The timing of the acquisition suggests that Google's move was more an act of desperation rather than a planned strategic move
Currently, investors are speculating that the Google-Motorola deal will spur other handset deals and Nokia and RIM could be potential acquisition targets.
Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) agreed to buy Motorola Mobility Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: MMI) for $40 per share in cash or about $12.5 billion. Jefferies believes Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) is likely to strike back in patent war.
Market analysts are speculating that Nvidia could be a big beneficiary of the Google-Motorola deal
A Wall Street analyst has predicted that Intel (NASDAQ:INTC) may acquire Micron Technology as the move would diversify its product offerings.
Samsung in the Netherlands is rolling out Galaxy Tab 10.1, which is otherwise banned in Europe after Apple won an injunction against Samsung for violating its intellectual rights to its iPad.
"Big announcement on the 29th," the company wrote in its official Twitter page.
In a significant development for the mobile technology industry, Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) has agreed to buy Motorola Mobility (NYSE:MMI) for $12.5 billion, or $40 a share, in cash to defend its Android ecosystem.
Making its biggest deal ever, Google is acquiring Motorola Mobility Holdings for a massive $12.5 billion, which analysts see as an attempt to fend off increasingly aggressive legal attacks from rivals like Apple.
Images of the upcoming smartphone were leaked.
Mobile Technology is taking a turn with Google buying Motorola Mobility. Here's give things to know about the acquisition.
Under the deal, Motorola Mobility will remain licensee of Android, which will stay open and available for use by other hardware manufacturers at no cost.
One analyst says Amazon would do well by offering a low price tablet competitor to the iPad.
Google's $12.5 billion acquisition of Motorola Mobility sent shock waves through the industry, while reviving a few slumping technology companies.
After being pushed into a corner by the Rockstar consortium which acquired a portfolio of 6,000 patents from Nortel Networks, Google has upped the ante in the smartphone arena by acquiring Motorola Mobility for $12 billion.
Android operating system has been targeted time and again by experts, claiming it to be not secure enough. The latest announcement comes from the security expert, Riley Hassel.
Google said the purchase of Motorola Mobility will bolster the popularity of its Android mobile operating system.
Huawei Technologies Co. is all set to sell in the UK its own mobile handsets, which will run on Google's (GOOG) Android operating system.
The smartphone industry's most recent rumor comes via leaked snapshots of the rumored giant from the HTC camp, the HTC Holiday.
Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) said it agreed to buy Motorola Mobility Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: MMI) for $40 per share in cash or a total of about $12.5 billion. This might create more heat for Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL), as Google is trying to improve its Android ecosystem with this acquisition.
The first official screenshots of Ice Cream Sandwich has been revealed after a long period of silence.
Dell's confusion over tablet format has ended, as it retired its part-tablet and part-smartphone, the 5-inch Dell Streak, in favor of bigger tablets.