Motorola may have started 2012 off with grand plans for Webtop, its app that lets users connect their Androids to an HDTV or laptop dock for extended functionality, but it's been on its way downhill in recent months. The company has confirmed that it is throwing in the towel on Webtop.
At first, Motorola talked big about the program's future, and its plans to offer more browser choices beyond the full version of Firefox to which it already gave users access. But upon the release of the Atrix HD this summer, we started noticing a conspicuous absence of Webtop on new Motorola hardware.
Motorola explained that as a cost-saving decision, but the company didn't elaborate on Webtop's future. Since then, we'd heard rumors that Motorola had told engineers to abandon Webtop.
Now the manufacturer has finally made things official. In a short statement, Motorola explains that Webtop will no longer be present on its future Androids. It blames the decision on a low rate of use, below that which would justify dedicating ongoing resources to the program's development. Motorola also notes how much more full-featured and desktop-like Android's been getting, negating some of the benefits Webtop afforded.