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Google is buying Motorola Mobility.
Surprisingly, today Motorola Mobility announced that it will become the property of Google for the sum on 12.5 billion dollars. The price which will pay the internet giant is 40 USD per share. The deal already has been approved by the directors’ boards of both companies. The company’s new acquisition will allow them to improve Android mobile operating system and compete with other producers, especially Apple. Motorola Mobility will continue to operate as an independent company and licensee of Android. The transaction is expected to finish late this year or early next.
Free Google navigation now on UK Android phones
If you’ve been waiting patiently for a decent, free Sat Nav app for your HTC Desire, Sony Ericsson X10 or any other Android handset you’re in luck as Google have rolled out an update to their Maps application that provides full turn-by-turn navigation on your phone.
Google Navigation has been available for a while in the United States, but Google only flipped the switch for UK customers last night and while most of your were sleeping, your phone was hard at work updating itself.
Google Navigation is available on all Android devices that are running Android 1.6 or higher – regardless of manufacturer.
Handsets that should have received the update include:
- HTC Desire
- Nexus One
- Sony Ericsson X10
- Motorola Milestone
- HTC Legend
Tags: Android, google, Handsets, htc, Nav, navigation, sony ericsson, UK, uk customers, United States, Update
HTC Desire review from Russia
HTC Desire – a device with a difficult fate, was released after Google Nexus One, the first-born among the HTC Android-devices on the new platform and at the same time with the HTC EVO 4G in the U.S. market, the flagship company for the operator Sprint, copying stuffing HTC HD2 and even surpassing his and in some ways Samsung Galaxy S.
