Droid will be followed by many more Google-powered smartphones, says co-CEO.
With the buzz surrounding its new Droid handset continuing to rise, Motorola co-CEO Sanjay Jha has emphasised the importance of Android to the handset maker's comeback.
"At the moment, the vast majority of our devices [for 2010] will be launched on the Android platform," he told analysts during the company's Q3 financials call yesterday. "We are engaged in exploring other options, but the vast majority will be Android."
That's not good news for Microsoft, whose Windows Mobile was previously Motorola's lead platform for smartphones. In recent months, the handset maker has denied planning to dump WinMo in favour of Android.
Motorola has two Android handsets so far, the Cliq/Dext and the Droid, which was unveiled to great fanfare earlier this week by Verizon Wireless in the US.
"With the launch of our new smartphones we have taken the first steps toward positioning ourselves to address the mobilisation of the internet and the growing demand for modern smartphones," said Jha.
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Meanwhile, he also said Motorola's MOTOBLUR user interface will also be in the "vast majority" of its devices, but not all - Droid is the first example of what Jha described as "a Google experience device".
And the results? Motorola's mobile devices division posted sales of $1.7 billion for Q3, down 46% year-on-year.
However, the division narrowed operating losses from $840 million to $183 million in the same time period. Motorola shipped 13.6 million handsets in Q3, and estimates its global market share is 4.7%.
