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| Lenovo get Motorola |
The Google has determined that it has sucked all the marrow out of Motorola Mobility and what is left is too much of a burden and it has sold it to Lenovo of China.
Google bought the phone maker typically for its patent portfolio which it was planning to use to look after Android from Apple and Microsoft.
Now Larry Page claims that it has managed to make a level playing field for Android, Google was left wondering why it wants a handset maker.
There was a great deal muttering from Google's partners when it bought the outfit in the 1st place. They feared that Google would give Motorola all the upgrades and favour it over other hardware partners.
Writing in his bog Larry Page said that though Google was keeping the patents it was going to get rid of Motorola Mobility for $2.91 billion.
Page said that his Motorola group have done a wonderful job reinventing the company and had built some smartphones that customers love. Both the Moto G and the Moto X are doing truly well.
But Page said that the smartphone marketplace was super competitive, and Motorola will be better served by Lenovo.
"This move will allow Google to devote our power to driving innovation across the Android ecosystem, for the advantage of smartphone users everywhere," Larry Page said.
Page said that this did not mean that Google was pulling out of hardware and it was not getting out of the wearable and house markets.
Larry Page said that Lenovo has the knowledge and track record to scale Motorola into a main player within the Android egosystem. It has a lot of skill in hardware, and they have worldwide reach.
Lenovo Company will keep Motorola's separate brand identity as it did when they acquired ThinkPad from IBM in 2005.
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