Ouch. I knew I wasn’t the only one who wasn’t too fond of Windows Mobile 6.5, but I’m just a lowly blogger; when your hardware partners start bailing, its gotta sting a little.
At their Android ecosystem event this morning, Motorola’s VP of Software and Ecosystem Christy Wyatt disclosed that Moto’s relationship with Windows Mobile was temporarily going on hold. While the company will be focusing on “two strategic platforms” when it comes to smartphones (Android is one, obviously – beyond that, your guess is as good as ours), they’ll be waiting for Microsoft’s next platform release before sparking things up again.
While that means we definitely shouldn’t expect any WinMo 6.5 phones from Motorola, it’s also sounding like any Moto handsets currently running WinMo 6.1 aren’t going to see any upgrades.
[Via Phonescoop]
thank god! most of us smartphone users still remember that horrible taste called the Moto Q w/smartphone os on it. :(
must go and destroy all moto qs in existence!!!!
Palm could make quite the splash with a licensing program! Outside of that we have Maemo and a couple other Linux variants.
Apple would never do such a thing, but likewise they would have an incredible opportunity. It’s going to be like 1984 all over again, and after developing for this ecosystem I say thank goodness.
Moto who?
great. the return of the razr. just what we need.
Moto who? I use CECT.
WinMo is great for two reasons:
1. Apps run at full processor speed, unlike Android which runs slow Java.
2. The development system is free.