Google working on 'X Phone', X Tablet

                                                    Google working on 'X Phone', X Tablet


Google Inc. is working with recently acquired Motorola on a handset codenamed "X-phone", which aims to grab market share from Apple Inc and Samsung Electronics Co Ltd, said the Wall Street Journal, referring to people with knowledge of the case.

Google bought Motorola May of 12.5 billion kroner to strengthen its patent portfolio as the Android mobile operating system competes with rivals such as Apple and Samsung.

The Journal quoted people say that Motorola is working on two fronts: Devices sold by partner carrier Verizon Wireless and X phone.

Motorola plans to improve X Phone with the recent acquisition of Viewdle, an imaging system and gesture recognition software developer. The new handset is scheduled for sometime next year, the business newspaper with reference to a person familiar with the plans.

Motorola is also expected to work on an "X" after the tablet phone. Google CEO Larry Page is said to have promised a bigger marketing budget unit, the newspaper said quoting people.

Google was not immediately available for comment outside regular U.S. business hours.






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