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Motorola: Handset unit spin-off delayed; No Android ’til next Christmas
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October 30th, 2008 Motorola: Handset unit spin-off delayed; No Android ’til next Christmas Posted by Larry Dignan @ 8:07 am Categories: General , Wired & Wireless , Mobile , Motorola Tags: Handset , Motorola Inc. , Handset Business , Sanjay Jha , Cellular Phones , Consumer Electronics , Personal Technology , Larry Dignan Motorola’s sick patient–its handset business–is too sick to spin off right now and it’s unlikely that a big bet on Google’s Android operating system is ...
Samsung overtakes Motorola in U.S. mobile phone market
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November 7th, 2008 Samsung overtakes Motorola in U.S. mobile phone market Posted by Sam Diaz @ 9:08 am Categories: General , Mobile , Motorola , Nokia Tags: Phone , Mobile , Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. , Handset , Cell Phone , Motorola Inc. , Handset Division , Advertising & Promotion , Cellular Phones , Marketing Samsung has unseated Motorola from its throne as the leading mobile phone vendor in the U.S. In the third quarter, Samsung led with ...
NPD: iPhone top dog in declining consumer handset market
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November 10th, 2008 NPD: iPhone top dog in declining consumer handset market Posted by Larry Dignan @ 7:50 am Categories: General , Wired & Wireless , Mobile , Apple , iPhone , Research In Motion , Motorola , RIM Tags: Apple iPhone , Handset , Apple iPhone 3G , NPD , Cellular Phones , Sales Strategy , Consumer Electronics , Personal Technology , Sales , Larry Dignan Apple’s iPhone 3G was the top selling handset in the ...
iPhone tops RAZR in sales; twice as reliable as Blackberry
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November 10th, 2008 iPhone tops RAZR in sales; twice as reliable as Blackberry Posted by Jason D. O'Grady @ 9:18 am Categories: iPhone , 3G Tags: Apple iPhone , Motorola Razr , Handset , Apple Inc. , Apple iPhone 3G , Sales , 3G , Cellular Phones , Consumer Electronics , Personal Technology Market research firm NPD has announced that the iPhone 3G was the leading handset purchased by adult consumers in the U.S. during the third quarter of 2008. The move strips the top dog ...
Motorola: We’re freezing pensions, 401k matches
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December 17th, 2008 Motorola: We’re freezing pensions, 401k matches Posted by Larry Dignan @ 6:44 am Categories: General , Hardware Infrastructure , Wired & Wireless , Mobile , Motorola Tags: 401(k) Plan , Handset , Pension , Motorola Inc. , Cost Cut , Handset Business , Jha , 401(k) , Retirement Plans , Benefits Motorola will halt 401k matches and freeze pensions as it aims to save an additional $800 million. The company said it will ...
Motorola’s mobile unit gets slammed in another round of cuts, layoffs
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January 14th, 2009 Motorola’s mobile unit gets slammed in another round of cuts, layoffs Posted by Sam Diaz @ 3:29 pm Categories: General , Mobile , Motorola , Earnings , Layoffs Tags: Mobile , Handset , Motorola Inc. , Handset Business , Advertising & Promotion , Marketing , Sam Diaz Motorola announced an additional 4,000 layoffs today - on top of the 3,000 announced last month - with the troubled mobile division taking the biggest hit with 3,000 ...
Qualcomm buys AMD’s handset division, technology for $65 million
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January 20th, 2009 Qualcomm buys AMD’s handset division, technology for $65 million Posted by Sam Diaz @ 11:24 am Categories: General , AMD , Intel Tags: Handset , Qualcomm Inc. , Advanced Micro Devices Inc. , Graphics , Mergers & Acquisitions , Investment , Finance , Sam Diaz Advanced Micro Devices has reached a deal to sell its struggling handset division, the one it inherited as part of the 2006 acquisition of ATI Technologies, to Qualcomm for $65 million, a move ...
LiMo to show off latest release of platform
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February 9th, 2009 LiMo to show off latest release of platform Posted by Larry Dignan @ 3:31 am Categories: General , Mobile , Open Source , Wired & Wireless Tags: LiMo Foundation , Handset , BONDI , Web 2.0 , Cellular Phones , Internet , Consumer Electronics , Personal Technology , Larry Dignan The LiMo Foundation on Monday said that the second release of its handset platform is on target. LiMo added that it will show off the latest platform at the Mobile World ...
