Is the Motorola Xoom – a Google Android-powered tablet – ready for business users and channel partners? David Courbanou, my peer here at The VAR Guy, wasn’t all that impressed with early Xoom 2 chatter. But I’ve spent recent days using the original Xoom. iPad lovers cover your ears: I believe the Xoom tablet has something to offer the business world.
Did you know Microsoft gets a nice slice of Android pie every time a handset or tablet maker ships and sells an Android device? Thanks to Microsoft patents, by the end of Microsoft’s 2012 fiscal year it stands to make about $444 million in revenue just from royalties. Microsoft essentially makes money simply by letting HTC, Samsung and other companies churn out Android phones. But are manufacturers now looking to switch to Windows Phone 7 as a way to avoid the Microsoft patent royalties and better compete in the marketplace? Possibly, at least with HTC. Here’s what we know …
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