Motorola getting friendly with Android
September 30, 2008
Filed under: Handsets, Motorola, Android
When a major player like Google comes up with a new mobile operating system that’s better than the competition and is absolutely free, you would certainly expect handset manufacturers to be interested. But there’s interested, and then there’s interested. After lingering for nearly a year in the former category Motorola is now firmly moving to the latter, hiring and headhunting in an effort to build up a 350-person group entirely focused on development of Android phones. The company was one of the original members of the Open Handset Alliance, but seems to have waited for the release buzz from HTC’s G1 before diving in head-first. There’s speak that Nokia (and its “real phones“) might be feeling the vibrations too, allegedly forming an internal team to do the same — on the down low.
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