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Google Phone Round-Up: Many Partners; Increasing Speed; New Apps; Winners & Losers - 2 Comments
Posted By James Quintana Pearce - Sun 04 Nov 2007 09:06 PM PST

The Google (NSDQ: GOOG) phone stories come thick and fast… Google has signed up Sprint, Motorola, Samsung and DoCoMo (NYSE: DCM) as partners reports USA Today citing the ubiquitous “people…

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Nokia Dominates World Handset Market In Q3; Global Penetration To Hit 75 Percent In 2011: Reports - 0 Comments
Posted By James Quintana Pearce - Fri 26 Oct 2007 03:27 AM PST

The latest handset figures for the third quarter are out from Strategy Analytics, and there’s no surprises. Nokia (NYSE: NOK) took 39.2 percent of the market, followed by Samsung with…

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Earnings: Motorola Q307 Net Earnings Of $60 Million As It Struggles To Get Back On Track - 1 Comment
Posted By Ingrid Lunden - Wed 24 Oct 2007 11:28 PM PST

After some major cost cuts and the introduction of new selection of phones to follow up on the RAZR success, Motorola (NYSE: MOT) today reported $60 million in net earnings…

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Mobile Banking Provider mFoundry Raises $15 Million Third Round; Motorola, PayPal Invest - 0 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Wed 24 Oct 2007 12:28 PM PST

mFoundry, a San Francisco-based provider of mobile banking solutions, has raised a $15 million third round from Motorola (NYSE: MOT) Ventures, PayPal, NCR, along with existing investors and an unidentified…

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IPhone: The Impact On Developers And Competitors - 0 Comments
Posted By Ingrid Lunden - Wed 17 Oct 2007 09:37 AM PST

Another bit of news has come out on the subject of developers creating applications for the iPhone. BusinessWeek is reporting that “sources familiar with the company’s plans” say that Apple…

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Motorola’s CMO On New Brands, Content And Advertising On Mobile - 0 Comments
Posted By Ingrid Lunden - Wed 17 Oct 2007 03:55 AM PST

A Q&A with Kenneth “Casey” Keller, the CMO of Motorola, in Advertising Age sheds some light on where Motorola (NYSE: MOT) might be heading next in terms of targeting the…

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Motorola Buys Half Of UIQ From Sony Ericsson - 0 Comments
Posted By James Quintana Pearce - Mon 15 Oct 2007 03:42 PM PST

Sony (NYSE: SNE) Ericsson (NSDQ: ERIC) will sell half of its smartphone software unit UIQ (bought from Symbian last year) to Motorola (NYSE: MOT) for an undisclosed sum. “It’s not…

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Zander Derides Navteq Buy - 0 Comments
Posted By James Quintana Pearce - Tue 09 Oct 2007 04:11 PM PST

Motorola (NYSE: MOT) CEO Ed Zander has called the $8.1 billion paid by Nokia for Navteq “stunning”, and that Motorola had decided against buying the company because it was a…

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Motorola Plans Music Service For India; Avoids US Market - 0 Comments
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Mon 08 Oct 2007 05:37 AM PST

That Motorola (NYSE: MOT) is focusing on music to sell its handsets in India is pretty obvious from it’s promotional campaigns with Bollywood superstar Abhishek Bachchan. ChicagoBusiness reports that the…

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Motorola Launches Content Portal - 0 Comments
Posted By James Quintana Pearce - Wed 12 Sep 2007 03:10 PM PST

Motorola has launched a consumer-facing site in public beta to showcase the content available on its handsets, which seems to be simply chasing after Nokia (or maybe it just feels…

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Motorola To Cut R&D Budget - 0 Comments
Posted By James Quintana Pearce - Tue 11 Sep 2007 07:07 AM PST

Motorola has been roundly criticized for its uninspired handset line-up since the Razr and a few quarters of losses, and in its bid to return to profitability it is aiming…

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Place-Shifting Startup Inxstor Gets $1.2 Million In Funding - 1 Comment
Posted By Ingrid Lunden - Tue 14 Aug 2007 03:22 AM PST

It looks like high-time for startups developing technology to move TV viewing to the next generation. A place-shifting concern with only two employees called Inxstor has just secured 600,000 pounds…

