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According to an internal memo that has been floating around Motorola since Wednesday, the structure of the new mobile unit that is about to be spun off will merge hardware and software engineers into one group in hopes that this will decrease time to market. Hardware designers and the people who actually write the software that goes on the hardware will be working side by side and reporting to the head of their respective groups.
The feature phone and multimedia product divisions within Motorola will be merged since “distinctions between the categories are already blurring, given the pace of change in the overall handset market,” said Jennifer Erickson, Motorola Spokeswoman.
Motorola CEO Greg Brown admitted that “software is a major weak point for the company’s mobile handsets.” You think?
[Via: Chicago Tribune]
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Stefan Constantinescu
Stefan Constantinescu (@WhatTheBit on Twitter) has loved technology since as far back as he can remember. It started with computers, but in the past few years his passion has turned to mobile devices. As a mobile phone enthusiast who lives and breathes devices that connect to the internet, he knows he is not alone with this radical fascination of all things wireless. He is strongly opinionated and enjoys a good debate so leave comments in his posts and he’ll get back to you! Stefan began blogging as a hobby in the fall of 2006 and joined IntoMobile in the summer of 2007. Later he got a job at Nokia in March 2008, but as of June 2009 he has rejoined the IntoMobile team. He is currently based out of Helsinki, Finland.
