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Microsoft believes that every Android device manufacturer earns money by using their patents, and therefore seeks to enter into licensing agreements with each of them to avoid lawsuits. Also this way they can earn money from what is often naively believed to be "pure" Google product that is based on open source software and Linux.

Vertu Ti is the new luxury unit from this manufacturer. This is the first model with Android, and comes with a whooping price is $9,600 just for the Starter Edition. And what’s the most interesting; this phone is not best at anything. For those of you that are not familiar with Vertu they are a company that makes outlandish and impractical luxury phones. Originally these were Blackberry only, but now the luxury company is moving into new waters.

A gaming tablet called the WikiPad will finally go on sale this spring at a price of $249. The WikiPad Company unveiled the first prototype of this tablet at last year's CES in a 10 inch version, but this tablet has never been on sale.

Many of us are eagerly await the launch of Samsung's next top model from the Galaxy S line, called as expected the Galaxy S IV. Although it is evident that the launch of this device will come soon; the site SamMobile claim to know the exact date; from unofficial sources, of course, familiar with the plans of the company. [The launch of the S IV was talked about last year and many thought that Samsung would shot it off at CES 2013 and not wait until after the Mobile World Congress – Ed]

Google should unveil Android 5.0 Key Lime Pie at the Google I/O conference which will be around mid-May. At the same time it is expected they will launch a new smartphone, the Motorola X Phone. This is a phone that many rumors have been circulating about for quite some time. The rumors started as far back as the original announcement of the purchase of Motorola by Google and have grown since then.

After the smartphones presented at CES, Sony has a tablet from the Z Xperia product line in preparation. Official information on the specifications is still missing, but unofficial ones indicate a very competitive hardware worthy of the Xperia Z mark.

Market analysts are forecasting significant growth in expected shipments of tablets during this year. According to the analysis, this year between 170 and 180 million tablets will be sold worldwide, while supplies last year amounted to about 130 million.

Canonical has introduced a new version of Ubuntu, specifically designed for use with smartphones. This is an interesting move and shows Ubuntu’s desire to push into a wider market. A demonstration of the OS's ability is planned soon and will be performed on a Samsung Galaxy Nexus.

The Russian team from Dr. Web today announced they have spotted a new Trojan for Android, which they named Android, well TheAndroid.DDoS.1.origin. It's not clear how the Trojan spreads - it is assumed that the authors use social engineering; affected users thought that they were installing legitimate software from Google on their smartphones. This is a very common tactic in the relatively open Google Play store and has been one of the problems that both Apple and Microsoft have used against Google in their battle for smartphone supremacy.

It looks like Acer plans to launch a new tablet. The unit price of this new tablet should not exceed $ 100, which will align the device with the cheapest Android tablets that are out on the market. However, a low price does not mean that the device itself will be bad; on the contrary it's a pretty decent bang for buck.