Come for the patents, go for Apple: Google again rumored to use Motorola for making its own phones
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18 Comments
1. ChangMin2012 posted on 18 Apr 2012, 03:21 2
With the merger from Google/Motorola, hopefully we'd get these awesome phones:
Droid Stalwart (Sprint)
Droid Cassiopea Mk.IV (Sprint)
Droid Nexus (All Carriers)
Droid Soulreaper (T-mobile)
Droid Shotbomber (ATT)
Droid Maccob
Droid Hercules (VZW)
Droid Snapmaster (VZW)
Droid Dolan (VZW)
2. bobfreking55 posted on 18 Apr 2012, 03:28 10
too much droids, and droids are for verizon only, i think.
i say a new flagship for motorola, at the same time, keeping the nexus name open for other OEMs.
6. networkdood posted on 18 Apr 2012, 07:23 2
Yeah, the Droid line has become stale for VZW. AT&T's lineup is more impressive, esp. with the Note, but hopefully, VZW does improve.
17. atheisticemetic posted on 19 Apr 2012, 15:56 0
sorry but samsung phones are a joke. nice screens and nice processors, but when i stop doing so many manufacturer warranties for Samsung phones i'll jump on board
Droid Razr HD all the way
Tho ATT has always had better phones than Verizon :-/
3. PackMan posted on 18 Apr 2012, 03:30 4
These tech blogs are getting worse even when compared to Hollywood Tabloids.
4. Jimstar posted on 18 Apr 2012, 05:39 0
another day another rumor...
I guess this one makes a little more sense, If google's big wigs only wanted Moto's patents they probably would've just bought them. Buying a whole corporation only for the patents and then trying to flip them devoid of one of their most enticing parts is kinda insane really.
5. remixfa posted on 18 Apr 2012, 07:08 4
This rumor has been regurgitated on the web. BGR went so far as to claim that manufacturers would likely boycott android and run to WP7.
Ok.. lets add a little logic.
new manufacturers jump on android all the time. No one really cares. Google/moto would just be a "new" manufacturer of types.
Google releases all of their OS's into the internet so anyone can use them. Moto isnt going to get secret code that no one else does
No businees is going to get mad from increased competition in the worlds largest market (android) and jump exclusivly to a market with 1/100th the customers
most of android manufactures already make WP7 phones.
Having google making their own phones isnt going to skyrocket motorola to the top of the heap. Even the moto merger is going to have trouble taking down the samsung monolith.
There is nothing that Moto can do that Sammy and HTC cant.. but they can do it with a bigger fan base, custom hardware on sammy, or with great design from HTC.
If Moto becomes google by proxy, the biggest change we will see will probably be a push for more stock devices, which will push the industry to make more stock devices... which will make a lot of us happy.
more than likely googorola phones will not have direct update capabilities and will still have to go through the carrier, unless Google starts playing hardball FINALLY.
7. protozeloz posted on 18 Apr 2012, 07:40 2
I think its obvious which platform is giving preference, Nokia is gaining all the attention for WP devices while others are... kinda left out.
8. remixfa posted on 18 Apr 2012, 07:54 1
exactly. Unless BADA gets a real push from samsung (unlikely), their choice is to stick with the worlds most popular OS and deal with direct competition through googerola, or jump to the new OS and deal with market dominating direct competition through Microkia. Ill take option A please. lol
9. BattleBrat posted on 18 Apr 2012, 09:19 2
You guys bring up valid points, I mean the Galaxy Nexus didn't exactly take the world by storm like the Galaxy S II did, why would samsung and the others care? So Google releases a bunch of vanilla Android phones, BIG DEAL. I AM HAPPY THOUGH that it is MOTO that would be making the hardware. I always liked moto's hardware......
10. taco50 (banned) posted on 18 Apr 2012, 09:43 2
Google is copying Apple as usual. Of course google school starts making its own phones it's going to give preferential treatment towards . Other phone makers will start moving away from android to OS that doesn't get preferential treatment to its own hardware.
I think android will take a big dip in market share soon which is really the only thing android is good at.
16. Penny posted on 18 Apr 2012, 13:08 1
Google is vertically integrating their services, a business practice that is by no means unique to Apple.
For the next few years, I think the major three players in mobile OSes are Apple, Android, and potentially WP. Apple supplies both software and hardware, and does not sell the rights to use either to anybody, so no fear of Android losing other OEMs to Apple. Microsoft supplies the software and sells the rights to use it to hardware manufacturers. However, due to their unique relationship with Nokia, they are highly unlikely to get hardware manufacturers to jump ship from Android entirely. I see the Google-Motorola relationship as similar to the Microsoft-Nokia relationship in practice. The key for both Microsoft and Google is to not allow their preferred hardware partners to do something so unique that other manufacturers feel like they can't compete.
If Google gives Motorola the exclusive ability to provide a Vanilla Android experience, or gives it preferential treatment when it comes to updates, then that may be a problem. With WP, Microsoft is allowing Nokia greater access to the OS, but Nokia is actually assisting in the development of some of the features that ALL manufacturers will take advantage of as they are developments in the OS. If Nokia gets preferential treatment when it comes to features or upgrade path, that could be detrimental to WP's overall growth.
11. Droid_X_Doug posted on 18 Apr 2012, 10:06 1
taco - did you know that under a few feet of space dust, the core of the Moon is green cheese? That is called an un-substantiated opinion, just like your assertion that Android is going to experience a big drop in market share.
13. taco50 (banned) posted on 18 Apr 2012, 11:38 3
Yes it is just my opinion. Unlike certain fandroids I will not pretend that my opinion is fact.
15. remixfa posted on 18 Apr 2012, 11:58 5
except when you try to argue fact.. with opinion.. and then stomp off when actual facts are presented.
18. atheisticemetic posted on 19 Apr 2012, 16:23 0
does he cry apple juice? yup...i went there
12. dallas90733 posted on 18 Apr 2012, 10:23 0
The move is likely to face fierce opposition from other top Android manufacturers.
Wait, help me understand:
HTC sales Android and Window phones.
Samsung sales Android, Bada And Window phones.
Nokia Sales Window phones.
Shouldn't Google be mad at HTC and Samsung from selling other operating system( Windows)?. This should be a two way street.
