Microsoft To Charge Phone Makers a Licensing Fee

Posted by Soulskill on Friday October 1, 2010 @05:30AM from the how-magnanimous-of-you dept.

angry tapir writes "Microsoft may be one of the only remaining mobile operating-system providers that charges handset makers a licensing fee, but in exchange vendors get at least one important benefit: protection from intellectual property worries. 'Microsoft indemnifies its Windows Phone 7 licensees against patent infringement claims,' the company said. 'We stand behind our product, and step up to our responsibility to clear the necessary IP rights.'" In related news, Windows Phone 7 will be exclusive to AT&T at launch, and it seems Microsoft is counting on Xbox Live integration to be the "hook" that gets people interested in the new devices.

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Re:You get what you pay for. by LostCluster · 2010-10-01 05:42 · Score: 2, Funny

Microsoft will provide their army of lawyers to argue against that injunction. Sure, it's not a foolproof solution, but it's the best one money can buy.
Re:On the desktop, perhaps by adonoman · 2010-10-01 06:08 · Score: 4, Funny

There's an almost complete lack of hemoglobin in it.
Re:On the desktop, perhaps by Nadaka · 2010-10-01 06:24 · Score: 2, Funny

It is windows, the occasional virgin sacrifice is required to keep the system uptime at 5 nines.
Re:On the desktop, perhaps by adonoman · 2010-10-01 06:31 · Score: 2, Funny

At least the last computer I assembled has a bit, thanks to an excessively sharp case edge.
Re:finally! by Comboman · 2010-10-01 06:58 · Score: 2, Funny

Doh!

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