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MotoMania
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06 Feb 2008

@Rick (tm)

Speculations about Motorola for sale is come from Carl Icahn. He loser from CEO Motorola election between Ed Zander and Carl Icahn. He planning if he win and to be CEO Motorola election; he want put his CEO Carl Enterprise to be CEO Motorola Mobile Division" and has 3 other people to be strategic CEO Motorola in other division.

Before CEO Motorola election last year 2007. He gave speculations to public; he want sale Motorola to Ericsson but Ericsson doesn't agree with him. Carl Icahn fail. And now he gave again speculations about sale Motorola but Greg Brown (CEO Motorola) answer the speculations. Carl Icahn fail again. Twice he try gave speculations of sale Motorola and fail. The shame is GSM Arena believe with that's speculations without research and wait.

The key successful of Motorola is under Greg Brown. Motorola has strong portfolio for year 2008 and next. Around Q2,2007, Ed Zander told to public in year 2008 Motorola will get profit.

Don't forget; now Motorola has Motorola Zine Lines / Motorola Kodak Camera Phone Lines. Motorola this year 2008 will release Motorola Z12 with 5 Mega Pixel Camera; Motorola Kodak Camera Phone with 8 Mega Pixel Camera and sooner Motorola Kodak Camera Phone with 12 Mega Pixel Camera. For now public just know 4 model Motorola accidently; Motorola SKARVEN / Z12, Motorola X PIXL, Motorola TEXEL and Motorola GENGHIS. Motorola still have 20 until 30 model unknown for year 2008. Around Q2,2008, Motorola will introduce and release Motorola WiMax Mobile Phone. Much more Motorola secret unknown in the public.

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Rick (tm)
vj1
06 Feb 2008

I forgot to mention that their future model Z-12 has a 5-megapixel engine feature (Kodak)..& many more..

-Rick (tm)-

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Rick (tm)
vj1
06 Feb 2008

@ RA}q

Thanks for the "Copy-Paste Phone Review" you've posted.. what else is new? even the Ericsson had merged with Sony before..
Everything written & read on pages are still speculations unless the company formally announces these reports..

Let's just wait and see what will happen on the next few days, weeks, or months..

At the end of the day, only Motorola could answer all these questions, right?..

Note: Let's wait to their future model named "Z-12" with Kodak as the camera feature carrier..

-Rick (tm)-

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Anonymous
RA}
06 Feb 2008

My Motorola V3 Razr with 8 Mb internal memory can save my message more than 100 message although it shows low memory but still can save my message.

I don't think Motorola Razr 2 V9 only can save your message until 100 sms although it shows low memory. Capacity message is depend on your internal memory and external memory.

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PFJ
06 Feb 2008

just bought d phone for a week.. nice phone..
n i can save my msg until 100 sms although it shows low memory..

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vrham
PVa
06 Feb 2008

to yonz.......
hi there i bot red v9 2 weeks ago in senayan city to replace my moto v6 maxx. i like this phone better than v6 maxx, major improvement than previous models but still not perfect though. there are some plus points in v6 maxx that you can't find in v9.
for me to choose a phone, it has to be a flip phone and cool model anyway i just use it to phone and sms. V9 material is very good. the camera, mp3 player and video recording is good enough for me.
i think you should go for v9 dude since it's a 3G phone you can use video call to see your family and the memory is up to 4gig
for your questions: i think v8 n v9 shud have a same battery life but since v9 is 3G phone then the battery will be slightly below v8.
yep in v8 they only got the 512mb internal memory and no more slot for expansion.

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Anonymous
RA}
05 Feb 2008

Sunday, January 20, 2008
What's on Motorola's agenda?

On Jan. 1, Ed Zander officially stepped down as Motorola's (MOT) chief executive, with former Chief Operating Officer Greg Brown taking the reins. According to Gartner (IT), in the third quarter of 2007, Motorola's market share in the handset sector dropped 7.6 percentage points compared with the same period in 2006, relegating the vendor to the No. 3 position, behind Nokia (NOK) and Samsung. The tech giant is clearly wobbling and the changing of the guard raises the question: What role will design play in the company's new era? Will Brown call on Motorola's designers and engineers to try to match the success of the Razr, the iconic product launched during the Zander reign?

