Microsoft To Charge Phone Makers a Licensing Fee

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.

Re:You get what you pay for.

[LostCluster]

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

[adonoman]

There's an almost complete lack of hemoglobin in it.

Re:On the desktop, perhaps

[Nadaka]

It is windows, the occasional virgin sacrifice is required to keep the system uptime at 5 nines.

Re:On the desktop, perhaps

[adonoman]

At least the last computer I assembled has a bit, thanks to an excessively sharp case edge.

Re:finally!

[Comboman]

Doh!