Motorola axing 77 in Windows Mobile development facility
Filed under: Motorola, Windows Mobile, Misc, Android
We’d already heard that Motorola would be focusing on Android alone for its future smartphones, and this in this place report certainly gives a good bit of credence to that notion. The flagging handset maker has just declare that 77 employees at its Plantation, Florida facility would be axed effective March 27th. at this time, we knew thousands in its handset division were being laid off, but this sect is different than most — with these departures, Moto will reportedly stop conducting new Windows Mobile development at the plant. We can’t say we’re totally against an all-Android approach, but it’s a shame these 77 couldn’t have been given new job descriptions with “Google” replacing “Microsoft” in the fine print.
[Via wmpoweruser]
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