Thursday, 29 September 2011

Samsung to pay Microsoft licensing fees on Android, other manufacturers may as well (Appolicious)

Amid all the talk about Amazon’s new Kindle Fire tablet, a tidbit of news slipped under the radar that could have a pretty big effect on device manufacturers bringing smartphones and tablets running Google’s Android operating system to market.
That news is that Samsung has agreed to pay licensing fees to Microsoft on a large number of patents reportedly used in Android. Specifically, that means that while Google doesn’t charge device manufacturers to use Android, the days of it being

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