Why Google Bought Motorola

Google announced today that it has agreed to acquire the maker of smartphones Motorola Mobility $ 12.5 billion.

In a statement, Google said the deal was largely motivated by the need to acquire the patent portfolio of Motorola, which said it would help defend against legal threats from armed Android competitors with their own patents. This problem has been at the forefront of a consortium of companies led by technology from Apple and Microsoft have bought more than 6,000 mobile devices and patents related to Nortel Networks for about $ 4.5 million in early July. The battle lines are drawn around the patents, as companies try to protect their interests in the competitive mobile industry through litigation and innovation.

However, as more people use the Internet to mobile devices, the acquisition could also help Google continue to key in their web experience in the coming years. As Apple has demonstrated its popular iPhone, this is much easier to achieve if the company can control the hardware and software, people carry in their pockets. Observations made by Google executives hint that Motorola could also play a role in shaping the future of the Web in other areas, for example, set-top boxes.

Motorola is more important in the acquisition by Google, and it takes the company into new territories uncertain. The agreement could also attract a competency exam is due to the scope and Google with Android, that runs on about half of all smartphones in the U.S..

Motorola, which makes Droid smartphone, went all-in with the Android platform Google in 2008 and stated that all units would use the operating system open source for mobile phones.

Before he left, as Google CEO Eric Schmidt had begun to press Google employees to divert their attention to mobile. Co-founder and new CEO, Larry Page seems determined to maintain this shift. At a conference this morning, he told investors: "It's no secret that Web use is increasingly shifting to mobile devices, a trend I expect to continue. As mobility continues to take heart in the information revolution is the combination of Motorola's a very important event in the further development of Google that will lead to many improvements in our ability to deliver a good user experience, the experience. "

Motorola engineers have greatly changed the Google Android platform-based appliances. For example, the company designed Motoblur, a user interface that includes Twitter, Facebook and other social sites into a single stream of data, and this was a major selling point for the mobile business.

European Sensation HTC Gingerbread OTA Update 2.3.4

Sensation, the HTC units have just started to 2.3.4 update over-the-air. HTC has not said anything, but reports from all ends of the continent began to come in, said that the update is already rolling.

Update brings video call functionality through Google Talk and regular mobile video calls. Some of the fixes and performance improvements are also promised, but nothing too big, as you might imagine.

So far, only the unlocked devices were feeling to get the update, everything locked handsets still sitting on the bench. Hopefully they will not be late to the party, though.

Rumor: Windows Mobile 7 Is Coming September 1st Mango

Windows Mobile 7 Mango was released to manufacturers of about three weeks ago and it seems that the test goes well. Sources now say that the first major update to the new Microsoft's mobile operating system will be available to the public on September 1.

The first major update of WP7 was node and its deployment was not as smooth as Microsoft hoped, despite releasing a minor update was supposed to first set the scene node.

Hopefully, this time in all have done their job as they say September 1 deadline is fast approaching. It is a well-chosen time to upgrade, just in time for IFA (September 2 to 7), that the major manufacturers have come together to show their new hardware.

Nokia should be releasing their first and probably only for combined Windows Phone 7 this year in October. Telephone (code-named "Sea Ray), the launch of the mango, but Nokia could get a special version aimed at the lower end WP7 called Tango.

The update brings mango variety of important features (yay, multitasking!) And WP7 will be much more competitive with Android and the IOS. In addition, the second generation of devices from leading manufacturers, the team must take a great leap forward too. Are you interested?

Ice Cream Sandwich Screenshots Leaked

Screenshots of the ice cream sandwich, next Google mobile OS have been leaked, thanks RootzWiki Android and police, which received a pair each. The two sources to ensure the authenticity of images, and any resemblance to the old version of Android were made aware that it is still a work in progress.

As you can see the image on the homescreen, the tray notification and the dock has been redesigned. The color scheme is green water, ice cream sandwich instead of a radioactive green color is dark blue Honeycomb Gingerbread. The dock is now clear, and contains four default icons. Box application is extended to the left and the extreme right, we can see what looks like a pile of icons. You can also see the honeycomb-style Google search option at the bottom left of the screen. Wallpaper and the power of the widget are both from the previous version of Android.

In the second screenshot, we can see that Android is simply referred to as "IceCreamSandwich" instead of a number, indicating that Google has not yet made their mind regarding this. One thing that struck us is that strange running Gingerbread Nexus S, all under the "Legal Information" About menu option of the phone is turned off, but it is not true in this picture.

Other changes were found (no photos here) are:

Updated icons for some applications (they are mainly blue now)

Panorama camera mode

Gmail Redesigned

Request the hill now lets you switch between applications and widgets

The revised notification tray

Like most changes are cosmetic, the OS should run on Android devices also up. The Nexus S will get the update, but the "Nexus Prime" will get it first.

You can view the other two screens in the source link below and let us know what you think of these photos.