Motorola splits for mobile home entertainment and advanced wireless networks

Motorola has been talking about dividing itself down the middle for quite some time now - the idea first surfaced about two years ago. At the time, it proposed one company for all things mobile, with everything else going into the other company. Now that it has announced a final plan, it’s a little different from that.

Motorola announces major mobile barcode investment through Scanbuy

Motorola Ventures is the investment branch of the mobile manufacturer - and today it has announced that it is leading an investment round into mobile barcodes. The receiving company is Scanbuy, which maintains the ever more popular Scanlife mobile barcode reader.

Motorola Ventures Leads Investment Round in Scanbuy, Inc.

Scanbuy’s “ScanLife” technology allows companies to connect customers with digital content using barcodes and camera phones
SCHAUMBURG, Ill. and NEW YORK – February 2, 2010 – Motorola, Inc. (NYSE: MOT), through its strategic investment arm, Motorola Ventures, today announced an investment in Scanbuy, Inc., a leader in mobile barcode solutions. Motorola acted as lead investor [...]

Do eco-phones sell? Another “green” mobile, from Sony Ericsson and Windows Mobile

Making things ecologically sound has found a place for itself in the marketing lexicon. Calling something “green” or “eco-friendly” has a certain cache for a certain audience - and mobile manufacturers have not resisted the pull. The latest eco-phone to hit the market comes from Sony Ericsson… but the Aspen is interestingly different because it’s an enterprise device, aimed at business customers.

Motorola and AT&T both reaping the rewards of mobile

After the gloom and doom of the early week, it’s nice to see some good financial news coming in. Ericsson and Verizon both had a lot of bad news to report, with profits down and layoffs up. But both Motorola and AT&T are saying things are looking up - but how up are they?

Much rumored Motorola Zeppelin Android phone may be appearing at Mobile World Congress

The “Zeppelin” has been a much rumored device over that last few months. It also seems to be a codename for two different Android devices from Motorola - a working name for the recently launched XT800 in Asia, and a similar device for the Western market. And according to the rumors, this Western Android should be coming to MWC (Mobile World Congress) in Barcelona next month.

Five more Android smartphones from Motorola this year in China alone

In a further display of its dedication to Android smartphones, Motorola has announced that it will be launching five or six new mobile devices for the Chinese market this year - and apparently one of them is almost ready to be revealed.

Torrent of Android mobile devices as Motorola searches for Droid successor

The last few days have seen a lot of name surface from Motorola surrounding rumoured or upcoming Android mobile devices. Shadow, Enzo, XT800 and Opus One have all been swimming about. What’s the deal?

Motorola courting a greener audience with eco-friendly mobile program

GoMo News was interested to see Motorola’s green phone earlier this year. The Renew was a “carbon neutral” phone, made entirely from plastics recycled from water bottles - and the device was itself recyclable. It didn’t sell much, but it was an interesting effort. Now Motorola is doing something a bit more appreciable, with a huge take-back recycling program.

Two desirable handsets, two very different strategies

Rating: Motorola Android vs Apple iPhone
GoMo News can’t help but notice the glaring difference between the opportunities grasped and missed in the run up to Xmas. Expansys had new stock of the Motorola Milestone (aka Droid in the USA) in time for Xmas. Vodafone decides to wait until January 14th 2010 to release its [...]

First true commercial LTE network rollout

Rating: And its from TeliaSonera in Sweden and Norway
Given Motorola’s highly dubious claim to have offered the first cellular mobile phone ever  (despite the Nordic NMT), this time it seems only fair to let Scandinavia claims to possess the world’s first truly commercial 4G network using LTE technology. Via TeliaSonera in Sweden and Norway.
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Running both Android and Windows together- the rumours

Rating: Site says that VMWare is working on it
There’s been a lot of fuss about the forthcoming HTC Bravo Android phone just as the news came out that Motorola’s Android 2.0 handset, the Milestone (known as the Droid in the US) is now on sale in the UK from Expansys.  But what about running both [...]

Qualcomm says it ain’t taking sides

Rating: Gets all defensive about support for Android
Obviously responding to perceived criticism, Qualcomm has decided to re-affirm its support for the whole gamut of mobile OS including Android, Windows Mobile, Symbian and Linux-based platforms. GoMo News suspects this has something to do with Android.The press blurb says, “Qualcomm has been involved with the development [...]

Opera introduces an easy-stream solution

Rating: V 10.10 serves content from your PC to your mobile
Obviously the easiest way to move content from a PC or existing handset to a new mobile phone would be side-loading it from a memory card. But in many cases such a procedure is complex, time-consuming and fraught with problems. Problem solved with Opera version [...]

Android phone Motorola Milestone comes to Simyo Germany

Simyo has just announced the Motorola Milestone slider phone for its customers. The Droid phone will retail at EUR 464,99 and will be available in etronixx phone shops.

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