2009 blows by the halfway mark, questions loom about how, where,
and when Motorola
will lob the first volleys of its planned Android onslaught;
Android phones are still rare enough to come by so that
every device launch is huge news -- but for Motorola in
particular, the transition to Android is a hotly-anticipated one.
The company's still being extraordinarily tight-lipped on the
subject, even through a series of Android-focused developer events
it's been holding around the country in recent weeks, but a few
interesting tidbits have seeped out. Christy Wyatt, the company's
VP of software platforms, has gone on the record saying that its
Android devices will focus on the mid- to high-end range of the
market and will span both consumer and enterprise segments; Android
certainly hasn't been on the enterprise radar so far, so that'll be
interesting to see. The company's also saying that some devices
will focus on multimedia and / or messaging, which certainly falls
in line with what we've heard and seen (with the rumored Morrison,
for example). Ultimately, it'll need to start opening up to
programmers with hardware specifics if it wants them to target Moto
handsets with any level of specificity, but in the meantime, it
seems that they're already developing quite a reputation in the
community for really helping prospective devs out -- a solid start.
Now let's just see about those handsets, eh?
[ Via: Engadgetmobile ]
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