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- Motorola: The evolving mobile Internet
- At the JavaOne Conference in San Francisco Thursday, Motorola executive Christy Wyatt explains the various stages of the mobile Internet and the importance of giving users the ability to download and use many different applications to create a unique experience.
- Tags: Mobile, Motorola Inc., Advertising & Promotion, Marketing, JavaOne, Motorola, mobile internet
- Videos 2008-05-09
- Top mobile phone vendor in Q4 2007: Nokia, Samsung, Motorola
- The worldwide mobile phone market grew to 300 mln devices in Q4 2007. According to IDC, the 334.0 mln handsets shipped during the holiday quarter was a new record for the industry, and was up 15.3% over Q4 2007. Total shipments reached 1,144.1 mln units in 2007 with 12.4% overall...
- Tags: Nokia Corp., Shipment, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., International Data Corp., Motorola Inc., Telecom & Utilities, Cellular Phones, Telecommunications, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, NB
- Blog posts 2008-05-02
- Motorola Z9 (AT&T)
- Photo gallery:Motorola Z9For the past two years, Moto has been under enormous pressure from many camps (us included) to come up with something completely new. So when we first held the new Motorola Z9 for AT&T, we were a bit disappointed that it doesn't stray very far from the company's...
- Tags: Media players, Digital media, Digital music, hue, AT&T Corp., bump, Motorola Z9, Motorola Inc.
- Product reviews 2008-04-16
- More Motorola makeover: Former AT&T exec becomes chairman
- Motorola announced Wednesday another in a series of moves to right its ship: It elected David Dorman to be the non-executive chairman of the board. Dorman takes over for Ed Zander, Motorola's former CEO and current chairman. Zander will retire May 5. Motorola CEO...
- Tags: Chairman, AT&T Corp., David Dorman, Motorola Inc., Corporate Governance, Cellular Phones, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-04-09
- Motorola splitting into two, Mobile Devices to be its own company
- Motorola splitting into two, Mobile Devices to be its own companyI will have nothing to do with either oneMotorola made (and possibly still make?) land mines.I will have nothing to do with them whatsoever.
- Tags: Advertising & Promotion, Motorola Inc., mobile device, mobile
- Discussion threads 2008-03-26
- Motorola splitting into two, Mobile Devices to be its own company
- We knew that Motorola has been having some troubles with its handset division and were planning to split this part of the company off as a separate entity and today they officially announced that the Mobile Devices division will become an independent company. The other company will be Broadband &...
- Tags: Mobile, Mobile Device, Motorola Inc., Advertising & Promotion, Marketing, Matthew Miller
- Blog posts 2008-03-26
- Motorola splits itself up; Separates handset business
- Motorola splits itself up; Separates handset businessReally now this headset business is long over for Motorola."Their foam density would make no diference to anyone buying Bluetooth Products or Tata. Either one of these two would be the mach "Punisher" to Avaya in the 21St Century; I truly believe that started...
- Tags: Cellular phones, Motorola Inc., handset business, phone business, handset
- Discussion threads 2008-03-26
- Motorola splits itself up; Separates handset business
- Motorola has carved out its biggest headache--its struggling handset business. Motorola (all resources) on Wednesday said that it will split into two companies--a handset business and a broadband and mobility unit that features networking equipment for enterprise and consumers. The latter unit, which includes IP video gear,...
- Tags: Handset, Motorola Inc., Handset Business, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-03-26
- Motorola wins $335 million Saudi contract
- Motorola wins $335 million Saudi contractThat will helpAt least we can recover some of our oil dollars. It should come as no surprise that the incredible wealth accumulated from the sale of oil should fund a leap frog to the latest technology.RE: Motorola wins $335 million Saudi contractAs always,...
- Tags: Saudi contract, Motorola Inc.
- Discussion threads 2008-03-02
- BlackBerry maker, Motorola duel in lawsuits
- BlackBerry maker, Motorola duel in lawsuitsHow sadMotorola has turned into a bitter little patent troll.You guys want to turn the handset unit around? Call off the lawyers and hire some designers and artists to create something we'd really like to own.LG Prada phone -> Should have been a Motorola product.The...
- Tags: Motorola Inc., BlackBerry-maker, lawsuit
- Discussion threads 2008-02-20
- RIM and Motorola sue each other in silly patent dispute
- RIM and Motorola sue each other in silly patent disputeRed HerringThe patent suit is a red herring you are writing about. The real issue is the "royalty fee structure is “exorbitant". This, of course, is very clear to both parties and a lawsuit is what brings them to the...
