Carl Pei's new start-up Nothing has acquired all existing trademarks, logos and the branding of the OEM which was founded by Andy Rubin, the creator of Android OS.
The sale is expected to include all parts of the company along with all the patents it is holding, products such as the smartphone PH-1, the upcoming smart home device and a camera accessory.
While Rubin acknowledges the downsides to the smartphone revolution, he says that his startup Essential is working on ways to solve the tendency to check one's phone umpteen times in a day
Rubin, man behind the Android software before Google embraced it, is interested in developing an Android handset and he is trying to hire people for the new venture.
Rubin, who was also head of head of Google's nascent robotics effort, stepped down from the company in October after a nine-year stint during which he built Android into a free, open-source software platform.
James Kuffner, a research scientist at Google and a member of the robotics group, will replace Rubin, the company added.
Andy Rubin, the man credited with the great success of Android as a smartphone OS, has come out and said that the operating system was originally intended for
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Consumers are activating more than half a million Android devices every day, and week-to-week growth in gadgets running the Google Inc software is at 4.4%, according to Android chief Andy Rubin.