In an earlier press release Motorola announced it’s partnership with Microsoft to use Bing’s search and maps as the default search options on all of it’s Motorola mobile devices in China.  I am sure you have recently heard about Google’s threatened pullout of China which probably helped push this current partnership between Motorola and Microsoft.  The new Bing search and map settings will become the default search setting on Motorola’s Chinese Android phones starting in Q1.  With this announcement Chinese consumers will enjoy a preloaded Bing bookmark on their mobile browser and an enhanced search widget with Bing integration.  Motorola is expanding the capabilities and range of services currently offered to their Chinese customers with the rollout of these new features.  Also, this partnership is described as global so there is a chance that it may actually spread.

This new partnership between Motorola and Microsoft raises a few questions about the current relationship between the two companies that seemed to be so tight with the release of the Droid.  Some people are starting to wonder if this new partnership in China will lead to Motorola developing a new Windows 7 phone series even though they have claimed they are committed to the Android technology.  Only time will tell how Motorola and Google will move forward in their ongoing relationship but this certainly has the chance to throw a few wrinkles in that equation.

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