Clues as to where Motorola may be headed in the next three to five years can be found in an internal document, the Motorola Technology Outlook (MTO), which is initially available only to senior managers in the corporate technology office and business units (it will be posted later on the company's corporate intranet for all 66,000 employees to examine). Compiled annually since 2004, the MTO features trend analysis from the company's Research Visionary Board, an external group of 47 design and technology experts based around the world, and a spectrum of staff members, who identify key trends and concepts in mobile devices, the Internet, and other areas. BusinessWeek received exclusive access to a detailed summary of this year's 20-page document, which has never before been released externally.

A jumping-off point

The MTO outlines six directions that the company may focus on while planning its new long-term projects. They're meant to be macro-ideas, rather than direct recommendations, and, indeed, this year's trends seem both obvious and abstract. They are: "the immersive Internet," meaning that consumers will be online constantly, including on their handsets; "hosted applications," or standardized software that's available on a Wi-Fi or cell-phone network rather than vendor-specific applications available only on one device; "video rerouted," or TV seen not only on TV but on other platforms; "virtually there," or posting the physical world online in real time via sensors, GPS, and RFID tags; "securing the bits," or making mobile phones safer against hackers and identity thieves; and "stimulating the spectrum," or the emergence of entirely new networks beyond the traditional cellular ones.

While some of these seem painfully simple, the report's overseer, Joe Dvorak, technology futurist in Motorola's corporate strategy office, argues that the ways in which trends are applied in research and development within Motorola is complex. And the report does also provide scenarios for theoretical products or potential usages.

For instance, the document proposes "snowflake devices"—customized gadgets, such as smartphones or handheld computers, that display content specific to a consumer's taste and which feature speech and gesture recognition for a more human "feel." Or mobile handsets with fast-loading interfaces for quicker video downloads. While mere sketches of hypothetical handset applications, these proposals do seem to indicate the beginnings of Motorola's response to Apple's (AAPL) iPhone. Certainly they suggest Motorola is looking to enhance its user interfaces and software, two areas that critics have often pinpointed as needing radical improvement.

Focusing on the user experience

"It's not a surprise that Motorola is having the problems they're having now, because software and user experience are the real differentiators," says William Clark, an analyst with market researcher Gartner. Indeed, despite initial acclaim for the superslim design of the Razr, which became a must-have accessory soon after its debut in 2004, consumer complaints about the phone's usability soon bubbled to the surface.

So did voluble criticism of the phone's user interface for texting and the audibility of calls. A prevailing conclusion? The Razr was a beautiful device housing mediocre software.

Clark observes that Motorola's phone portfolio, while often sleek and even featuring unique features such as live TV, lacks a clearly defined "Motorola experience" in terms of brand identity. In addition, he says, by offering so many different styles for so many different market segments, Motorola's brand equity has become diluted to the point of being nearly generic. "The Razr 2, for example, has no soul," he says, adding, "Motorola has become the Acme of phones," a reference to the fictional maker of everything from anvils to birdseed.

Motorola seems to be suffering a condition common to many of the old-school tech giants: how to couple their huge engineering or technological know-how with what a user really needs. "The tech part is easy [for Motorola]. The social and human parts are hard. That's the part Motorola has difficulty with, because it's an engineering company," says Don Norman, the author of numerous books on design and user experience (including The Design of Everyday Things) (BusinessWeek.com, 12/5/07), and a professor at Northwestern University, who has served on the Research Visionary Board since its inception five years ago.

Clark, meanwhile, points to the company's recently released Crystal Talk technology, featuring two microphones that distinguish between the talker's voice and surrounding noise. It's bleeding-edge tech, and a potential selling point if only Motorola executives can work out how to market it to consumers effectively. And the company has added innovative design elements that might offer a more appealing user experience than even the iPhone: For example, the forthcoming Rokr E8 (an update of the disappointing Rokr MP3 phone that syncs with iTunes) features a flat, iPhone-esque touch screen along with software that offers a sensation of touch when using the digital keypad. And it has FM radio, which the iPhone lacks.

