Qualcomm has filed a lawsuit against Nokia based on the fact that Nokia has called Qualcomm on their BS licensing practices. Nokia makes their own CDMA chipsets which perform better than Qualcomm's chipsets when used with other Nokia hardware. What is so wrong about that?!?!? Nokia CDMA chipsets are FREAKING AWESOME!!!! This lawsuit was filed the day after Nokia and a few other cell phone makers filed a complaint with the EU regarding the fact that Qualcomm refuses to pay royalties on WCDMA chipset sales. Nokia and various other companies contributed a lot to the development of WCDMA and the only reason WCDMA was selected as a "standard" was the fact that Qualcomm stated they would "play nice" and not institute some of the same licensing practices they did with CDMA. They should be paying Nokia royalties just on the shear fact that the WCDMA technology relies heavily on GSM patents Nokia holds. And as to the comment about Nokia's Anti-Competitive ways and them imposing their rule... What planet are you from!?!?!? Nokia doesn't force the rest of the world to use their standards. Nokia devices support more file types and standards than most other devices out there. Before you post, please review the facts to make sure you don't come off looking like an imbecile.
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Qualcomm has filed a lawsuit against Nokia based on the fact that Nokia has called Qualcomm on their BS licensing practices. Nokia makes their own CDMA chipsets which perform better than Qualcomm's chipsets when used with other Nokia hardware. What is so wrong about that?!?!? Nokia CDMA chipsets are FREAKING AWESOME!!!! This lawsuit was filed the day after Nokia and a few other cell phone makers filed a complaint with the EU regarding the fact that Qualcomm refuses to pay royalties on WCDMA chipset sales. Nokia and various other companies contributed a lot to the development of WCDMA and the only reason WCDMA was selected as a "standard" was the fact that Qualcomm stated they would "play nice" and not institute some of the same licensing practices they did with CDMA. They should be paying Nokia royalties just on the shear fact that the WCDMA technology relies heavily on GSM patents Nokia holds. And as to the comment about Nokia's Anti-Competitive ways and them imposing their rule... What planet are you from!?!?!? Nokia doesn't force the rest of the world to use their standards. Nokia devices support more file types and standards than most other devices out there. Before you post, please review the facts to make sure you don't come off looking like an imbecile.