By Relmor Demitrius
Motorola (NYSE:MOT) and Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) have agreed on a deal to allow Bing on Motorola’s new smart phones. Motorola was in limbo awaiting word on the Google (NASDAQ:GOOG)/China standoff on the issue of censorship and what search engines they would be allowed to offer on their new smart phones within China. To avoid any delays of new product release or have it be an issue of only offering one choice to consumers, Motorola this week announced a deal with Microsoft to offer the Bing search engine on their new smart phones, as well as other search engine options for their Chinese customers. This move will avoid any problems the company might have awaiting a resolution on this very heated issue.
As international sales are very important to Motorola’s business model, this is an excellent move going forward for the company, and will provide the necessary flexibility Motorola needs in supplying search engine capabilities to their international customers.
Motorola Inc. shares were off 8 cents or 1.13% in trading on Wednesday.
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