Why Google + Motorola?

It has been announced, by none other than the Google CEO, that Google will acquire Motorola’s handset business for 12.5bn.

Now it’s not surprising that Motorola would want to exit the handset business. Ever since the Razr their handset market share has steadily progressed downhill. And although their embracing of Android has helped to lift them up a little, they face stiff competition from other handset manufacturers who also build on the popular open-source mobile platform.

From Google’s persp...