Motorola leaving Android?

[valorian]

Wow, Motorola has made some bad decisions before but if this is true, then this will be the biggest one yet.

Motorola Apparently Not Satisfied With Android -- InformationWeek
http://www.informationweek.com/news...jhtml?articleID=229400147&cid=RSSfeed_IWK_All

 

[ScorpDX]

On a related note...

http://androidforums.com/lounge/303916-motorola-creating-its-own-os-wtf.html

 

[PlastickCouch]

You know, when you have Nokia and Microsoft merging in order to compete with Android, it seems pretty foolish for Motorola to think they can stand on their own. But - heck - let 'em. Maybe they got magic up their sleeves.

 

[Shocky]

Idiots, I think it's save to say motarola just don't get it.

It will fail and they will come back or jump ship to Windows 7 mobile

 

[ari-free]

They already have their own webtop for the atrix. So I don't see how this is news?

 

[Usta]

It was Android who saved Motorola from going bankrupt (Milestone/Droid).
Motorola has already left a number of international markets (India, Russia, etc), so they are becoming a local manufacturer. Perhaps, they feel the fierce competition from other manufacturers and try to create their own market (see Samsung Bada).

Anyway, I don't have much trust with them. Now we hear that Motorola will also stop making Xoom tablets in a few months (first reviews were terrible)...

 

[Yeahha]

They shouldn't focus on creating a new OS trying to mimic apple's system but put more into development of blur. Most HTC users embrace sense and there are countless apps that add elements of sense to non HTC phones. Most moto users (aside from D1 users) hate blur and there are countless threads on how to remove blur elements from your phone. If they decide they can develop an OS that would compete with Android I know I will be saying "Oh no Moto...goodbye"

 

[shawn1224]

This will probably flop just like Samsung Bada.

 

[Guamguy]

This has more to do with refining the webtop than creating a new OS. Much ado about nothing.

 

[Martimus]

Personally I don't see a possible Motorola OS as a viable alternative for at least 2 years... if not more. OS development is time-consuming and unless they're planning to mimic Google and base their OS on a Unix kernel, they've got to build themselves an OS from the ground up... and that takes more of an organizational committment than hiring a few over-paid managers to make it happen.

 

[ari-free]

This has more to do with refining the webtop than creating a new OS. Much ado about nothing.

I think webtop is also a gimmick and a waste of time. All it does is run firefox and a file manager.

 

[Android2Addict]

I think this is a good move for moto.

 

[bigsoldier]

they leave but we can still do the android tablet pc.

 

[snapper.fishes]

they leave but we can still do the android tablet pc.

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[Gmash]

Making an os they may be able to do, but a whole new app market is a different story.

 

[Evil.Bonsai]

information week - speculating
motorola - committed to Android as operating system
information week - we might jump to the conclusion

Sounds like IW is just creating fodder to write an article about.

/Nothing to see here, move along. Move along.