Motorola Mobility CEO Sanjay Jha recently spoke at the Bank of America Merrill Lynch 2011 Technology Conference and, well, he had some pretty interesting things to say when it comes to Android and MotoBlur. During his presentation, Jha claimed that poor performance on his company's Android handsets is caused by untested apps downloaded from the open Android Market that ruthlessly sap battery and processor power. In fact, Jha said that these resource-destroying apps are the cause of 70 percent of all Motorola Android device returns.
How does Moto plan to respond to this issue, you ask? Why, with Blur! Jha said that its custom Android skin gathers details on app usage and how that use affects stuff like processor and battery consumption. Moto can then take that data and build a bank of knowledge containing the names of all of these offending apps, and Jha says that his company is "getting to the place that we should be able to warn you" before you try to install or run an app that's been identified as a resource sucker.
During the same presentation, Jha also touched a bit on Verizon 4G LTE. The CEO said that his company "[is] late with 4G LTE on Verizon’s network” and that "[it] will deliver LTE solutions this summer,” reiterating his statement from April proclaiming that both the DROID Bionic and XOOM LTE upgrade are coming this summer.
I wouldn't be surprised to learn that there are many customers that end up returning a device because of poor performance caused by an unruly app, but the claim that nearly three-quarters of all Motorola Android phones are returned due to the problem. Still, it's good to hear that Moto is trying to address the issue. I'm sure that many of us would prefer Moto just drop Blur altogether but, since that's unlikely to happen, at least they're trying to use the skin to help users better enjoy the time spent with their devices. What do you all think of Sanjay Jha's statements?
Via VZBuzz, Droid-Life, This is my next, PCWorld
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