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Motorola Scores Top Honors in 2009 Business Solutions Magazine Best Channel Products Survey

Motorola enterprise mobility solutions recognized by VAR community for superior features, functionality, reliability and ease of integration

HOLTSVILLE, N.Y., Oct 20, 2009 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX News Network/ -- Motorola, Inc., (NYSE: MOT) today announced three of its enterprise mobility solutions have been recognized by Business Solutions magazine (BSM) and value-added resellers (VAR) as Best Channel Products for 2009. Motorola's LS3578 rugged bar code scanner, LS2208 general purpose bar code scanner and MC75 Enterprise Digital Assistant (EDA) scored among the "best of the best" in their respective categories.

"Motorola prides itself on listening to and collaborating with our partners, and we are honored to be recognized by the channel industry for having three best-in-class products," said Janet Schijns, vice president of worldwide channels, distribution and alliances for Motorola's Enterprise Mobility Solutions division. "It is our goal to foster innovation by providing business tools that drive improved user and organizational efficiencies. We continually seek feedback from the channel community to achieve this, and being acknowledged by our partners, is truly a testament to our commitment to empower the channel."

The Best Channel Product winners were chosen via an online survey that asked participants to rate their vendors in seven categories including three product-related categories: Product Features, Product Reliability and Product Innovation. A total of 19,833 votes were cast by 2,186 verified BSM resellers, making it one of the largest surveys of its kind. The survey is comprised of vendors who scored highest in the product categories in BSM's Best Channel Products survey in January 2009.

The LS3578 rugged bar code scanner ranked at the top of the handheld mobile scanner category, with its highest scores in the product reliability/durability and ease of integration categories. The LS2208 general purpose bar code scanner was recognized in the bar code scanner category - ranking highest in the richness of features/functionality and ease of integration categories. The MC75 EDA was positioned at the top of the handheld computers category, with its highest scores also in the richness of features/functionality and ease of integration categories.

Motorola relies on a worldwide network of best-in-class partners to deliver enterprise mobility solutions that provide real-time information for better decisions and better results. With a level of industry experience and business acumen that can only be garnered through in-the-field experience, our partners can add significant value to enterprise mobility solutions. Motorola's rugged and general purpose bar code scanners provide superior data capture performance and seamless integration with other networks and information systems. And with Motorola's MC75 EDA, enterprise organizations are equipped with an unparalleled number of business capabilities in a compact and easy-to-use mobile computer.