Motorola Announces Application Store and Ecosystem Partners for China
January 21 2010 - 11:34AM
PR Newswire (US)
SHOP4APPS store to launch in China for both paid and free
Android(TM) applications New Ecosystem Partners, including Baidu
and others, provide China consumers with additional choice for
search capabilities BEIJING and LIBERTYVILLE, Ill., Jan. 21
/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Motorola, Inc. (NYSE:MOT) today in China
introduced SHOP4APPS (or Zhi-Jian-Yuan, which means "Place for Apps
Wisdom" in Chinese), Motorola's store for Android applications,
which makes it easy to discover, purchase, and download
applications designed to customize Android-based Motorola phones in
China. SHOP4APPS will be available on new Motorola smartphones in
China starting in time for Chinese New Year. Motorola additionally
announced a new feature on their Android handsets enabling users to
customize their Android devices by selecting their own search
provider. Users will be able to select their search experience from
a number of providers including Baidu (NASDAQ: BIDU) and others,
with whom Motorola has signed strategic agreements. With SHOP4APPS
and the ability for users to select their apps and search services,
Motorola is providing China consumers with the ability to
personalize their mobile device experiences. The store will support
the open Android ecosystem and will be offered to other
manufacturers or partners in China for license. SHOP4APPS
additionally gives developers a seamless path to promote their
applications in the market through MOTODEV, Motorola's global
developer program, and through other Android development
ecosystems. Developers can begin immediately to submit their
Android applications for ingestion into the SHOP4APPS store in
China at http://developer.motorola.com/. "Our ability to offer
SHOP4APPS and choice in search is a testament to the openness of
the Android platform. SHOP4APPS will provide developers the
opportunity to market and promote their applications on Android
handsets within the Chinese market," said Christy Wyatt, corporate
vice president of software and services, Motorola Mobile Devices.
"In addition to our close collaboration with the Android community,
we are working closely with our carrier partners in China, and with
ecosystem partners like Baidu to provide consumers with a full
suite of services. These services will include search, email and
maps for our newest China smartphones." "With handsets like the new
XT800 Zhishang from Motorola, we're able to deliver great
Android-powered mobile experiences to the people of China," said
China Telecom. "By providing them a choice in their applications
and services, Motorola is letting consumers in China customize the
way they experience the power of the mobile Internet." "The ability
to add applications and services is essential for people in China
because increasingly we live our lives and express ourselves
through our mobile phones," said China Unicom. "We want phones to
reflect our lifestyle and our choices, and the ability to pick our
own search sites, our own chat services, our own games, and to
craft our own mobile experience is helping China Unicom deliver on
the promise of 3G." SHOP4APPS is an extremely flexible applications
delivery platform. Some of the key features within SHOP4APPS
include: -- Discover apps tailored for you. SHOP4APPS can be easily
tailored to present the user with applications that will be most
meaningful for them based on their existing preferences, region and
carrier. -- Download or Purchase Once. Keep It Forever. Purchased
apps get stored in your personal storage area called "My Locker,"
making switching handsets or restoring applications seamless and
easy. -- Promote your Innovation. For developers, SHOP4APPS is an
easy and effective way to showcase, sell and distribute their
applications for Android-based devices in China. SHOP4APPS offers
developers an innovative set of resources, starting with tools for
testing their applications, as well as marketing and promotional
tools for marketing their applications to the end-user. SHOP4APPS
and search capabilities through Baidu and others will be available
in China, starting in time for Chinese New Year, through either
pre-load on a device or through over-the-air updates for devices
already in market. About Motorola Motorola is known around the
world for innovation in communications and is focused on advancing
the way the world connects. From broadband communications
infrastructure, enterprise mobility and public safety solutions to
high-definition video and mobile devices, Motorola is leading the
next wave of innovations that enable people, enterprises and
governments to be more connected and more mobile. Motorola
(NYSE:MOT) had sales of US $30.1 billion in 2008. For more
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