Previous stories have talked about fees between $5 and $15, depending on what patents the manufacturer has that can be cross-licensed [1].
From what little I understand, it's essentially the same fee of $15 that Microsoft charges for each WP7 device, with the idea being not that Microsoft makes a significant amount of money from Android but that they make each manufacturer consider Android and WP7 equals in terms of up-front costs (with the hope that Microsoft can then offer a bit more to get WP7 signed up?).
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Previous stories have talked about fees between $5 and $15, depending on what patents the manufacturer has that can be cross-licensed [1].
From what little I understand, it's essentially the same fee of $15 that Microsoft charges for each WP7 device, with the idea being not that Microsoft makes a significant amount of money from Android but that they make each manufacturer consider Android and WP7 equals in terms of up-front costs (with the hope that Microsoft can then offer a bit more to get WP7 signed up?).
http://gigaom.com/2011/07/06/can-android-be-microsofts-next-...