Jan 28
Motorola will launch “at least one direct-to-consumer device with Google” next year, CEO Sanjay Jha said in an earnings conference call today transcribed by SeekingAlpha.com.
In the context of Motorola’s smartphone lineup, that means the manufacturer may have been tapped to deliver one of the follow-ups to Google’s much-heralded HTC Nexus One phone.
But the mysterious Google-phone will only be one of more than 20 Android-powered smartphones coming this year, Jha said. At least ten of those will run Motorola’s MOTOBLUR social-networking software, he said.
A new version of MOTOBLUR will “offer additional security and device management functionality” to appeal to enterprise users, Jha said.
Meanwhile, Motorola continues to back out of the feature-phone market. Motorola expects the market for mid-to-high-priced feature phones to “meaningfully decline throughout the year,” Jha said in the SeekingAlpha transcript, and they’ll fall back on manufacturing partners to make lower-end phones.
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