MotoMagx

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MotoMagx was a Linux kernel-based mobile operating system developed and launched in 2007 by Motorola to run on their mid-to-high-end mobile phones. The system was based on MontaVista's Mobilinux. Originally intended for 60% of their upcoming devices,^[1] it was soon dropped in favor of Android and Windows Mobile operating systems.^[2]

MOTOMAGX was only compatible with Motorola's GSM/UMTS devices (as shown below). This was due to the lack of an implementation compatible with Qualcomm CDMA2000 devices. As a result, Motorola often sold multiple device variants with radically different firmware. For example, the Motorola RAZR2 on T-Mobile shipped with MOTOMAGX, whereas the RAZR2 on Verizon Wireless shipped with Motorola's P2k firmware.

This created significant confusion for customers,^{[citation needed]} as the user experience varied widely between two identical devices, simply based on which carrier they were on.

Devices[]

Phones based on this OS are:

• Motorola EM30
• Motorola ROKR E2
• Motorola ROKR E8
• Motorola ROKR/RIZR Z6
• Motorola ZINE ZN5

References[]

• Introducing MOTOMAGX
• MOTODEV > Technologies > MOTOMAGX

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