Then again, perhaps HTC is not really trying to avoid the ban, but trying to avoid an infringement suit of its own.

I’d be curious to know if/how/why this product is really affected – from the first InfoWorld article Ghengis provided: “Broadcom asked the commission to ban all handsets with Qualcomm’s WCDMA and EV-DO chips, excluding smartphones, PDAs and laptop cards.”

I think the 7510 would certainly qualify as a PDA or smartphone…?

Genghis Khent: Thanks, now I understand why the chips are banned. I still don’t understand why US-based importers such as Dynamism ae not impacted by the ban, but I guess that is just one of the loopholes :-)

http://www.infoworld.com/article/07/06/07/US-agency-bars-some-Qualcomm-imports_1.html

What is not so clear (to me anyway) is the extent to which this ban affects 3rd parties like HTC and AT&T:

http://www.infoworld.com/article/07/09/05/HTC-to-use-Qualcomm-chips_1.html?HANDHELDS

http://www.intomobile.com/2007/09/13/us-itc-ban-on-qualcomm-3g-chips-put-on-hold-by-appeals-court.html

Hope this helps explain a bit.

The x7510 is listed on Dynamism’s site: http://www.dynamism.com/htc-x7510/main.shtml

Not being in the US I guess I don’t understand – Qualcomm can’t be sold in the US (why?) but the importers can sell it?

I suppose that Dynamism will be selling them.

It just seems wrong. James– Any recommended said importers? It seems that is going to be my route. Or maybe a trip to Canada?

Mwahahaha. Bribery goes far at U.S. Customs. Shipment blocked. Kendrick frustrated. Cane happy.

Hmmm, I may move into the export business!