Marvin Ryan Vista - With Motorola's 17,000 patents granted and over 7,000 patents pending with particular strength in 2G and 3G essential, You guys are pretty much patent lawsuit-proof.
8:33 PM
+7
Joe Magyer - It'll be fun to see how this plays out. My initial read is that the winners on this deal are Motorola shareholders (who just lucked out), consumers (who will see a more competitive top-to-bottom product from Google and Motorola), Nokia (which suddenly looks much more likely to be acquired by Microsoft), Microsoft (in the short-term, as there's a chance Android partners that feel jilted might saber rattle and test Windows 7 Mobile devices), and Android itself, which will have a better showcase forum and patents shielding its manufacturing partners from onerous licensing fees.
Losers are HTC and Samsung (major Android partners who will now be Jan Brady's to Motorola's Marsha), carriers (which might not have a second iType, soup-to-nuts-style phone manufacturer to deal with), and Microsoft (now that Google has just acquired a treasure trove of IP Mr. Softy will lose its ability to muscle Android partners into paying licensing fees, hurting profits and giving said partners less of a reason to jump ship from Android to Windows 7).
Losers are HTC and Samsung (major Android partners who will now be Jan Brady's to Motorola's Marsha), carriers (which might not have a second iType, soup-to-nuts-style phone manufacturer to deal with), and Microsoft (now that Google has just acquired a treasure trove of IP Mr. Softy will lose its ability to muscle Android partners into paying licensing fees, hurting profits and giving said partners less of a reason to jump ship from Android to Windows 7).
8:33 PM
+7
Jamez Frondeskias - So we heard. So .. when are you buying Samsung's mobile division? I see a packing of patents by Google to take on Apple :)
Congratulations on the purchase by the way
Congratulations on the purchase by the way
8:33 PM
+1
Kelly Clowers - Sorry, you're 1 minute too late to keep me from getting the scoop... well at least in my circles
8:33 PM
8:34 PM
Alex Garcia - watch out guys. do not want DOJ on your back. Make sure all your deals keep enhancing competition.
8:34 PM
Georg Nordhausen - Really nice move. Please open the bootoader for all the old Motorola Android phones now.
8:34 PM
+1
Maziar Tajick - Cool, I'm glad to be one of the first people to say congrats. Good luck, I hope your entry in the market will be successful, and I'm counting on it so that I can have awesome phones!
8:34 PM
Siamak Manzarpour - Can't leave you kids by yourself for a moment before you get into mischief.
Congrats. Start hiring good hardware guys now.
Congrats. Start hiring good hardware guys now.
8:34 PM
Jose Gomez - Pipebomb by Google! Great jobs guys. The nuclear patent war is on like Donkey Kong. Google Wins. Flawless Victory. Fatality.
8:34 PM
Mehul Solanki - This is an amazing twist in the evolution of Android, Google and maybe the whole mobile industry!!!!
8:34 PM
Otakar Schon - Hope this means strenghtening Motorola brand outside the US. I miss motorola on Czech market. Worked for the Czech branch few years ago...
8:34 PM
Nathaniel Kabal - I find it hilarious that this is one of your first public G+ posts. To quote Scott Fletcher, welcome to G+, we've been expecting you. Thanks for starting my morning with a smile. Now release the Kraken!
8:35 PM
Neelabh Tiwari - So once Google acquires Motorola, they would be facing Microsoft directly in patent war?
8:35 PM
Alexis Kefalas - live now!!! Larry explains it!
http://www.shareholder.com/visitors/event/build2/mediapresentation.cfm?companyid=ABEA-3VZHGF&mediaid=49302&mediauserid=5505523&TID=1358396554:58124c25a0546782d350f87cd66243db&popupcheck=0&shexp=201108150820&shkey=c7e2fd618fc44109b1d7327a61552095&player=3&rand=1313411408372
http://www.shareholder.com/visitors/event/build2/mediapresentation.cfm?companyid=ABEA-3VZHGF&mediaid=49302&mediauserid=5505523&TID=1358396554:58124c25a0546782d350f87cd66243db&popupcheck=0&shexp=201108150820&shkey=c7e2fd618fc44109b1d7327a61552095&player=3&rand=1313411408372
8:37 PM (edited)
Marcel Bennett - I hope Motorola Mobility continues and this doesn't dent the confidence of other Android licensees.
