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To: i-node who wrote (108979)	2/12/2011 2:16:05 PM
From: yofal	Read Replies (1) of 213184

You are, of course, wrong on both counts. AAPL charges a royalty to any manufacturer who wants to connect to the iPod. 10%, end of story. It seems it's a little more nuanced than that. The fee moved from the previous 10% charge to a flat $4/unit at the end of 2006 according to reports at that time. Reading elsewhere it appears there's a variety of technology licensing manufacturers can participate in depending on the patented ports they want to us, right up to the Made for iPod (MFi) program, which can net Apple as much as 25% of the retail price of the device. Given that these terms are officially hidden from public view by NDA, most of the info out there is hearsay at best.

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