Come for the patents, go for Apple: Google again rumored to use Motorola for making its own phones

Android's Andy Rubin has always been vocal that Motorola should be firewalled from the rest of Google's business, or it will affect the Android universe negatively, but it is apparently getting increasingly hard not to be tempted by Motorola's hardware business for Google.
The move is likely to face fierce opposition from other top Android manufacturers, but until Google actually comes up with its own device, all rumors are just talks and SWOT analysis strategizing, or, as cynics put it, a way to push Windows Phone 8 into the limelight as an alternative.
source: BusinessInsider