8:35 PM
8:35 PM
8:36 PM
alvaro Argentina - this is great! google, as I said if SiMPore're the best, thanks larry page for being one of the founders of Google, but every day I admire your company ^ ^
8:36 PM
8:37 PM
+2
Kap Monet - Great move! But keep your other Android partners happy please. You're winning because you have variety.
8:37 PM
+1
8:37 PM
Will Jones - Everyone at Motorola just got upgraded - they can now call themselves Google employees. Their lucky day.
8:38 PM
+1
Dan Wooller - Again with the 'Great' and 'Good news' posts. If you haven't got something constructive to say, just hit the +1 button, that what it's there for :-{
8:38 PM
+2
Brent Stewart - TOTALLY AWESOME! This is nothing short of GREAT news for the Android platform and Google as a whole. And that slight of hand with the Nortel deal while you had Motorola palmed is a move that would impress even Penn and Teller! You sir are my HERO!
Motorola Mobility is one of our clients so I can't wait to get in the office and hear the talk.
Check and Mate Apple!
Motorola Mobility is one of our clients so I can't wait to get in the office and hear the talk.
Check and Mate Apple!
8:44 PM (edited)
+2
Able Lawrence - Nokia should have hedged its bets between Windows 8 and Android. That would have been great for consumers. I would think Windows 8 would be a good alternative phone but consumers should have had the choice. Since Windows 8 phone would be available from multiple vendors, the only losers really are the Nokia shareholders and the consumers who liked the earlier solidity of Nokia phones. Android on a Nokia phone would have been a great option
8:39 PM
+2
Umihiko Namekawa - Conggrats! I'm translating TechCrunch ariticle for its Japanes version. Robin's article got 6000+ tweets. Amazing. http://techcrunch.com/2011/08/15/breaking-google-buys-motorola-for-12-5-billion/
8:39 PM
Piero Marciano - I discovered Android by Motorola (Milestone) and I trusted their promise after few years before I sweared to never buy a Motorola device anymore, and after 4 months i sold the phone: it was just embarrassing compared to iPhone.
Motorola is a living Zombie, good luck !
Motorola is a living Zombie, good luck !
8:39 PM
Jason Purdy - I hope this doesn't drive away other manufacturers from Android. I thought one of the best strategies was for Google/Android to be unbiased towards manufacturers.
8:40 PM
+1
Robert Marmorstein - The fact that this is necessary says something very negative about our current legal environment and software patent litigation.
8:40 PM
+4
Lukas Lehmann - congrats for this amazing step forward. looking forward for even better android products in the future!
8:40 PM
Peter Frandsen - Congratulation. I hope you manage to keep everybody (Samsung, HTC, SonyEricsson etc.) in the Android ecosystem happy.
8:41 PM
+2
fabrizio amici - For a 12.5 $ yesterday I got my good hour with a verdicchio wine bottle. It's a matter of tastes.
8:41 PM
Lucas Garvin - Very exciting but what will it do for the consumer?? DROID X 3??? Tri-core phones??? Who knows... lol.
8:41 PM
Mehdi Mehran Nikoo - I had doubt which manufacturer's Android phone fits me the best. No doubts now!
8:41 PM
+1
Gerhard Torges - Well, +Larry Page, this is an interesting move.
Surely Android has one benefit more now, as has ol' Moto Corp.
But as a passionate iPhone user, need one more feature in Android:
The ability to run iOS apps.
Surely Android has one benefit more now, as has ol' Moto Corp.
But as a passionate iPhone user, need one more feature in Android:
The ability to run iOS apps.
8:42 PM
+1
8:43 PM
Adrian Ip - schweet, can't wait for apple to collapse once you guys give them some proper competition. Jobs can go to hell with his closed ecosystem designed for 2 year olds.
