> Designing in-house means Apple doesn’t have to pay licensing fees to third parties to use their intellectual property. For instance, the A4 chip inside the iP

> Designing in-house means Apple doesn’t have to pay licensing fees to third parties to use their intellectual property. For instance, the A4 chip inside the iPad is based on technology developed and owned by Apple (not Intel, AMD or Nvidia). The operating system is Apple’s own, not something licensed from Microsoft or Google. Apple doesn't/didn't pay licensing fees to ARM or PowerVR for the A4 components? What exactly do you have to pay to Google to "license" Android? It seems like the author doesn't quite know what he's talking about.