Google to buy Motorola Mobility: More on the blockbuster deal of the day

• $12.5 billion to buy a key seller of Android phones

• 17,000 number of issued patents the mobility side of Motorola owns, which would now be Google’s; Motorola split in half back in January
• 7,500 number of patent filings made under Motorola Mobility’s name; these patents are almost as valuable to Google as the phones source

» Google stocks didn’t react well: While an argument could be made that this is a great move for Google, investors appear to be at least somewhat spooked, with Google’s stock currently down despite the more positive market at large. Is it because the company has never really had any sort of success in the hardware business? And what does this mean for HTC or Samsung or all the other big Android makers?

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