There are companies I talk with that are absolutely livid.

Max is absolutely livid that these companies have not followed through with their promises. We have been assured by the host committee that folks are going to get paid.

The only question is whether the judge may allow the case to drag out a bit further or whether he's going to force some action this spring.

RIM reached 1 million subscribers in February 2004 and surpassed 4 million by early November 2005. RIM expects to surpass 5 million subscribers before the end of February 2006, assuming [the judge presiding over the patent infringement case] does not issue an injunction before then.

They should be in a position to defend their niche petty well. But the market is growing in new directions and there's a lot of other mobile devices now.

The Z22 is a fairly strategic product, ... The goal is to bring new users into what they call the 'Palm economy' in the hope that, in a year or two, they may upgrade to a more fully featured model.