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It barely took 4 weeks, and apparently HP is processing my order of TouchPads. Since they have successfully taken money out of my card, this means the TouchPad are shipping, aren’t they? By the way, CyanogenMod port of Android for TouchPad is coming along nicely.
Google has posted quotes from Android partners regarding the assimilation acquisition of Motorola.
Samsung, Sony Ericsson, HTC and LG in unison say:
“We for one welcome our Android Overlord.”
Well, they didn’t say that. Thy did say something eerily similar. I really wonder what these four Android partners really think.
I might have been watching too much of Star Trek: Enterprise on Netflix. The “Temporal Cold War” arc might have been a ridiculous plot but it was actually enjoyable to watch.
Google just announced its upcoming acquisition of Motorola Mobility.
We recently explained how companies including Microsoft and Apple are banding together in anti-competitive patent attacks on Android. The U.S. Department of Justice had to intervene in the results of one recent patent auction to “protect competition and innovation in the open source software community” and it is currently looking into the results of the Nortel auction. Our acquisition of Motorola will increase competition by strengthening Google’s patent portfolio, which will enable us to better protect Android from anti-competitive threats from Microsoft, Apple and other companies.
Who would’ve thunk that Google would have to categorize Apple and Microsoft as common enemies? Motorolans and Googlers are combining forces against the Apples, Microsofties and Oracles. Don’t forget Samsungers and the HTCees. Android is under attack and Googlers are not going to take it anymore.
Patent Cold War is going strong.
Google has just announced its upcoming acquisition of Motorola Mobility, the maker of Droid line.
This is an interesting development since recently Google accuses Microsoft of violating confidentiality agreement. Microsoft in its lawsuit against Motorola was said to show Android source code to an expert witness without Google’s consent.
I’m a bit confused why showing Android source code needs Google’s consent. I always heard that Android is an Open Source project. Well, apparently it is not. -editor
Motorola on January 4th, 2011 separated its core business into two companies; Motorola Mobility and Motorola Solutions.
By acquiring Motorola Mobility, Google will be able to control both Android software and hardware.
This should make HTC really happy. -editor
This is so unlike Microsoft and Nokia “partnership”.
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Google is buying Motorola Mobility for $12.5 billion while Microsoft acquired Nokia without buying it. – editor
Google finally stepped up and intervened in the lawsuit filed by Lodsys against Android developers. Lodsys has been busy filing lawsuits against Android and iOS developers for patent infringement. Apple and Google both have licensed Lodsys’ Patent Portfolios which then included in iOS and Android respectively.
There are a lot of people cursing Apple’s name for suing HTC over Android. The ITC sides with Apple and concludes that HTC violates 2 of Apple’s patent. Sean Ludwig of VentureBeat dares to scream the headline: “Why Apple’s ITC patent victory over HTC Android phones is scary“.
It is pretty apparent that Apple-hating is so trendy these days in lights of the Apple v. HTC lawsuit. Unfortunately a lot of people seems to forget that HTC has waived the white flag when Microsoft came knocking. HTC is paying royalties to Microsoft for every Android phone it sold. Hating Microsoft is apparently so 1998. Does anyone remember that Microsoft recently demands Samsung to pay $15 for each Android phone it makes.
Microsoft is asserting some ownership to Android, that’s a bigger threat. HTC is not the only company to pay Android royalties to Microsoft.
Blame it on how easy anyone can abuse software patent.
Microsoft is sure to make profit on mobile phone business, not from Windows Phone 7 but from Android phones. Reuters reported that Microsoft wants Samsung to pay smartphone license, specifically for the Android phones.
Microsoft Corp has demanded that Samsung Electronics Co Ltd pay $15 for each smartphone handset it makes based on Google Inc’s Android operating system as the software giant has a wide range of patents used in the mobile platform, local media reported on Wednesday.
Microsoft has been asserting that Android operating system is violating Microsoft’s patents. Previously Microsoft went after HTC to sign patent deal over Android phones. Microsoft also sued Motorola over Android phones.
Recently Microsoft also claims that Google’s Chrome OS is violating its patents.
This is not the first time Microsoft going after Open Source Software. Microsoft was asserting patent ownership on Linux operating system and signed a deal with Novell.
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editor’s note post now, fix later – busy.
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