Google Buys Motorola Mobility For 12 Billion | News | Forum

Google apparently had an ace up its sleeve when it comes to getting ahold of patents to protect its Android mobile operating system from the competitive onslaught brought on by Apple and Microsoft through their own partnership in Nortel's patents.  In a 12 Billion deal Google quietly purchased Motorola Mobility in what it says will give them the ability to supercharge their Android phones and bring more competition to the market.

What this means for Apple and it's iOS systems remains unknown, but I believe that Google will use these new patents to fight their current lawsuits and possibly bring their own.

Source: CNN Money

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