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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, 10:19

Motorola holds off until 802.11n approval

News Motorola will not produce any next-generation Wi-Fi equipment until the 802.11n standard is properly ratified, the company said on Thursday. Speaking to CNET.co.uk's sister site ZDNet UK at the Wireless Event in London, the company's senior product...

29 May 2007, 10:37

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: Motorola going green?

News Motorola is up to new tricks with its recent patent for a mobile phone display that doubles as a solar cell. We have no idea which phone model Motorola would outfit with the technology but it appears a Razr Maxx Ve showed up in the patent filing.

24 May 2007, 10:41

Motorola boss hails smart phone's future

News Motorola's chief executive is travelling lighter these days, and he predicts the rest of the mobile work force will too. PC-like features are being ported over to mobile phones with increasing frequency, pushing the phone down the same path that...

10 May 2007, 12:02

Motorola Q could ring by next week

News Motorola's Q, a multimedia phone that's something of a cross between a BlackBerry and a video iPod, will hopefully be released in the US next week, said the company's CEO. We're in the final throes of getting it released," Ed Zander, Motorola's CEO...

17 May 2006, 10:24

Motorola and Intel team up on mobile WiMax

News Motorola and Intel are teaming up to accelerate the development and adoption of a broadband technology for mobile devices called WiMax, the companies announced on Thursday. But now Motorola and Intel, which has been a leader in WiMax development...

28 October 2005, 10:59

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

Motorola to use Windows and iTunes

News Mobile handset manufacturer Motorola has announced that it is integrating Microsoft's digital rights management (DRM) technology into a number of its handsets. Announced on Monday, the first day of the 3GSM World Congress in Barcelona, the deal...

14 February 2006, 10:45

Motorola unveils Bluetooth sunglasses, not iTunes phone

News Motorola announced a new range of wireless products on Monday, ranging from a BlackBerry-like keyboard phone to a pair of sunglasses with a phone built in to the stems. In a nod to the eager speculation around that device, Motorola CEO Ed Zander...

26 July 2005, 10:01

Motorola links up with Yahoo for mobile Internet

News Motorola continued to introduce new products and partnerships on the second day of its annual MotoNow media event being held outside Chicago. On Tuesday, Motorola kept the ball rolling by unveiling a series of products and services intended to help...

27 July 2005, 9:39

Motorola's iTunes phone inches closer

News Motorola is one step closer to launching its long-awaited iTunes phone. According to documents posted to the US Federal Communications Commission's Web site on Saturday, Motorola has received regulatory approval to start selling a mobile phone that...

23 August 2005, 10:17

Motorola links DVRs to phones

News Motorola has announced video-sharing technology designed to let digital video recorders from the company send recorded programming to Motorola phones. This latest technology is part of the company's in-the-home media network, released earlier this...

7 April 2006, 10:54

Photos: Motorola's Razr offspring

News Motorola is building a family of mobile phones based on the design and brand identity of its hot-selling Razr. The slightly bigger Krzr K1m from Motorola has a 1.3-megapixel camera and external touch-sensor music controls.

26 July 2006, 11:06

Motorola CEO: Apple is 'going to build a smart phone'

News Motorola CEO Ed Zander is downplaying disparaging remarks he made last week about Apple's newest music player, while predicting the Mac maker will build its own mobile phone. And earlier this month, the two companies shared a stage to introduce...

30 September 2005, 11:05