Just how much more productive it be to co-operate, cross licensing deals could be agreed on, think of the products that could be made if we could just,
Work Together!
How many projects never get off the ground, because someone says "but Apple /Nokia/etc do something similar".
Wait! I know a country that doesn't care a hoot about patents-China, Better watch out Steve Jobs, your running out of time!

Perhaps this is partly a game that has to be performed before all the cross licensing deals to come.

is apple now the enemy?

They are going to war with everyone's allies. That puts them firmly in the "evil dictator" role in my film.

Since all signs point to Apple not stopping its patent rampage (which seems to just target more and more manufacturers), why don't:

HTC
Google
Nokia
Motorola
Sony Ericsson
Samsung
LG

form a Stop Apple Consortium (SAC), pool their resources, and put Apple back in its place (last). I am sure that they could use some of the $40 B carrot that Jobs is waiving at them, temptingly. Cooperation is a Good Thing (worked during WWII, anyways).

Afterwards, they can start on Microsoft...

hopefully nokia wins so apple can take the phone out of iphone and just sell their gizmo as a touch device only or license from Nokia or even do cross licensing. at least apple and nokia are on the same grounds, but apple bullying a small company like htc. i wonder if htc licensed the gsm and other radio patents that nokia claims that apple didn't.

Come on, this isn't anything important, it's more like female mud wrestling.
It's catfighting with some bitchslapping thrown in.
You know, the kind where you stay and watch a bit, then go on with your life.
Because it'll go on forever anyway, and it's only for the gallery.