Motorola Looking to Exit the Cell Phone Business
After roughly 25 years of selling hand-held cellular phones, Motorola is getting ready to exit the business. Though Motorola did not officially say they were selling off their mobile phone division, it did announce it is searching for "alternatives" for its handset business, a euphemism for "looking for a buyer".
Motorola has struggled to keep its mobile division profitable, and has failed to replicate the success it had with its ubiquitous RAZR. Motorola has a long history of being at the forefront of mobile technology but has failed to keep pace competitors such as Nokia.
According to one source, Motorola is deep into talks with Dell, which lends credence to rumors that the PC manufacturer will be entering the mobile phone market with its own handset based on the Google-backed Android phone OS.
Take a look at the gallery to check out some of the innovative and industry shaping phones Motorola has released since their first entry into the market in 1983.
Gallery: Motorola's Cell Phone Legacy
From CNBC
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Jack @ Feb 3rd 2008 6:15AM
actually it's about time motorola has made crap for a lot of years now. Overpriced fragile as hell and just generally a bad product
Daniel Gaunt @ Feb 4th 2008 9:29AM
I agree motorola can't keep up with the progress being made in mobile technology and they know it. But i don't see why any of the other big brands would buy them! if you have motarola shares sell them quick!
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W. C. Peterson @ Feb 4th 2008 3:19PM
I finally got AT&T to let me start using my Motorola V600 again. I bought it from the original AT&T and was told I can't use it on Cingular's network. But they finally relented, and I'm happy again.
Rollando @ Feb 7th 2008 5:10PM
Just like the Roman Empire, some things eventually gotta fall.