Motorola acquires Symbol: It's about the channel.

"At a product level, Motorola gets a competitive line of ready-for-the-enterprise handheld devices, some of which are ruggedized. All of these devices are designed for verticalized business applications and not as consumer products. Also in the toolbox is enterprise-class wireless infrastructure that makes Motorola competitive with the likes of Cisco on the WLAN side of the business. Throw in some barcode scanners, RFID equipment and a few other pieces, and Motorola will be the first vendor to have mobile enterprise solutions for everything from the shop floor to the checkout counter and all the way to the executive boardroom."