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To: Cogito who wrote (5247)	6/15/2011 10:54:08 PM
From: zax	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 32692

Ouch! $608 million, plus 1% royalty on all* iPhones to Nokia ($138M per quarter). I hope Apple does better with their lawsuit against Samsung -- ROFL.* Apple Inc. (AAPL) to Pay Royalty to Nokia Over Patent Settlement touchreviews.net On Tuesday an analyst at Deutsche Bank estimated that Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) would be paying out approximately 420 million euro ($608 million) lump-sum payment to Nokia upfront, after a settlement was reached for an ongoing patent litigation suit between the two companies. Based on earlier settlements pertaining to the tech industry, Nokia is expected to receive a 1 percent royalty rate on all iPhones sold through the first quarter — 110 million phones at an average selling price of $550. Ultimately, after the original lump sum paid over to the Finnish company, AAPL will be paying out about $138 million every quarter. Nokia recently announced its partnership with Microsoft to bring Windows Phone OS to Nokia’s devices. This has caused a dip in Nokia’s smartphone shipments as users are expecting new handsets to be revealed soon. A report from Japanese analyst house Nomura, said that Nokia was so far behind in terms of sales and production that Apple and Samsung would surpass them in smartphone shipments this quarter. Nokia is under a lot of pressure to make their OS transition quick and painless, so that they can regain lost time and money in the smartphone market. Apple’s royalty payments to Nokia will certainly help the company as they continue to improve their services and transition to a new operating system. Robert Cozza, mobile devices analyst at Gartner, spoke about Nomura’s predictions: In 1Q11 Nokia smartphone sales were double those of Samsung, so it seems optimistic to see this overtake in 2Q. If Nokia’s new Symbian devices will fail with consumers over the next couple of quarters then we could see this overtake from Samsung on Nokia happening in 3Q. At this point, with much speculation and markets analysis, it is unclear where Nokia is headed with their phones and if they will ever be able to capture the market as they once did, but one thing is for sure, royalty payments from Apple will certainly give the Finnish giant a boost.

To: Cogito who wrote (5247)	6/15/2011 11:28:51 PM
From: Stock Puppy	Respond to of 32692

It all depends upon the answer that you do want. Might as well divide by zero. Very carefully, please. Sometimes it's hard to let go. Fixation is difficult to fix. I break into song : Mamma mia, here I go again My my, how can I resist you? Mamma mia, does it show again? My my, just how much I've missed you Yes, I've been brokenhearted Blue since the day we parted Why, why did I ever let you go? Mamma mia, now I really know, My my, I could never let you go. Sylvester, let go. We'll catch you, honest!

To: Cogito who wrote (5247)	6/16/2011 5:46:37 AM
From: sylvester80	Respond to of 32692

BREAKING..Android Catches Up iOS in App Revenue: Millennial [OH MY GOD!! While Android continues to rocket, Apple's iOS continues to lose massive share, both in revenue, market and ad impressions] By: Clint Boulton 2011-06-15 eweek.com Millennial Media said Google's Android operating system is catching up to Apple iOS in application revenue. Android also retained its 53 percent ad impression share for May. Rate This Article: Google's Android platform has nearly caught up to Apple's iOS in application revenue on Millennial Media for May, according to the mobile ad network. iOS accounted for 45 percent of the application revenue in May [down from 50% in April], while Android followed with 43 percent sales share [up from 39% in April]. That marked a closing of the gap for Google, whose platform commanded 39 percent of application sales, compared with Apple's 50 percent figure in April. Millennial expects Android's application revenue to rise with the proliferation of more paid applications on Android devices. "We expect Android to start to steal share from Apple as developers start to create more applications for the Android platform to take advantage of the high volume of customers who have shifted to Android devices," Millennial noted in its June 15 Mobile Mix report. More than 100 million Android devices have shipped, with over 200,000 applications available in the Android market and almost 5 billion installed at this point. As in April, Android smartphones racked up 53 percent ad impression share. iOS corralled 27 percent impression share, down from 28 percent in April and 31 percent in March. RIM grew 6 percent impression share from April to hit 17 percent, thanks to a boost of impressions from the BlackBerry Curve on Millennial's network. Windows Phone 7 impressions grew 92 percent from April. However, this isn't saying much as phones based on Microsoft's vaunted new mobile OS accounted for only 1 percent of the smartphone OS mix on Millennial. Impressions for connected devices are up 190 percent from last year, prompting Millennial to count connected-device impressions for the first time. MP3 players or mobile-gaming devices accounted for 70 percent of impressions on connected devices, followed by the iPad with 29 percent growth month-over-month, and 1 percent for e-readers and other machines of their ilk. As for individual devices, the iPhone maintained its position as the top phone on Millennial, sporting a 30 percent share. Samsung is No. 2 with 13.5 percent share on the strength of its Galaxy S phones, followed closely by RIM at 13.3 percent and HTC—which, with 11 percent, took fourth place from Motorola Mobility on the network.