Droid Shatters the Competitive Landscape

Release Date 30 Oct, 2009 in BusinessWeek

 
   
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Thanks to Google's and Motorola's Droid, Verizon opens up

Los Angeles Times - 30 Oct, 2009
Verizon Communications Inc. and Motorola Inc. proudly and excitedly showed off their new Droid smart phone in a meeting Wednesday afternoon. ...

Motorola turns a profit, offers positive forecast for 2010

Chicago Tribune - Wailin Wong - 30 Oct, 2009
Motorola Inc. mustered a small profit in the third quarter and sounded a note of optimism about the company's nascent ...

AT&T to Verizon: We're improving cell coverage in SoCal

Los Angeles Times - 30 Oct, 2009
As Verizon Communications Inc. and Motorola Inc. hype their new Droid phone, AT&T Inc. is firing back with a response -- improving its cell service. ...

Motorola Has Profit Surprise and Forecasts More to Come

New York Times - 30 Oct, 2009
By REUTERS Motorola has forecast a higher-than-expected profit for the current quarter as it begins to sell two phones based on the Android software by ...

Verizon's Motorola Droid: Let the Presales Begin!

PC World - Jr Raphael - 30 Oct, 2009
You may not be able to get your hands on Verizon's Motorola Droid for another week, but you can get your name on one starting today. ...

How Sanjay Jha Overhauled Motorola's Culture

New York Times - Saul Hansell - 30 Oct, 2009
Sanjay Jha seems to be on track to pull Motorola's cellphone division out of a tailspin. The company is hardly flying high. ...

How Much Do the Droid and the iphone Really Cost?

PC Magazine - Brian Heater, Sascha Segan - 30 Oct, 2009
The truth is, as they say, in the fine print. This sentiment is no truer than in the world of mobile phones. ...

Is the Motorola Droid ugly?

CNET News - Chris Matyszczyk - 30 Oct, 2009
We go off into the world and do things and then work out reasons why we've done them in order to create some sense of, well, ...

Droid Shatters the Competitive Landscape

BusinessWeek - Stephen Wildstrom - 30 Oct, 2009
Not since the launch of the iPhone in 2007 has the announcement of a new product had as dramatic an effect on the competitive landscape of the smartphone ...

Will Droid gain iphone's tech 'lust' factor?

Computerworld - Matt Hamblen - 30 Oct, 2009
Comparisons have already been made between the iphone and the Droid smartphones, but one telling difference that might matter more is something less ...

Motorola Says 'Vast Majority' of Its New Devices Will Use Android

Wall Street Journal - Andrew LaVallee - 30 Oct, 2009
Motorola's co-chief executive said Thursday that most of its new devices will run Google's Android operating system as well as its ...

Motorola Droid review round-up

Christian Science Monitor - Matthew Shaer - 30 Oct, 2009
Verizon's iPhone killer has arrived. We sift through all the Droid reviews, a week before the Motorola-built smartphone goes on sale. ...

Motorola on the Rebound With Droid and Cliq

PC World - 30 Oct, 2009
There has been a lot of media attention around the Verizon Droid and whether or not it's a viable competitor the formidable Apple iPhone. ...

Motorola Droid (Verizon Wireless)

CNET News - 30 Oct, 2009
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Motorola Posts Surprise Profit

PC World - Nancy Gohring - 30 Oct, 2009
Even before the phones it is hinging its future livelihood on hit the market, Motorola posted a surprise profit and upped expectations for the current ...

Droid by Motorola (Verizon Wireless)

PC Magazine - Sascha Segan - 30 Oct, 2009
Add PC Magazine Cell Phones Product Guide RSS feed to your feed reader so that you don't miss another headline! By Sascha Segan The Motorola Droid is the ...

New chief positions Motorola for a rebound with Droid

Livemint - Saul Hansell - 30 Oct, 2009
Libertyville, Illinois: Sanjay Jha's honeymoon as co-chief executive at Motorola Inc. lasted just a few minutes into his first meeting with employees in ...

Can Motorola Motor Higher?

Barron's - Tiernan Ray - 30 Oct, 2009
EVERY DOG HAS ITS DAY. And Motorola (MOT), which has been a mutt in the smart phone world for over two years, has finally come out of the ...

Motorola's shares surge with unexpected profit

The Associated Press - Andrew Vanacore - 30 Oct, 2009
NEW YORK â€" The turnaround effort long sought at Motorola Inc. finally could be on track. The maker of communications equipment reported an unexpected ...

Motorola Jumps After Forecast That May Beat Estimates

Bloomberg - Hugo Miller - 30 Oct, 2009
Oct. 29 (Bloomberg) -- Motorola Inc. climbed the most in two months after the biggest US mobile-phone maker predicted fourth-quarter profit ...

Best Buy taking Droid orders with instant rebate

CNET News - Bonnie Cha - 30 Oct, 2009
On Wednesday, Verizon Wireless officially announced that its first Google Android device, the Motorola Droid, would hit streets on November 6 ...

These May Be the Droids You're Looking For

New York Times - Saul Hansell - 30 Oct, 2009
I have not been drawn into any of the Android handsets I've tried so far. But the new Motorola Droid, introduced on Wednesday for Verizon ...

Motorola posts 3Q profit, names permanent CFO

The Associated Press - Andrew Vanacore - 30 Oct, 2009
NEW YORK â€" Motorola Inc. reported an unexpected quarterly profit Thursday as operating losses in its struggling mobile phone division narrowed. ...

'idon't Care' Creators Speak Out

Wall Street Journal - Andrew LaVallee - 30 Oct, 2009
By Andrew lavallee The creators of “idon't Care,” a video spoofing Motorola and Verizon Wireless's “idon't” ad, said some of their detractors are missing ...

Motorola Posts 3Q Profit

InformationWeek - David Gardner - 30 Oct, 2009
The handset maker is looking to its Google Android-based smartphones, like the Verizon Droid, to regain market share. By W. David Gardner A penny a share in ...

Motorola dials in profit in Q3; bullish on future prospects

Business Standard - 30 Oct, 2009
PTI / New York October 29, 2009, 21:27 IST Mobile phone maker Motorola Inc swung into the black in the third quarter of this year with a profit of $12 ...

Is this the Droid Motorola has been looking for?

National Post - Matt Hartley - 30 Oct, 2009
No Jedi mind tricks here, this is indeed the Droid that Motorola Inc. has been looking for. On Wednesday, Motorola revealed that its most anticipated ...

Verizon, Motorola unveil the Droid

CNN - Marguerite Reardon - 30 Oct, 2009
The Droid's voice search also works with the new turn-by-turn directions for Google Maps. (CNET) -- Verizon Wireless customers will ...

Will HTC Announce a Bargain-Basement Droid?

PC Magazine - Sascha Segan - 30 Oct, 2009
As our review today will explain, Motorola's Droid blows away all other Google Android phones when it comes to power and speed. ...

Motorola Swings To 3Q Profit;Selects Permanent CFO

Wall Street Journal - Roger Cheng - 30 Oct, 2009
NEW YORK (Dow Jones)--Motorola Inc. (MOT) swung to a third-quarter profit ahead of the debut of two key new ...

 

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