“Motorola sent out a warning late Friday that its fall performance wouldn’t meet,” Electronista reports.
“It would still see ‘modest profitability’ based on revenue of $3.4 billion, but it would see just 10.5 million phones shipped, 5.3 million of which would be smartphones,” Electronista reports.The number would be a sharp contraction from the 11.6 million shipped in the summer, when it moved 4.8 million smartphones.”
Electronista reports, “The company made thinly veiled references to Apple as being largely responsible for the fiscal and unit drops. Its downfall was due to the ‘the increased competitive environment in the Mobile Device business and higher legal costs associated with ongoing Intellectual Property… litigations,’ Motorola said… The iPhone 4S is known to have kept the Droid RAZR down in sales at Verizon, while the iPad has largely gone without serious opposition from any Motorola tablet to date.”
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MacDailyNews Take: Smirk.
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Great job buying up all that dead weight, Google.
hee hee.
Now that Google is the one innovating for these clowns, they are doomed! Google, I believe RIMM is for sale too.
What an awesome investment by Google 😉
The first razr was ground breaking. The new one is unispiring
I’m thinkin’ you don’t get laid much, Jane.
lol…Jane’s comment was deleted. c’est la vie.
You know, I like you, Bot. Lurking in the weeds, waiting for an opportunity to spring a trap on some unwitting fool, inventing clever bon mots, shrewd enough to stay clear of the hydrophobic melees. Also, your confrontations with Tal and Petrosian were as captivating as an Indiana Jones movie!
that’s true, but remember the establishment kept keres away from him, forever tarnishing his rep.
musta been one of those pesky alpha males that deleted that original post.
Bot, it wasn’t about me, but about the “AdBlock” reference contained in the comment to which I was responding. MDN doesn’t give a rat’s ass what we all talk about here as long as his advertisers’ tail feathers don’t get ruffled. So, what would you like to talk about? ; )
As for you, el Tritoma, reputations seem paramount for men, and I don’t doubt that M. Had a despairing moment or two over the matter. Such is life in a totalitarian system. Still, I cherish the essence of the man, his steady center,
…but only a moment. There were more glaring spotlights, especially versus Bronstein. At least no-one physically perished in the 1951 hostilities.
Jane, you ignorant slut.
i believe she was talking about the drawn match in ’51. there have been, and always will be, rumors about how the ussr “managed” all the world champion matches to keep botvinnik at the top of the heap as as great russian even if someone else was temporarily allowed to win. fischer messed that up completely.
eT – Yes, Fischer seemed to toy with not only Spassky, but with the sponsors, the media, governments, and everybody else. But I think mainly he messed up the Kremlin’s plotting by Winning.
Motorola “blames” Apple? Do the St. Louis Rams “blame” the Green Bay Packers when they get their asses kicked on the gridiron? It’s a competition, dork brains! Making excuses is for pathetic losers.
Motorola can’t blame Apple. It’s messing up all on its own as it’s been doing for years. Google really inherited a boat anchor. Motorola is a terrible company for employees and investors alike.
Karma bites Moto in the behind.
I’ll never forget when Apple used all Moto chips in their, but Moto used all PCs in their business.
My bitches at MOT. Learn about selloffs Monday, bitches.
Smells like an opportunity to me. If Google’s buying for $40/share, but MM drops on Monday from its current $38.46/share then Google will be paying a good premium to anyone who buys now.
That magic word was mentioned… Shipped, not sold.
Might as well blame all those dumb consumers that know quality and excellence when they see it.
It pays to know shit from shinola – Motorola
Had Motorola just delivered when they were producing PPCs for Apple, they may not be in free fall.
Bad decisions… Notice any similarities with HP? They are deciding their way out of business as well.
How childish of Motorola to be behaving this way.. I mean, to suggest that others are responsible for Motorola’s actions (or lack of them), is something a 4 year old would do.
Thank you Motorola for acknowledging that:
You Can’t Compete
…while the iPad has largely gone without serious opposition from any Motorola tablet to date.
…Or ANY OTHER wannabe OtherPad to date.
Where oh where is real innovation, as opposed to rank imitation? It’s not coming out of Asia. Get with it USA and Europa. 😕