OEM's and search engines participated because they did not know if the technology had sufficient uses and was something that they would be willing to pay for so they wanted to learn more about it. After meetings and seeing what it could do, they probably did some beta testing of their own and surveyed their customers as to "would you like your phone to do this or that?--would you be willing to pay for the convenience if it cost x,y, or z? It has been 1 1/2 years and, to our knowlege, there are no signed contracts as of today. I suspect, certainly do not know, that the bad Markman hearing result delayed everything and thus the ill timed Inno web site launch. Let's hope that the recent announcement is the beginning of more positive Nunchi news to come. I also believe that many on this board, and rightlly so, are so starved for news, especially anything positive, that we tend to cling to anything that floats by--most of us are, after all, almost drowning investors. We are still afloat, we have money in the bank and income and can still pull this thing out.

PS--please no comments about using metaphors--I do not critisize anyone else's style of communicating and as always if you do not like how I post don't read my posts.