topdownat4 Posted January 29, 2014 Share Posted January 29, 2014 So much for that marriage... http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-57618023-93/googles-motorola-may-be-sold-to-lenovo-for-$3b/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rawvega Posted January 29, 2014 Share Posted January 29, 2014 http://www.engadget.com/2014/01/29/lenovo-nearing-3-billion-deal-for-motorola/ According to several sources Lenovo is nearing a rather stunning deal that would put Motorola's cellphone business in its back pocket for roughly $3 billion. Google snatched up Motorola in 2011 for $12.5 billion. Since then it's slowly broken the company up, scaled back its device lineup and added its massive pile of patents to its legal arsenal. Now, after losing money for several years straight, Mountain View is reportedly preparing to offload the division on Chinese computer giant Lenovo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommym65 Posted January 29, 2014 Share Posted January 29, 2014 Nothing in the linked article discussing how many US jobs (and careers) will be blown to bits. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4ginnc Posted January 29, 2014 Share Posted January 29, 2014 Lenovo is on a buying spree. They just agreed to by IBM's low-end x-86 server business for $2.3billion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeffDTD Posted January 29, 2014 Share Posted January 29, 2014 Really sad to see this. I can't help but think Google just wasn't aggressive enough with Motorola leadership. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
centermedic Posted January 29, 2014 Share Posted January 29, 2014 Nothing in the linked article discussing how many US jobs (and careers) will be blown to bits. Lenovo has maintained and in some cases expanded its US employment. Hopefully this will be the same situation. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
themuffinman Posted January 29, 2014 Share Posted January 29, 2014 Really sad to see this. I can't help but think Google just wasn't aggressive enough with Motorola leadership. Google never intended to do anything with Motorola so I am not surprised by this at all. Once Google bought Motorola, I was kind of hoping that a Motorola nexus was in the works but after Google made it clear they were letting Motorola continue with business as usual I simply assumed that Google really bought them for their patent portfolio and that's it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardXy Posted January 29, 2014 Share Posted January 29, 2014 Google just shared its patent portfolio with Samsung and vice-versa. I'm sure that move devalued the Motorola price. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nickel Posted January 31, 2014 Share Posted January 31, 2014 No, this deal was because of the Samung deal. I think even the Nexus program is likely dead and I'm not alone in that thinking. http://anandtech.com/show/7726/some-thoughts-on-lenovos-acquisition-of-motorola-mobility-from-google Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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