“HTC plans to ‘reevaluate’ its buyout out S3 Graphics now that S3 has lost its ITC case against Apple, the smartphone designer said in a statement Wednesday,” Electronista reports.
“The brief response didn’t give a likelihood but indirectly admitted that HTC had bought S3 solely on the basis of its interim patent win over Apple, which was just overturned this week,” Electronista reports. “HTC had been prepared to spend $300 million.”
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MacDailyNews Take: HTC are losers on many levels.
[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “Fred Mertz” for the heads up.]
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