I don't think Nest has much to do with it. As I see it: 1) Google and Samsung si...

		yabatopia on Jan 29, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Lenovo to buy Google's Motorola handset division I don't think Nest has much to do with it. As I see it: 1) Google and Samsung sign a sweet patent deal, 2)Samsung halts or slows down the development of replacements for Google apps and promises not to fork Android, 3)In return Google drops Motorola, a direct competitor to Samsung.

I agree with you. This may be a straight up barter with Samsung