Fixing Motorola's mess: kick that smartphone strategy into high gear
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April 30th, 2009 Fixing Motorola's mess: kick that smartphone strategy into high gear Posted by Sam Diaz @ 10:39 am Categories: Apple , Earnings , General , Google , Mobile , Motorola , Palm , Research In Motion , Smartphones , iPhone Tags: Strategy , Smart Phone , Handset , Motorola Inc. , Handset Business , Android , Smart Phones , Cellular Phones , Handhelds , Consumer Electronics Motorola’s first quarter loss may have ...
Apple makes big bucks profit per iPhone 3G S
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June 25th, 2009 Apple makes big bucks profit per iPhone 3G S Posted by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes @ 7:02 am Categories: Apple Tags: Apple iPhone , Handset , Apple Inc. , Apple iPhone 3G , Cellular Phones , Consumer Electronics , Personal Technology , Adrian Kingsley-Hughes Following an iSuppli teardown, it is revealed that Apple makes over $400 profit on every 16GB iPhone 3G S, and a whopping $500 on every 32GB iPhone 3G S. It’s not so much iPhone 3G S as iPhone 3G $$$! [image] Yep, you read that right. After ...
If everyone bets on Android does anyone get an advantage?
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July 7th, 2009 If everyone bets on Android does anyone get an advantage? Posted by Larry Dignan @ 5:17 am Categories: Android , General , Google , Mobile , Motorola , Wired & Wireless Tags: Smart Phone , Handset , Motorola Inc. , Sanjay Jha , Cellular Phones , Consumer Electronics , Personal Technology , Larry Dignan Motorola—along with a bevy of other wireless carriers—has gone gaga for Android, the mobile operating system hatched by Google. For ...
In an economic downturn, prepaid mobile is big business
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July 9th, 2009 In an economic downturn, prepaid mobile is big business Posted by Andrew Nusca @ 3:00 am Categories: Advertising , Business 2.0 , Business Intelligence , Communications , Economy , Innovation , Mobile , Motorola , Retail , Sprint , Sprint Nextel , Telecommunications Tags: Segment , Mobile , Handset , Boost Mobile , Wireless , Wi-Fi , Wireless And Mobility , Cellular Phones , Consumer Electronics , ...
Analyst: Forget the Feds, Apple is 'doing just fine at wrecking the wireless business'
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July 13th, 2009 Analyst: Forget the Feds, Apple is 'doing just fine at wrecking the wireless business' Posted by Larry Dignan @ 2:30 am Categories: AT&T , Apple , General , Mobile , Wired & Wireless , iPhone Tags: Apple iPhone , Network , Handset , AT Corp. , Apple Inc. , Wireless , Customer Loyalty , Wi-Fi , Wireless And Mobility , Larry Dignan The Feds have been examining exclusive wireless carrier deals with handset ...
Verizon changes tune on handset exclusivity. Will AT&T follow? Will it even matter?
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July 17th, 2009 Verizon changes tune on handset exclusivity. Will AT&T follow? Will it even matter? Posted by Sam Diaz @ 9:21 am Categories: AT&T , Verizon , iPhone Tags: Phone , Washington , Gesture , Verizon Communications Inc. , Handset , AT Corp. , Verizon Wireless , Exclusivity , Carrier , Cellular Phones Verizon is planning to loosen the noose on exclusivity deals with phone manufacturers, reducing the time of those deals to just a few months - a gesture to the ...
Motorola: New smartphone launches on track for holidays
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July 30th, 2009 Motorola: New smartphone launches on track for holidays Posted by Larry Dignan @ 4:40 am Categories: General , Mobile , Motorola Tags: Smart Phone , Handset , Mobile Device , Motorola Inc. , Sales Strategy , Cellular Phones , Sales Force Management , Wireless And Mobility , Sales , Consumer Electronics Motorola’s Sanjay Jha, co-CEO and head of the companyâs mobile device unit, says that new Android-based smartphones are on track for the holidays. Jha also ...
