Microsoft demands royalties for every Samsung droid made

06 July, 2011
Microsoft is demanding Samsung to cash in $15 for every Android phone sold to date on the base of using several of Microsoft's patents in these devices. HTC was the first company to give in to Microsoft claims...

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  • irwan92
  • tu2
  • 07 Jul 2011

Get real mr., 07 Jul 2011Overpriced androyd / listen dudeee. the n97 was for sale fo... morehahaha..what a funny..in what year ur living now? Is it still 2007? Halo dude dun compare the price with previous year..at that time android is just starting rising.so at the time will the android phone beat the n97? Just in ur dream if it can..

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    • vyga
    • nH{
    • 07 Jul 2011

    T-Base, 07 Jul 2011It's getting obvious that Microsoft is getting desperate in... moreare you joking? Microsoft is making millions and billions from windows and other products... They are not desperate for the money... But if one company (htc) is paying the royalties, then why the other (samsung) should not pay them?

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      • Get real mr.
      • pJm
      • 07 Jul 2011

      Anonymous, 07 Jul 2011East or West, Nokia is the best. Symbian phones are low-pri... moreOverpriced androyd / listen dudeee. the n97 was for sale for like 500-600 euros, and it turns out to be a piece of crap. i have it , got it second hand of ebay for 150 euros, and it's not worth that. i should have gotten an ideos x5 if it was available at that time. 800mh(overclockable to 1-1.2) compared to 460 ish of n97, 512 mb of ram compared to 128 of n97, i run opera mobile 11.1 on n97 and after 2-3 tabs it says out of memory. camera wise, i cant shoot hd, i cant scrool the menus like a duck across water with silky smooth action, on this ''mothership'' device n97. a big rip of. all for the price of 500 euros. LOL. now i can get an optimus 2x for 350 euros of ebay, or xperia arc for 300 euros, or motorola defy, or galaxy s, or galaxy s 2 for 380 euros, ...all of these phone kick ass when it comes to nokia, and at half the price. GET REAL.

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        • rebel
        • 0Ce
        • 07 Jul 2011

        Who make linux broke the low if yes not who use it.all is nonsense I wouldn't give them any penny

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          • Anonymous
          • L6G
          • 07 Jul 2011

          Anonymous, 07 Jul 2011East or West, Nokia is the best. Symbian phones are low-pri... morezte blade for 120$...

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            • rebel
            • 0Ce
            • 07 Jul 2011

            All because of huge success of wp7.and why samy why not Linux itself?

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              • rebel
              • 0Ce
              • 07 Jul 2011

              Anonymous, 07 Jul 2011East or West, Nokia is the best. Symbian phones are low-pri... moreBecause people prefer good phones not crapy phones

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                • Anonymous
                • PEq
                • 07 Jul 2011

                East or West, Nokia is the best. Symbian phones are low-priced. Why people buy high priced Android phones when they can get laptop on that price?

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                  • Ia9
                  • 07 Jul 2011

                  microsoft - We want 15$ on every samsung handset sold
                  samsung - stop begging and start doing something about W7 crap phones. Bluetooth, ringtones,zune,features........no one will give 15$ for these phones lol:D

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                    • Max
                    • Mvv
                    • 07 Jul 2011

                    So be it then. Here's my slap on the face of M$: Android phones will go on massively outselling WP ones even if every single one will cost exactly 15$ more that it's WP counterpart.

                    A good day to you too, M$.

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                      • T-Base
                      • PP$
                      • 07 Jul 2011

                      It's getting obvious that Microsoft is getting desperate in these Cut-Throat times when they are releasing so many &$%&# products...

                      Here's a tip Microsoft - Make some better products - Make your own money.

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                        • Anonymous
                        • PRW
                        • 07 Jul 2011

                        AnonD-9017, 07 Jul 2011Did it? Really? Did N97 really had multiple home screens? ... moreuse N-Desk for menu & use spbshell for homescreen. only N97 have 256MB RAM in Nokia Symbian^1 so it will happy.

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                          • arger
                          • Mfx
                          • 07 Jul 2011

                          This deal stinks. MS making pressure for samsung - mobile phone buyers will be charge to pay more :/

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                            • Anonymous
                            • PRW
                            • 07 Jul 2011

                            AnonD-9017, 07 Jul 2011Did it? Really? Did N97 really had multiple home screens? ... moreuse N-Desk for menu & use spbshell for homescreen. only N97 have 256MB RAM in Nokia Symbian^1 so it will happy.

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                              • AnonD-8103
                              • d@b
                              • 07 Jul 2011

                              might be because of the USB-on-the-go and microSD cards.. linux doesn't support NTFS or fat32 but samsung's linux based droids do..

                              just a guess... doesn't have to be anywhere near the real reasons..

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                                • Anshul
                                • uS6
                                • 07 Jul 2011

                                Yet Another Android, 07 Jul 2011You mean how Android imitated Nokia's multiple homescreens?... moreMultiple windows has *always* been an inherent part of almost all Linux distros...the same Linux that Android owes its heritage from. Get your facts straight.

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                                  • Anonymous
                                  • PBR
                                  • 07 Jul 2011

                                  Anonymous, 07 Jul 2011Windows Phone smartphones are not even in high demand and t... moreNo, Microsoft has joined android world and wants to collect $15 per android device sold

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                                    • Anonymous
                                    • mTW
                                    • 07 Jul 2011

                                    Anonymous, 07 Jul 2011Windows Phone smartphones are not even in high demand and t... moreObviously did not read the article lol, or even the headline properly.

                                    Try again.

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                                      • sielent_Sea
                                      • Px4
                                      • 07 Jul 2011

                                      this is another joke by microsoft.they have failed to win the battle and now they are claiming this royalty from samsung.this is really absert.the problem is that samsung has the revenue that makes jealous to misrosoft and apple.

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                                        • Anonymous
                                        • 0g5
                                        • 07 Jul 2011

                                        Windows Phone smartphones are not even in high demand and they're demanding for $15 royalty fee per handset?