Slashdot Mirror

← Back to Stories (view on slashdot.org)

Microsoft Wants $15 Per Android Smartphone

Posted by samzenpus on from the pay-up dept.

sfcrazy writes "Microsoft Corp has demanded that Samsung Electronics Co Ltd pay $15 for each smartphone handset it makes based on Google Inc's Android operating system. The software giant claims to own a wide range of patents used in the mobile platform. From the article: 'Samsung would likely seek to lower the payment to about $10 in exchange for a deeper alliance with Microsoft for the U.S. company's Windows platform, the Maeil Business Newspaper quoted unnamed industry officials as saying.'"

1 of 361 comments (clear)

  1. Microsoft Research by cgeys · · Score: 1, Troll

    You, Microsoft has a huge R&D division in the following subjects

    - Algorithms and theory
    - Hardware development
    - Human–computer interaction
    - Machine learning, adaptation, and intelligence
    - Multimedia and graphics
    - Search, retrieval, and knowledge management
    - Security and cryptography
    - Social computing
    - Software development
    - Systems, architectures, mobility, and networking
    - Computational and Systems Biology

    It's the largest one in the industry. They really do lots of research, and should enjoy the results aswell.