[From Stephen Trew] MG Siegler points out some important news that slipped under the radar today. Microsoft have struck a deal (forced) Samsung to pay them for using Android. This will impact all the Android vendors - including Amazon. Expect to pay a pound or two more for that Kindle Fire next year."Buried under the massive Kindle news is something arguably more important: Microsoft just got Samsung to pay them to use Android. This means that two of the major Android OEMs (Samsung and HTC) now pay Microsoft to use the “free” Android OS. The third (Motorola) was just bought by Google. Think about that for a second." More after the jump
