If a new report from Vr-zone.com is accurate, Microsoft could very well be shooting itself in the foot when it comes to marketing their Windows RT (formerly 'Windows on ARM' or 'WOA') tablets. The report states that Microsoft is charging $85-90 per license with $85 being the most common price quoted.
The damning part of this is that iOS devices pay no licensing fee as they are entirely proprietary products from Apple and Google's Android
OS which is free (
well, almost), and we have seen how high Android tablets have been aggressively priced. For Microsoft to demand an $85 fee per device puts a major damper on the ability for vendors to achieve low price points that will make the devices attractive alternatives to other tablets, notebooks and convertibles on the market. The source claims that they obtained their information by speaking with vendors at Computex in Taipei; Microsoft typically remains quiet on its pricing for OEMs.
