"However, many of them want Apple to pay more per device than competitors. Part of this is that Apple has sucked up most of the profit in the industry and they want it back."
Yeah, PART of it is this. Part.
The other part is it that Apple has amassed a war chest of UI patents which it is mobilizing against all of the makers of smart phones. The wireless standard holders are essentially saying "cross-license your stuff OR you pay through the nose for our stuff". And indeed, why should Motorola or Nokia be reasonably with their "intellectual property" if Apple clearly isn't going to be similarly reasonable? Nokia began the patent war, indeed but on the specific basis that Apple wasn't cross licensing its outside-the-standard-but-stilled-needed-for-a-smart-phone-stuff.
It only sounds greedy when you don't give the big picture.
Your argument falls flat on it's face because these patents have been licensed since day one, so how can they possibly be a response to anything? This is simply the big boys club protecting itself.
Yeah, PART of it is this. Part.
The other part is it that Apple has amassed a war chest of UI patents which it is mobilizing against all of the makers of smart phones. The wireless standard holders are essentially saying "cross-license your stuff OR you pay through the nose for our stuff". And indeed, why should Motorola or Nokia be reasonably with their "intellectual property" if Apple clearly isn't going to be similarly reasonable? Nokia began the patent war, indeed but on the specific basis that Apple wasn't cross licensing its outside-the-standard-but-stilled-needed-for-a-smart-phone-stuff.
It only sounds greedy when you don't give the big picture.