Comments on: Moto's Slow Death By RAZR Cuts

By: Verizon CEO Seidenberg’s Words of Entrepreneurial Wisdom

Verizon CEO Seidenberg’s Words of Entrepreneurial Wisdom — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 23:36:31 +0000

[...] how the telecommunications equipment company could have gone from making a hot phone like the Razr to its current state, Seidenberg said: “The failure to create new things quicker than the old things eat you [...]

By: Could Android Save Motorola?

Could Android Save Motorola? — Tue, 12 May 2009 21:01:54 +0000

[...] the short-lived glory days brought on by its RAZR line of handsets. To that end, in 2008, it cut loose its handset unit altogether. Shifting to Android will be a tricky balancing act, or as Om put it, akin to [...]

By: Qualcomm Loses Jha to Motorola - GigaOM

Qualcomm Loses Jha to Motorola - GigaOM — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 13:47:28 +0000

[...] and the CEO of Motorola Mobile Devices, the new handset division. The handset division, which has struggled for the last few years, will formally spin out of Motorola in the third quarter of 2009. Props to Jha who is well respected [...]

By: Motorola Creates New Divisions in Advance of Split - GigaOM

Motorola Creates New Divisions in Advance of Split - GigaOM — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 14:14:59 +0000

[...] that Motorola has divided itself into three units, rather than two. In March Motorola said it would spin off its handset business in the wake of poor performance. Now, according to WSJ, it has further split its units into: a [...]

By: CTIA: The Trailer - GigaOM

CTIA: The Trailer - GigaOM — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 02:41:48 +0000

[...] that Om has dubbed the U.S. Rescue WiMax Act, and pondering both the valuation of and chances for Motorola’s handset business, but there will be a few trends to keep an eye out for as [...]

By: Scott A

Scott A — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 18:30:41 +0000

Did they ever screw themselves a few years ago with that aweful implementation of portable media player/phone ROKR with apple's blessing. How can you screw that up. Well, they did somehow. They may not have the tech chops anymore to compete in the handset market. Now apple created a market for the iphone and ripped customers from sprint and verizon.

RIP...

By: Sunil

Sunil — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 06:29:45 +0000

Motorola is loosing their market share because of Nokia and other vendors.

By: DailyWireless » Blog Archive » Wednesday Links: WiFi Connectivity, Motorola Spin Off, RFID

Thu, 27 Mar 2008 03:21:01 +0000

[...] GigaOM shares some great perspective on the Moto spin off. The title kind of says it all: Moto’s Slow Death by RAZR Cuts. [...]

By: manish jain

manish jain — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 18:21:50 +0000

I'd love to email Greg Brown a couple candidates but the fact he runs a technology company and doesn't seem to use email scares the sh!$# out of me.

All this explains why Padmasree Warrior bolted for Cisco...they have their act together.