Today in a surprising move, Larry Page, the CEO of Google, has officially announced that the search-engine based monster company will acquire Motorola Mobility. The news comes as a shock to all Apple and Microsoft lawyers, this purchase being more than it meets the skin. Although Android did not need a partner to strengthen its market share, which now is over 40 percent, Google brought a very tough company aboard its sailing ship.
As presented to the wild public, Motorola is indeed the first company to ever develop a phone. Those who are too small to remember, it was a beast of a device, requiring a little more than two hands to hold it. In a couple of years, Motorola also manufactured a phone that was too slim for its era. The name was StarTAC and had a clam-shell design that would change the face of the mobile world as we knew it. Also, a couple of years after, when Android was unleashed, Motorola chose it as the sole operating system for its lineup. The decision was a success, with the Motorola Droid being the first Android phone that made a huge impact on the masses.
Although the reasons presented above are strong enough to make a company sell itself to the highest bidder, Google had a “second” reason behind the acquisition. As you all know, Microsoft and Apple have recently teamed up to delay and why not, cancel, Android project by instating patent attacks. By purchasing Motorola, for only $12 billion, Google has gained access to a wide range of Android patents, which cannot be targeted by lawyers any more.
It is a win-win situation, for a desperate buyer and a not so confident seller, which will surely strengthen the Android domination. Now you should guess who will manufacture the Nexus 3, aka Prime.
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