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Quote: Originally Posted by konqerror Nothing wrong with the research. They listed the top 5, anything else is smaller than 4.6%. This is called a "long tail". Fault of the market, not the researcher. Um http://fortune.com/2014/07/28/pc…
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Gartner didn't estimate Apple's Q1 iPhone sales at 60.2million, Apple reported iPhone sales of 60.2 million (shipments of 61.2 million and a channel inventory increase of 1 million). One could I suppose say that Gartner calculated the number, but t…
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Quote: Originally Posted by mdriftmeyer Google doesn't have the money to win the auctions. End of story. They bought a large portion of archaic IP with the hopes of the 7,500 filed patents pending will venture them protection. So wait, you …
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Quote: Originally Posted by jragosta And one Google to rule them all....... I can't imagine anything online that's scarier. One Microsoft to rule them all? It would be just like one Google to rule them all but with worse services
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Quote: Originally Posted by sunspot42 And at the rate Motorola is burning thru cash, that won't last very long. Motorola is up against not only Apple and Nokia, but also Samsung and LG (and possibly HP, if they ever get their act together). All…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Prof. Peabody Pretty sure this isn't actually true. They didn't buy *all* of Motorola, just the mobile stuff. Home IP Video and home digital video are both on their product list, that graphic is just for Moto mobil…
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Florian Mueller has a second interesting post on the subject http://fosspatents.blogspot.com/2011...ak-up-fee.html I'm not entirely sure I agree with him, or even that he's making a coherent argument, but the suggestion that the patents are n…
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Quote: Originally Posted by droideggs what are all the Moto-Blur software developers going to do? I have a feeling a lot of software engineers on Moto side will get the boot? Or maybe GOOG might be nice enough to take them under their wing. Lets …
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Quote: Originally Posted by freckledbruh Except Google may have bought Motorola strictly for IP reasons and let Motorola die on the vine causing thousands to lose their jobs. Conceivably, but is the IP really worth that much? Even after subtr…
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Quote: Originally Posted by stelligent Shots have been fired over a relatively small number of patents. Quote: Originally Posted by jragosta What people don't seem to get is that it's not the number of patents that matter. Some patents are …
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Quote: Originally Posted by mdriftmeyer Nortel's LTE patents are what Moto doesn't have, and with the next auction coming up Google's position for them will be diddly squat and they knew so they bought Moto Mobility instead. Shareholders will be …
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Quote: Originally Posted by sunspot42 The patents are a smokescreen, and Googlerola's Android "partners" should be very, very afraid. Motorola was hard up for cash, and Google needed patents. But there was no reason to buy the entire company - …
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Quote: Originally Posted by Gatorguy IMO they've all now gathered together enough IP to make business miserable for each other if they all wanted to make ugly. I don't think further ridiculously expensive patent purchases are going to make busine…
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Quote: Originally Posted by stelligent But let's play this out ... Suppose Apple or MSFT sues Google for patent infringement, Larry could wave the MOTO patents and say "tit for tat", which might be enough to create a detente. But can Larry re…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Dick Applebaum Yes! Conceivably, Oracle could end up owning Android... then what would Google do -- they certainly won't be allowed to buy RIMM Actually it turns out that this can't happen, or at the very least ca…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Aizmov How did the authorities let this pass? Wow, you manage to cram a lot of wrongness in only 7 words. Authorities haven't even looked at this yet. Authorities will almost certainly pass it as it doesn't reduce t…
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Quote: Originally Posted by stelligent I wonder ... Let's assume the inherited set of MOTO patents will protect Google against patent infringement suits. Will it necessarily protect Android licensees? The Lodsys case, although far from an exact…
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Quote: Originally Posted by tawilson 1. The purchase of Moto has bearing in the Oracle case, as Moto has nothing that Oracle could need. 2. Google can't do a non-infringing rewrite without being clean-roomed (.i.e. new developers). 3, 4 and…
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Quote: Originally Posted by solipsism I can't completely completely rule it out because, 1) it feels like it's about time for Apple to expand the brand which to me means a larger display that could potentially handle such components, 2) this addi…
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Quote: Originally Posted by dragan0405 quote from case "The court also denied Motorola’s motions to dismiss Apple’s breach of contract, patent misuse, and promissory estoppel claims which also rely on Apple’s allegations that Motorola failed to…