This little tidbit floated through my inbox the other day:
Motorola has used a number of various mobile platforms, but expects open source to dominate 60 percent of the market one day.
AN FRANCISCO, Aug. 7 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- LINUXWORLD - Motorola,
Inc. (NYSE: MOT) today announced a significant step in its commitment to
mobile Linux(R) and rich experience creation by introducing MOTOMAGX, its next
generation mobile Linux platform. Building on the global success of
Motorola's earlier Linux-based platforms, MOTOMAGX lays the foundation to
deliver new levels of openness, flexibility and support for third-party
applications on Motorola mobile devices.
A leader in mobile Linux, Motorola has sold more than 9 million
Linux-based handsets worldwide -- and this is just the beginning. In the next
few years, up to 60% of Motorola's handset portfolio is expected to be based
on Linux, with the MOTOMAGX platform playing a key role in supporting this
strategy. Offering unmatched innovation driven by a robust developer
ecosystem, Motorola has chosen Linux to deliver the rich, new experiences that
consumers crave. This is evident in the first products based on the MOTOMAGX
platform: the music-optimized MOTOROKR Z6 and the Motorola RAZR2 V8 handsets,
available now in select markets worldwide. The RAZR2 V8 will be Motorola's
first Linux-based device bound for North America, representing another
milestone in the company's global mobile Linux leadership.
"At Motorola, we know that software is just as important as hardware --
through the introduction of our MOTOMAGX platform, we are reinforcing our firm
commitment to Linux and empowering our developer community to innovate with us
in exciting new ways," said Alain Mutricy, senior vice president, platform
technology, Motorola Mobile Devices business.
Motorola's MOTOMAGX platform is designed to support a broad array of
content created by third-party developers. Today, MOTOMAGX supports
applications developed in Java ME(TM), with plans to introduce new WebUI
(featuring web technology to enable widgets and Web 2.0 experiences) and
native Linux application environments in upcoming releases. These three
application environments, combined with the relevant tools available through
Motorola's MOTODEV Studio integrated development environment, will help enable
MOTODEV developers to innovate and accelerate time to market for their
applications.
To further enable developers to take advantage of application development
opportunities in mobile, Motorola announced today a global series of MOTODEV
Summits -- exclusive, one-day events that offer developers technical
expertise, practical advice, guidance, and a sneak peek at the next generation
of Motorola devices, platforms and technology -- including MOTOMAGX.
"MOTOMAGX, when paired with the tools and support from our MOTODEV
Developer network, provides a powerful platform for innovation -- making it
easier and faster for developers to create new applications for our mobile
devices," said Christy Wyatt, vice president, ecosystem and market
development, Motorola. "This opens exciting possibilities for what tomorrow's
mobile applications will be able to do and the new device experiences they
will support."
Developers interested in creating applications for the MOTOMAGX platform
using Java ME can do so today by downloading the MOTODEV Studio for Java ME
application development environment at http://www.motorola.com/developer.
WebUI and native Linux plug-ins for MOTODEV Studio are expected to be
available to select developers by the end of Q4 2007.
"Motorola is helping to mobilize Web 2.0 content and services through the
introduction of their WebUI application environment within MOTOMAGX," said
Ojas Rege, vice president of mobile products, Yahoo!. "We believe these types
of platforms will enable developers to deliver compelling applications that
play across an array of Motorola devices and help to continue to grow the
marketplace for innovative mobile Internet services."
Motorola has used a number of various mobile platforms, but expects open source to dominate 60 percent of the market one day.