8:43 PM
Steve Garon - Shame that Motorola had the worst Android phones ... Hope that it will change. If the next Nexus is made by Motorola and still look and fell like the old Motos that will be the only Nexus I didn't buy.
8:44 PM
Luca Corsilli - Congrats to all Google Team. The best news since i heard about a new mobile OS... Android! Waiting for some awesome device from big G now!
8:44 PM
James Geeo - Mr. +Larry Page, I could be wrong, but I believe what you meant to say was:
Aw made you look!
You a slave to a page in my rhyme book;
Gettin' Big,"big" money, playboy your time's up!
Something along those lines. Just saying, man...
Also: Thank you for slam dunking the ball, shattering the back board and winning the game this early on a Monday morning.
^%$#!
Aw made you look!
You a slave to a page in my rhyme book;
Gettin' Big,"big" money, playboy your time's up!
Something along those lines. Just saying, man...
Also: Thank you for slam dunking the ball, shattering the back board and winning the game this early on a Monday morning.
^%$#!
8:46 PM (edited)
Robert Le Blah - Holy *#%@! Not sure how I feel. I love my HTC Nexus One - never cared much for the Droids, other than the kick ass commercials. I guess it's really the patent portfolio they're buying.
8:45 PM
Wayne Duran - Congrats to Google. I'm following this: Live Blog: The Google/Motorola Acquisition Conference Callhttp://techcrunch.com/2011/08/15/live-blog-the-googlemotorola-acquisition-conference-call/
8:45 PM
David Murtagh - Makes the microsoft/nokia partnership look like laurel and hardy! Well done google, keep it up.
8:46 PM
Patrick Bellasi - A Motorola has been my really first cell-phone... maybe it will be also my Nexus one... ;-)
8:46 PM
Satish Iyer - Good stuff, however, could Goog waited for sometime, considering the current market scenario. Great stuff, it was high time, Goog made use of some cash. Congrats for the deal.
8:47 PM
Vinay Avasthi - Very nice. Now er can see some killer hardware with killer software. Also hopefully blur will rest in peace now.
8:48 PM
Stephen Compagnion - I'll be impressed when it can outperform my iphone. Waiting until then to make any kind of judgement.
8:48 PM
Nana Baah - Congrats!!!! ... +Larry Page & google team. That's nice and now I hope they will go for HTC or Tmobile....
9:03 PM (edited)
Paul Darr - I can't wait to see even more Google experience phones on the market... which I hope this will lead to.
8:48 PM
Jerome A. F - running hardware business isn't all that fun. but extraordinary times, extraordinary measures.
8:49 PM
Michael Descy - This is very exciting. I hope it strengthens Android's patent position and allows for more consumer-friendly phones.
8:49 PM
Adam Miller - This is awesome and huge! Motorola doesn't JUST make phones; they make those crappy cable boxes we've been using for ages!
Imagine Google software running our cable boxes!!!! I'm excited! :)
Imagine Google software running our cable boxes!!!! I'm excited! :)
8:49 PM
我妻由乃 - I guess I'm starting to see hope in the “bootloader unlock” department for my Droid 2 Global.
Anyway, this is a really nice news, totally made my day. Here's to hoping for a more open Android on Motorola handsets.
Anyway, this is a really nice news, totally made my day. Here's to hoping for a more open Android on Motorola handsets.
8:49 PM
Gerhard Torges - +Søren Siim Nielsen Nexus Defy sounds pretty well, but I'd rather like it to sport a 4 to 7 inch screen.
And to run iOS apps, too. ;-)
And to run iOS apps, too. ;-)
8:49 PM
DeWayne Lehman - I'm excited to see Google taking a bigger role on the hardware side. The patent protection is also incredible. <3 it!
8:49 PM
Dirk Hopfl - Congratulations! Is it just to be more equal to Apple and to confirm what they did right? Or will the excel and be more innovative than their big competitor? We will see!
8:50 PM
Satish Iyer - Also, now, what will happen to those companies who already run Android OS. Goog is competing with its own products. I bought a HTC fone recently, now, I am scared that you will stop supporting these devices!
