{"id":40914,"date":"2014-01-29T16:06:06","date_gmt":"2014-01-29T23:06:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2014\/01\/29\/google-is-selling-motorola.html"},"modified":"2014-01-29T16:06:06","modified_gmt":"2014-01-29T23:06:06","slug":"google-is-selling-motorola","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2014\/01\/29\/google-is-selling-motorola.html","title":{"rendered":"Google is … selling Motorola?"},"content":{"rendered":"
That seems kind of crazy. I'm pretty sure there's a reason — Google does zany things, and it has gazillions to throw around, but you don't just casually make a decision like this. I'm finding the link to their recent discussions with Samsung to be somewhat persuasive — "We'll stop screwing with the interface, you stop competing with our hardware."<\/p>\n

That said, I don't think this changes my mind about the Moto X still being on the short list for my next phone (in a month or two). \u00a0There's a lot of crazy in the comments on this article, but I had a Lenovo laptop for some time and never had a problem with it.<\/p>\n

I look forward to reading more analysis on this one.\ufeff<\/p><\/div>\n

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Report: Google Is Selling Motorola to Lenovo for $3 Billion<\/a>
\n The New York Times is reporting that Google will sell its Mobility unit to Lenovo for $3 billion. Details are thin, but the Times says a deal should be announced shortly.\n <\/p>\n

View this post on Google+<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

That seems kind of crazy. I'm pretty sure there's a reason — Google does zany things, and it has gazillions to throw around, but you don't just casually make a decision like this. 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