Motorola recently launched the Moto E smartphone, which has received a tremendous positive response in the market. The smartphone went out of stock in less than 24 hours after it was launched exclusively on the e-commerce portal Flipkart. from who was at
Open Source For You, Product Management for Motorola,
Prasid Banerjee Punit Soni, vice president, is better and it’s in line with our overall strategy. We haven’t done it yet because we’re still building ourselves up.”
Soni explained that for things like touchless control and active notifications (both defining features of the company’s flagship Moto X smartphone), it is better to get developers involved. But the company’s focus right now is to deliver a good product rather than sell it in large numbers. So while the company is considering the option of going open, it doesn’t think that this is the right time to do so. Soni did not, however, rule out the possibility of Motorola launching its own open source initiatives in the future.
Knowing Motorola, the chances of this happening could be high, considering that the company’s Rhomobile Suite for enterprise mobility is pretty well known. This is an application development platform that allows you to build applications that run on all kinds of devices, irrespective of the type of the device, its screen size or what operating system it runs on. Not only does it help with developing apps for use within the enterprise, but also addresses a wider user base. The company already enjoys partnerships with big names like Cognizant, Cell Software, Tata Consultancy Services, and many others. Motorola also has the Mx suite of enterprise features and the Enterprise Development Kit (EMDK) for Android, which are available to the developer community.