Patent Protection Key to Windows Phone License

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Microsoft may be one of the only remaining mobile operating-system providers that charges handset makers a licensing fee, but in exchange vendors get at least one important benefit: protection from intellectual property worries.

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Seems like a mistake to me. Less handsets, less potential sales as a possible result. Can they match the numbers Android has? Doubtful.

Not only are they late to the game, but handicapping themselves.
 

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