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HTC Is Paying Microsoft $5 For Every Android Phone

Posted by timothy on from the they've-reached-step-3 dept.

jcarr writes "According to Citi analyst Walter Pritchard, HTC is paying Microsoft $5 for each Android phone it makes. This may be related to a report from last year: MS and HTC sign patent deal. So now we can't even write a free OS?"

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  1. More than Windows Phone by leromarinvit · · Score: 5, Funny

    In related news, they are making more on Android sales than on Windows Phone 7.

    --
    Proud member of the Ferengi Socialist Party.
    1. Re:More than Windows Phone by VortexCortex · · Score: 4, Funny

      Imagine if they just started selling Linux directly...

  2. Re:So we now we can't even write... by toriver · · Score: 4, Funny

    according to Google Voice my girlfriend is my daughter.

    Try again without that Kansas dialect.

  3. Re:So we now we can't even write... by Alien1024 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Or maybe Google detects you're in Alabama and makes an assumption.