Google has approval to buy Motorola

[idgolfguy]

Google formal approval with no stipulations by US and EURO regulators to acquirer Motorola.

Hello Apple... gPad coming up?

News Link
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/14/technology/europe-clears-google-acquisition-of-motorola.html?_r=2

[MegaWatty]

Google have bought them for the patents. Common sort of reason for acquisitions these days.

[rubin]

Pretty much. For all intents and purposes they will still two seperate business'

[idgolfguy]

True, they may not want to compete with those that licence their OS. Would be interesting to see what Motorola's point of difference will be.

[idgolfguy]

Apple MACs used to be powered by Motorola back in the 80s and 90s. The 68000 and PowerMac if my memory sees me.

[rubin]

I so know motorola have been looking fairly seriously at different types of networks. mobile phones etc Are only a very small part of what they do.

[MegaWatty]

Motorola were at one stage involved in the make up of land mines. Their business is quite diversified.

Why wouldn't Google go up against their own licencees? They have no real other OS options. Google Nexus anyone?

[idgolfguy]

Killing the Golden Goose. Licencing is their cash cow and shifts development R&D away

[MegaWatty]

There is hardly another os though. Windows mobile being the third.

[idgolfguy]

Windows Mobile is a distant 3rd. There is Symbian and Nokia etc. The primary competitors are Apple/ITunes and Android/Market.

[MegaWatty]

Nokia has signed up with Windows for their smartphones. If you haven't tried WP7, it is an amazing mobile OS and has become the basis for how Windows 8 will look and feel from PC to Tab to Phone.

[idgolfguy]

No haven't looked at it of late.