Google Gains Patents and More with Motorola Mobility Purchase

Flip Phone to RAZR to Google

Growing up, I knew Motorola for its television sets. From those dark ages, Motorola pursued mobile phones as well as cable modems and video boxes. It developed two iconic mobile phones. First the flip phone in the mid-1990s; then the RAZR. It also treated the public to several memorable commercials on both products. Who could resist the sleek, thin RAZR? Google cleared the final hurdle in its pursuit of a merger with Motorola Mobility. Trading commissions nationally and internationally were required to approve the merger, which began almost a year ago. The last country, the People’s Republic of China, approved it on May 19. By May 22, the $12.5 billion merger’s worldwide regulatory review was complete. The stated plan is for Motorola to …

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Apple's iPhone 4S

We expected iPhone 5 but got iPhone 4S. What's that about?

Quite a week for Apple. New Apple CEO Tim Cook in his maiden product launch announced on October 4 that the release date for the next iPhone would be October 14. That the new iPhone is an iPhone 4S instead of an iPhone 5 was not exactly what people expected to hear. Yet pre-orders, which started last week, quickly broke records, according to CNET News. Henry Blodget wrote in Business Insider that the iPhone 4S may be aimed at three categories of potential buyers: Considering this week's BlackBerry outages, the timing for release of the iPhone 4S may prove serendipitous for Apple. Turbulent times indeed. Let’s look at what Apple is rolling out on October 12 before the iPhone 4S: iOS 5 for existing devices such as the iPhone 4 and 3GS, iPad …

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