Image courtesy of WikipediaGoogle's Android strategy has looked more like Microsoft's original Windows CE/Windows Mobile plan than Apple's iPhone plan up until today.Supercharging Android: Google to Acquire Motorola MobilityThe $12.5 billion purchase is framed as a vehicle to defend Android against Apple and Microsoft's recent patent attacks against Android.Our acquisition of Motorola will increase competition by strengthening Google’s patent portfolio, which will enable us to better protect And [...]

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Google has decided to buy phone hardware maker Motorola Mobility Holdings for $12.5 billion in cash to reinforce its intellectual property and placing itself directly into the handset business of its Android mobile software.Google is set to pay $40 per share, a 63 percent premium to Motorola Mobility's Friday closing price on the New York Stock Exchange. The deal will close at the end of this year or early 2012.One can easily assume that the omnipresent internet company wants to provide a total [...]

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