When the Nortel patent deal is approved they would double up on the $15. Wondering what counter strategy other than pay up are Samsung and other Android handse

When the Nortel patent deal is approved they would double up on the $15. Wondering what counter strategy other than pay up are Samsung and other Android handset vendors pondering. At this point it just sounds like the OHA will have to do patent pooling and go head to head against leeches to either get a very favorable deal or not have to pay anything at all. Google+TI+Samsung+Sony and the 80 others (ZTE has LTE patents for e.g.) must have enough patents to realize something like this. It would be terminally bad for Android if instead of paying the ever increasing royalties to MS, vendors just chose to ship WP7 instead. And WP7 is fast getting near more than good enough. The game could change in Microsoft's favor with Nokia at MSFT's disposal sooner than we think. EDIT : S3 was bought by HTC, and they have a successful claim against Apple. Hmm.