Motorola's Handset Arm Prepping for Massive Layoffs (flag)

www.phonescoop.com — Phone Scoop has learned that Motorola's handset division is expecting a large round of layoffs as soon as this week, according to someone familiar with Motorola's plans. The layoffs are confirmed to be significant and may amount to 50% ... (follow link to read)

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Motorola laying off throngs, focusing on Android alone for smartphones
Engadget — Phone Scoop is reporting that doomsday is imminent for Motorola, possibly as soon as this week. First off, up to half of employees from the company's handset division will be shown the door, though the other divisions -- Enterprise Mobility Solutions and Home & Networks Mobility -- will be unaffected. Fewer employees inevitably leads to fewer phones, and it's being said that Moto will produce just twelve models per year; among smartphones, only Android will be considered. What's more, the company is pulling out of April's CTIA show -- the largest ...

Motorola laying off throngs, focusing on Android alone for smartphones
Engadget Mobile — Filed under: MotorolaPhone Scoop is reporting that doomsday is imminent for Motorola, possibly as soon as this week. First off, up to half of employees from the company's handset division will be shown the door, though the other divisions -- Enterprise Mobility Solutions and Home & Networks Mobility -- will be unaffected. Fewer employees inevitably leads to fewer phones, and it's being said that Moto will produce just twelve models per year; among smartphones, only Android will be considered. What's more, the company is pulling out ...

Moto Handset Division Could Trim by Half as Early as This Week
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Motorola might say goodbye to Windows Mobile and 50% of its handset division’s employees
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Motorola Fully Assimilated?
Mobility Site — ... Phone Scoop is reporting  that Motorola’s handset division is on the verge of laying off FIFTY PERCENT of their employees, according to “someone familiar with Motorola’s plans”. Cuts that deep would severely limit the companies ability to release a full line of new handsets in 2009 (not to mention any hope of innovations or surprises for 2010 and after) and would seem therefore like slow, lingering suicide…but wait there is more. ...

Motorola Armageddon Coming Soon, Featuring Android
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Motorola handset layoffs coming, company to focus on Android development
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Moto Backing Away From Windows Mobile [GigaOM]
GigaOM Network — ... Earlier this month reports emerged that Motorola would cut as much as 50 percent of its handset division, as it slashes down the number of phones it sells to a dozen and focus solely on Google’s Android Operating System. The decision, ...