At least one industry watcher has welcomed Motorola's decision to split itself into two parts as a good move.
But I have seen nothing to alter my belief that merger or acquisition will be the most likely outcome for Motorola's troubled handset business.
Why doesn't Qualcomm buy Motorola's mobile phone business? It's available, well soon to be, after Motorola's decision to spin off its mobile phone business.
Qualcomm has the cash - around $11bn in the bank at the end of January - and it has the ambition, to be the leading technology brand in the mobile phone market.
So would it make sense for Qualcomm, the holder of so many fundamental 3G WCDMA patents, to own a handset business? On the face of it, no.
