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Motorola stories: 29 news summaries

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WALT MOSSBERG

 Droid a Savvy Choice 
 for Smartphone Fans 

Users sick of AT&T now have an option

Nov 5, 09 5:38 AM CST
(Newser) - Verizon has finally come up with a phone that will satisfy users who want an iPhone-quality smartphone to run on the firm's zippy 3G network, writes Walt Mossberg. The Motorola Droid, is, like the iPhone, "a powerful hand-held computer that happens to make phone calls," Mossberg writes. The... More »

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Verizon • iPhone • Walt Mossberg • Motorola • smartphones • Android • consumer electronics • iPhone 3G • Droid • Verizon Droid review

bloggers' first look

 Verizon Unveils 
 Droid Smartphone 

All looks promising, but some think OS is still no match for iPhone

Oct 28, 09 12:44 PM CDT
(Newser) - Verizon's Droid smartphone—built by Motorola and powered by Google's Android—goes on sale Nov. 6 for $200. Some early opinions on the iPhone challenger:
  • The phone is "almost not worth writing about," notes Chris Dannen in Fast Company . It's "fine" but "doesn't advance" the
... More »

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Iraq • Verizon • Motorola • Google Maps • GPS • smartphones • consumer electronics • Google Android • wireless industry • Motorola Droid • Droid • Droid phones • Verizon Droid price • Verizon Droid review

EU to Get Universal Phone Chargers by 2010

Plan expected to reduce electronic waste, make life simpler for consumers

Jun 30, 09 1:22 AM CDT
(Newser) - Cell phone makers have agreed to introduce a one-size-fits-all charger in the European Union within the next six months, CNN reports. The deal is expected to reduce the tens of thousands of tons of chargers thrown away every year, and should hasten the introduction of a universal charger for the... More »

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cell phones • European Union • Nokia • Motorola • Samsung • cell phone industry • cell phone charger

interview

Legendary Hacker: It Was
'a Huge Game'

Mitnick reflects on the road from 'computer terrorist' to consultant

Jun 22, 09 12:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - Tagged a “computer terrorist,” Kevin Mitnick served jail time after eluding the FBI for 3 years; today, he’s a security consultant. The best-known hacker ever tells CNET his infiltration of firms like Motorola and Sun “was like a huge game”: “thrilling, adventurous,” and “... More »

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FBI • law enforcement • hacker • Sun Microsystems • Motorola • computer security • cybercrime • interview • Kevin Mitnick

ANALYSIS

R&D Dollars Flow Even as Revenues Slump

Firms see innovation as key to post- recession success

Apr 6, 09 11:11 AM CDT
(Newser) - Revenues may be plummeting, but US companies spent as much on research and development in 2008’s fourth quarter as they did in 2007's, the Wall Street Journal reports. Analysts point to products like the iPod, introduced during the last recession, as proof that continued R&D outlay can lead... More »

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China • Microsoft • India • Apple • iPod • innovation • Motorola • research and development • financial crisis

PRODUCT REVIEW

 Finally,  a Real Phone Camera 

Picture-perfect phone closes the shutter on camera phone rivals

Dec 4, 08 10:54 AM CST
(Newser) - Adding a camera to a phone isn't exactly a novel concept, but the Motozine ZN5 breaks the mold by making it a proper digital camera instead of a feeble afterthought, David Pogue writes in the New York Times. For quality, he raves, "the ZN5’s photos trump anything... More »

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technology • cell phones • Kodak • camera • digital camera • Motorola • camera phones • Motozine

iPhone Dethrones Razr
as Top Seller in US

Apple's sells 6.8M of 3G phones in recent quarter

Nov 10, 08 3:05 PM CST
(Newser) - Apple’s new iPhone model is now the top-selling mobile phone among US adults, Macworld reports, having displaced Motorola’s Razr in the third quarter. The Razr had topped the category—which doesn’t take business purchases into account—for 12 consecutive quarters. Apple says it sold 6.8 million... More »

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Razr • Apple • Motorola • iPhone 3G • mobile phones


 Google Weighs
 New Venture
 Capital Arm


Search engine giant may look to seed start ups

Jul 31, 08 10:57 AM CDT
(Newser) - Google is planning to launch a venture capital arm, the Wall Street Journal reports, and has hired an entrepreneur who's also been an investor to head the project. Other tech firms, including Intel, Motorola, and Comcast, already have VC units. Just how big a commitment Google will make and what... More »

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Google • Walt Disney Co. • venture capital • Motorola • Intel Corp

 Cellphone Sales Drop 

Recession driving down sales

May 20, 08 2:35 AM CDT
(Newser) - The cellphone market is experiencing a significant sales slide, with the most serious decline so far among lower-income users, reports the Wall Street Journal. Studies reveal first quarter sales dips ranging from 5% to  22%. Analysts expect growth to slow even further. The market may be reaching saturation with... More »

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cell phones • Verizon • BlackBerry • Motorola • Bluetooth • Sprint Nextel • wireless service • market-research • Samsung Electronics

Earnings report

Slumping Razr Sales Slash Moto Earnings

Motorola posts larger-than-expected  $194M loss

Apr 24, 08 7:59 AM CDT
(Newser) - Apple and Nokia chewed away at Motorola’s cellphone market share, pushing the troubled handset maker to a larger first-quarter loss than expected, Bloomberg reports. Moto lost $194 million, or 9 cents a share, and revenues fell 21% to $7.45 billion. The company also  issued a bleak forecast for... More »

