Motorola Rolls Dice on Microsoft Deal
<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://www.chicagobusiness.com/cgi-bin/news.pl?id=11631' target='_blank'>http://www.chicagobusiness.com/cgi-bin/news.pl?id=11631</a><br /><br /></div>"Motorola needed Microsoft because its own operating software wasn’t ready and it couldn’t afford to miss the market shift to smart phones. Microsoft needed Motorola as a foothold in the wireless market, a key new growth front for the company. <br /><br />...New Motorola CEO Edward Zander, a veteran of Microsoft archrival Sun Microsystems Inc., knows the risks. He’s betting that Motorola’s software will be ready for the mass market before Windows attracts a wireless following, and that he can spin away from Microsoft intact."<br /><br />Motorola has spent a lot of time and energy building and marketing their handsets. I find it hard to believe that it was only meant to fill time. Why choose Microsoft and give them a leg up? Motorola has Symbian devices, and until recently, they had a 19% share in Symbian. So why not just keep using Symbian until your OS is ready? This just doesn't sound right to me and I hope it's not true. Motorola has brought the best designed hardware that we've seen in a long time. It would be a shame if the partnership ended so early.
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