The HTC One X and Evo 4G LTE
are notable devices for many reasons, but today they become notorious:
they’re the first devices to face an import delay at US Customs for
potentially infringing an Apple patent. We’ve learned today that the One
X and Evo 4G LTE are indefinitely delayed at Customs as the agency
investigates patent issues with Apple, and sources have further
confirmed that some shipments are indeed being held back. The One X is
also currently out of stock at AT&T’s online store and at most
AT&T retail stores we’ve called — and few had any information on
when more units would arrive.
Apple won a wide-ranging exclusion order
banning the importation of HTC Android devices at the International
Trade Commission last December — the ITC found that Android’s messaging
app and browser infringed upon Apple patent #5,946,647,
which covers automatically converting things like phone numbers and
email addresses into actionable links that open a menu of options.
