Comments on: How Low Can Moto Go? http://gigaom.com/2008/10/30/how-low-can-moto-go/ Trusted Insights and Conversations on the Next Wave of Technology Thu, 26 Nov 2009 01:34:40 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Here’s Why Motorola Bet on Android http://gigaom.com/2008/10/30/how-low-can-moto-go/#comment-983658 Here’s Why Motorola Bet on Android Tue, 10 Nov 2009 15:54:39 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=27263#comment-983658 <p>[...] that profit boost is why Jha is betting on Android — and why the bet must succeed. Motorola doesn’t have any more aces, and consolidation is a real threat for the handset [...]</p> [...] that profit boost is why Jha is betting on Android — and why the bet must succeed. Motorola doesn’t have any more aces, and consolidation is a real threat for the handset [...]

]]> By: Drastic times require drastic action | http://gigaom.com/2008/10/30/how-low-can-moto-go/#comment-980283 Drastic times require drastic action | Sun, 25 Oct 2009 15:45:34 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=27263#comment-980283 <p>[...] the telecom ecosystem that MapleWorks is part of. Gigaom identified dramatic cuts at Nokia (600), Motorola (3,000), and Nortel (10% of its work [...]</p> [...] the telecom ecosystem that MapleWorks is part of. Gigaom identified dramatic cuts at Nokia (600), Motorola (3,000), and Nortel (10% of its work [...]

]]> By: GigaOM Spring Cleaning: Motorola and Others Hit the Dustbin http://gigaom.com/2008/10/30/how-low-can-moto-go/#comment-934335 GigaOM Spring Cleaning: Motorola and Others Hit the Dustbin Sat, 28 Mar 2009 00:31:30 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=27263#comment-934335 <p>[...] turnaround story coming, and we’ll definitely keep our eye on them, but it’s no fun to air the same old doubts every single time we mention [...]</p> [...] turnaround story coming, and we’ll definitely keep our eye on them, but it’s no fun to air the same old doubts every single time we mention [...]

]]> By: Motorola Handsets Still Hemorrhaging http://gigaom.com/2008/10/30/how-low-can-moto-go/#comment-924402 Motorola Handsets Still Hemorrhaging Tue, 03 Feb 2009 14:10:10 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=27263#comment-924402 <p>[...] sold only 19.2 million phones in line with expectations. With a quarterly loss of $595 million, Moto’s handset business has lost a collective $3.22 billion in the last two years. All other business units at the company reported earnings increases. Those [...]</p> [...] sold only 19.2 million phones in line with expectations. With a quarterly loss of $595 million, Moto’s handset business has lost a collective $3.22 billion in the last two years. All other business units at the company reported earnings increases. Those [...]

]]> By: Motorola cortes poderão ser más notícias para Windows Mobile « ATer: Criação de Sites Empresa (5511) 2527-3032. Sites Dinâmicos! http://gigaom.com/2008/10/30/how-low-can-moto-go/#comment-921554 Motorola cortes poderão ser más notícias para Windows Mobile « ATer: Criação de Sites Empresa (5511) 2527-3032. Sites Dinâmicos! Tue, 13 Jan 2009 11:04:17 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=27263#comment-921554 <p>[...] Motorola quando questionados sobre a veracidade destas informações. Um rápido olhar sobre a trajetória da Motorola do branqueamento de perder microtelefone divisão ao longo dos últimos dois... no entanto, que ela está em dire necessidade de algum tipo de [...]</p> [...] Motorola quando questionados sobre a veracidade destas informações. Um rápido olhar sobre a trajetória da Motorola do branqueamento de perder microtelefone divisão ao longo dos últimos dois… no entanto, que ela está em dire necessidade de algum tipo de [...]

]]> By: Motorola Cuts Could Be Bad News for Windows Mobile http://gigaom.com/2008/10/30/how-low-can-moto-go/#comment-921493 Motorola Cuts Could Be Bad News for Windows Mobile Mon, 12 Jan 2009 22:00:48 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=27263#comment-921493 <p>[...] spokesperson said when questioned about the veracity of this information. A quick glance at the track record of Motorola’s money-losing handset division over the past two years will show, however, that it’s in dire need of some sort of [...]</p> [...] spokesperson said when questioned about the veracity of this information. A quick glance at the track record of Motorola’s money-losing handset division over the past two years will show, however, that it’s in dire need of some sort of [...]

]]> By: iPhone Best Selling Phone in the US for Q3 2008 - GigaOM http://gigaom.com/2008/10/30/how-low-can-moto-go/#comment-911828 iPhone Best Selling Phone in the US for Q3 2008 - GigaOM Mon, 10 Nov 2008 18:18:50 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=27263#comment-911828 <p>[...] group said. RAZR was ranked as the top seller for past 12 quarters. That is bad news for Motorola, which is already on the mat after being pummeled with losses and declining market share. Funnily enough, phones with [...]</p> [...] group said. RAZR was ranked as the top seller for past 12 quarters. That is bad news for Motorola, which is already on the mat after being pummeled with losses and declining market share. Funnily enough, phones with [...]

