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Ow. Motorola’s third quarter numbers are pretty rough, reporting $7.48 billion in sales, down nearly $400 million from a $8 billion in Q2. Although mobile devices in particular were down 31% from last year to $3.1 billion, Moto has the Krave and Aura to help them out for the holidays, and potentially a social networking Android handset sometime soon. Heavy restructuring may also help Moto in the long run, but right now things look less than awesome; sub-awesome, you could say. Of course, ongoing recession fears aren’t helping anybody these days, and as a result, plans to spin off the mobile division in Q3 next year have been held off until things stabalize.
[via Motorola]
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Simon Sage
Simon Sage’s education largely surrounded writing, technology and online community, leading him to begin his blogging career at www.BlackBerryCool.com and to quickly discover a vibrant and active community surrounding BlackBerry and mobile technology. In exploring RIM’s platform, he has learned what enterprises are looking for in mobility as well as what makes the innocuous BlackBerry so appealing to them. Recently Simon’s been covering RIM’s gradual move into an already-crowded consumer market, and the impact of burgeoning challengers, such as the iPhone, as well as long-time leaders, like Nokia, on BlackBerry’s advancement. With plenty of content under his belt, Simon will be branching off a bit to see what other smartphone manufacturers are working on while still using BlackBerry as a barometer. At IntoMobile, you can count on his posts being even-handed, well-informed and thought-out.
