Lenovo to buy Google's Motorola handset division

Re:Lenovo to buy Google's Motorola handset division by pearjuice on Wednesday January 29, 2014 @05:03PM (#7147376)

It'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.

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Re:Lenovo to buy Google's Motorola handset division by billnguyen on Wednesday January 29, 2014 @05:32PM (#7147586)

Nexus phones/products have always been made by external partners (HTC, Samsung, LG, etc...), none of which have ever been Motorola. Why does the Moto sale affect the Nexus line?

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Re:Lenovo to buy Google's Motorola handset division by mcintyre1994 on Wednesday January 29, 2014 @05:16PM (#7147487)

Have you got a good source on that abandoning Nexus thing? I saw in on The Verge forum but the source was just repeating a rumour. (http://www.technobuffalo.com/2014/01/27/google-to-kill-nexus...)

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Re:Lenovo to buy Google's Motorola handset division by Raphael on Thursday January 30, 2014 @05:19AM (#7149902)

There are Google Edition devices from many manufacturers. Just keep those coming. It seems unlikely they would all choose to discontinue. Surely Google provides incentives.

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Re:Lenovo to buy Google's Motorola handset division by dclara on Wednesday January 29, 2014 @08:29PM (#7148493)

You have a point and insight. This is critical to a lot of Android users. I sort of believe what you said because other sources also implied Android's head is gone and it's under ChromeOS now. we can imagine what will happen. I tried the ChromeBook for a second, even the sellers don't like it. Other than lock users to the Google platform, I don't see any value there. Really sad if what you predicted is true.

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