Nightly News | August 15, 2011
Google to buy Motorola
Google made a deal to acquire Motorola's mobile-handset business for about 12.5 billion dollars. NBC’s Brian Williams reports.
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BRIAN WILLIAMS, anchor: The smartphone wars just got more interesting. Google 's now going to become a manufacturer. They've made a deal to acquire Motorola 's mobile handset business for about $12 1/2 billion. If this gets approved, the deal turns Google , the maker of the Android platform, into a full-blown cell phone maker in direct competition with Apple .