The Eclipse Foundation today announced Pulsar, a new industry initiative to define and create a standard mobile application development tools platform. The initiative is led by Motorola, Nokia and Genuitec. Participating members also include IBM, RIM and Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications.

Various reports say that motorola is not going to use Symbian as a platform for its mobile phones. It will focus on Android for midtier phones and on Windows Mobile for Business-focused devices.

Virtual machines on mobile phones - a wild idea?

Motorola has responded to the news earlier this week that rival Nokia plans to purchase Trolltech, long-time supplier of the graphical development framework used in Motorola's Linux phones. In a nutshell, the response boils down to, "We were over Qt, anyway."...

The Motorola Z10 has just been officially announced at CES. The Z10 is a small update to the existing Z8 and mostly brings an enhanced (3.2 megapixel) camera, full video editing software and UIQ 3.2 platform.

I'm a big fan of Simon Judge's blog, Mobile Phone Development, and I read his article about Q3/2007 Smartphone Market Share with great interest. I agree with his findings, however, I would add my own thoughts to it, too.

Sony Ericsson and Motorola, Inc. announced a definitive agreement under which Motorola will acquire a 50% interest in UI Holdings BV, the parent company of UIQ Technology AB, which is currently wholly owned by Sony Ericsson. Under the agreement, Motorola and Sony Ericsson will work together and jointly invest in the development of the UIQ open user interface platform.

The night before the Symbian Smartphone Show, Sony Ericsson Developer World is jointly hosting a pub evening with UIQ Technology and Motorola exclusively for developers and partners. Take this chance to enjoy a beer or two with other prominent developers, chat with experts from all three companies about all things UIQ and play with UIQ 3-based phones from both Sony Ericsson and Motorola. Don't forget to bring your UIQ 3 applications so you can show them off.

LINUXWORLD – SAN FRANCISCO – 7 August 2007 – Motorola, Inc. (NYSE: MOT) today announced a global series of MOTODEV Summits -- exclusive, one-day events that offer today’s most creative and innovative application developers the opportunity to participate in advanced training, understand market opportunities and get a sneak peek at the next generation of Motorola devices, technology and platforms, including the MOTOMAGX mobile Linux platform.