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But Motorola Mobility leapt past RIM with an Android phone that packs a dual-core chip.
Case in point, Google is acquiring Motorola Mobility, the handset business of the former Motorola.
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By comparison, Google, before their deal to buy Motorola Mobility (MMI), had 925 granted patents.
Google Inc. completed its acquisition of Motorola Mobility Holdings Inc. (Motorola) on May 22, 2012.
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Google is the owner of Motorola Mobility which competes with other Android based phone manufacturers.
Google completes the Motorola Mobility acquisition today and that means a great future for Android devices.
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Motorola Mobility knows this world and has the relationships that could help Google make inroads here.
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The other thing we need to look at is the accumulated tax losses at Motorola Mobility.
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Motorola Mobility's Home business delivers the smart, simple connected home, which is driving the evolution of TV.
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"Motorola Mobility's patent portfolio will help protect the Android ecosystem, " it said in a press release.
Other competitors in the technology sector include: Nokia (NOK), Siemens (SI), and Motorola Mobility (MMI).
Motorola Mobility late Friday warned that Q4 results will come in well short of Street expectations.
This includes the thousands of patents the company gained when it acquired Motorola Mobility last year.
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Competitors like Motorola Mobility are trying to play catch up with the iPad in the tablet market.
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The same patent wars, which led Google to buy Motorola Mobility are raging on in Europe.
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Mr. Rubin later that year was personally involved in Google's acquisition of Motorola Mobility, a hardware manufacturer.
Apple competes with Research in Motion, Nokia and Motorola Mobility in the smartphone market.
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However, this deal to purchase Motorola Mobility might be a coup to beat that hands down.
The problem is the other half, Motorola Mobility, a maker of mobile phones and TV set-top boxes.
To complicate things further, search giant Google last year acquired Motorola Mobility - mainly for its patents.
One half, Motorola Mobility, got the cellphone and cable set-top box units and ex- Qualcomm exec Sanjay Jha as CEO.
Motorola Mobility on Wednesday, amidst a showing of new smartphones, announced the long-awaited Android 3 tablet called Xoom.
Google's Motorola Mobility Unit has said it is cutting 1, 200 jobs, or more than 10% of its workforce.
Then there is Google, which is eliminating some 4, 000 positions due to its acquisition of Motorola Mobility.
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Ever since Motorola Mobility introduced the Droid in late 2009, the company has consistently increased its smartphone mix.
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Motorola Mobility is expected to debut its long awaited Android 3.0 tablet through a tight-knit partnership with Google.
The transaction will increase ARRIS' patent portfolio and provide a license to a wide array of Motorola Mobility patents.
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But Motorola Mobility Chief Executive Sanjay Jha says the idea from the beginning was to make a health device.
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