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  1. #1
    John Navas
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    <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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  2. #2
    John Navas
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    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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  3. #3
    Barry Delfino
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    V3xx question

    "John Navas" <[email protected]> wrote in message
    news:[email protected]...
    > 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





  4. #4
    John Navas
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    Re: V3xx question

    On Mon, 26 Mar 2007 16:32:43 -0400, "Barry Delfino"
    <[email protected]> wrote in
    <[email protected]>:

    >"John Navas" <[email protected]> wrote in message
    >news:[email protected]...
    >> 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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