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Microsoft to get $20 to $40 from every HTC Android phone sold?
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| A Bloomberg article has it that analyst Rob
| Enderle estimates that HTC, as well as
| other unnamed phone makers, may have to pay
| Microsoft $20 to $40 for each Android
| handset sold. Of course, analyst
| predictions can be (and often are) wrong.
| $40 per phone is way too much.
|
| Rob Enderle also says that âAndroid is
| going to fall off as an expensive and risky
| platformâ, unless Google manages to avoid
| paying that much money to Microsoft.
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http://www.unwiredview.com/2010/04/29/microsoft-to-get-20-to-40-from-every-htc-android-phone-sold/
Google Pays Microsoft To Sell Google Nexus One
http://www.ozcarguide.com/technology/cellphone-pda/2909-google-nexus-one-microsoft
HTC to pay royalties to Microsoft for Android phones
http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/htc-to-pay-royalties-to-microsoft-for-android-phones-1960687.html
Apple & Microsoft Benefit From Android Phone Success
http://www.ozcarguide.com/business-money/business-technology/2945-google-android-phone-htc
Verizon runs low on Droid Incredibles
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| Speculation has it that Verizon wasn't
| prepared for the onslaught of Incredible
| buyers who had been holding out for
| Google's Nexus One phones. Google last week
| indicated that it may not bring its own
| branded smartphone to Verizon, recommending
| Verizon consumers look at the Incredible
| instead.
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http://sanjose.bizjournals.com/sanjose/stories/2010/05/03/daily4.html
Video: A Peek Inside the HTC Incredible Phone
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| HTCâs small yet power-packed Incredible
| phone has already bagged a rave review from
| us. If you want to see more of the phone,
| hereâs a cool stop-motion animation video,
| via Engadget, that shows the unboxing of
| the Incredible.
|
| TechRestore, an electronics repair shop,
| has taken apart the Incredible and then it
| put all back together.
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http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2010/05/video-a-peek-inside-the-htc-incredible-phone/
Will Microsoft KIN Phones Lose out to HTC Droid Incredible?
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| The latest handsets from Microsoft the KIN
| One and KIN Two have now become available,
| but according to an article over on
| strategyeye, the Microsoft KIN phones may
| well lose out to the likes of the HTC Droid
| Incredible, and even the Palm Pre Plus and
| Pixi Plus.
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http://www.phonesreview.co.uk/2010/05/08/will-microsoft-kin-phones-lose-out-to-htc-droid-incredible/
Taiwan's HTC sees Windows 7 phone end of this year
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE63R11V20100428
Redmond vs. Android
http://rcpmag.com/blogs/doug-barney/2010/05/redmond-vs-android.aspx
BlackBerry maker punts Android tablet, plans BlackBerry OS tablet instead
http://venturebeat.com/2010/05/05/blackberry-tablet-killed/
Will RIMâs New Operating System Save It Market Share?
http://247wallst.com/2010/04/27/will-rims-new-operating-system-save-it-market-share/
Patent fights could change Google's Android pitch
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| Recent moves from Apple and Microsoft show
| that the big guys are not going to be shy
| about deploying their array of patents as
| competition increases.
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http://news.cnet.com/8301-1035_3-20003688-94.html
Recent:
Microsoft and Patents
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| Microsoft initially started this patent
| crusade about 3 years ago, and after the
| initial wave of accusations the Redmond
| giant seemed to slumber. All was well for a
| while. Sure, we all felt as though Novell,
| Xandros, and Linspire had sold their souls
| to Satan, but we didn't really care. There
| were no real effects of the deals seen.
| Microsoft claimed that 235 patents had been
| violated, but to date they have yet to say
| who violated those patents and in what way.
| To me, this seems like a massive FUD
| campaign.
|
| [...]
|
| Rather recently in the Microsoft crusade
| against Linux, Microsoft approached Amazon.
| The Kindle's embedded OS is Linux based, OH
| NOES! This leaves a striking pattern. As
| soon as you start making money with Linux
| software, and Microsoft doesn't get your
| money they attack you in some way. Amazon
| also paid Microsoft some money during the
| patent exchange, which raises my
| suspicions... If this kind of treatment
| continues, I hope that someone will have
| the ire to stand against Microsoft at some
| point, and demand that the accusations and
| the specifics of the violations and
| violators be made public. How can anyone
| comply if the information isn't made
| public?
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http://elevenislouder.blogspot.com/2010/04/microsoft-and-patents.html
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