Over on CNET, staff reporter Tom Krazit notes recent BlackBerry patent infringement opponent NTP's $612.5 million "war chest," and wonders what the patent-holder will do with all their money.

Krazit cites speculation that NTP (founded by the late Thomas Campana Jr., at right) might go after Microsoft, but analysts view that as knd of far-fetched.

NTP's first priority, Krazit cites analysts as saying, is that they should first firm up their defense of the patents they hold.

"Their first job is to go to work on the Patent Office," Gartner analyst Martin Reynolds tells Krazit. Then Krazit explains Reynold's view one NTP option: to ask the patent re-examiner to amend some of the claims in their patent to make them specific and get around the "prior art" issue that seems to have caused them big problems in the review process.

Reynolds then tells Krazit that the most likely end-game is that NTP will eventually dissolve and distribute its cash to its investors. He adds that if NTP founder Campana Jr. was still alive, he probably would use some of the cash to fund new product development.