Motorola, the #2 worldwide manufacturer of mobile handsets,
announced plans earlier this year to produce high-end mobile handsets based on embedded Linux and Java software. Additionally, the company
announced this week that it is selling off its 19% share of Symbian Ltd -- a joint-venture software company which develops and licenses the Symbian operating system, which is currently the most popular embedded OS in mobile handsets.
"The move is an advance for Microsoft, which has so far failed to woo any of the leading handset makers to its operating system," the
Financial Times writes. "But analysts said Motorola's move represented a setback for rival Symbian, which commands about 50 per cent of the smartphone market," the story adds.
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