What will Samsung, LG do?

Google taking over Motorola to start handset business

By Yoon Ja-young

Google’s acquisition of Motorola Mobility may protect local manufacturers from patent wars in the short term, but it is more than perplexing news for them in the end. Analysts point out that handset manufacturers may be overlooking the software.

Google CEO Larry Page surprised the world by announcing that it would acquire Motorola Mobility, the one-time handset kingpin, for $12.5 billion. Officially, the acquisition aims at bolstering its arsenal in the patent war.