Microsoft currently has agreements with six OEMs: Fujitsu-Siemens, Gateway, HP, Iomega, Lacie, and Medion.
Android is launching the program with three OEMs to start, according to Pichai: Micromax, Karbonn and Spice.
"So [the] combination of the world economy, the biggest recession in OEM history, uncertainty over whether we've really done it, but F1 remains a fantastic environment for brand exposure for OEM and I predict in four-five years' time we'll be back up to four or five OEMs in the sport.
Google has adopted a novel way to do business in China, where its online services continue to be censored, after it partnered directly with three OEMs to bring its augmented reality service to the country.
That's according to a new report from IDC this week which found that, while the total number of smartphone shipments in India rose 5.2percentt year-on-year, India's top three OEMs struggled.
Of course, just a few weeks ago unnamed WSJ sources claimed that Microsoft had plans to pair five chip makers with five OEMs and then slap Windows 8 on five different tablets, so there's no way to be sure about either rumor at this point.
Coincidentally the two Chinese OEMs are also in works to contract deals with Sony to manufacture PS3 consoles.
It looks like Google is teaming up with not one but two Android OEMs to manufacture the next Nexus phones.
Pokki grew its install base greatly in 2013, tallying more than 50 million downloads by partnering with two large OEMs: Acer, and Lenovo.
What's more, and we're trying to confirm this, but we hear that two other OEMs have shown interest in the tech behind 360.
