Did Motorola Just Buy Its Own Smartphone OS?

It ’s far from a sure thing , but alistingon LinkedIn , which refers to an acquisition of a caller calledAzingoby Motorola , could intend that Motorola ’s about to commit rashly into the peregrine software game . But why ?

AndroidandMefirst flag the listing , which had it not been for Motorola execs repeatedly stressing their desire to own an operating arrangement , probably would have go unnoticed . But here ’s their cobalt - CEO :

I ’ve always feel that possess your O is authoritative , provided you have an ecosystem , you have all the services and you have an ability and the scale to execute on keeping that oculus sinister at the leading border .

Ok ! So Motorola may have really bought this OS , which basically nobody has ever heard of . A little research shows that it ’s web - savvy , with a full app suite , an SDK base on web technologies ( sort of like webOS ) , and even defend for Flash . It seem … fine :

But why would Motorola , a party that ’s finally regaining some reason with Android , require to rag with something like this ? It ’s hard to say . It could be a fun to give Motorola something to put on message phones or feature phones — you know , sub - smartphones — like Samsung ’s Bada , but this looks a fleck innovative and connected for sound like that , which are typically sell with metered or circumscribed data plan . Or it could just be a way for Motorola to lease endowment , since it ’s quite nearly in the business of smartphone OS - making with its custom Android port , Motoblur . Or , you have it away , it could just be a quirk in a LinkedIn listing . peradventure ! [ AndroidandMeviaGigaOm ]

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