Guest kyrkesmith Posted January 21, 2005 Report Share Posted January 21, 2005 See this entry on Engadget. Taiwan’s DigiTimes isn’t exactly the most airtight source for tech news, but if they’re right we may have an inkling as to why it’s taken so long for Motorola to bring their new Windows Mobile-powered Smartphones and Pocket PC Phones to market. They’re report Motorola’s has decided to stop using Taiwanese original design manufacturers to build their Windows Mobile handsets and is switching production to its own facilities. No specific reasons why are mentioned, but after a little reading between the lines we’d guess that Moto was dissatisfied with the quality control, or lack thereof, on the part of the ODMs (seems unlikely they’re doing this to save money, since that’s why people go to ODMs in the first place). What we do know for sure is that Motorola has had lots of problems with their Windows Mobile handsets lately—you might remember that the MPx220 was pulled off shelves for an update in November and the long-delayed MPx still isn’t out officially out here (you’ll have to hit Brunei or Malaysia if you want to get in on that action)—and it sounds like they’re actually doing something about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Chaser81 Posted January 22, 2005 Report Share Posted January 22, 2005 If this is true, and the reason they are doing it is to improve the quality of their Windows Mobile handsets then that can only be a good thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Neondaze Posted January 27, 2005 Report Share Posted January 27, 2005 How long wiil it be though before we can expect to see any decent Smart phones from Moto though - Design and development could anything up to a year and then there is testing etc. A two year wait maybe - are Motorola in danger of completely missing out on this market? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest squall Posted January 27, 2005 Report Share Posted January 27, 2005 moto do disign there phones at the minute, they just dont manufacture Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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