What Google/Moto means for Android OEMs
Rick Merritt, EETimes
8/15/2011 3:53 PM EDT
SAN JOSE, Calif. – Google's bid for Motorola may save the Android ecosystem from legal threats, but it also will raise new tensions among smartphone, tablet and TV makers. The Internet search giant also must figure out how to manage handset and set-top businesses at arm's length.
Google is saying all the right things: It will make no changes in how it manages access to Android, and it vows to run Motorola as a separate company. But with both efforts, the devil is in the details.
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