Posts Tagged ‘Motorola’

Commentary – Motorola will supercharge Android, says Google. It is about 17,000 patents that will protect Android from frivolous lawsuits. However, we aren’t so sure, since Motorola has also the potential to turn Google into the first fully integrated empire for the cloud computing age.

Is there a purpose reviewing the Motorola Xoom? What purpose has a tablet that is too expensive and lacks a feature that is its most important sales pitch?

We know a lot about the Motorola Xoom and, through apparent leaks, we are learning more about the iPad 2 and coming HP/Palm Tablets and Smartphones.  I figured it would be fun to get ahead of the curve and start crafting out how the competition is likely to play out. So let’s get to it.

The upcoming CES 2011 will be much more about tablet computing than TVs, market research firm Ticonderoga said. Announcements for up to 70 new tablet devices, most of them based on Google’s Android operating system are expected to be revealed.

Motorola surprised us in June of this year with the announcement of an upcoming 2 GHz smartphone by the end of the year. And it appears that it may take a while until such processors will become available in phones as the rumored Nexus 2 will most likely get a 1.2 GHz chip and dual-core and triple-core phones seem to make more sense than bunsenburner chips in the palm of your hand.

In today’s smartphone industry you need as many lawyers as you employ engineers. Apple just filed a countersuit against Motorola that aims to protect what is arguably among the most important technology rights Apple owns: Two suits specifically mention Apple’s multitouch patents, which the company claims are infringed by nine devices sold by Motorola.

If the lukewarm feedback to the new Blackberry Torch was not enough for RIM, the new Motorola Droid 2 should be sending a message to Blackberry maker: The best Blackberry to date isn’t good enough anymore. The Droid 2 will launch on August 12 and will be among the best alternatives to an iPhone.

While some decent arguments can be made in favor of the decision by Nokia Siemens to acquire Motorola’s  wireless infrastructure assets, one thing looks clear to me: The Nokia of old wouldn’t have cared to make this move. The deal is emblematic of a company that’s lost its footing in a rapidly changing wireless landscape, and is scrambling to find new growth opportunities to offset the competitive challenges that it’s facing. And in this case, I doubt that its efforts will help much.

Motorola and Verizon today unveiled the Droid X, the successor to the original Droid smartphone. Its tech specs offer a true alternative to the iPhone 4, which will launch tomorrow, but Motorola will have a much more powerful device to show later this year.

Adobe is buildings its army to support its Flash format. The latest in line is Nvidia, which already said that it is banking an Android, but it now appears that it will also become an Adobe Flash ally. Perhaps there is much more potential left than we think?

Sanjay Jha, CEO of Motorola’s consumer business and mobile devices division, today confirmed that the company will continue to roll out Android phones at a fast pace, including a 2 GHz smartphone by the end of the year.

Apple outpaced every other smartphone manufacturer in the first quarter of this year. According to IDC, Apple sold 8.8 million iPhones during Q1, handing the company a 16.1% market share, up from 10.9% in the same quarter last year. Nokia remains in the top spot with stable market share, while RIM surrendered share.