According to Crave, the Moto exec Jonathan Nattrass said that Motoblur would be available as an over the air update. Whoa, whoa, whoa… wait a second. Why would they start with stock Android 3.0 (Honeycomb), and then switch to a new UI after launch? And who knows if it would be an optional or mandatory update for the Xoom, but either way it sounds like a confusing mess. Besides, why would you want to crap all over the hard work that Matias Duarte, Android’s new UI guy, has been pouring into the OS? Hopefully this is just a miscommunication.
Update: Marin Perez of Into Mobile talked to Motorola, who clarified and said that they have “no plans to customise the software with MotoBlur”. Crisis averted. [Crave UK]
Earl
Saturday, January 22, 2011 at 12:40 PMAh well, you fixed your post. The picture is great btw.
Nicholas Roberts
Sunday, January 23, 2011 at 10:01 AMEven if they did add motoblur, they could have taken the option of a toggle switch for the UI (i.e. switch between Motoblur and stock Honeycomb). That said, its great that they didn’t bother to put their own bloatware in.
olearymo
Monday, January 24, 2011 at 5:45 PMHopefully Honeycomb will stay that way. And Gingerbread… fingers crossed…
sure, HTC and moto, put your own stuff in, but not the skins. oh god not the skins!