]]> By: Layoffs Come to Telco Land - GigaOM http://gigaom.com/2008/10/30/how-low-can-moto-go/#comment-911623 Layoffs Come to Telco Land - GigaOM Mon, 10 Nov 2008 01:24:17 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=27263#comment-911623 <p>[...] its tool on the telecom ecosystem. We have already reported about the job cuts at Nokia (600) and Motorola (3,000) and with Nortel likely to cut about 10% of its work force. The malaise has started to spread to [...]</p> [...] its tool on the telecom ecosystem. We have already reported about the job cuts at Nokia (600) and Motorola (3,000) and with Nortel likely to cut about 10% of its work force. The malaise has started to spread to [...]

]]> By: Layoffs Come to Telco Land - GigaOM http://gigaom.com/2008/10/30/how-low-can-moto-go/#comment-911624 Layoffs Come to Telco Land - GigaOM Mon, 10 Nov 2008 01:24:17 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=27263#comment-911624 <p>[...] its tool on the telecom ecosystem. We have already reported about the job cuts at Nokia (600) and Motorola (3,000) and with Nortel likely to cut about 10% of its work force. The malaise has started to spread to [...]</p> [...] its tool on the telecom ecosystem. We have already reported about the job cuts at Nokia (600) and Motorola (3,000) and with Nortel likely to cut about 10% of its work force. The malaise has started to spread to [...]

]]> By: The Incredible Shrinking Man http://gigaom.com/2008/10/30/how-low-can-moto-go/#comment-909571 The Incredible Shrinking Man Sat, 01 Nov 2008 14:40:36 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=27263#comment-909571 <p>Motorola Devices is a sci-fi horror movie. "And I felt my body dwindling, melting, becoming nothing. My fears locked away, and in their place came acceptance. All this vast majesty of creation, it had to mean something. And then I meant something, too. Yes, smaller than the smallest, I meant something, too. To God there is no zero. I still exist." The Incredible Shrinking Man</p> Motorola Devices is a sci-fi horror movie. “And I felt my body dwindling, melting, becoming nothing. My fears locked away, and in their place came acceptance. All this vast majesty of creation, it had to mean something. And then I meant something, too. Yes, smaller than the smallest, I meant something, too. To God there is no zero. I still exist.” The Incredible Shrinking Man

]]> By: hodari http://gigaom.com/2008/10/30/how-low-can-moto-go/#comment-909382 hodari Fri, 31 Oct 2008 13:57:35 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=27263#comment-909382 <p>Does this covers the hand sets that Motorola sells for enterprise environment which it aquired from symbol ?</p> Does this covers the hand sets that Motorola sells for enterprise environment which it aquired from symbol ?

]]> By: bunny http://gigaom.com/2008/10/30/how-low-can-moto-go/#comment-909342 bunny Fri, 31 Oct 2008 07:52:50 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=27263#comment-909342 <p>motorola phones turn out to be a flop in to to the market.it can have lots of reason behind it. like motorola's pones are slow and left handed.its just not that there could lot more behind it.</p> motorola phones turn out to be a flop in to to the market.it can have lots of reason behind it. like motorola’s pones are slow and left handed.its just not that there could lot more behind it.

]]> By: When do you kill a business? -- Hoover’s Business Insight Zone http://gigaom.com/2008/10/30/how-low-can-moto-go/#comment-909276 When do you kill a business? -- Hoover’s Business Insight Zone Thu, 30 Oct 2008 22:14:08 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=27263#comment-909276 <p>[...] of this was in my mind when I came across this GigaOm piece, in which Om Malik covers the horrific returns of Motorola’s handset business — $2.625 [...]</p> [...] of this was in my mind when I came across this GigaOm piece, in which Om Malik covers the horrific returns of Motorola’s handset business — $2.625 [...]

]]> By: Jesse Kopelman http://gigaom.com/2008/10/30/how-low-can-moto-go/#comment-909250 Jesse Kopelman Thu, 30 Oct 2008 18:53:11 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=27263#comment-909250 <p>@Ian Bell</p> <p>You don't really believe Moto has user interface designers, do you? It's clear to me that they have always left that stuff up to whatever intern happened to be available once the hardware was finished.</p> @Ian Bell

You don’t really believe Moto has user interface designers, do you? It’s clear to me that they have always left that stuff up to whatever intern happened to be available once the hardware was finished.

]]> By: charlie http://gigaom.com/2008/10/30/how-low-can-moto-go/#comment-909237 charlie Thu, 30 Oct 2008 17:58:14 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=27263#comment-909237 <p>Sell the Ming and Razr to some Chinese OEM; and close the rest. Sorry. Nokia is next.</p> Sell the Ming and Razr to some Chinese OEM; and close the rest. Sorry. Nokia is next.

]]> By: ice crums - How Low Can Moto Go? http://gigaom.com/2008/10/30/how-low-can-moto-go/#comment-909233 ice crums - How Low Can Moto Go? Thu, 30 Oct 2008 17:15:57 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=27263#comment-909233 <p>[...] (Via GigaOM.) [...]</p> [...] (Via GigaOM.) [...]

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