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Google Snatches Up Motorola Mobility for $12.5 Billion

In a crazy turn of events, several media outlets are reporting this morning that Google has just sealed the deal on the acquisition of Motorola Mobility. The company is essentially Motorola’s Mobile Device Division, which became its own entity earlier this year.
And now Google owns that entity along with over 12,000 cellphone-related patents. If nothing else, the move beefs up the company’s struggling IP (Intellectual Property) portfolio, and will allow them to control all aspects of future Motorola products…
The interesting thing here is that Google still licenses its Android software to other manufacturers like HTC and Samsung. How do you think they feel about the fact that Google now owns one of their largest competitors?
BGR on the Motorola purchase:

“The move is considered in part to be an effort that will better-align Google to compete with Apple’s iPhone, which owned two-thirds of profits among the world’s top-8 smartphone vendors in the second quarter. A Google-owned hardware arm gives the company complete control over device hardware, software and services, resulting in an end-to-end user experience that is completely under Google’s command.”
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I’m curious to see how this deal will affect Android and the rest of the wireless industry. Google maintains that it will continue to run Motorola Mobility as a separate business, but how hands-on will they be in the production of new devices?
Steve Jobs has a famous Alan Kay quote that says, “people who are really serious about software should make their own hardware.” The end-to-end control seems to be a major factor of Apple’s success, and it looks like the competition is just now figuring that out.
What does this deal mean for Android? Should Apple be worried?

 

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Google Snatches Up Motorola Mobility for $12.5 Billion

In a crazy turn of events, several media outlets are reporting this morning that Google has just sealed the deal on the acquisition of Motorola Mobility. The company is essentially Motorola’s Mobile Device Division, which became its own entity earlier this year.
And now Google owns that entity along with over 12,000 cellphone-related patents. If nothing else, the move beefs up the company’s struggling IP (Intellectual Property) portfolio, and will allow them to control all aspects of future Motorola products…
The interesting thing here is that Google still licenses its Android software to other manufacturers like HTC and Samsung. How do you think they feel about the fact that Google now owns one of their largest competitors?
BGR on the Motorola purchase:

“The move is considered in part to be an effort that will better-align Google to compete with Apple’s iPhone, which owned two-thirds of profits among the world’s top-8 smartphone vendors in the second quarter. A Google-owned hardware arm gives the company complete control over device hardware, software and services, resulting in an end-to-end user experience that is completely under Google’s command.”
​

I’m curious to see how this deal will affect Android and the rest of the wireless industry. Google maintains that it will continue to run Motorola Mobility as a separate business, but how hands-on will they be in the production of new devices?
Steve Jobs has a famous Alan Kay quote that says, “people who are really serious about software should make their own hardware.” The end-to-end control seems to be a major factor of Apple’s success, and it looks like the competition is just now figuring that out.
What does this deal mean for Android? Should Apple be worried?

this is what really caught my eye. How does HTC, Samsung, etc respond to this? Jump ship in favour of...Win7 Mobile? create their own? continue to do business with Google?

If anything, this just means more competition for Apple and in the end, better for the consumer.

 

[AdRath]

this is what really caught my eye. How does HTC, Samsung, etc respond to this? Jump ship in favour of...Win7 Mobile? create their own? continue to do business with Google?

If anything, this just means more competition for Apple and in the end, better for the consumer.

The funny thing is when you find the official statements from HTC, Samsung etc they are the exact same statement from the mothership.

 

[Poser]

damn....

Apple has begun work on its new Grand Central Terminal Retail Store, according to photos obtained by AppleInsider.

The 23,000-square-foot store will reportedly take up Grand Central's north and northeast balconies, displacing Charlie Palmer's Metrazur restaurant. Apple is said to initially be paying $800,000 a year in rent and after 10 years that amount will increase to more than $1 million annually.

The project is expected to take about four months to complete meaning the store may be open before this holiday shopping season.

 

[Moreno636]

Google Snatches Up Motorola Mobility for $12.5 Billion

In a crazy turn of events, several media outlets are reporting this morning that Google has just sealed the deal on the acquisition of Motorola Mobility. The company is essentially Motorola’s Mobile Device Division, which became its own entity earlier this year.
And now Google owns that entity along with over 12,000 cellphone-related patents. If nothing else, the move beefs up the company’s struggling IP (Intellectual Property) portfolio, and will allow them to control all aspects of future Motorola products…
The interesting thing here is that Google still licenses its Android software to other manufacturers like HTC and Samsung. How do you think they feel about the fact that Google now owns one of their largest competitors?
BGR on the Motorola purchase:

“The move is considered in part to be an effort that will better-align Google to compete with Apple’s iPhone, which owned two-thirds of profits among the world’s top-8 smartphone vendors in the second quarter. A Google-owned hardware arm gives the company complete control over device hardware, software and services, resulting in an end-to-end user experience that is completely under Google’s command.”
​

I’m curious to see how this deal will affect Android and the rest of the wireless industry. Google maintains that it will continue to run Motorola Mobility as a separate business, but how hands-on will they be in the production of new devices?
Steve Jobs has a famous Alan Kay quote that says, “people who are really serious about software should make their own hardware.” The end-to-end control seems to be a major factor of Apple’s success, and it looks like the competition is just now figuring that out.
What does this deal mean for Android? Should Apple be worried?

