Re: It's official--Moto

01-31-2008, 07:40 PM

"Elmo P. Shagnasty" <elmop@nastydesigns.com> writes:

> is getting out of the phone biz
>
> http://tinyurl.com/22q5go
>
> Thank God. Now we'll be out of the Navas biz.

Real URL is:
http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/st...4747288&EDATE=

It only says that they're considering spinning it off, and really they
should, just like they did semiconductors. With how much other crap
Motorola still sells, trying to be as nimble as you need to be for the
mobile market with the rest of the stodgy patriarchal leadership
environment the place has is like trying to dance with an elephant on
your back.

Wonder if the market cares or will shrug too-little-too-late?

That said, I dig my Krazr as well. Great RF, pokey software as
another person said. They do have sharp RF mofo's up in Mobile
Devices that's for sure.

Best Regards,
--
Todd H.
http://toddh.net/

02-02-2008, 08:09 PM

On 31 Jan 2008 20:40:50 -0600, t@toddh.net (Todd H.) wrote in
<84k5lp5rgt.fsf@ripco.com>:

>Real URL is:
>http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/st...4747288&EDATE=
>
>It only says that they're considering spinning it off, and really they
>should, just like they did semiconductors. With how much other crap
>Motorola still sells, trying to be as nimble as you need to be for the
>mobile market with the rest of the stodgy patriarchal leadership
>environment the place has is like trying to dance with an elephant on
>your back.

Yep. Well put.

>Wonder if the market cares or will shrug too-little-too-late?

Only time will tell. I personally think Motorola would do better to
make a strategic alliance with a strong Asian partner, as Ericsson did
with Sony.

>That said, I dig my Krazr as well. Great RF, pokey software as
>another person said. They do have sharp RF mofo's up in Mobile
>Devices that's for sure.

My V3xx also has great RF, and software I'd call decent, except for
crashing too often. That has as much to do with AT&T than with
Motorola, since AT&T won't let Motorola update firmware in AT&T/Cingular
branded handsets.

--
Best regards, FAQ FOR AT&T (CINGULAR) WIRELESS:
John Navas <http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/AT&T_Wireless_FAQ>