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Motorola Launches Mobile Linux Platform, Motomagx - 1 Comment
Posted By James Quintana Pearce - Wed 08 Aug 2007 04:16 AM PST

Motorola has released a new mobile Linux platform, dubbed Motomagx. The handset manufacturer plans to get 60 percent of its handset portfolio based on Linux in the next few years……

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Earnings: Handset Manufacturers Q2 Earnings; Motorola Down, LG Up, Sony Ericsson Up - 0 Comments
Posted By James Quintana Pearce - Thu 19 Jul 2007 08:10 AM PST

As it warned Motorola has posted a net loss for the second quarter ending June 30, reporting a net loss of $28 million compared to a profit of $1.38 billion…

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Samsung Nabs Number Two Spot - 0 Comments
Posted By James Quintana Pearce - Sun 15 Jul 2007 02:17 PM PST

As Motorola’s woes continue other manufacturers are on the ascendant. “Samsung churned out 37.4 million handsets in the second quarter, compared with Motorola’s self-projected volume of 35 million to 36…

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The Buck Keeps On Leaving Zander - 0 Comments
Posted By James Quintana Pearce - Thu 12 Jul 2007 08:05 PM PST

There’s a bit of a death-watch going on for Ed Zander’s CEO position at Motorola...an expected outcome of Motorola saying it has lost money and marketshare again in the second…

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Motorola: Q2 Revenue Results Will Be Lower Than Expected - 0 Comments
Posted By James Quintana Pearce - Wed 11 Jul 2007 04:22 PM PST

Motorola’s mobile handset business continues to plummet, with the #2 mobile phone maker warning that its second quarter results to be posted next week will show around $8.6 billion to…

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Motorola To Buy Leapstone To Support Quad-Play Content - 0 Comments
Posted By James Quintana Pearce - Wed 11 Jul 2007 06:56 AM PST

Motorola has announced it will buy Somerset, New Jersey-based Leapstone Systems in the third quarter this year—the financial terms were not disclosed. Leapstone produces software that helps carriers create and…

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Moto Faces Another Shareholder Campaign; Smaller Than Icahn But Loud - 0 Comments
Posted By Staci D. Kramer - Mon 09 Jul 2007 05:08 PM PST

Fresh off his contribution to Terry Semel’s departure as Yahoo CEO and armed with 130 shares in Motorola, Erik Jackson started a campaign Monday to get rid of Motorola chairman…

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ShoZu Signs Preload Deal With Motorola - 0 Comments
Posted By James Quintana Pearce - Thu 21 Jun 2007 06:46 AM PST

ShoZu has signed a deal with Motorola which will see the photo-uploading applicatoin preloaded onto mobile phones. Initially the ShoZu application will be available for free download to the MotoRizr…

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Motorola Expands Asian Music Portal - 0 Comments
Posted By James Quintana Pearce - Fri 01 Jun 2007 01:49 AM PST

Motorola has upgraded its Chinese online entertainment portal MotoMusic so it now includes play list creation, management, and sharing, buddy interaction, music guidance articles, mobile phone sections to recommend music…

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Motorola’s Changing Marketing Strategy, Job Cuts - 0 Comments
Posted By James Quintana Pearce - Thu 17 May 2007 06:34 AM PST

Motorola is changing its marketing practices for its next set of handsets, according to this Ad Age interview with Casey Keller, chief marketing officer of the handset manufacturer. Motorola will…

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Mobile TV Popular But Outshone By Communication, Interest In Iphone—Canalys - 1 Comment
Posted By James Quintana Pearce - Thu 17 May 2007 12:24 AM PST

A survey by Canalys has shown a moderately strong interest in mobile TV. The online survey was conducted in April among more than 2,000 employed, adult mobile phone users in…

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Motorola’s New Phones—Zander’s Swan Song?; Napter & Movies - 1 Comment
Posted By James Quintana Pearce - Tue 15 May 2007 10:41 AM PST

Motorola has showcased the phones it hopes will turn around its ailing fortunes. As was predicted by some people, the “Media Monster” forecast by Ed Zander is the Z8 which…

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Motorola Gets Patent For Smellophone - 0 Comments
Posted By James Quintana Pearce - Mon 14 May 2007 05:14 AM PST

Motorola has received a patent for a plug-in mobile attachment intended to allow people to have a pleasant scent near their handsets. The design shows a device that heats a…

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