Exchange of ideas

Another Research Visionary Board member and former Motorola employee, Andy Seybold, who heads a Santa Barbara (Calif.)-based consulting firm, the Andrew Seybold Group, believes the MTO initiative might suggest the company is at last paying attention to its consumers' experiences—and also working on its internal communication. That's also been a big problem for Motorola, which observers say has led to competing mobile products and a lack of overall brand cohesion.

"Motorola has always had a problem sharing thoughts and technology across groups," Seybold says. "It's full of fiefdoms, and in the past they didn't cross-pollinate technologies. But the [MTO] document is so full of so many different ideas, it can be seen as one way of cross-group pollination."

Motorola's Dvorak emphasizes that the company is working toward synergizing its various departments. "We have a group that looks at consumer intelligence with the goal of analyzing consumer trends [vs. technology trends] in a similar time frame of three to five years, and we are now looking to collaborate more closely," he says. And although the consumer research group doesn't publish a report similar to MTO, an exchange of ideas is occurring, Dvorak concedes, "in an ad hoc way." In other words, the synergy isn't systemized, at least for now.

Whether this year's MTO, which seems to address problems that analysts and Motorola insiders are quick to identify with Zander, will spark the design of must-have phones with a distinctive Motorola user experience is yet to be seen. New CEO Brown may decide to ditch the MTO strategy altogether—it's a relic from the previous era, after all. His challenge is to capitalize on the design and technology advances already in place while waiting.

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Anonymous
RA}
05 Feb 2008

Motorola CEO takes charge of troubled handset unit
Mon Feb 4, 2008 12:14am EST

NEW YORK, Feb 3 (Reuters) - Motorola Inc (MOT.N: Quote, Profile, Research) said its Chief Executive Greg Brown was taking direct control of the company's loss-making handset business, replacing Stu Reed, in a move aimed at helping speed up the unit's recovery.

Motorola announced the decision to employees in an internal memo sent on Friday, a day after it announced that it was considering options including a split-off of its mobile unit, which has been losing market share to rivals such as Nokia (NOK1V.HE: Quote, Profile, Research) and Samsung Electronics (005930.KS: Quote, Profile, Research).

Reed, who took over as head of the mobile phone unit last Summer, will stay at Motorola and work closely with Brown, spokeswoman Jennifer Erickson said on Sunday.

Motorola has been criticized for a weak phone line-up and failing to come up with a strong successor to its Razr phone.

The company also faces pressure from activist investor Carl Icahn, who has said he would nominate four directors for Motorola's board this year. Icahn said in a television interview on Friday that he wanted new management for the mobile division.

Greg Brown took over as CEO in January, replacing Ed Zander.

Motorola on Jan. 23 warned it may lose more market share and post an operating loss this quarter as its cellphone business is taking longer than expected to turn around.

It also backed off its forecast for its mobile devices division to return to profitability in 2008.

Motorola forecast a first-quarter loss per share from continuing operations of 5-7 cents, before restructuring costs. Analysts had expected a profit of 9 cents per share, according to Reuters Estimates. (Reporting by Sinead Carew; Editing by Jan Dahinten)

© Reuters 2008 All rights reserved

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Anonymous
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04 Feb 2008

Did you know MOTOROLA is attempting to sell out the mobile phone division?
One more good ol' American Company going down the tubes, or bought out by the Chinese. Motorola, SHAME ON YOU!!! You are a giant, keeping the mobile phone division alive financially, means nothing to you. On the other hand, maintaining integrity of the Motorola brand as we all know Motorola to be is extremely valuable. You can absolutely bounce back into the market. Here is your opening statement when one enters motorola.com
"We’re scientists. We’re artists. Most of all, we are a global communications leader, powered by, and driving, seamless mobility. Motorola is revolutionizing broadband, embedded systems and wireless networks – bringing cutting-edge technologies into your everyday life, with style"
So why are you giving up? why allow another Company to use the prestigious name MOTOROLA. Paul Galvin the founder would be mighty upset at your decision. And for what? just to enhance the already FAT pockets of shareholders. MOOROLA, GET UP AND FIGHT LIKE A MAN!! I'm sure consumers will remain loyal to you and new business will prevail if you maitain the integrity of the brand. Making a merger or aquisition move like the one you're thinking would be the beginning of the end of MOTOROLA!! For example, Daimler/Chrylser, Ford/Jaguar versus BMW. Although MEGA MERGER OFFERS have been suggested, BMW remains ahead of the game because of integrity of the brand. Don't make the mistake!! Readers and motorola users support this comment, we can all make a difference.
RMB/NYC

