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Motorola's announcement last week that it would simplify its handset lineup in 2009 by dropping its use of the Symbian operating system and its own in-house Java-Linux operating system development to focus on Android and Windows Mobile doesn't mean that the company isn't committed to Linux.
A Motorola spokeswoman told Unstrung that the firm will have handsets using the Linux operating system from the LiMo Foundation by the end of the year.
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Comments
Posted by The Green Hornet | November 4, 2008 - 3:53pm
How is Motorola going to differentiate itself with Android, LiMo, and Windows Mobile? Just about every major device manufacturer are using the these open OS too.
Posted by Anonymous | November 5, 2008 - 5:10am
Motorola is about to become the Dell of the mobile phone industry, focusing entirely on hardware, and leaving that nasty software stuff to other people.
So their differentiation will be purely on design and delivery. Now can the monster develop enough cost effectiveness to deliver phones through different channels?
Posted by The Green Hornet | November 5, 2008 - 8:51am
Design? Sanjay said no more shiny stuff. Snajay is not Steve Jobs or Geoff Frost. Delivery? Motorola's track record in delivery is...? And they don't have the production and distribution effeciency of Nokia. Maybe they should slap their brand on outsourced OEM and ODM devices, like Palm.
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