∞ Google buys Motorola Mobility for $12.5 billion

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Reuters:

Google Inc said it will buy phone hardware maker Motorola Mobility Holdings Inc for $12.5 billion in cash to bolster the adoption of its Android mobile software.

The mobile wars heat up a little bit.


  • Matt Arlet

    If I was a handset manufacturer, I’d immediately start thinking of alternatives to Android. Even if this was a patent thing, I’d bet Google’s new line of phones will get special treatment in the Android world, early OS releases, special code tailored to their hardware, etc. I realize the Nexus was like that, but I’ve met far more people with Motorola Android devices than I have the Nexus. (pretty easy as that number is zero)

  • http://ahotd.tumblr.com ahotd

    What a waste. American companies have to spend billions, plus untold legal fees, on pointless posturing and litigation instead of on innovation.

  • http://mangochut.net/ mangochutney

    Holy Crepe! This is going to change things. In case of Motorola not for the better I believe.

  • Mel

    Android cannot be producing the revenues that Google expects, else they would have cut only a patent license deal.

  • http://twitter.com/Moeskido Moeskido

    Remember all those science fiction movies where we saw dozens of familiar brands still dotting the landscape? How many of those brands disappear into a merger or acquisition every year?