In an absolutely astounding move announced by its CEO Larry Page,
Google has purchased Motorola's consumer handset division, Motorola Mobility.
Given Android’s phenomenal success, we are always looking for new ways to supercharge the Android ecosystem. That is why I am so excited today to announce that we have agreed to acquire Motorola.
Motorola and Google have recently been at-odds in a dispute over
Google forcing Motorola to drop the SkyHook location database in favour of their own. While some may say it's an easy way to win a lawsuit, Google makes it very clear as to the true reason for the buy-out.
Motorola has a history of over 80 years of innovation in communications technology and products, and in the development of intellectual property...
They go on to talk about the recent 'anti-competitive' pursuit of a consortium lead by Microsoft and Apple to obtain patents from the sale of Nortel, a consortium which they were offered to be part of only to refuse and go it alone. This is a huge move by Google to cement Android's position in the smartphone marketplace, and I would expect to see trademark and patent lawsuits
such as this to be commonplace.
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Posted 10:18pm 15/8/11
Posted 10:20pm 15/8/11
Sort of like a s***** M. Night Shalalakayaypofafallahn (sic) movie.
Posted 10:30pm 15/8/11
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Posted 11:00pm 15/8/11
Here's hoping their s***** end-user attitude improves with Google on the saddle.
Would have been excited if they picked up Samsung instead (they know how to make Android phones well), but that's almost impossible :)
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Posted 10:55pm 15/8/11
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Posted 11:04pm 15/8/11
making all your products as good as they can be isn't the best way to make money.
look at apple.
Posted 12:20am 16/8/11
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Posted 12:26am 16/8/11
Here comes the Android Razor V1337 or something similar!
Posted 08:00am 16/8/11
Google bought Motorola for their patent library, that's it.
Posted 11:03am 16/8/11
Yep... time for apple to sit on it.