Moto Motorola's Moto X, the first smartphone fully assembled in the United States. Released in August 2013, Moto X is one of the company's first new products since it was acquired in 2012. MOTO Rotate your wrist twice; it becomes your camera. For Moto X, the magic words are "Okay, Google Now." On August 15, 2011, Google announced plans to acquire Motorola Mobility for $12.5 billion; At the time, Motorola had just reported its fifth consecutive quarter of losses, plus Google wanted access to the company's portfolio of 17,000 issued patents as a means of defending its Android mobile operating system. After the acquisition closed in 2012, rumors began to circulate that Google and Motorola were developing a device known internally as the "X Phone", which would be the company's next flagship device. Reports indicated that the device needed to focus on unique features in a bid to compete with Apple and its other Android supplier Samsung, and that the company had been experimenting with curved screens and ceramic as possible hardware aspects. While Motorola's new CEO, Dennis Woodside, declined to comment directly on the X Phone project, he did say that the company now has the "resources to do great things" thanks to Google's acquisition, and that Motorola is “investing in a team and a company.” technology that will do something very different than current approaches." Moto Rogers Wireless subsequently announced that it would......half of paper......billions from 2007 to 2009 the company was split into 2 independent public companies, Motorola Mobility and Motorola Solutions on January 4, 2011.• Motorola Mobility Holding, Inc began trading on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the symbol “MMI” • On August 15, 2011, Google announced that it would purchase Motorola Mobility for approximately $12.5 billion • 2012: 22 May 2012, "Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) announced that its acquisition of Motorola Mobility Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: MMI) has been completed, with Google acquiring MMI for $40.00 per share in cash." (12 .5 billion dollars.• 2013:• Droid Maxx, Droid Ultra and Droid mini were announced on July 23, 2013 • Moto X was launched in August 2013. • Moto G was launched on November 13, 2013 • 2014 : On January 29, 2014, Google announced that Lenovo intends to acquire the Motorola Mobility smartphone business for approximately US$2.91 billion.