Microsoft to Buy Nokia’s Devices Business for 5.44 Billion Euros

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31. Actually it looks more like Google buying Motorola's handset business

The recently released Google/MotoX phones have the latest "pure" Android operating system and are at the top of the list for the updates much like the Nexus line.

There is now speculation that Google/MotoX phones will assume the Nexus name this fall with additions to the line.

I haven't read anything about their Nexus Tablets so maybe they'll stay with Asus. I don't think Motorola is set up to do tablets.

If you didn't already snag Google's 8 GB Nexus 4 smartphone at its lower price of $200, it's too late now.

The 8 GB model is sold out at the U.S. Google Play Store, and it won't be restocked, according to The Verge. The 16 GB Nexus 4 remains on sale for $250, though it's unclear whether Google will restock the more expensive model.

Google reduced the prices of both models by $100 just a week ago. At the time, the price cuts looked like a preemptive strike against a rumored cheaper iPhone from Apple; now it just seems like Google is clearing inventory.

But for what? Rumor has it that a “Nexus 5” is in the works, but details have been scarce so far. LG, which produced the Nexus 4, said in May that it is not working on a follow-up, despite several reports to the contrary. A couple of other reports have claimed that Motorola will actually produce the Nexus 5. At this point, there's not a lot of certainty about who will make the next Nexus, how much it will cost or what it will look like.

http://www.techhive.com/article/2048044/the-low-cost-nexus-4-smartphone-is-gone-for-good.html