Very odd news. Was looking forward to seeing what Google could do with their weight thrown behind hardware.
And they're off to a good start with the Moto X and Moto G. I don't really understand why they'd want to sell Motorola now.
Lenovo to buy Google's Motorola handset division
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Re: Lenovo to buy Google's Motorola handset division
#82Huge announcement if true, and if this accounts for the entirety of the Motorola purchase that Google made. That means that in less than two years, Google shredded 85% of the $13bn paid for Motorola. At the time, the high price paid was excused for the patents, because the business itself did not generate nearly enough earnings to justify the price. Now, if it is true that the patents are part of the deal (the articl…
A lot depends on the remaining 7,000 patents.
Re: Lenovo to buy Google's Motorola handset division
#83Huge announcement if true, and if this accounts for the entirety of the Motorola purchase that Google made. That means that in less than two years, Google shredded 85% of the $13bn paid for Motorola. At the time, the high price paid was excused for the patents, because the business itself did not generate nearly enough earnings to justify the price. Now, if it is true that the patents are part of the deal (the articl…
> It's also a big statement on Google's ability to succeed in the hardware market, where they've never seemed to be able to gain real success despite their attempts with notebooks and phones. And Google TV. Let's not forget that huge failure. "By the summer of 2012, the majority of the televisions you see in stores will have Google TV embedded in it." -Eric Schmidt
Instead, by the Summer of 2016, the majority of living rooms will be using Chromecast or something similar running Android. Android will acquire a monopoly share in smart TV, exactly like it did in smart phones and tablets. In fact, the game is already over, the competition just doesn't realize it yet.
Re: Lenovo to buy Google's Motorola handset division
#84I wonder if this has anything to do with Apple's focus on the Chinese market. Google could effectively hand off a tightly wound partnership to an established Chinese company in Lenovo that can then leverage Android more effectively in a head to head battle with Apple. In the interim, Google keeps its hands clean and doesn't enter into the discussions that plague any sort of success in the Chinese marketplace.
There are plenty of strong android competitors in the chinese market. Google's Hugo Barra headed to Xiaomi just last year.
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#85Earlier quoted context omitted.
Yeah, Chromecast is pretty amazing. I bought one and everyone in my family who has been over to see it has purchased one as well.
Just curious - what do you usually use Chromecast for? I got it specifically to stream Youtube on my TV, and found that there was usually a > 1 second lag between the image on the TV and the sound on the TV. This has given me a pretty negative view of Chromecast - basically that it's just good for streaming visual-only things like slideshows etc. Have you found this not to be the case?
Try using the native apps for chromecast for streaming content as opposed to streaming the chrome tab. Youtube has a native chromecast app.
Re: Lenovo to buy Google's Motorola handset division
#86Earlier quoted context omitted.
Yeah, Chromecast is pretty amazing. I bought one and everyone in my family who has been over to see it has purchased one as well.
What are the advantages of Chromecast over something like Apple TV?
At this point, mainly cost and size (just plug it into the back of the tv and it is out of the way). Potentially, apps, but that is a sore point at the moment, as there are not many to speak of.
Re: Lenovo to buy Google's Motorola handset division
#87It's really too bad. The Moto X is my favorite phone since the Nokia N9. And I work at Nokia.
Re: Lenovo to buy Google's Motorola handset division
#88It's over, Android is finished. With Google parting hands with Motorola and abandoning Nexus all together (Google Play Edition phones will take over), the consumer is entirely dependent of consumer-oriented manufactures like Samsung. A black day for Android, a good day for Samsung its monopoly.
Re: Lenovo to buy Google's Motorola handset division
#89Earlier quoted context omitted.
Yeah, Chromecast is pretty amazing. I bought one and everyone in my family who has been over to see it has purchased one as well.
Just curious - what do you usually use Chromecast for? I got it specifically to stream Youtube on my TV, and found that there was usually a > 1 second lag between the image on the TV and the sound on the TV. This has given me a pretty negative view of Chromecast - basically that it's just good for streaming visual-only things like slideshows etc. Have you found this not to be the case?
I think you're missing the Chromecast button on the YouTube page. You shouldn't have to mirror the tab to fling YouTube to the TV.
Mostly I use it for Netflix, Google Play Movies & TV, and Plex.
Also if you have an Android or iPhone the native application on either device will have the Chromecast icon to fling the video. It's the same icon in Chrome (and maybe other browsers? I'm not sure) to fling from your computer.
Re: Lenovo to buy Google's Motorola handset division
#90Huge announcement if true, and if this accounts for the entirety of the Motorola purchase that Google made. That means that in less than two years, Google shredded 85% of the $13bn paid for Motorola. At the time, the high price paid was excused for the patents, because the business itself did not generate nearly enough earnings to justify the price. Now, if it is true that the patents are part of the deal (the articl…
It looks like Google used the Motorola patents to get Samsung to tone down its Android skinning: http://recode.net/2014/01/29/after-google-pressure-samsung-w...
If this keeps Android from being forked by Samsung, I'd say it's not such a big loss.