Switching to iCloud for Push Mail will not be a solution for users in Germany. Due to a patent lawsuit by Motorola (owned by Google), Apple and others can't off

Switching to iCloud for Push Mail will not be a solution for users in Germany. Due to a patent lawsuit by Motorola (owned by Google), Apple and others can't offer push [0]. The patent in question is European patent 0847654 [1], for a "multiple pager status synchronization system and method". I wonder if Apple could implement IMAP IDLE in the mail client? Since most mail servers and clients support IDLE for years, I don't think anybody could claim it's patented. [0] http://support.apple.com/kb/TS4208?viewlocale=en_US http://support.apple.com/kb/TS4208?viewlocale=en_US [1] http://worldwide.espacenet.com/publicationDetails/biblio?DB=worldwide.espacenet.com&II=0&ND=3&adjacent=true&locale=en_EP&FT=D&date=19980617&CC=EP&NR=0847654A1&KC=A1 http://worldwide.espacenet.com/publicationDetails/biblio?DB=...