“Samsung Electronics Co. is preparing to expand its tablet-computer lineup by using a new version of Microsoft Corp.’s Windows software as the South Korean company’s products built around Google Inc.’s Android operating system come under legal attack from Apple Inc.,” Evan Ramstad reports for The Wall Street Journal.
“The move is expected to be announced at a Microsoft developers conference in California next week, people familiar with Samsung’s plans said,” Ramstad reports. “The news came ahead of a decision expected Friday from a German court on whether to leave in place an order barring sales of Samsung’s Android-based tablets, pending trial next year of a patent case between Samsung and Apple.”
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Ramstad reports, “‘Samsung at least has to have a double bet rather than relying 100% on Android,’ said Chang Sea-jin, a business professor at National University of Singapore and author of a book on Samsung. ‘That will give them a bargaining position with Google and expose them to a broader group of customers.'”
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