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Moto Backing Away From Windows Mobile [GigaOM]
GigaOM Network —
... because of that focus on Android. The Wall Street Journal today reports that Motorola indeed might be saying sayonara to Windows. ...
Motorola (MOT): How much do cuts hurt prospects?
BloggingStocks —
Filed under: Products and services, Apple Inc (AAPL), Motorola (MOT), Employees The Wall Street Journal reports that job cuts at Motorola (NYSE: MOT) will make it harder for the company to develop high-end handsets that should have strong margins. The paper writes, "In the cellphone industry, companies generally stay profitable either by efficiently producing a broad range of products or developing a hit product."
Does that mean that with fewer people Motorola cannot come out with a device that could sell ...
Motorola Demotes Windows Mobile, Fires Staff (MOT, MSFT)
Silicon Alley Insider —
... Part of Motorola's (MOT) massive cuts: A team of more than 70 working on Microsoft's (MSFT) Windows Mobile platform in Florida, according to the WSJ. ...
Motorola (MOT): How much do cuts hurt prospects?
BloggingStocks —
Filed under: Products and services, Apple Inc (AAPL), Motorola (MOT), Employees The Wall Street Journal reports that job cuts at Motorola (NYSE: MOT) will make it harder for the company to develop high-end handsets that should have strong margins. The paper writes, "In the cellphone industry, companies generally stay profitable either by efficiently producing a broad range of products or developing a hit product."
Does that mean that with fewer people Motorola cannot come out with a device that could sell ...
Motorola Giving Up on Windows Mobile? [Unconfirmed]
Gizmodo —
The WSJ speculates that given where the axe is falling at Motorola, not only is their "high-end phone strategy" in danger, but they could be completely ditching Windows Mobile. Officially, Moto says, "nuh uh." [WSJ]
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Will Motorola veer away from Windows Mobile?
Betanews —
... Co-Chief Executive Sanjay Jha rolled out a company restructuring that cut Motorola's number of supported smartphone platforms to two: Microsoft's Windows Mobile and Google's Android. But as recently reported in Betanews, Motorola recently added 70 workers at its Windows Mobile unit in Plantation, FL to a tally of 4,000 job cuts announced earlier in January. Pink slips also went out in January to long-time Mobile Devices vice presidents Yvonne Verse and Tracey Koziol, according to a report today in ...
Goodbye Moto: Two VPs Leave; Are The Cuts Smart When Motorola's Focus Shifts To Smartphones?
mocoNews —
... ) said in mid-January that it expects to cut another 4,000 jobs and today we learned that two of the employees let go are vice presidents of the mobile devices division. The WSJ reported that according to sources, the latest round of cuts include longtime Mobile Device VPs Yvonne Verse, who handled strategic partnerships, business development and intellectual property, and Tracey Koziol, in charge of product development. The two executives couldn't be reached for comment, and the WSJ said Motorola declined to comment on specific job cuts, saying "employees ...
