Poor old Motorola really disappointed us at Mobile World Congress without a single device release, but since then they’ve released the the QA4 with a physical number pad and a virtual landscape keypad, the QA30 Hint, and the Stature i9. On top of that, Motorola was showing off some decent stereo Bluetooth headphones fresh to their lineup, and they’re hoping to offer them cheap, $60 or less. In the back, I got to arse around with the luxury Motorola Aura, and after being left unattended for a few scant moments, I was tempted to make a break for it. Surely a dramatic chase scene would ensue, finishing with explosions and me getting mowed down by heavily-armed CTIA Wireless personnel in a blaze of glory. Cue orchestral music, fade to black, aaaaand scene.
So, Motorola’s booth kind of makes up for the lack of awesome in Barcelona, but things were still feeling a little downtrodden on the device side. Their back-end infrastructure services and products took up a solid half of their booth, however, and looked positively hopping. We might spend all of our time looking at Sanjay Jha, wondering what he’ll do to turn Motorola’s handset situation around as if the whole company depends on it, but really, Moto’s got a whole other business to keep them afloat.
