Foxconn hasbecome Microsoft ’s biggest unmarried patent licensee . While that might not be surprising — the Taiwanese manufacturer produces an amazing 40 percent of the world ’s consumer electronic devices — the fact that the patent of invention are over Android might be .
In fact , Microsoft has long insisted that anybody making an Android gadget needs to license its patents . Somehow , it ’s by and large done a rather good job of convincing companies to act ball : LG , HTC , and Samsung all stump up , for illustration .
Now , Foxconn has fall apart and will be sending rather a lot of cash Microsoft ’s way , reports Ars Technica . Finer details are scant , but it is absolved that the Taiwanese company will give license fee for all of the Android and Chrome OS devices it makes — including smartphones , tab , and goggle box .
Consider that Foxconn makes Amazon ’s Kindles and Acer ’s phones — as well as all personal manner of other stuff without its name anywhere to be seen — and Microsoft has a nice fresh revenue flow . [ Ars Technica ]
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