Motorola hedging Android bet with new web-based OS

Release Date 24 Mar, 2011 in Apple Insider

 
   

Motorola Mobility Building Web-Based OS

InformationWeek - Thomas Claburn - ‎Mar 22, 2011‎
Hedging its bet on Android, Motorola is looking for a way to have more control over its destiny. By Thomas Claburn InformationWeek Motorola Mobility has hired a number of experienced mobile and Web engineers from Apple and Adobe and is developing a ...

Is Motorola Mobility Working on Web-based Mobile OS?

Everything Android - Nate Rios - 24 Mar, 2011
Probably. But before you start getting weary of Motorola Mobility's dedication to Android, fear not; the company is still dedicated to Android as a mobile platform but may indeed be working on a web-based mobile operating ...

Motorola Building Own Android Safety Net, Should Use WP7

Google Watch (blog) - 24 Mar, 2011
Motorola is apparently not content to tether its lifeline on Google's Android operating system alone. According to InformationWeek, and confirmed by industry analysts, Motorola has hired engineers from Apple and Adobe to forge a mobile operating system ...

Motorola's Own OS To Replace Android?

GizmoCrunch - Nicole Ferguson - 24 Mar, 2011
If there was an award for the most ridiculous story of the week than this would have to be it. InformationWeek.com reports that a couple of sources close to the matter at Motorola have stated the company is "hiring mobile and web engineers from ...

Motorola hedging Android bet with new web-based OS

Apple Insider - Daniel Eran Dilger - 24 Mar, 2011
Motorola Mobility, which has been Google's only major licensee fully committed to Android, is now working on a new web-based mobile operating system apparently intended to give it more control over its future, enraging Android ...

Yahoo's "Google Instant" doesn't prefer Android, Motorola and Twitter

PopHerald.com - Raphael Labuguen - 24 Mar, 2011
Apparently, Yahoo's improved search engine is now live, with a new feature that will allow searchers to quickly pick the “best result,” but still a big disappointment because of very questionable search result picks. One of the best example is letter A ...

Motorola: No Truth To Xoom Production Slowdown

The Inquisitr - 24 Mar, 2011
Motorola on Wednesday announced that their is no truth to production slowdown rumors for their Xoom tablets. According to a rumor surfacing online, Xoom production was to fall from 500000 units this month to 300,00 units in April with further slowdowns ...

Should Motorola make their own mobile OS?

PhoneDog (blog) - 24 Mar, 2011
Motorola has been a long-time player in the cell phone world. In fact, they've been in the communications business for over 80 years. More recently though, they've been responsible for the ever-popular RAZR, the original Droid, Droid X, Atrix 4G, ...

Motorola parts Android " develops its own OS?

ZME Science - 24 Mar, 2011
The latest hot rumor has Motorola in its sights, as various different inside sources confirm that the company has been forming a new software OS development team, which includes former Apple and Adobe top employees, so that they might soon enough ...

Is Motorola getting ready to ditch Android?

TG Daily - Aharon Etengoff - 24 Mar, 2011
Motorola is reportedly developing a web-based mobile operating system as a "possible alternative" to Google's Android. "[Yes], I know they're working on it," Jonathan Goldberg, an analyst with Deutsche Bank in San Francisco told InformationWeek. ...

Is Motorola Building a Web-Based OS? It Already Did.

Technologizer - Jared Newman - 24 Mar, 2011
From the original Droid to the brand-new Atrix, Motorola's been all about Android over the last year and a half. But if Thomas Claburn's anonymous source is correct, that may eventually change. ...

Motorola Developing Its Own Operating System?

OS News - Thom Holwerda - 24 Mar, 2011
All hail the omnipresent people familiar with the matter.This time, these patrons of the internet have told InformationWeek that Motorola is not satisfied with Google's Android, and that the company is working on its own mobile operating system. ...

Motorola Mobility prepping its own web-based OS?

ElectricPig.co.uk - Nick Marshall - 24 Mar, 2011
Android has certainly emerged as Motorola Mobility's primary focus over the past two years. However, according to a report from Information Week, the company might be hedging its bet on Android as it hopes to launch its own web-based ...

Motorola looks beyond Android

PCR-online.biz - Mat Bettinson - 24 Mar, 2011
American mobile phone giant Motorola is reportedly working on a 'web based' mobile operating system as a potential replacement for Google's Android. Information Week reported that Motorola Mobility had hired a ...

