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Google has agreed to buy struggling Motorola Mobility for $12.5 billion or $40 a share in cash, making a positive situation for Microsoft as it vies to get back into the mobile phone business.

Phone makers depending on Google Inc's Android software should worry about the Web search leader's deal to buy Motorola Mobility, the head of rival Nokia said on Wednesday.

An unannounced Android device from the Motorola camp under the moniker Droid HD just showed up alongside the Droid Bionic in leaked pictures posted by a tipster.

Google Inc. has agreed to buy Motorola Mobility Holdings Inc. for $12.5 billion or $40 a share in cash, valuing each essential patent at about $20 million, to defend its Android ecosystem. RBC Capital Markets said the deal value of $12.5 billion equates to 0.7 times trailing twelve months (TTM) of equity value-to-sales.

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S&P also reduced Google?s 12-month price target to $500 from $700.

Internet search engine giant Google Inc.'s $12.5 billion acquisition of Motorola Mobility has shocked market watchers because the handset maker is struggling to keep pace with bigger Android rivals like Samsung and HTC but the deal could actually turn out to be Google's best move ever.

Google Inc. has agreed to buy Motorola Mobility Holdings Inc. for $12.5 billion or $40 a share in cash to defend its Android ecosystem. Rising IP threats to Android from Microsoft Corp. and Apple Inc. were the primary driver of the acquisition, RBC Capital Markets said.

Apple is said to launch its next-generation iPhone 5 in early October, and the device could come as a widely compatible "world phone."

Google Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG) has agreed to buy Motorola Mobility Holdings Inc. (NYSE:MMI) for $12.5 billion or $40 a share in cash, valuing each essential at about $20 million, to defend its Android ecosystem. The acquisition may also benefit Google TV, Jefferies said in a note.

Following Google's $12.5 billion purchase of Motorola Mobility, with one of the largest patent libraries in the industry, speculation is rife that Apple will respond in kind.

Google's $12.5 billion purchase of Motorola Mobility Holdings, widely considered a mobile phone also-run, took the technology world by surprise on Monday.

While some lauded Google's move to acquire Motorola Mobility for $12.5 billion on Monday, others, such as Standard & Poor's, view it as a mistake

Google's $12.5 billion acquisition of Motorola Mobility dominated the headlines on Monday, but is it possible another company could come in and swipe Motorola away?

Google's move to buy Motorola Mobility was all about patents and defending the growing success of Android analysts say.

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Samsung Galaxy S2's beefed-up 4G LTE version, which first reared its head in Korea is back in the limelight, as pictures of the phone were released by Japanese site Amelbo.

T-Mobile USA will be launching two smartphones, Samsung Hercules and HTC Ruby on Oct. 26, according to a leaked document obtained by Tmo News.

Sony Ericsson has announced a limited time exclusive agreement with EAMobile.

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.