Google sells Motorola to Lenovo for $3bn

[lanux128]

looks like Google is not keen to enter smartphone market, hardware side at least.


• http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-25956284

[Agation]

So that means nexus production will be closed?

[Shades]

Why? Doesn't LG make those Nexus phones?

[Renegade]

Yeah.... Minus the patents...

[rgdot]

Why? Doesn't LG make those Nexus phones?

Those companies like Samsung and even LG are not exactly happy at seeing cheaper smartphones being sold directly by Google, another company making a big investment directly via Google will only add to that view.

[lanux128]

while Samsung and Apple are wrapped in legal tangle, Google has quietly given Lenovo a boost to enter the US market. while Lenovo has its flagship K900, getting the technology behind the Moto X is a relishing thought.

[Godric]

If the patents are worth more than $7bn ($12bn originally paid for Motorola, less $2bn on the TV division, less the $3bn on this deal) then they haven't lost a penny.

[40hz]

Boy is Lenovo ever on a roll! IBM just sold their entire x86-based server business to them for $2.3 billion.

Lenovo will take charge of IBM's System x, BladeCenter and Flex System blade servers and switches, x86-based Flex integrated systems, NeXtScale and iDataPlex servers and associated software, blade networking and maintenance operations.

Apparently IBM now sees it's future in datacenters and its Watson-based services and supercomputers.