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- 03-21-2007, 06:28 PM #1John NavasGuest
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/6477847.stm>
Mobile phone company Motorola surprised markets by saying it would
post a loss in the first three months of this year and that lowered
its revenue targets.
It blamed poor handset sales and a tough pricing environment, adding
that earnings for the whole of 2007 would be much lower than first
forecast.
The firm, which has been under pressure for a number of quarters,
said its chief financial officer was leaving.
Motorola added it would also speed up a share buy-back plan to
bolster prices.
"They're losing a ton of money in phones," said Edward Snyder, an
analyst at Charter Equity Research.
"They need to release a set of new phones designed for lower prices,
they need to design lower priced phones that are designed to be
profitable at a much lower price. And that's going to take about a
year and half," he said.
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- 03-24-2007, 09:09 PM #2John NavasGuest
Re: NEWS: Motorola cuts targets
On Sat, 24 Mar 2007 18:50:26 -0700, Pegleg <[email protected]> wrote
in <[email protected]>:
>On 24 Mar 2007 14:59:05 -0700, "3Gfreak" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>They will bounce back, they always do
>
>Maybe they'll buy Palm!
The problem with the "bounce back, always do" argument is that:
* Moto cellular went into the tank once before, pissing away a dominant
market share, and only clawed its way back with the skunk works RAZR
(arguably just an updated Startac).
* Moto didn't learn its lesson, and went back to its old losing ways.
* The market is now near saturated and even more competitive, and it
will be even harder for Moto to turn itself around again.
* Much of the remaining market opportunity is at the low end of the
market, an area in which Moto has never really shined.
Make no mistake -- I have great respect for Moto, and wouldn't count it
out yet, but this latest downturn is a bad sign.
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- 03-26-2007, 02:32 PM #3Barry DelfinoGuest
V3xx question
"John Navas" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> On 24 Mar 2007 14:59:05 -0700, "3Gfreak" <[email protected]> wrote
> in <[email protected]>:
>
>>They will bounce back, they always do and besides they made (and still
>>do) so much money off of the RAZR that is is pathetic. I do agree that
>>other companies are surpassing them in functionality of phones. Their
>>user interface sucks and they Java applications are slow. Beef them up
>>and lets get the ball rolling.....Come on MOTO!!!
>
> I personally find the RAZR V3xx to be snappy and well engineered.
Agreed.
I do have a question about the V3xx, though.
I used to have a black RAZR v3. I could activate the speakerphone while on a
call, close the phone, and continue the conversation. When I activate the
speakerphone and close the V3xx, it hangs up. I've checked the manual, and
the menus. I cannot find anything to allow me to close the phone and
continue the conversation. Is there such an option, and where would it be?
Thanks,
Barry
- 03-26-2007, 10:36 PM #4John NavasGuest
Re: V3xx question
On Mon, 26 Mar 2007 16:32:43 -0400, "Barry Delfino"
<[email protected]> wrote in
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>"John Navas" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>> On 24 Mar 2007 14:59:05 -0700, "3Gfreak" <[email protected]> wrote
>> in <[email protected]>:
>>
>>>They will bounce back, they always do and besides they made (and still
>>>do) so much money off of the RAZR that is is pathetic. I do agree that
>>>other companies are surpassing them in functionality of phones. Their
>>>user interface sucks and they Java applications are slow. Beef them up
>>>and lets get the ball rolling.....Come on MOTO!!!
>>
>> I personally find the RAZR V3xx to be snappy and well engineered.
>
>Agreed.
>
>I do have a question about the V3xx, though.
>
>I used to have a black RAZR v3. I could activate the speakerphone while on a
>call, close the phone, and continue the conversation. When I activate the
>speakerphone and close the V3xx, it hangs up. I've checked the manual, and
>the menus. I cannot find anything to allow me to close the phone and
>continue the conversation. Is there such an option, and where would it be?
There's a modding hack to keep the speaker(phone) on with the phone
closed, but the mic is still turned off, since it's not exposed when the
phone is closed.
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