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Microsoft was also contemplating Motorola acquisition before Google swooped in
As the reverberations from Google’s acquisition of Motorola have started to simmer down, Om Malik of Gigaom writes that Motorola was keen on selling and that Google wasn’t the only interested suitor. Microsoft was also interested in purchasing Motorola and acquisition discussions between the two companies had reportedly been ongoing for some time. Driving Microsoft’s [...]
Continue reading...Will Google’s Motorola acquisition be a success?
Monday, August 15, 2011
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There’s so much fallout from Google’s Motorola announcement today that it’s hard to even know where to begin. While Google certainly strengthens its patent portfolio, the acquisition clearly raises a number of important questions. First, how will Google’s other Android partners react? After all, they’re now competing with Google in the hardware market. Publicly at [...]
Continue reading...Google acquires Motorola Mobility for $12.5 billion
Monday, August 15, 2011
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Wow. Shit just got real. In what is easily Google’s biggest acquisition in its history, Google today said it will acquire phone hardware maker Motorola Mobility for $12.5 billion in cash to help enhance sales of its Android mobile OS. All told, Google payed $40 a share for Motorola Mobility, representing a 63% premium for [...]
Continue reading...After winning injunction against Samsung’s Galaxy Tab 10.1, Apple files suit in Germany against Motorola over Xoom tablet
Wednesday, August 10, 2011
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Apple yesterday was on the receiving end of a favorable judgement from the district court of Dusseldorf, Germany when it ruled that Samsung was barred from selling its Galaxy Tab 10.1 tablet anywhere in Europe, save for the Netherlands. Further, for each discovered violation, Samsung will have to either pony up $350,000 or have its [...]
Continue reading...The iPad has no competition, especially not from the Motorola Xoom
Wednesday, August 3, 2011
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Companies looking to take on Apple’s iPad are quickly finding out that it’s more of an uphill battle than they bargained for. Whereas Android was able to quickly catch up to the iPhone in terms of marketshare, the same cann’t be said for Android-based tablets. This past quarter, Apple recorded record revenue thanks in part [...]
Continue reading...Motorola working on homegrown mobile OS – Rumor
Friday, March 25, 2011
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There’s no denying that Google’s Android OS effectively saved Motorola from the dredges of smartphone irrelevancy, but with Android now the mobile OS of choice for an inordinate number of handset manufacturers, Motorola is reportedly working on its own homegrown mobile OS to prevent becoming over reliant on Google. Infoworld is reporting that Motorola [...]
Continue reading...Ars review of the Motorola Xoom reminds us why the iPad is top dog
Monday, March 7, 2011
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Shocking revelations from Ars Technica’s review of the Motorola Xoom: The Xoom’s impressive hardware specifications and ambitious feature lineup are intriguing, but the product falls short of its full potential due to a general lack of completeness. It feels like it was rushed to market and delivered to consumers prematurely. The number of headline features [...]
Continue reading...Sign #421 that people will write anything just to reference Apple
Monday, February 28, 2011
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Wayne Rash clumsily writes that the timing of Apple’s upcoming March 2 iPad announcement was plotted with the intention of spoiling the new Motorola Xoom tablet. The announcement by Verizon Wireless that the Xoom will ship on Feb. 24 was followed almost immediately by an invitation by Apple to a press announcement in San Francisco [...]
Continue reading...The importance of Verizon to Motorola
Thursday, February 24, 2011
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While iPhone 4 sales on Verizon have been steady and not quite astronomical, Motorola can’t be all that pleased that Verizon now has a brand new darling child in its smartphone lineup. In a regulatory filing made last week, Motorola stated that sales to Verizon last year accounted for 28% of the company’s revenue. And [...]
Continue reading...Motorola teases Super Bowl Xoom ad, paints Apple users as drones
Saturday, February 5, 2011
Well lookey here. It appears that Motorola is really planning to stick it to Apple this Super Bowl weekend with a commercial painting Apple users as emotionless drones draped in white. In the video excerpt below, provided to Engadget by Motorola, a nice looking fellow with flowers is reading 1984 on the forthcoming Motorola Xoom [...]
Continue reading...Motorola jabs Apple in new Super Bowl commercial teaser
Monday, January 31, 2011
For as much as Apple critics like to complain of proprietary technology and closed-off systems, millions upon millions of consumers vehemently disagree, and indicate as much with their pocketbooks. Still, if you’re a company with an inferior product, it makes a lot of sense to attack a strong competitor like Apple in the abstract with [...]
Continue reading...Apple makes more money per handset sold than RIM and Motorola combined – and here’s why
Thursday, December 23, 2010
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Much like the iPod before it, the success and vision of the iPhone forced a slew of companies to step up their game in a serious way, but in the end, no competing device has yet been able to hold a candle to Apple’s offering. From a business standpoint, Apple’s success with the iPhone is similarly difficult, if not impossible, [...]
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Tuesday, August 16, 2011
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