motorola

Apple 'niche player' in touchscreen phones

News According to a report from analysts ABI Research, Samsung and Motorola are the leaders of the pack in touchscreen mobiles, holding 33 per cent and 30 per cent of the market respectively. ABI puts Samsung and Motorola's dominance of the touchscreen...

Tags: research, cent, sales, samsung

11 September 2008, 9:00

Symbian Foundation phones due in 2010

News Motorola also uses UIQ. Its head of platform technology, Alain Mutricy, said at the press conference that Motorola would continue to use UIQ during the forthcoming transitional period. There will be UIQ-based products in 2009," he confirmed, adding...

Tags: press, symbian, ericsson, motorola

25 June 2008, 9:26

Nokia to form open-source Android killer

News Sony Ericsson and Motorola will contribute the UIQ platform, and NTT DoCoMo will contribute its MOAP platform. Symbian Foundation members that are also involved in the Open Handset Alliance (OHA) -- the organisation developing the Google-led...

Tags: community, linux, ericsson, lg

25 June 2008, 9:13

Google feels need for speed in mobile Web

News Apple, LG, Motorola, Nokia, Samsung and Sony Ericsson -- as well as network operators across the globe. Google is aiming to make an impact in the mobile sector by focusing on Web-based applications, super-fast search and location-based services.

Tags: platform, location, engineering, mobile devices

14 May 2008, 9:04

News.blog: T-Mobile readies US Android phone

News Motorola, HTC, Samsung and LG are members of the Open Handset Alliance as well. A US T-Mobile executive said on Wednesday that the network will offer a Google Android mobile phone by the end of 2008. At a wireless conference in Redwood City...

Tags: networks, conference, handset, quarter

25 April 2008, 9:16

News.blog: Motorola reorganises phone business

News Motorola has reportedly reorganised its struggling mobile phone business in anticipation of plans to spin it off into a separate publicly traded entity. Although Motorola, at press time, had not yet put out a statement on the changes, they appear...

Tags: products, phones, consumer, market

18 April 2008, 9:19

Photos: US mobiles show off at CTIA

News Some of the earliest news to come out of CTIA was the unveiling of this new lime-green version of the Motorola Q9c, shown here. Credit: Motorola The semiannual CTIA trade show gives mobile companies the chance to show off their newest wireless wares.

Tags: credit, nokia, windows mobile, iphone

3 April 2008, 10:06

Motorola to split into two businesses

News Motorola is to split into two companies, following months of speculation about the future of its handset division. Exchange had not yet opened at the time of writing, but Motorola's shares on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange had risen by more than nine...

Tags: businesses, split, broadband, motorola

27 March 2008, 8:46

News.blog: Acer reels in E-Ten deal

News It's interesting that Acer has apparently been in the market for a mobile phone company and bypassed Motorola, which was, even if only temporarily, up for grabs. Continuing its spending spree, Acer announced on Monday it plans to acquire E-Ten for...

Tags: laptops, phones, pocket pc, segment

4 March 2008, 9:22

iPhone sales 'wake up' smart phones

News It may be shiny and new in the smart phone club but Apple has already grabbed enough market share to overtake Motorola on the handset leaderboard. Motorola managed to sell just over 2,301,000 devices in the quarter, lagging slightly behind Apple.

Tags: cent, quarter, analyst, portfolio

6 February 2008, 9:28

Motorola considers mobile 'realignment'

News Maybe Carl Icahn was right about Motorola. The company, which practically invented the mobile phone market in the '80s, is considering spinning off its beleaguered handset business in an effort to revive the business, Motorola said on Thursday.

Tags: motorola, mobile phone, consumer, boxes

1 February 2008, 9:36

News.blog: Dell and Google to make Android handset?

News Company spokesman David Frink told CNET.co.uk's sister site News.com that the Marketing Week report is "speculative" and that the company has "no comment at all".While rumours about a possible Dell handheld have been swirling since the hiring of...

Tags: google, handheld, dell, pcs

31 January 2008, 9:12

Google confirms mobile operating system

News Motorola. Google has announced its long-anticipated mobile play: a mobile-phone software stack called Android. According to a statement released by Google on Monday, Android incorporates an operating system, middleware [the software that sits...

Tags: consumers, linux, terms, consumer

6 November 2007, 8:47

Google to announce mobile software

News Broadcom, HTC, Intel, Qualcomm, Motorola, Samsung, Sprint and Texas Google is ready to unveil a suite of software for mobile phones based on open source technology, backed by some of the largest wireless industry companies in the world.

Tags: mobile phone, released, industry, wireless

5 November 2007, 9:43

Nokia and Ferrari drive $25,000 phone

News Designers Dolce & Gabbana have teamed up with Motorola for a gold-colored version of the Razr mobile phone, and Prada has developed a phone with South Korea's LG Electronics. The luxury unit of Nokia has started selling a phone designed jointly...

28 September 2007, 9:38