Motorola competitors react to Google purchase with similar sound bites

Monday morning, the tech world woke up to a surprising announcement on the official Google blog: for $12.5 billion dollars. Many Silicon Valley-watchers quickly concluded it was Motorola’s patent portfolio that Google was after, rather than a move to get into the hardware business. The patents that Motorola owns may help protect the Android in a patent war against Apple and Microsoft. Reactions from Motorola’s competitors seemed to back up this account. Kay Oberbeck, the director of public affairs for Google Germany, to the news and what’s intriguing is how much they echo one another: