Motorola 'marrying' Microsoft!!...
(Translated from the Danish online newspaper "Morgenavisen Jyllandsposten"s IT section, 30/8)
"According to the Norwegian webnews "Nettavisen", Motorola is on their way out of the Symbian-collaboration.
Instead, the mobil giant - the worlds second largest, after Nokia - base its future phones on Microsofts 'SmartPhone' system.
Motorola should, according to sources, be talking with Nokia and Psion about selling out of the Symbian collaboration. If the sale is carried out, the Finnish mobile phone producer and British Psion will be left holding 30%, each, in Symbian.
The Symbian collaboration was initiated by Motorola, Nokia, Psion and SonyEriccson and was supposed to counter Microsoft. The companies feared that Microsoft could end up controlling mobile telephony in much the same way as it controls the pc field.
Because of the Symbian collaboration, Microsoft has had a hard time finding mobile producers for it own system. So far, Microsoft has managed to release a (one) mobile phone - the SPV phone - through Orange. If rumors are true, Motorola's change of heart is, therefore, a very significant victory for Microsoft.
Motorola announced already long ago that the company would develop a mobile phone based on Microsoft's SmartPhone system. But back then, the Symbian collaboration was never drawn into question."
KD
