Social network addicts look out! Motorola has something for you! Eau Claire Wisconsin Real Estate Agent & Realtor® Shane O’Gorman
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I have written numerous articles about the upcoming Google Android platform, including its first release. It is finally here and will take on many forms. It seems Motorola has put a new twist on its release by adding some unique social networking features. So far we will have to wait but there is quite a bit of speculation. Check this out.
Report: Motorola planning to join the social with Android (Updated)
By David Chartier | Published: October 20, 2008 – 12:25PM CT
Motorola is no stranger to open mobile platforms. Being a founding member of the LiMo Foundation, the Symbian Foundation, and the Open Handset Alliance, we weren’t surprised when the company officially announced its plans earlier this month to introduce an Android phone. New rumors, however, say that the company is customizing the much-buzzed mobile OS to offer a “social smartphone.”
As has become par for the course in the smartphone space, Motorola’s phone is said to have a large iPhone-like touchscreen, slide-out QWERTY keyboard, and a focus on social networking, according to BusinessWeek. Motorola is said to have been shopping spec sheets and mockups to carriers around the world for the past couple of months. The Android phone is slated to land in the US sometime around the second quarter 2009, carrying expectations that it can help reenergize Motorola’s slumping handset division.
Besides being Motorola’s first Android phone, the social networking angle is particularly interesting for a number of reasons. By contrast, T-Mobile is marketing its HTC-built, world-first Android G1 phone (which we just reviewed) with all the advantages of the open platform that Android offers. While Motorola’s phone should be just as open, an out-of-box social slant is meant to catch the attention of the younger demographics that have grown up through the social networking boom. As teens and college students foster relationships, a smartphone with a social aura could be a great way to draw the new customers Motorola is hoping for (and give the company its first hit since the RAZR).
Mobile social networking is expected to explode in the coming years, especially in the US which generally lags behind other markets when it comes to wasting time getting digitally social on the go. Analysts predict that mobile social networking users could increase from 2.3 percent at the end of 2007 to 23 percent in 2012.
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There is a lot of potential here. If you take a look at the potential growth and ask yourself, are you ready? If your company ready? Is your business model ready to incorporate mobile technology? Are you already ahead of the game?
