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Google to acquire Motorola Mobility.

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

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Verizon Hates Wireless Customer and Google.

The Register reported that Verizon is forcing their wireless customers to use Microsoft Bing as the only search engine on their smartphones. What about the Droid phones? Will Verizon be able to set Microsoft Bing as the only search engine on theDroid browser search box? Afterall, Droid phones are based on Google’s Android platform.

Well, this could be something the competitors can use against Verizon. Thanks Verizon for sending those over-the-air updates to your favorite smartphone.