Yesterday, Motorola announced that it has made a critical investment in the future of virtualization for mobile phones. While the idea itself seems to have a single device simultaneously operating as a blackberry, Windows Mobile or Palm device with just the push of a “next OS” button, in reality it’s to help make the OS running on the mobile phone itself more secure.

The company making the virtualization products is called VirtualLogix. According to Motorola’s press release, “VirtualLogix is a leader in real-time virtualization—an innovative technology that is shaping the future for communications devices and equipment. Their technology enables the mobility of applications from the desktop to devices, improves quality of service and security in an open mobile world, and will enable a new generation of dynamic individual user experiences.”

Additional companies already investing in VirtualLogix are: Atlas Venture, Cisco Systems, DFJ Esprit, Index Ventures, Intel Capital and Texas Instruments.

Read more on Motorola’s Press Release.

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