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Earlier this year Google made it clear that it was planning to make dramatic cuts at Motorola Mobility. Well, the first major change to affect consumers is here: Google is axing Moto’s country-specific websites.
The Next Web reports that sites in Asia, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Hong Kong, and Taiwan have all been shut down. The sites offer up an apology which follows the form:
We are streamlining our business and support systems, and unfortunately, we’ll no longer have a dedicated website for [insert region here!]. Your local support sites… will remain open, well into the future, and we’ll continue to provide support for our products.
With Motorola continuing to struggle, it seems Google is doing what it can to stop the company — in reality purchased for its IP — to stop haemorrhaging cash. It’ll need to do more than shut down a few websites, though. [The Next Web]
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“Google is doing what it can to stop the company — in reality purchased for its IP — to stop haemorrhaging cash.” – Sorry James, I wasn’t aware you were privy to high level discussions at Google. You cannot say that this WAS the reason for the purchase, only that you (and pretty much everyone else) suspects it was.
But the fact that Google refuse to use Motorola for Nexus devices would seem to support the original statement.
There have been 1 nexus Phone and 2 Nexus Tablets launched since Google Bought Moto, and there are other manufacturers that haven’t had a look-in (like sony) at least Moto did the Xoom which was effectively a nexus. Google is also, I suspect, being careful not to be seen to favour moto over other OEMs for fear of alienating them or appearing to go back of assurances that Moto will be run as a separate company.
God knows Sony could do with a slice of that pie!
Don’t know if they have tried for it even. Negotiations are secret.
I know but I can’t talk about it.
Indeed indeed!
#tuit
Google cannot use them for their Android devices or it will upset the open source nature of Android and its manufacturers. If Google suddenly become Apple it’ll be bad for them just like what Microsoft are attempting to do is bad for them. The reason they have Asus making the 7, Samsung the 10 and 4 LG is pretty obvious.
I prefer it this way because it gives people choice, imagine having to buy one device because people have dropped support for Android due to Google making their own devices. It would suck just like there is only one iPhone model……..
I want a 5+ inch screen, I want Micro SD and I want more than 16GB internal memory and I want a removable battery. Right now Samsung offer what I want but if there wasn’t hardware I wanted then I just wouldn’t ever upgrade to a new mobile.