Since the introduction of Motoblur, Motorola’s own user experience, the critics have spoken. Love it or hate it, Motorola continues to throw it at almost every device they have coming out. The latest mystery was whether or not the Motorola Droid X was running Motoblur or another type of “blur” UI. It seems that even Motorola was ashamed of their own user experience because it has been stated before that the Droid X was not running Motoblur. In a recent conference call discussing the Q2 earnings, Motorola CEO Sanjay Jha shared a little information that is sure to clear up some of the Motoblur rumors and shed light on its future.
Remember that DROID X is not a Google-experience device. It’s a Motorola-experience device and we have spent a lot of time integrating a lot of experiences, which are unique to Motorola, MOTOBLUR is one. Certainly, the user interface is meaningfully improved also from what we delivered in our first MOTOBLUR experience.
When asked what his plans were for Motoblur through the end of the year, Jha stated:
With MOTOBLUR, we have found that being able to convey the value proposition around MOTOBLUR is not an easy thing to do in a 30-second ad spot. We have decided that we will focus on the value proposition of products and not MOTOBLUR as a brand name in its own right. MOTOBLUR continues to be important and I think you will see increased functionality in MOTOBLUR. This notion of push-Internet is going to be very important to us, but as a brand name, which we make matter in front of consumers as a brand name, I don’t think that’s going to be our focus going forward, but we see the experiences that we deliver is being relevant and differentiating us.
Android 3.0 aka “Gingerbread” will be bringing many changes to the UI, which is not helping the future of Motoblur when this firmware version hits. Until then, you Droid X users and future Droid 2 owners are stuck with the blur.
Source: Android and Me
Via: Droid-Life
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