Google's patent play: $12.5B for Motorola Mobility

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Googles-patent-play-125B-for-apf-1291863061.html?x=0&sec=topStories&pos=1&asset=&ccode=

They may not admit it, but Android operating system smartphone manufacturers HTC, Samsung, et. al aren't too keen with this acquisition by Google.

And Apple, the iPhone's manufacturer, won't comment.  They may not fear Google's deeper penetration into this space, but they aren't exactly doing cartwheels either.

Hackers unite

Richard Wong, venture capitalist with Accel Partners, was in the middle of praising Google's Android and Apple's IPhone on CNBC--while politely questioning RIMM, Nokia and Motorola in the smartphone space, when he was unceremoniously unplugged by a black out in the middle of his commentary. After he came back on-line, he even joked about the "friends from Helsinki" in an opaque dig against Nokia, as the possible perpetrators.

Well done--by both parties.