- Tags: patent suit, silly patent dispute, Research In Motion Ltd., Motorola Inc., patent dispute, patent
- Discussion threads 2008-02-19
- RIM and Motorola sue each other in silly patent dispute
- Note: This post is duplicated on my IP Telephony, VoIP, Broadband blog. Just within the last few days, BlackBerry-maker Research In Motion and Motorola have sued each other for Patent infringement. Motorola's big issue seems to be a feeling that in most of...
- Tags: Research In Motion Ltd., Patent, Motorola Inc., E-mail, Telecom & Utilities, VOIP, Keyboards, Telecommunications, Handhelds, Wireless, Online Communications, Networking, Hardware, Peripherals, Russell Shaw
- Blog posts 2008-02-18
- BlackBerry-Motorola patent infringement fight makes little sense to me
- Just within the last few days, BlackBerry-maker Research In Motion and Motorola have sued each other for Patent infringement. Motorola's big issue seems to be a feeling that in most of its 8xxx series models, RIM's method of storing contact info in wireless emails, and its...
- Tags: Research In Motion Ltd., Phone, Motorola Inc., E-mail, Telecom & Utilities, Keyboards, Handhelds, Wireless, Online Communications, Hardware, Peripherals, Russell Shaw
- Blog posts 2008-02-18
- Jackpot Casino (Motorola Q) (zip)
- Virtual casino where no real money is used. It includes roulette, blackjack, caribbean poker, 6 kinds of video poker (deuces wild, jacks or better, tens or better, one eyed jack, joker poker, aces and eights), craps, and two slot machines. Both online and in-game tutorials are provided. Detailed statistics is...
- Tags: Motorola Q, Casino, Poker, Motorola Inc., Mobile Stream, Corporate Communications, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing
- Software downloads 2008-02-15
- Nokia+retains+the+crown+in+the+4th+quarter%2C+but+Apple+moves+into+third+worldwide
- Nokia+retains+the+crown+in+the+4th+quarter%2C+but+Apple+moves+into+third+worldwideApple will run away with the lead in 2 yearsApple gets it. When they finally dump that crappy ARM, me-too architecture that everyone uses and finally moves to x86 (think Intel Silverthorn and futures), they will run away with the whole category. What people want is the full...
- Tags: Advertising & Promotion, Text messaging/SMS/MMS, Cellular phones, Motorola Inc., Apple Inc., mobile, ID authentication, Nokia Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-02-06
- Motorola i570 (Nextel)
- We have to admit that we're not sure what is going on with Sprint lately. Following its merger with Nextel three years ago, the company said it would be phasing out Nextel's iDEN network in favor of Sprint's CDMA network. And to show it meant what it said, it started...
- Tags: Telecom & Utilities, Motorola Inc., speakerphone, i570, Nextel Communications Inc., phone
- Product reviews 2008-02-05
- Ericsson says 'very cautious' about Motorola assets
- Ericsson says 'very cautious' about Motorola assetsEricsson has never made a good "Flip Phone"!I don't know of any phones as rugged as some of the ones made byMotorola. Yes, they've had some duds, and some of the originalgood designs have been "cheapenized" into oblivion, but still ...Ericsson has never...
- Tags: Asset management, Ericsson Inc., Motorola asset, Motorola Inc., Flip Phone, asset
- Discussion threads 2008-02-01
- Motorola considers cell phone biz spinoff
- Motorola considers cell phone biz spinoffMoto's metal phones=poopyI said it. I stand by it. I received a RAZR as an "upgrade" from my Nokia 6103 after it's SIM card reader quit working, and I've had nothing but problems with the built-in apps and with bluetoooth the entire time, along with...
- Tags: Keyboards, Cellular phones, cell phone biz spinoff, Motorola Inc., cell phone, Moto
- Discussion threads 2008-02-01
- News to know: Microsoft and open source; Google; Motorola, PMA 2008
- Notable headlines: Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft's open-source strategy: A picture is worth a thousand words Dana Blankenhorn: Should we fight the proprietary open source power? Larry Dignan: Google's quarter falls short of expectations Tom Foremski: GOOG's troubled social network deals threaten Facebook valuation....
- Tags: Google Inc., Larry Dignan, Open Source, Apple Inc., Amazon.com Inc., RIM BlackBerry, Microsoft Corp., Outage, Twitter, Motorola Inc., BlackBerry Patent App, Manufacturing, Handhelds, Hardware
- Blog posts 2008-02-01
- Motorola tries to quarantine handset unit
- Motorola tries to quarantine handset unit"LiMo specifies GTK, and we intend to comply"[url=http://linuxdevices.com/news/NS2607065576.html]Apparently[/url], to add to their misery, the LiMo Foundation has made Gtk their UI of choice.I don't get it.
- Tags: Cellular phones, handset unit, Motorola Inc., handset
- Discussion threads 2008-01-31
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