Summary: Microsoft has had trouble convincing to switch to Windows Phone people. Remarkably, the company most profit from another operating system. Android provides Microsoft this year about $ 3.4 billion.
Despite the difficulties to convince users of Windows Phone Microsoft deserves well to mobile devices. Thanks to several patent agreements namely Microsoft earns about $ 8 per Android device. This would Microsoft in 2013 can provide.
a cool $ 3.4 billion
Windows Phone’s market share remains very limited. (Chart: NetMarketShare)
this is not entirely new. Microsoft earned hundreds of millions of dollars in Android devices since 2011. These gains are the result of patents. Sellers who do not want to pay, should the fight go.
to courtHoweverIt is not the main objective to win in court. In recent months, Microsoft has different manufacturers can convince the court are often more expensive than paying the patent licensing.
Only Motorola Mobility, a division of Huawei and Google remains today spared the tax on intellectual property. “This is the same tactic that we see each again at Microsoft. Instead of great new products to make them prefer to attack the competition. In this way, only Android devices more expensive for consumers, “said Google spokesman Matt Kallman to Dow Jones Business News.
In the current legal climate, many large companies use patents to fight against competitors.
About Evi Maquoi
Evi Maquoi already from childhood interested in anything that has buttons. Previously she was hooked on her Nintendo 8-bit game console, today she can not live without her iPhone. As computer and gadget freak she follows all the technology closely.
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