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yonz
in@
04 Feb 2008

hi anyone. i want to buy either two, v8 or v9. my questions:
1. Which one has better batery life?
2. I saw the voting score in the gsmarena, v8 has higher number then v9, can u tell me in what way?
3. I read the review mentioned that v8 comes with 2 edition in memory size, 512mb and 2gb internal memory, but when i check with dealer in Indonesia, they only got one with 512mb. Is the 2gb comes with luxury model (gold plated one)?

Actually i also consider to buy SE W910i..it looks good too..and the music must be better i guess coz it walkman mobile..but i prefer V8/V9 coz is more solid and made from metal..by the way is just a phone..no matter how good the sound is..i think is so so..not as good as ipod..so sound doesnt concerned me much actually..as long as it can be very clear when u do the calling and easy to sms..and 3G i also rare to it..Hope someone will reply my questions, and many thanks..

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Diony
in@
04 Feb 2008

i agree to some comments saying that moto has not yet showing its best in respect to cellphone technology..why this is happening? Truth is i very like the style of the new moto comer V8 and V9..but compared to the nokia, SE, and samsung which has the approximately same price, the camera, the screen, and the sound are much better..also the user interface is not much changing may i say to the previuos flip design V3, V6. Come on..Moto has been absent for so long since the last king of flip fone...but now what make me impressed is only the glossy metal made, nothing else...i think SE W910i is much much worth buying..same sleek stylish..but is more good in the user interface, sound, etc..hope moto could soon release better product in above respect..iam waiting..;-)

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ycl
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04 Feb 2008

2 shaz:
Moto V9 the message box is not designed as a shared memory eventhough it has an external memory. So it is only capable of keeping 30 messages. So when your inbox is full, then the alert will appear on the screen remind u to erase the privious messages.

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grace
TIE
03 Feb 2008

hi, are u able to view sms on the outside screen without flipping open the phone?

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shazia
PSe
03 Feb 2008

This phone in my opinion is the best motorola phone i have ever used, although the message memory is very less.

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shaz
PSe
03 Feb 2008

plz if any one can help...i want to know abt the message memory....my inbox has 30 mesjs n it is showing low memory...any place i can store extra mesjs??????

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Anonymous
F4p
03 Feb 2008

Hey. Is the colour of v9 nice? It's like..maroon. Is it nice or just lame?

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Marwan
SkE
02 Feb 2008

hey guys . dose the blutooth work more than 60 sec like the V3, or it become better and work as long as you want like SE and Nokia ?

and yah in V3 the blutooth was slow in finding other phones did that changed ?

and is't realy the talking time for 3.5 hours?

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Rick
vj1
02 Feb 2008

@ Paul in Stoke on Tre

Your request is Motorola's command, due to consistent public demand, Motorola is about to launch their future model with a Kodak Camera feature,, a 5 megapixel engine & a lot, lot more.. it's the Z-12,,,prospect date is in the First Quarter of 2008,,, yeah

always,
Patz

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Paul in Stoke on Tre
mpk
02 Feb 2008

I carn't believe Mototola are still not increasing the spec of their phones. 2 megapixal cameras and the same design as the old razr is not going to sell. Motorola really need to bring out something worth buying or at least capable of competing with Nokia, SonyEricsson and Samsung,these manufacturers have far better camera's with proper camera flashes not the Motorola LED's and much brighter and vibrant colour displays. Sorry Motorola but I think your days are numbered as a mobile phone manufacturer.

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vrham
PA9
31 Jan 2008

@ Rick,

thx for your reply mate. But i've checked with motorola store here in Indo, they said in V9 here we can not hide the function bar (5 icons for special task)like in v6 maxx. too bad actually, so all the icons are on top of my wallpaper in the home screen.
btw i am a big fans of moto phones and been using moto since 90's. motorola rocks!!!!

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