Google buy Motorola Mobility: Motorola purchase a blow to Google's Android companions

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Google's Android companions welcomed the Web large's $12.5 billion purchase of Motorola Mobility on Monday but the transfer might power the handset makers to rethink their methods, analysts said.

In asserting the acquisition of the US smartphone and pill laptop producer, Google confused it would be "enterprise as regular for Android" and it would proceed to license the cell working system as an open platform.

Google also launched quotes from key Android companions Samsung, HTC, Sony Ericsson and LG Electronics praising the safety Motorola's patent portfolio will present Android from lawsuits from rivals resembling Apple and Microsoft.

"We welcome the information of in the present day's acquisition, which demonstrates that Google is deeply dedicated to defending Android, its partners, and your complete ecosystem," HTC chief govt Peter Chou was quoted as saying.

However technology business analysts mentioned Google's move couldn't have gone down well in the company boardrooms of the Internet titan's Android partners.

Based on Gartner, Android will power nearly half of the smartphones worldwide by the end of next 12 months with a 49.2 % market share.

The market share for Apple's iPhone was forecast to stay relatively stable at 18.9 p.c in 2012.

Home windows will account for 5.6 % of the smartphone market at the end of 2011 however will rise to 10.8 % in 2012, in keeping with Gartner.

Finnish cell phone giant Nokia introduced in February that it'll begin utilizing Microsoft's cell platform as its smartphone working system.