Excerpted from the V3, Friday (09/30/2011), licensing agreements with vendors that make Microsoft gets paid for every Android handsets sold, reputedly the range USD 5 to USD 10. No wonder they got a huge amount of money from Android although not intervene directly in its development.
Microsoft has just signed a licensing deal with Samsung, after previously by HTC, Acer, ViewSonic and others. For, although Android is made by Google, there are patents Microsoft is also used in it.
Microsoft's license agreements with several vendors to make Google's Android heat. Google accused Microsoft of squeezing the vendor to support the smartphone business is not growing, in this case of Windows Phone.
"This is the same tactic that we see carried on by Microsoft. Failing success in the smartphone market, they chose the legal measures to squeeze profit from the achievements of other vendors and impede innovation. We remain focused on building new technologies and partner support Android," Google said in a statement.
Realizing Android vulnerable to patent lawsuits, Google is in the process of acquiring Motorola's Mobility worth USD 12.5 billion. Dozens of thousands of patents in the field of mobile Motorola is expected to strengthen the position of Android.
