Apple's early win in a patent infringement complaint against HTC sent shock waves through the Android world late last week. In response to this loss, some handset manufactures may turn away from Android and look towards the Windows Phone platform for future smartphones, says a report in the mainland Chinese paper 21st Century Business Herald.
This report points to the upcoming release of the mango version of Windows Phone and both ZTE and Huawei's interest in this mobile OS from Microsoft. These small manufacturers don't have the resources to battle Apple in court and may chose to side with Windows Phone which is protected by an arsenal of patents held by M
