Google announced Monday morning that it will buy Motorola Mobility for $12.5 billion. This coming as a shocker as Google becomes the owner of one of the 39 different manufacturers of its Android platform. A statement from Google says that "it will enable Google to supercharge the Android ecosystem." Many don't know what to expect, but this will put a few extra patents under Google's wings, making it a stronger competitor in future patent wars. Many expect that new Android phone will be funneled through Motorola, with Vanilla software instead of MotoBlur, which many hated. Android will not be affected by this and remain open sourced, and Motorola will continue to run as a separate business, just with a parent overseeing everything this time.
