“What do Google and Motorola get from being under the same management? Google gets access to Motorola’s home networking gear, GPS devices, cable boxes, and cord/cordless phones, all of which work directly against what Google has been trying to deliver in its Android push,” Daniel Eran Dilger writes for RoughlyDrafted Magazine. “In return, Motorola will destroy third party interest in Android and Chrome OS, while doing nothing to provide Google with the retail stores, PC platform, and local software experience it lacks.”
“Google simply bought the biggest loser in the smartphone industry out of desperation at a high price that it will continue to pay for many years,” Dilger writes. “Sound familiar? Oh right, HP did the same thing when it bought Palm out of desperation to gain independence from Microsoft and avoid dependence upon Android. Perhaps the Google acquisition of Motorola will help HP.”
Much more in the full article here.
[Thanks to MacDailyNews Readers “Gomer37” and “Joe Architect” for the heads up.]