Does Android Make Microsoft More Money Than Windows Mobile?
Oct 25, 2011, 19:00 (3 Talkback[s])
"Microsoft just announced yet another Android patent licensing
deal, the tenth such deal they have announced with Android phone
and tablet manufacturers. The latest to pay Microsoft for use of
patents that Microsoft claims Android uses is Compal. a 28 billion
dollar a year manufacturer of phones, computers and tablets. Compal
joins names such as Samsung and HTC in paying Microsoft to use
Android.
In fact according to this article according to Goldman Sachs,
Microsoft may realize almost a half a billion dollars from Android
licensing fees. That is more than they will make on Windows mobile
phones!
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