting telephone numbers and web addresses in SMS messages and allowing simple click for connecting to these. (iPhone, iPod Touch, MacBook, MacBook Pro, MacBook Air, iMac, Mac Mini and Mac Pro).

-Patent number 6,073,036. Touchscreen keyboard that enlarges the letters when they are pressed. (iPhone and iPod touch).

-Patent number 6,924,789. UI and hardware related patent about highlighting and choosing items from a graphical options menu. (iPod click wheel) LOL !


Personally, these seem just about as silly as Apple's claims in the last round. Basically a legal pressure tactic to use as bargaining tool in negotiations about the GSM patents that started the whole mess.