This is a smart move by Google, gives them a lot more control over the user experience.

 

[LiNK666]

This is a smart move by Google, gives them a lot more control over the user experience.

I just wish they bought out a better company... I hate motorola. Run by greedy **********.

 

[Baggsy]

This is a smart move by Google, gives them a lot more control over the user experience.

Yes, an excellent move. They can put out the high profit tier one product, and have HTC, Samsung et al put out the cheap tier two, low margin products.

 

[SunnY S]

Bye bye Web OS.

Just came to market....millions and millions in R&D, promotions, commercials, stock and *poof*....its toast.

HP kills TouchPad

http://money.cnn.com/2011/08/18/technology/hp_pc_spinoff/index.htm?hpt=hp_t2

 

[fastar1]

That was the smatest thing they could do, unfortunately.

 

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HP Was Testing webOS On An iPad, And It Ran as a Web App



In a recent report from The Next Web, it’s unveiled that HP tested webOS on the iPad. Yesterday, HP announced that it would be killing the webOS platform.
HP tested webOS as a web app on the iPad. In HP’s testing, webOS ran up to twice as fast on the iPad than it did on the TouchPad. HP tested webOS on the iPad because it believed that its current hardware was too slow for the webOS platform…

“The hardware reportedly stopped the team from innovating beyond certain points because it was slow and imposed constraints, which was highlighted when webOS was loaded on to Apple’s iPad device and found to run the platform significantly faster than the device for which it was originally developed.
With a focus on web technologies, webOS could be deployed in the iPad’s Mobile Safari browser as a web-app; this produced similar results, with it running many times faster in the browser than it did on the TouchPad.”
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This is interesting news for many reasons. It shows how the development team for webOS wanted HP devices discontinued before they were released. If HP got webOS to work on the iPad as a web app, then it could proably also run on the iPhone, along with other Android devices.
What do you think? Would you want webOS as a web app on your iPad?



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[CruisnGrrl]

What do you think? Would you want webOS as a web app on your iPad?
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I don't see the point, i'd sooner just run the iOS native version of any app that ran on webOS. an operating system is only as strong as the programs available for it. the only reason to run webOS on another device is to run programs that are available in webOS. most programs are multiplatform running on iOS, Android and blackberry... sometimes they support other platforms too... eventually.

 

[FullMotoJacket]

Fanbois come in all shapes and sizes.

 

[SunnY S]

Fanbois come in all shapes and sizes.

They most certainly do!

http://www.google.ca/search?q=apple...=mode_link&ct=mode&cd=2&sqi=2&ved=0CBcQ_AUoAQ

 

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[LiNK666]

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So true... and funny at the same time.

 

[SunnY S]

i'm an apple developer (ios) I have ios5beta6 on my iphone 4 right now and I'll be the first to admit that apple's products are not only inferior to android by a metric mile, but that 99% of apple's users are blind sheep who couldn't think their way out of a wet cardboard iphone case.

oh and ios 5 is ok, its pretty cool that features I've had for 5+ years now are finally making it to the iphone, its really hugely funny how apple sheepfanbois think notifications are new, or info on your lockscreen, or "the cloud" remote storage are new.

Sometimes i just want to slap the f--- out of an apple sheep but it wouldn't help beat any sense into one

That there is Gold.


:lmao:

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[mmmnaked]

He's a developer, ya know??

Hey Sunny how's the RIM tablet workin out?

 

[SunnY S]

He's a developer, ya know??

Hey Sunny how's the RIM tablet workin out?

Still waiting for them to drop to $99 so I can snag a bunch of them.

 

[mmmnaked]

Don't worry it'll happen soon enough, when RIM files for bankruptcy.

 

[SunnY S]

Don't worry it'll happen soon enough, when RIM files for bankruptcy.

Wishful thinking on your part.

I think RIM, if they don't bounce back in the consumer market (unlikely anytime soon) will end up being a niche player in this market.

Their security is second to none to anybody in the business. And this is still critical to business and government.

http://www.thestar.com/business/companies/rim/article/1043413--rim-in-tight-with-washington

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