MS wants a piece of Andriod..

[mlin]

It's no secret that our patent system is a broken one. The fact that some of these patents (amongst others) were even put into place is ridiculous. I think amongst the most absurd is Apple's patent of "making a gesture on an image to unlock the device." Seriously!?!? Perhaps MS should have patented "touching the screen in any manner to unlock the device."

[sebo]

im still amazed HTC has to pay MS royalties for letting HTC put Andriod on their own phones..

if i were HTC i'd get back at MS by not putting wmobile on any of their devices, and only support Andriod.. MS would lose big time as HTC is their biggest wm distributor. HTC can do pretty good without wm imo.

so pretty much ANY operating system, whether it's for mobile devices or computers MS gets a piece of the pie, unbelievable..

[gTen]

Originally Posted by sebo

im still amazed HTC has to pay MS royalties for letting HTC put Andriod on their own phones..

if i were HTC i'd get back at MS by not putting wmobile on any of their devices, and only support Andriod.. MS would lose big time as HTC is their biggest wm distributor. HTC can do pretty good without wm imo.

so pretty much ANY operating system, whether it's for mobile devices or computers MS gets a piece of the pie, unbelievable..

Well you gotta look at this way, once wp7 fails epically M$ has to make money some how.

[boeman]

Isn't it possible that this is just a formality before taking aims at the iphone and ipad for infringment? it seems to me microsoft made a deal with their biggest partner in the smartphone business before taking that same shot at apple... they could be thinking of taking the same steps with their other partners (HP, Motorola, Samsung, etc.). couldn't it be possible that the royalty fee's are a negligable amount put in place so they don't look stupid before going after apple? This could be their first step in assisting HTC and other Android/WM partners in their fight with apple...

[orangekid]

Originally Posted by boeman

Isn't it possible that this is just a formality before taking aims at the iphone and ipad for infringment? it seems to me microsoft made a deal with their biggest partner in the smartphone business before taking that same shot at apple... they could be thinking of taking the same steps with their other partners (HP, Motorola, Samsung, etc.). couldn't it be possible that the royalty fee's are a negligable amount put in place so they don't look stupid before going after apple? This could be their first step in assisting HTC and other Android/WM partners in their fight with apple...

going after apple for what? they are already suing HTC...

[boeman]

patent infringment... my thought is MS is using the HTC licensing as a first step in firing at apple with patent infringment suit. This was made too public too quickly but at the same time very secretive in describing any patents infringed upon.

[mlin]

Originally Posted by boeman

patent infringment... my thought is MS is using the HTC licensing as a first step in firing at apple with patent infringment suit. This was made too public too quickly but at the same time very secretive in describing any patents infringed upon.

Interesting thoughts, I suppose we'll have to wait and see.

[p-slim]

Originally Posted by mlin

It's no secret that our patent system is a broken one. The fact that some of these patents (amongst others) were even put into place is ridiculous. I think amongst the most absurd is Apple's patent of "making a gesture on an image to unlock the device." Seriously!?!? Perhaps MS should have patented "touching the screen in any manner to unlock the device."

I definitely agree with this statement. I am a little upset that htc has to pay MS (even though it has nothing to do with me) but honestly as long as HTC keeps pumping out greatness I'm not worried. I was even going to be upset that htc wanted a piece of palm because they might have stopped developing for android.