Samsung, LG, HTC, and Sony Ericsson support Motorola Acquisition by Google

Last Updated on Wednesday, 24 August 2011 06:03 Written by Administrator Sunday, 21 August 2011 11:34

Who will have thought if Motorola acquisition by Google was welcomed by a number of other smart phone manufacturers. Samsung, LG, Sony Ericsson, and HTC supported Google the acquisition of leading mobile phone manufacturers in the US.  It could not be separated from the motivation behind the acquisition; Google's willing to set aside a budget of 12.5 billion U.S. dollars to buy Motorola. In a press statement on Monday (8/15/2011), Google asserts that the main purpose of the acquisition is to control of Motorola's patent, strengthen Android portfolio as an open source platform.

"We welcome the news today that shows the full commitment of Google to maintains Android, partners, and the ecosystem," said JK Shin, President of Samsung Mobile Communication Division, as reported by the Google site. The same sentence said Peter Chou, CEO of HTC Corp.

The same thing also be said by Bert Nordberg, President and CEO of Sony Ericsson and Jong Seok Park, President and CEO of LG Electronics Mobile Communications Company. However, it's a strange sentence delivered on behalf of some the world cell phone leaders manufacturers that are exactly the same as a template. There has been no official statement delivered by those officials directly, they said.

In a statement, Google CEO Larry Page was convincing the partners that have been using Android as a platform, that the acquisition of Motorola's products that will not change its business model. Larry Page confirmed that Motorola will continue to run separately as a company that using both the Android licensing. Google also stated that Android would still be open source platform.

"Many hardware maker partners have contributed to the success of Android and we will continue to work closely with all of them to provide the best experience for users," said Larry Page.