Microsoft's Making More Money From Phones, Android Patents - Ina Fried - Mobile - AllThingsD

Creative accounting

"As part of its disappointing earnings report on Thursday, Microsoft noted that it is making more money from mobile phones.
However, that doesn’t necessarily mean Windows Phone is raking in the bucks. The company chose to lump together its phone software revenue with the patent royalties it gets from makers of Android devices."

Microsoft's Making More Money From Phones, Android Patents - Ina Fried - Mobile - AllThingsD