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Cellular Phone Forum / Providers / Cingular / March 2007NEWS: Motorola cuts targets
<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. [MORE]  SignatureBest regards, SEE THE FAQ FOR CINGULAR WIRELESS AT John Navas <http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cingular_Wireless_FAQ> OLD NEWS! :) > <http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/6477847.stm> > [quoted text clipped - 21 lines] > > [MORE] > <http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/6477847.stm> > [quoted text clipped - 25 lines] > Best regards, SEE THE FAQ FOR CINGULAR WIRELESS AT > John Navas <http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cingular_Wireless_FAQ> 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!!! Cheers! 3GFreak www.mobilevertigo.com >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. SignatureBest regards, SEE THE FAQ FOR CINGULAR WIRELESS AT John Navas <http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cingular_Wireless_FAQ> >>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 [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > 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 >>>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 [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] >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. SignatureBest regards, SEE THE FAQ FOR CINGULAR WIRELESS AT John Navas <http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cingular_Wireless_FAQ> >They will bounce back, they always do Maybe they'll buy Palm! >>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. SignatureBest regards, SEE THE FAQ FOR CINGULAR WIRELESS AT John Navas <http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cingular_Wireless_FAQ> |
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