8:50 PM
Bill Wang - congratulations!
will google send me a google logo for my moto atrix 4g?
wait for new rom for motoers
will google send me a google logo for my moto atrix 4g?
wait for new rom for motoers
8:50 PM
David Kurth - I hope that means we don't have to wait that long anymore to get updates for our xooms :-)
8:52 PM
Robert Carobene - Congratulations now I hope my Motorola Atrix from Canada can get the upgrade to 2.3 Gingerbread ;)
8:52 PM
8:53 PM
Johannes Maximilian Toball - Very nice, this will hopefully help Motorola to opt for a more open and modern device policy as opposed to the closed bootloaders and slow version upgrades
+Steve Garon I disagree. I own a Defy and that is a very nice device unlike much of the competition. I did hear a lot of good things about the milestones as well. The only thing that could be improved would be to unlock the bootloader, but this problem has already been overcome by clever XDA-Hackers
+Steve Garon I disagree. I own a Defy and that is a very nice device unlike much of the competition. I did hear a lot of good things about the milestones as well. The only thing that could be improved would be to unlock the bootloader, but this problem has already been overcome by clever XDA-Hackers
8:53 PM
Lalit Solanki - Congratulations to google and android device maker.. this will give andoroid much needed power to defend patent war...
8:54 PM (edited)
Martin Moudrý - I'm wondering if Motorola let go their MotoBlur (even for older European devices such as Motorola Milestone 2) and give them fully functional and up to date Android for use the mobile in Europe without bugs witch are usual for Froyo 2.2 version..
8:53 PM
Parwin Shukurzade - Gmail, GPlus, GTalk… теперь и GMOTO. У Google великая мания превратить весь мир в большое Г!
8:54 PM
Raymond Chow - ด้้้้้็็็็็้้้้้็็็็็้้้้้็็็็็้้้้้็็็็็้้้้้็็็็็้้้้้็็็็ooด้้้้้็็็็็้้้้้็็็็็้้้้้็็็็็้้้้้็็็็็้้้้้็็็็็้้้้้็็็็ +Larry Page
8:54 PM
Robin Parriath - Haha. Made my day.
If I ever play chess against you guys, please don't crush me this brutally.
If I ever play chess against you guys, please don't crush me this brutally.
8:55 PM
Hugh McVea - Hi Larry,
Congratulations on the acquisition of Motorola Mobility, this is fantastic news for Google, Android, Motorola Mobility and of course consumer choice. You have actually made my day :)
Hopefully Motorola will be able to release Android updates in a timely manner now.
Congratulations on the acquisition of Motorola Mobility, this is fantastic news for Google, Android, Motorola Mobility and of course consumer choice. You have actually made my day :)
Hopefully Motorola will be able to release Android updates in a timely manner now.
8:55 PM
+2
Gabriel T - looking forward to universally up to date android phones... let's mark this the end to the Android segregation!!!
8:55 PM
Muzhi Li - All cellphone makers' stocks should plunge on this news! Good for Google, Android, and supposedly for users
8:56 PM
Bernie Eng - I hope this move does NOT mean Motorola is now a preferred anything. If this is a pure defensive move to acquire patents then all is good.
8:56 PM
Omkar Khair - Congratulations! Yet another example of Google's obsession with pioneers in Technology. Vint Cerf, Andy Rubin, and now a whole company. :-)
8:58 PM
Brendan Lane Larson - Awesome news, congratulations! This will create new real options for Google, for example offering UMA Wi-Fi calling Android app on an open handset like the Nexus S without being handcuffed by T-Mobile USA. T-Mobile will give you their UMA Wi-Fi calling Android app only if you buy the Samsung Galaxy S subsidized with a two year contract but the deny their customers of Wi-Fi calling on essentially the same hardware, the Nexus S phone. Go figure!
9:12 PM (edited)
+1
Sreedhar Gouravelli - Wonderful news for all those who love google...very good step to protect against PATENT war...
9:00 PM
Dieter Kristiansen - Congratulation Larry Page. I think this was a logic next step for Google. I am looking forward to some fine products from Motorola in the future... ;-))
9:01 PM
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