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I'm keeping the score. ☑ HTC ☑ Samsung ☑ Acer ☑ LG ☑ Wistron ☑ Quanta ☑ Velocity Micro ☑ Onkyo ☑ General Dynamics ☑ View Sonic ☐ Motorola
by barredo 15y ago
I'm keeping the score.
☑ HTC
☑ Samsung
☑ Acer
☑ LG
☑ Wistron
☑ Quanta
☑ Velocity Micro
☑ Onkyo
☑ General Dynamics
☑ View Sonic
☐ Motorola
☐ Barnes & Noble
☐ Amazon?
- kprobst 15y agoI was sure that Amazon had acquired broad patent licensing from Microsoft vis-a-vis their use of Linux in general, but interestingly those licenses apparently DO NOT cover Android [1], which of course includes the Kindle Fire. it will be interesting to see how that turns out, but I would guess that if they already licensed X they'll be much more amenable to licensing Y from MS. [1] http://www.electronista.com/articles/11/09/30/kindle.fire.isnt.part.of.amazon.microsoft.deal/ http://www.electronista.com/articles/11/09/30/kindle.fire.is...
- bookwormAT 15y agoYou should add Google to the bottom of that list. Google releases one smartphone every year, and so far they did not sign any patent deal with Microsoft.
- r00fus 15y agoEvery Google phone (G1,Nexus,Nexus S, Galaxy Nexus) was made with a hardware manufacturer (HTC, Samsung, etc). - why add Google to that list?
- bookwormAT 15y agoGoogle might have the hardware manufactured by other companies, but I think Google ends up as the producer of each Nexus device. They completely design the software experience, they at least co-design the hardware, they sell the devices, and they are the one's supporting and updating them.