Mike Temporale
03-02-2004, 07:55 PM
<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://star-techcentral.com/tech/story.asp?file=/2004/3/2/technology/7419048&sec=technology' target='_blank'>http://star-techcentral.com/tech/story.asp?file=/2004/3/2/technology/7419048&sec=technology</a><br /><br /></div>This article from TechCentral seems to indicate that Motorola has spent the last 2 years working with Smartphone developers to prepare for the phones launch. Of course, all this is contrary to my earlier post on how <a href="http://www.smartphonethoughts.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5075&highlight=">Motorola is just using Microsoft</a>. <br /><br />"Motorola announced its Motorola A760 and MPx200 smartphones in Kuala Lumpur early last month (In.Tech, Feb 12), running the Linux and Microsoft Windows Mobile Smartphone operating systems respectively. <br /><br />The company is talking to "several hundred local developers" to create applications and content for the two smartphones, said Eric Chong, Motorola Malaysia Sdn Bhd's Personal Communications Sector (Motorola PCS Malaysia) area director for Malaysia, Singapore and Brunei. <br /><br />"We can't sell smartphones the same way we do regular cellphones. Instead, we'll have to bundle them with applications that 'road warriors' who are always on the go, can use to access their e-mail and browse the Web." <br /><br />One of the reasons it wants to work closely with US software giant Microsoft Corp is the latter’s stable of over two million, third-party application and content developers worldwide. <br /><br />While not all these applications run on smartphones, Motorola is confident they can easily be ported over from existing Windows and Pocket PC versions."