Motorola has been quietly gathering trademarks the world over for the name “Zoom”, PocketNow is reporting. It is believed this will be the branding for Motorola’s upcoming Android tablet. The hardware maker has been making the claims since mid-October. This is significant seeing as Motorola does not tend to file worldwide trademarks often. For example, this is the only mark filed for in New Zealand this year, and only 48 have been filed in the US in 2010.
Filing for this same trademark in so many countries indicates Motorola will be pushing this device hard, probably with the backing of Google. The speculation that this is a tablet comes from the explanation of product categories the trademark would cover: “mobile computers and related accessories”. This probably does not mean Xoom is just another phone.
Observers think that a CES unveiling could be just around the corner. But if this really is the Mystical Android Honeycomb tablet, we probably won’t be able to buy one until Spring. Do you think Xoom is Moto’s tablet?
Related posts: