Motorola, Ericsson Join Forces
Motorola is hedging its bet that touch screens will be the wave of the future with its acquisition of 50% of Sony Ericsson’s technology platform for touch screen smartphones.
The Symbian code based touch screen user interface positions Sony Ericsson and Motorola in a joint venture agreement to develop, refine and license the technology to other users (75% of today’s smartphones rely on Symbian OS).
The joint venture partners are committed to license the technology equally to all mobile device vendors.
Motorola’s acquisition of t a 50% stake in the company means that the US phone maker now has technology and development access to that could drastically cut R&D costs and help it to speed to market releases of new models utilizing touch screen technology.