[the following information is from June 11 --
also see a related post from March that announced
Motorola replaces Bitfone with Red Bend client for FOTA]
also see a related post from March that announced
Motorola replaces Bitfone with Red Bend client for FOTA]
"Motorola has not ditched the Bitfone mobile device management client from HP in favor of Red Bend’s and still uses it on some of its phones, just as it will continue to use the Bitfone server on the back end...
'Motorola has a strong relationship with both companies... While I cannot share the details of our business relationships, we plan to continue to use both companies' technology in our handset portfolio and continue to use HP/Bitfone as our FOTA server partner.'...
What some industry pundits suggest is that Motorola is retaining the Bitfone client for handsets running an RTOS, but will use Red Bend on its smart phones on Linux. If correct, that still leaves the question of which it will ship on the Windows Mobile smart phones it produces for the business market, not to mention the Symbian phone it unveiled at 3GSM earlier this year.
HP bought Bitfone to use the technology on its iPAQ range of handheld devices, which run the Windows Mobile OS, though it also positions it as a broader, heterogeneous offering to support whatever smart phone OSes corporate customers require."
