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Now this is how you try to change things on the wayward ship that is Motorola’s mobile phone division. The handset manufacturing arm of Motorola has seen better times. More specifically, the times that immediately followed the Motorola RAZR’s initial release. Those were good (read: rich) times at Moto.
But, after four straight quarters of massive losses (the most recent loss was $388 million – massive enough for ‘ya?), Motorola has seriously examined the proposition of selling off its cellphone business.
Today, Motorola announced that newly appointed CEO Greg Brown will take direct control of the helm at Motorola’s handset division. Brown apparently wanted to oversee the unit and help it return to greener pastures (you know, green, as in the color of money).
Now, the question remains. Is this move just the latest last-ditch effort by Motorola to save the handset division? Are they getting ready to sell the unit? Only time will tell. But with the hits they’ve been taking, it probably won’t be too long before we know for sure.
[Via: Bloomberg]
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Will Park
Will hails from The City of Angels - Los Angeles, California. He spends his time playing with his numerous gadgets and looking forward to seeing what future holds for mobile technology. An avid promoter of a fully "digital" life, he promotes the widespread adoption of truly mobile, paper-less living. He dreams of the day when he can go completely digital. No more snail mail, paper receipts, bound books, notepads/spiral notebooks, credit cards, hard currency. He's a digital warrior - fighting for the converged life. He is an idealist and a realist - he has a perfect view of what the world should be but knows that the world is not perfect. Can we ever hope to see Will's dream become reality? We'll see...
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