Android is under Attack

HTC is already paying a license fee to Microsoft for each Android phone sold. According to Reuters, Microsoft is now after Samsung to make them pay too. It is all about the patents Microsoft owns that give them the power to demand license fees for Android. An interesting report over at TechCrunch shows that Apple is indirectly helping Microsoft to maintain the edge over Google in terms of patents.

The recent auction of the Nortel patent portfolio reads like a high stake poker game. The report reveals that Apple supported a bidder consortium that includes Microsoft to win against Google in the bidding. Apple was bidding for the patents by themselves for a while, but then decided to stake a goup that includes RIM, EMC, Ericsson, Sony, and Microsoft. 

With the Nortel patents Google could have had a chance to counter the Microsoft push to charge license fees for Android. Now it looks like Microsoft is even in a much better position to get all major Android phone makers to pay license fees.

This license fee could evolve in a major problem for the growth of Android. Phone and tablet makers might leave Android and use either free OSes (MeeGo anyone?) or shop around at HP and yes, Microsoft.

Updates

OnLive Desktop brings the PC to tablets

Source: Berkshire Eagle Online

Sunday May 27, 2012 The touch-screen keyboard is similar, but there are a few changes from the native iPad keyboard, including the ability to use the "control" and "alt" keys as shortcuts to copy and paste. OnLive syncs easily to a Blue ...
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Microsoft vs Foss

Source: Term Paper Warehouse

Research Paper Microsoft and FOSS 4/23/2012 IT 302 Research Paper Free Open Source Software also known as FOSS has fared pretty good since the Microsoft posted a high-level summary of 235 patents that were ...
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Bell pushing Ice Cream Sandwich to the HTC Sensation 4G and HTC Raider 4G

Source: TalkAndroid.com

At last Bell customers rocking either HTC’s Sensation 4G or Raider 4G can join the Android 4.0 bandwagon after the Canadian carrier started the roll out today. The Android version is 4.03 which is skinned with sense version 3.6, it looks like you’ll have ...
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