"Google Inc. agreed to pay Motorola Mobility Holdings Inc. $2.5 billion if it fails to close the purchase of the mobile-phone maker, said a person with knowledge of the situation, a fee more than six times the typical amount."

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The most plausible theory is, as ever, that it's more about the talent behind the product than the product itself.

Questions is: what took it so long?

Arrington says Color should have taken the deal.