Microsoft has plenty of cash lying around, even after the recent, unprecedented dividend payout, which was the second in company history. If they can set aside the millions it did to handle XBox360 console issues, it can weather this storm, too. It doesn’t sound like this lawsuit is strong, quite frankly.

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A little competition only helps the consumer. It sounds like Apple bowed to the pressure of the masses. An SDK for the iPhone by February of 2008? This situation has the potential to produce some high quality applications, especially since Google has already made their SDK available. I am tempted to wag my finger at Steve Jobs for not producing an SDK distribution promise earlier. The day after Google made its announcement would have been perfect.

Here’s an interview with one of the major players.

Guess who’s getting sued again.

A sign your getting a little bit too big for your britches.

You have to tip your hat to Google.  If they produce results after announcing the concept of developing open source programs for mobile devices, it could mean huge revenues in their future. There is possibility that consumers could benefit from cheaper costs because Google, in their collaborative effort with 33 other companies, are creating a set of standard applications and would make the licenses for them available to multiple service carriers and device manufacturers. Giving the license holders the ability to further develop the application could command quite a hefty price tag for the license itself. There is no doubt that this will open the door to advertising on mobile devices, but the potential for new and innovative applications will overshadow it.  Google could possibly set the standard for the mobile market as the mobile phone continues to evolve into a portable, small computer.