With just barely a week away from Microsoft’s big week it looks like they are trying to have another one. Reuters.com is reporting that Microsoft and Amazon have signed a patent deal. In this deal Technology such as Amazon’s kindle EBook reader will be shared with Microsoft. According to the article Amazon would pay an undisclosed amount under the terms of the Agreement.
This sounds like Amazon is taking the threat of the iPad pretty seriously. I didn’t think they would be worried about it but I can’t imagine why else they would need to do this. I wonder if Microsoft will add Kindle software to Windows Phone 7 & and make EBooks a Hub on the interface. Back in 2000 Microsoft had announced a deal where Amazon had selected Microsoft Reader as the preferred format for Amazon.com’s EBook store. Amazon also uses Microsoft technology for their Unbox movie service. So these two companies are used to making deals together.
Stay tuned as we search for more detail.
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