Google in the call discussing its buyout of Motorola took further care to downplay concerns about it locking down the platform. Despite now having a hardware maker of its own, other companies would still have the option of bidding to make Nexus phones, as they have before. Concerns had existed that it would automatically grant Motorola the Nexus deal and leave partners like HTC (Nexus One) and Samsung (Nexus S) to fend for themselves.
