Motorola and Polycom have announced a collaborative development around delivering Polycom enterprise-class, high-definition (HD) personal telepresence on Motorola XOOM tablets.
“Motorola Mobility is making great strides in enabling enterprise users, and we are excited to equip mobile workers with effective collaboration tools that improve decision making and accelerate customer response,” said Christy Wyatt, corporate vice president, software and services product management, Motorola Mobility. “Leveraging Polycom’s innovation and leadership in telepresence, Motorola will help businesses easily extend their video initiatives to the XOOM, thereby expanding mobile collaboration for workers. For consumers, the XOOM video experience will set a new standard for quality and performance.”
The XOOM features a dual core processor and 10.1” widescreen HD display, together with a front-facing 2-megapixel camera for video conferencing, as well as a rear-facing 5-megapixel camera that captures HD video.
“Polycom is excited to team with Motorola and leverage their innovative device to help enterprise customers expand workforce mobility and drive standards-based telepresence further into the business and mobile markets,” said Sudhakar Ramakrishna, Polycom executive vice president and general manager products and services, and chief development officer. “For Polycom, this collaboration demonstrates continued momentum into the mobile market and furthers our strategy to deliver UCEverywhere and drive a network effect and increased value for customers.”