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cell phones • Carl Icahn • corporate earnings • Motorola • handsets

Motorola Agrees
to Seat 2 Icahn
Board Picks

Billionaire, company reach truce; Icahn drops proxy threat

Apr 8, 08 7:29 AM CDT
(Newser) - Carl Icahn, who last month pressured Motorola into selling off its troubled mobile phone division, added win No. 2 yesterday in his battle with the telecommunications equipment maker, as the company agreed to nominate two Icahn’s candidates to its board, the Wall Street Journal reports. Icahn will drop his... More »

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cell phones • Carl Icahn • Motorola • Greg Brown • proxy battle • Keith Meister • William Hambrecht

Moto Slashes Workforce

Cell phone maker
cuts more jobs as it readies spin off; takes
$104M loss

Apr 4, 08 8:35 AM CDT
(Newser) - Troubled cell phone maker Motorola is laying off another 2,600 workers and will take a first quarter pretax charge of some $104 million to cover severance costs, reports the AP. Moto has cut its workforce by more than 10,000 workers since January 2007, as the company's . mobile phone... More »

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layoffs • Razr • Motorola • cell phone industry

Icahn Wins: Motorola Will
Spin Off Mobile Unit

Company says it will spin off foundering mobile unit that's lost $1.2 billion

Mar 26, 08 8:13 AM CDT
(Newser) - Motorola blinked in its showdown with billionaire investor Carl Icahn, announcing this morning it will spin off the foundering mobile-device division that lost $1.2 billion last year and has seen its share of the mobile phone market shrink from 22% to 12%, reports Bloomberg. Moto’s stock rose 6.... More »

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cell phones • iPhone • Carl Icahn • Apple • Nokia • Motorola

 Icahn Ups 
 Ante in 
 Motorola Battle  

Billionaire investor sues for board documents in proxy fight

Mar 25, 08 6:43 AM CDT
(Newser) - Billionaire Carl Icahn is turning up the heat on Motorola in his battle for more control, filing a lawsuit for access to board documents. The move follows his rejection of the company’s offer of two board seats—instead of the four he's seeking—and calling its refusal to seat... More »

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Carl Icahn • Motorola • telecommunications • handsets • proxy battle • mobile devices

Motorola Left Holding Troubled Handset Unit

With no buyer in sight for wireless equipment division, company may look to self-reform

Feb 25, 08 12:07 PM CST
(Newser) - It’s looking increasingly important for Motorola to shore up its troubled handset unit itself, as no buyers have materialized in the near-month since the company said it was exploring options for the business, reports BusinessWeek. Fixing the problematic division would make it easier to attract a higher sale... More »

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Motorola • cell phone industry • handsets • corporate sales • corporate leadership

Patent Battle Breaks Out Between Motorola, RIM

Firms exchange suits after licensing agreement disintegrates

Feb 19, 08 11:45 AM CST
(Newser) - A patent battle has flared between BlackBerry maker RIM and Motorola after the two failed to agree on terms to renew an existing licensing agreement, reports the Wall Street Journal.The friction comes as each company is intruding into the other's turf: Motorola by building Blackberry-like email devices, RIM by... More »

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cell phones • Research In Motion • BlackBerry • Motorola • RIM • wireless industry • patent infringement • patent disputes • Waterloo, Ontario • Schaumburg, Ill • US District Court

India Rolls Out $20 Cell Phone

The bare-bones 'people's phone' aimed at the half of Indians who have no mobile

Feb 14, 08 1:27 PM CST
(Newser) - On the heels of India’s $2,400 car comes its $20 mobile handset, the “people’s phone,” the Times of London reports. It has no smart features—not even a screen. “It is just a phone,” says the chairman of Spice Mobile, the phone’s... More »

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India • cell phones • Nokia • Motorola • Vodafone • Virgin Mobile • Spice Mobile • Asian cell phone market • 'people's phone'

Motorola,
Nortel Talk
Joint Venture

Latest deal in ailing telecom-equipment industry

Feb 11, 08 12:53 PM CST
(Newser) - Motorola and Nortel are in talks about a possible merger of their wireless-infrastructure units, insiders tell the Wall Street Journal. In the works is a joint venture with Nortel holding a majority stake and likely revenues of around $10 billion from sales of network equipment for wireless phone carriers.... More »

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Motorola • cell phone industry • Nortel • telecom equipment

Motorola May Sell Ailing Cell Phone Division

Company struggling against smart phone competition

Feb 1, 08 2:50 AM CST
(Newser) - Motorola, battered by more innovative competitors in the cell phone industry, is considering spinning off or selling its flagship mobile phone division to concentrate on other parts of its business. Motorola, which once rocked the industry with its innovative StarTAC flip phone and the ultra-slim Razr, now plans to refocus... More »

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cell phones • iPhone • Razr • Carl Icahn • BlackBerry • Motorola • market share • sale • spin-off

Motorola Profit Plummets
84% in Q4

Mobile-phone maker loses market share to Apple, Samsung

Jan 23, 08 7:25 AM CST
(Newser) - Motorola, blaming loss of market share to Apple and Samsung, today reported a fourth-quarter profit plunge of 84%. The nation’s largest mobile-phone maker said phone shipments fell 38%, and sales fell 18.2%. Reviving its ailing cellphone unit will take longer than expected, Motorola said, forecasting a loss next... More »

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Apple • corporate earnings • Motorola • Samsung

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