You don't know much about M&A do you? A break up fee is money that Google gets paid if Moto ends up selling to a higher bidder.
You have proof? Provide it.
You don't know much about M&A do you? A break up fee is money that Google gets paid if Moto ends up selling to a higher bidder.
That's not the way the article reads.
No one has pulled it off yet.
I'm not seeing the conflict between Google and the other manufacturers even if they do release their own hardware. They don't charge for the OS anyway so it's not like they can give themselves a better deal.
That's right, never, ever has it been pulled off. If Google can do something like this, maybe they should get, say, a Symbian award? Just this random name I thought up indicating someone with a massive market lead that produces their own phones while still selling an OS to many of its competitors. Symbian award sound good? Or does that word sound too contrived?
April 5, 2011, Nokia ceased to open source any portion of the Symbian software
They can still give Motorola preferential treatment by giving them earlier access to new builds.
They can still give Motorola preferential treatment by giving them earlier access to new builds.
Its all down to the carriers how soon we (end users) get updates anyway.
Looks like (surprise!) Samsung isn't so happy about Google buying Motorola after all
http://wmpoweruser.com/samsung-not-...-all-wants-to-boost-software-competitiveness/
After more than a little reading, etc, I think what we're doing is actually pretty funny.
The deal came about in 5 weeks, as one blogger put it yesterday, that's not enough time to even put together meetings, much less send the teams to do due diligence etc...
I think this was a reactionary, hasty move on Google's part, and that they don't have a clear plan on what the hell they're going to do with MMI.
STB's-jesus, they're currently a nightmare, they suck energy like we live in the 50's, they're slow and miserable. Google TV is a dammed abortion in progress. It'll take years to integrate the two.
Moto-losing money, poor management, 19,000 employees added to Google's payroll (and a reported corporate culture that is a poor fit for Google).
Handsets-You have me there, aside from MotoBlur, I think Moto handsets are pretty good
Tablets-Moto is really screwed up here, poor sales, poor support, 6 months later and the promised LTE upgrades still missing in action?
Android-don't get me started, there's no way in hell Google won't try to morph into Apple + Ads. They (Google) now (will) have 30% of Android handset sales. The other manufacturers will NEVER trust Google, nor should they. This isn't happy unicorn land, this is business, Apple makes money hand over fist with it's devices, giving away Android is just silly if they own a handset manufacturer, they need to close off Android and build their own handsets and tablets. They can provide a much better user experience if they do so.
Google business model is different from Apple. They want everyone using their cloud, with the client devices being a commodity.
Android-don't get me started, there's no way in hell Google won't try to morph into Apple + Ads. They (Google) now (will) have 30% of Android handset sales. The other manufacturers will NEVER trust Google, nor should they. This isn't happy unicorn land, this is business, Apple makes money hand over fist with it's devices, giving away Android is just silly if they own a handset manufacturer, they need to close off Android and build their own handsets and tablets. They can provide a much better user experience if they do so.
That's US share, Moto's global reach is nowhere near that. HTC and Samsung dominate in Europe and Asia (and US as well).
That's handsets, not smartphones.
Yeah, couldn't find a breakdown of worldwide sales of Android smartphones by manufacturer.
Apple makes more money, why would Google pass that opportunity up?