Buenos Noces Moto ????

Following recent buy-out rumors, Nomura International analyst, Richard
Windsor, issued a note to clients that Motorola could be considering
dumping their mobile phone business to concentrate on evolving into an
"enterprise and government company." Windsor also speculated that
Chinese investors might buy-out the troubled handset manufacturing
once-giant. However, this end-game is "unlikely as those [Chinese]
vendors don't have much of an idea how to fix Motorola's problems."

Is Motorola really in that much trouble that they're seriously
thinking about folding-up their handset division and redirecting
resources to the enterprise and government business that got them
started all those years ago? If the recent downturn in Motorola's
stock and their piss-poor financial statements are any indicator, they
very well could be in a heap of trouble. It would be a shame if the
company that revolutionized mobile phone design with the RAZR didn't
see it through to the next decade. Especially after garnering all that
acclaim at CES 2008.

On Tue, 29 Jan 2008 14:59:33 -0800 (PST), jgrove24@hotmail.com wrote:

>Is Motorola really in that much trouble that they're seriously
>thinking about folding-up their handset division and redirecting
>resources to the enterprise and government business that got them
>started all those years ago? If the recent downturn in Motorola's
>stock and their piss-poor financial statements are any indicator, they
>very well could be in a heap of trouble. It would be a shame if the
>company that revolutionized mobile phone design with the RAZR didn't
>see it through to the next decade. Especially after garnering all that
>acclaim at CES 2008.

That's the rumor that I hear. Sadly, because I've had Motorola cell
phones for the last 6 years. Before that was an analog Nokia on
Cellular One (pre-Stinkular/at&t).

Unfortunately, you have to have the best phone out there. Right now,
it isn't Motorola. Apple has the iPhone, Kyrocera has their knock off.
Others have the combo phone/keyboard hybrids. Samsung has been doing
well. LG as well.

But Motorola seems to be having problems. Granted, I want a PHONE, not
this combo computer thingie that the kids want these days. So that
doesn't bother me. But these days, its all what you can provide to the
rich kids and young adults who must have the latest and greatest.

Hope the rumor isn't true, but it doesn't look good either.