Google Acquires Motorola: From Openness or Towards Closed

"Google" welcomes "Motor"

Melodies:

At the wedding of Google and Motorola, HTC cried with tears: It was useless to have so many children for him. Google loved himself. Samsung watched HTC silently and remembered the man named Apple. She understood this. Kind of love-hate feeling; Microsoft did not dare to look at Nokia's eyes: give me a little time, I'm not ready yet.

Snapped! HTC gave Google a slap in the face: "Chen Shimei! I have been working hard for many years, and even if you and Samsung Sony Ericsson get home I swallow it! Now that you have developed and MOU that little demon gosh, how not to get you!" "We will not become like them?" Nokia on the side whispered. "Fools," Microsoft put Nokia in arms. "If we all share, who still believes in love?"

After the acquisition, it will insist on opening up to be otherwise naïvely $12.5 billion, which is the bill that Google will have to pay to acquire Motorola Mobility.

However, it is not this astronomical figure that has caused the industry to be inexplicably intimidated, but hidden behind the acquisition. Google's judgment on the mobile Internet terminal market or the future development direction of the entire mobile Internet market.

Although on Tuesday, Google CEO Larry Page has stated through a blog that even if it completes the acquisition of Motorola Mobility, Google will not change Android's position as an open platform. However, Google’s shift from a pure software platform vendor to a hardware-software-killing enterprise still causes a high degree of vigilance within the industry – does this mean that an emerging era has turned to an end? Or is Apple's closed-end operation the future of the mobile Internet market?

Compared with the trend of the patent wars, the industry is more concerned about whether after completing the acquisition of Motorola, whether Google has the ability to kill both hardware and software can continue to maintain the open characteristics of the Android system.

In response, Larry Page’s answer is to persist in “openness”. However, it seems that many people who believe in this statement seem to have little, although after Google released the acquisition statement, HTC, the earliest to win the Android system, stood up for the first time to indicate that the acquisition “is beneficial to the development of the Android ecosystem. We think this It will benefit HTC's promotion of Android phones."

But in the eyes of analysts, Google's collection of Motorola is precisely the biggest threat to Samsung and HTC. "This will speed up the original Android supporter's foot speed on multiple boats. HTC, Samsung may have to speed up the Windwos Phone 7 tilt." BDA analyst Dan Chao said. Ben Wood, an analyst at CCS Insight, a US-based research company, also believes that the deal will trigger concerns among Android camp companies that may eventually lead to the success of Windows Phone 7.

These potential possibilities cannot be missed by Google. However, it is determined to embark on the "journey" of the acquisition of Motorola's mobile. However, such a large-scale transaction has not even been heard before it was announced. This can not help but ponder whether there are more hidden secrets behind.

In this regard, Fei Xiang network CEO's judgment is that Google intends to change the Android platform market "chaos." As we all know, the open nature of the Android platform determines that third-party manufacturers can perform deep customization on their systems. So we have seen various variants of Android such as HTC Sense, Samsung TouchWiz, Legend Music Phone, China Mobile OPhone, and Xiaomi MIUI. Although these changes to native Android have provided users with richer choices, they have also confused users' perceptions of the Android brand and have spawned a series of problems such as software compatibility and inconsistent versions.

The acquisition of arguable patent disputes is not so simple. Whether it is the industry analysis after the announcement or the public statement of Larry Page, they are trying to send us a message. The most basic and direct reason for Google’s acquisition of Motorola Mobile is to enable the Android platform to better survive the current patent “encirclement and suppression” situation.

The lack of a sufficient number of patents in the mobile phone field is undoubtedly the biggest problem for the current Android platform related manufacturers. Whether it is Motorola, HTC, or Samsung, they all fell into an endless patent dispute with Apple in 2011. The source of these troubles is naturally Google. Therefore, Larry Page’s public statement specifically stated: “Our acquisition of Motorola aims to enhance our market competitiveness by strengthening our patent strength. This helps us to resist the anti-trust threats from Microsoft, Apple and other companies.”

For this reason, the industry has given considerable recognition, Analysys Chief Analyst Liu Guanwu said that the recent Android mobile phone manufacturers have encountered a series of patent litigation has become the development of the Android system, through this acquisition of Motorola Mobile, Google can obtain technology, patents and talent to ensure the continued development of the Android system.

According to reports, Motorola Mobile has more than 17,000 patents worldwide, and 7,500 patents are pending. These patents will undoubtedly escort Google in the future patent war around the Android system. But are these patents sufficient? ? In this regard, there are obviously different views in the industry. American intellectual property expert Florian Muller pointed out that the acquisition will not become the umbrella of Android because Motorola Mobile has fully utilized its patents in disputes with Apple and Microsoft. "But it has little effect." Not only that, but more observers have reached a consensus on a problem that the acquisition of Motorola Mobile could not help the "Oracle v. Google" case.

Not open enough will close the conclusion too early compared to Apple's complete closure on the iOS platform, Google has not yet clearly completely turned to action on the Android system. According to Yang Qun, chief analyst of Warring States Strategy, the long-term intention of Google’s acquisition of Motorola’s mobile is obviously to create a mobile internet ecosystem that integrates deeply from software to hardware. "After all, it has been a long time since the development of the Android system. Google hasn't made any money. It's normal to make some changes."

How to further tap the profitability of the Android platform has naturally become a problem that Google must face. In this regard, the use of iOS platform popular in the world of Apple is clearly a good example of imitation, in particular, Apple's built closed iOS software + semi-closed application store model is a program that can directly learn from. In this regard, Xiang Ligang said that the acquisition of Motorola's mobile is Google's deep integration of hardware and software to improve its own mobile Internet industry's ecological chain of an attempt, and only then, Google has the ability to fully confront with Apple.

From this perspective, the biggest impact on the industry from Google’s acquisition of Motorola Mobility may be that it will accelerate the deep integration between mobile Internet companies, software vendors, and handset manufacturers. “The future is centered on the mobile Internet market. Chain-related mergers and acquisitions may be more and more." Yang Qun said, "Like HP's acquisition of Palm, Lenovo Group repurchased Lenovo Mobile, the next few years, the market will reshuffle the smart phone, tablet PCs will be Ushered in a climax.” As to whether the creation of this mobile ecological chain will deplete the open features of the Android system, Yang Qun said that further observations are needed and conclusions are too early. "If Microsoft, Intel, RIM, Nokia and other giants also conducted similar mergers and acquisitions, then the mobile Internet market will face a situation where a few giants face each other. In the face of fierce competition, Android will be closed to create a unique competitive advantage. It is not impossible."

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