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Nexus Tablet coming Next, says Schmidt

Eric Schmidt told an Italian Newspaper that, in the next 6 months they are planning on releasing a tablet of the highest quality, that will be competing against the iPad. Google has been putting out pure devices with the Nexus branding on their phones and maybe, now is the time to start with the tablets.

The Motorola Xoom’s have been the flagship tablets from Google up to now, and that possibly might not change with Google now owning Motorola Mobility. Only time will tell what Google comes out with but whatever it is, they better get ready, if your going to compete with the iPad right now you have an uphill battle ahead.

(via Android Community)

Google is Another step closer to Motorola Acquisition

Google and Motorola agreed on a 12.5 billion dollar merger just a couple of months ago, which was a huge deal. Everyone knew that was only the first step to Google owning Motorola. Now, we are one step closer because the shareholders for Motorola have approved the merger.

There were 74% of the shareholders available to vote, and it was an overwhelming 99% vote for yes. Google still has other regulatory issues to get past first, but from what it looks like now the acquisition will be taking place in the first half of 2012.

(via Android Community)

Google not to Favor Motorola, Says Schmidt

In a recent interview, Eric Schmidt was quizzed about Google acquiring Motorola Mobility and what kind of affect that would have on Google’s openness with Android. Schmidt assured that the ecosystem is their number one priority and they will not do anything with Motorola, or anyone else that would screw up the dynamics of the industry.

He goes on to say that, they will not play favorites to any company like a lot of the analyst are concerned about. This is good to hear from Schmidt, but we are not totally sure we believe him. Google might be able to keep up with the way things have been working for a while but it is hard to believe that nothing will not change down the road to be partial to Motorola. Only time will tell, at least it sounds like they have good intentions.

(via Droid Life)

The Gadget Gurus Podcast Ep 126 – Bromigos

This week on The Gadget Gurus, the world is introduced to The Gaming Gurus! They guys also talk about HP, webOS, Motorola, Google and much more! Enjoy the show!

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Google and Motorola Teaming Up to Take Over?

Google and Motorola have been working together for a while now with Android and now this morning Google has announced that is has agreed, and is in plans to purchase Motorola Mobility. The purchase price is said to be for $40 per share and that evens out to around 12.5 billion dollars.

The deal has approval from both companies and has to go through the normal regulatory approval process first, but should be final at the end of this year or the first part of 2012. Motorola will remain named Motorola and ran as a separate company, however we can only imagine how closely their phones will be integrated with the “stock” pure Google experience.

As for the Nexus devices, Larry Page and Andy Rubin say that every year they select a manufacturer and work closely in one building together within 9 to 12 months to come up with these pure Google devices. They have reassured to all the other partners and manufactures that nothing will change. They plan to carry on like usual and select a company (possibly Motorola) to build their Nexus device.

Also, they tell all the manufactures that Android will remain an open platform and they can continue using the operating system just as usual. This is the reason they have been able to succeed with Android so much, so they want to keep that in place.

However, with Google owning Motorola, we cannot imagine how you wouldn’t want the Motorola devices being that they are owned and ran by Google. One would think that these will have the best Android experience being that they are working in conjunction with each other. Only time will tell how this all pans out, but to us it looks like Google is aiming for the same thing that Apple has and Microsoft wants with Nokia, control over the hardware and software. We shall see as time unfolds, what do you think Google’s plans are for Motorola?

(via Android Community and This is my Next)