Verizon Wireless has announced the details about the DROID RAZR. The DROID RAZR has the Android 2.3.5 (Gingerbread) operating system built in. The DROID RAZR utilizes the 4G LTE network. The DROID RAZR has a dual-core processor clocked at 1.2GHz.
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Motorola has launched a teaser for the Droid RAZR (Motorola Spyder). The teaser shows that the RAZR is ultra-thin and has a 4G LTE connection. The Droid RAZR has a 1.2GHz dual-core processor and has a qHD Super AMOLED display. [Droid-Life]
Intellectual Ventures has recently sued Motorola over a patent dispute for Android. Google Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG) is in the process of acquiring Motorola Mobility. Google is also an investor in Intellectual Ventures so they are getting sued by a company in which they are an owner.
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Google Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG) Chairman Eric Schmidt recently had a conversation with Salesforce.com, Inc. CEO March Benioff about Google’s purchase of Motorola Mobility. Schmidt said that Google spent $12.5 billion on Motorola for more than just the company’s patents. Google also had an interest in Motorola’s smartphone products. “We did it for more than just patents,” said Schmidt. “The Motorola team has some amazing products.”
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Kai-Fu Lee is the former head of Google China. Lee has raised $180 million for his startup incubator company founded two years ago known as Innovation Works. Innovation Works is an early-stage accelerator company.
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When Google Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG) acquired Motorola Mobility Holdings Inc., they attained 17,000 patents. Of those 17,000 patents, eighteen of them have a tremendous amount of litigious power. Those patents date back to 1994 and cover technology that includes location services, e-mail transmission, touch-screen motions, third-generation wireless networks, antenna designs, etc.
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[Left: Sanjay Jha, Right: Carl Icahn]
Through the Google Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG) acquisition of Motorola Mobility Holdings Inc (NYSE:MMI), two people that will make a substantial amount from the deal includes Motorola CEO Sanjay Jha and investor Carl Icahn. Sanjay Jha will make $90 million through the acquisition according to Footnoted’s Michelle Leder that looked through the company’s proxy statement.
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Google Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG) may have been pressured into snapping up Motorola. If Google did not buy them, the chances of Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) may have been high. According to GigaOM, Motorola was in acquisition talks with several companies, including Microsoft.
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