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What did Google pay for a cellphone company? Was it $8 billion, so the could sell it to a Chinese company for $3 billion? Then they bought a tiny overpriced thermostat company, that competes with Honeywell and dozens of other market leaders, that…

in Steve Jobs considered an 'Apple Car' in 2008, iPod creator remembers Comment by hockeydad November 2015
Many Android tablets are toys, that can be purchased for under $100 for children. Not too many children need Office. The iPad is the defacto standard tablet for business and K-12 education and all the primary software vendors are making apps for it.…

in Why did Microsoft port Office to Apple's iOS iPad before Android? Comment by hockeydad March 2014
Vaporware is a great PR tool for both Samsung and Google.

in Samsung tempers expectations for a 64-bit Android answer to Apple's A7 Comment by hockeydad November 2013
EMC more than likely received some patents that were storage or networking related, that didn't go to the current Rockstar. They may have been in it for the patents, not the settlements and royalties.

in Apple-backed patent consortium sues Google, major Android manufacturers Comment by hockeydad November 2013