Moto working on its own OS?

PhoneDog - 24 Mar, 2011
Motorola has always been one of the biggest proponents of Android, but a new rumor suggests that it may be developing their own mobile operating system. According to a "source familiar with the matter" speaking to Information Week, Motorola has been ...

Is Motorola developing an Android like operating system?

ITvoir - 24 Mar, 2011
Motorola Mobility is on its way to develop an operating system similar to Android which at present it uses for its smartphones, trusted sources revealed. When Motorola was probed on the issue, it only re-affirmed its interest in the Android but ...

Motorola Dropping Android for their Own OS?

AndroidGuys - Phil Esposito - 24 Mar, 2011
An insider recently said that Motorola is secretly planning a team of trained developers to create their own OS. They are reportedly doing this to lessen how much they depend on Android. Though nothing is set in stone yet, Motorola (over the past nine ...

Motorola and Baidu may chase HP into web OS space

Rethink Wireless - Caroline Gabriel - 24 Mar, 2011
It seems the reports come from a project Baidu has described before, to put the search box at the heart of the user interface. CEO Robin Li said: "In the future, one second, you turn on the device, and you can start using the box. ...

Motorola and Baidu may chase HP into web OS space

Rethink Wireless - Caroline Gabriel - 24 Mar, 2011
The mobile OS race is down to two really credible horses, but other contenders hope they can break the Apple/Google duopoly once the world moves to the cloud and the next generation of web-focused devices. Hewlett-Packard has set ...

Motorola Mobility rumoured to be working on web-based OS

Pocket Gamer.Biz - Keith Andrew - 24 Mar, 2011
Its market share may now be in decline, but few would argue Android hasn't delivered good business for Motorola " the Droid one of the platform's best selling devices. Speculation, however, suggests Motorola may be looking to serve up ...

Motorola reportedly working on Android alternative OS

Android Apps Appolicious - Phil Hornshaw - 24 Mar, 2011
Motorola's devices all run on Google's Android right now, but that could be changing in the future. Reports say Motorola Mobility (MMI) is working on a web-based mobile operating system, and that it could be an alternative to Android. ...

Motorola working on own web-based OS that may replace Android

IntoMobile - 24 Mar, 2011
Motorola is working on its own web-based operating system and this may eventually wind up replacing Android on its future handsets, according to a report. The report says Motorola has been hiring engineers from top companies like Apple to work on this ...

Rumor: Motorola Is Developing Its Own Mobile OS, Android “Shooting Itself In ...

Android Police - David Ruddock - 24 Mar, 2011
In what can only be described as a truly “WTF” moment, an inside source has informed Information Week that Motorola is in the process of developing its own web-based mobile OS. The question everyone is undoubtedly wants to ask is “why? ...

Motorola Mobility Hires Apple Engineers to Build Web-Based OS

Wall Street Pit - 24 Mar, 2011
By editor Mar 23, 2011, 12:53 PM Author's Website Motorola Mobility Holdings, Inc (MMI) is hiring a number of experienced mobile and Web engineers from Apple (AAPL) and Adobe (ADBE) in an effort to build a web-based operating system [OS] as a possible ...

Report: Motorola Working on Its Own Web-Based OS

DailyTech - 24 Mar, 2011
Is Motorola contemplating drop Android from some of its smart phones and developing its own proprietary OS? Analysts say so, and recent hiring pickup at Motorola offers supporting evidence. (Source: IBTimes) Thus far Motorola's smart phones and tablets ...

Report: Motorola Mobility building web-based mobile OS

Fiercemobilecontent - Jason Ankeny - 24 Mar, 2011
Motorola Mobility (NYSE:MMI) is reportedly developing its own web-based mobile operating system as a potential alternative to Google's (NASDAQ:GOOG) Android, which presently powers the device maker's smartphones. InformationWeek reports that Motorola ...

Motorola Apparently Not Satisfied With Android

InformationWeek - David Berlind - 24 Mar, 2011
Between the dwindling opportunities for hardware differentiation in the smartphone and tablet markets, and the Windows-like commoditizing effect that Android is having across mobile device makers, Motorola Mobility (like its competitors) have few ...

 

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