I was under the impression that those were all WLAN, GSM and UMTS patents relating to the radio equipment. Hardly 'distinctive features' on the same level as accurate multitouch on a glass screen.
Every technology that's newly introduced into the mainstream is distinctive at first. I don't see LEMS or NMT phones around anymore.
Yeah, multitouch on a glass screen, that's the killer feature that will make mobile phones popular.