Motorola Inc.'s new cellphone boss met Wall Street this morning, trying to be humble about the company's recent performance but confident about its future.Stu Reed acknowledged the company's missteps over the past 18 months: When the once red-hot Razr began to cool, Motorola didn't...
Editor's Note: Welcome to our Monday feature, Analyst Angle. We've collected a group of the industry's leading analysts to give their outlook on the hot topics in the wireless industry. In the coming weeks look for columns from Jupiter Research's Julie Ask, iGR's Iain...
Editor's Note: Welcome to Yay or Nay, a feature for RCR Wireless News' new weekly e-mail service, Mobile Content and Culture. Every week we'll review a new wireless application or service from the user's point of view, with the goal of highlighting what works...
Verizon Wireless needed a refreshed portfolio of converged devices that could deliver revenue-generating services into consumers' hands. Motorola Inc. needed to boost its smartphone offerings, its margins and its overall fortunes.The two parties' interests thus dovetailed over the new Q Music 9m-a version of...
Has it really only been two months that the iPhone burst on wireless scene? For all the hype leading up to the launch of device, some of which we admit we aided, the wireless industry not all that different some 60 days later. Oh...
Looking to recoup its fortunes, in part, with a high-tier smartphone, Motorola Inc. launched its updated Q-the Q Music 9m-at Verizon Wireless. For Verizon Wireless, the launch updates its single smartphone offering from Motorola. The Q Music 9m will sell in tandem with the...
Tracy,I saw your article on RCRNews.com (Mobile Content & Culture Aug. 14) and wanted to offer a different point of view. I founded one successful mobile developer, Vindigo, and recently started another, Skydeck. I testified to Congress in favor of open access and together...
For all the hype Sprint Nextel put behind last week's "Technology Summit" in Reston, Va., we were hoping the carrier would have come up with something more exciting than a name for its WiMAX service. We sent our intrepid Online Editor Mike Dano all...
The piling on began early last Friday as Verizon Wireless, then Sprint Nextel Corp. and AT&T Mobility all announced they would carry Motorola Inc.'s Razr2 handset, with launches beginning at Sprint Nextel this month and continuing with Verizon Wireless and AT&T Mobility in September....
Three of the nation's four top-tier carriers announced Friday that they would launch Motorola Inc.'s new Razr2 handset in the coming weeks, apparently piling on in a "me-too" frenzy.The triple launch, at least initially, appeared to be good news for beleaguered Motorola, which needs...
Motorola Inc. is rolling the dice on a new version of its blockbuster Razr handset and its near-term fortunes may depend on achieving solid sales of the device. Sprint Nextel Corp., Verizon Wireless and AT&T Inc. announced today plans to launch the Razr2, also...
There's good news for a beleaguered American handset giant named Motorola Inc.The company's Razr handset-beefed up on functionality and spun off in customized form in myriad colors for all four of the top-tier network operators-represented two of the top five bestselling handsets last quarter...
AT&T Mobility released a downloadable application that serves as a locker for contact information on mobile phones.The service, which is offered at $2 per month, allows users to add new contacts and edit information on an AT&T Mobility Web page, and includes an automatic...
Editor's Note: Welcome to Yay or Nay, a feature for RCR Wireless News' new weekly e-mail service, Mobile Content and Culture. Every week we'll review a new wireless application or service from the user's point of view, with the goal of highlighting what works...
Two disparate events-the 700 MHz auction and the iPhone introduction-have the potential to alter the wireless industry's existing course. Traditional wireless players must adapt to these new forces of change-and if they respond correctly, they will remain healthy.It is ironic the two movements are...
Hello! And welcome to our Thursday column, Worst of the Week. There's a lot of nutty stuff that goes on in this industry, so this column is a chance for us at RCR Wireless News to rant and rave about whatever rubs us the...
Motorola Inc. warned investors that its sales, earnings and unit shipments would all fall below previous guidance. The company also announced that Stu Reed, current head of the vendor's supply chain operations, would take the reins of Motorola's mobile device business.The company also postponed...
If you were expecting AT&T's rivals to slash, say, smartphone prices in the wake of the iPhone launch, you'd be wrong. A check on handset pricing over the past week revealed little by way of "me too" price cuts by the top-tier carriers.In fact,...
Editor's Note: Welcome to Yay or Nay, a feature for RCR Wireless News' new weekly e-mail service, Mobile Content and Culture. Every week we'll review a new wireless application or service from the user's point of view, with the goal of highlighting what works...
The second quarter is over in a week and will end with a bang or a whimper, depending on how "opening weekend" goes for Apple Inc.'s iPhone. Hard numbers from the vendors themselves are due in mid-July and the leading market analysis firms...
The story of Motorola Inc.'s Razr handset has morphed of late from legend to cautionary tale. Despite the device's continuing, rampant sales, the company's decision to radically discount the price garnered volume at the expense of profit. (Motorola's other blunder: seeking share in emerging...
Editor's Note: Welcome to our Monday feature, