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Quote: Originally Posted by anonymouse We know the reason, you just don't accept it. The reason is that, as even your own examples of what "could" work on a 5-7" tablet, it's only workable when there is no UI chrome -- i.e. apps that do nothing b…
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Quote: Originally Posted by airnerd seems like all of this chatter about the new phone would already be slowing current iPhone sales. The only thing that will significantly slow sales is when they turn off the supply spigot for a model, which …
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Quote: Originally Posted by sumjuan Sorry, I do not see where this is bad move for Apple. Google does not indemnify their Android customers so I don't see how this helps HTC. With the Motorola suit against Apple it is still mutually assured destr…
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Quote: Originally Posted by jwdav Apple tends to invent things related to products they build and patent them, which is a whole different thing from buying existing patents that probably already have licensing in place. That's a really terribl…
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Quote: Originally Posted by dagamer34 You are confusing patents with trademarks, which actually DO have to be actively defended otherwise they can be lost. Patents on the other hand can be held onto without suing anyone even if you know other com…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Gatorguy A ZDNet blogger has added a few reasons why the deal makes sense. http://www.zdnet.com/blog/btl/google...es-sense/54987 Within a few weeks everything should be clearer. It's a tough one to call right now …
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Quote: Originally Posted by nvidia2008 Curious, excuse the n00b question, but Motorola is up 57.99% in pre-market. In a situation like this doesn't trading of shares of Moto have to be suspended? Wouldn't people be buying into Moto shares like…
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I'm sure this is just a user error on my part but I can't find 17k patents currently assigned to Motorola Mobility, Inc - in fact the patent assignment database currently only lists 29. Any patent experts care to comment? http://assignments.us…
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Quote: Originally Posted by freckledbruh The problem with that is if the patents are indeed fundamental, then they become standardized and must be licensed to any and every one at a set price. The patents are, at least according to Jha, a mix…
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The more I think about this, the more I conclude that Google next needs to bid for ZTE. Why? Because then the combined firm can be called Googonzola.
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Quote: Originally Posted by fecklesstechguy The only thing of value to Google is the IP that MOTO holds for the mobility space. I was wondering tho if MOTO Mobility actually holds those patents or if they are held by Motorola Mobility or if they …
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Quote: Originally Posted by stelligent But seriously, I think the answers lies in Larry Page's own words: "Our acquisition of Motorola will increase competition by strengthening Google's patent portfolio, which will enable us to better protec…
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Ok - finally something interesting on the conference call. Google is still intending to partner with other firms with the Nexus handsets. They're claiming that Samsung and HTC will be able to bid for that privilege equally with Moto.
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Quote: Originally Posted by sip Are many of Moto's telecoms patents likely to be like Nokias, where they are part of the standards for 3G, 4G etc and every other manufacturer licences these at fixed fees? Many are, but at least according to Jh…
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*Yawn* ok well Larry and Sanjay just gave us the management blurb with no interesting comments. Larry said that other android makers were happy with the deal, but then he would. Lots of promises of amazing user experiences etc. Now for the Q&a…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Wovel Also important was Motorolas plan to sue all of the other Android makers. Good point, Samsung and HTC may actually be happy that this happened - will be interesting to see how they respond.
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Quote: Originally Posted by stelligent I wonder what was more appealing to GOOG - the control of hardware design or Motorola's patent portfolio? Or maybe they just really really hated Motoblur I'm seeing a lot of jubilation from android user…
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For those curious there's a conference call at 8.30ET http://investor.shareholder.com/medi...BCF4D43C080953
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Quote: Originally Posted by ksec No, they didn't bought Motorola because of building Andriod Devices or making hardware etc. They brought Moto because of their HUGE patents portfolio. RIght, and I think one of the few things we can conclude i…
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Hmm, things just got interesting.