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As reported on numerous sites this past week, Microsoft is collecting royalties on every Android-based smartphone that HTC sells. Back in April of 2010 Redmond signed a patent agreement with HTC entitling them to $5 in royalties per device, from Microsoft IP that is inherent in the package. Asymco’s Horace Dediu has calculated that Microsoft [...]

By Randy Giusto- The tablet business you can argue, was really jumpstarted by Apple but it’s about to get a big injection with over 30 models expected to be launched at CES in January, and over 60 new models in 2011. Projections are that this could be a 30 to 40 million-unit marketplace in three [...]

The following is an excerpt that I’d like to share from the “Android Economy,” a report I recently published that is available on the RaynoReport web site. I hope you enjoy it and if interested, you can find more details below this post! ________________ The Android Ecosystem By Contributing Analyst, Randy Giusto Introduction: Smartphone Transformation [...]

Last night Boston’s Vilna Shul hosted an event in its continuing Speaker Series, “Today’s Platform Preferences.” Talking about and debating Web and mobile platforms in a Shul was an interesting experience. That it was in a Shul in Beacon Hill, significantly noted for tracing the path of Jews in America, combined with the current 20th [...]