Apple's cross-licensing deal with HTC seems like a good idea just from the viewpoint that it keeps the two companies out of the courtroom for a decade. Now J.M. Manness, writing for Seeking Alpha, points out that the deal and others like it could be a complete windfall for Apple. The company could make about US$4 billion a year from sales of Android phones if it was able to sign similar deals with all manufacturers using Google's mobile OS.
Between replacement smartphones and new sales, analysts believe that the smartphone market will be greater than 1 billion units by 2015. If Apple was to get an
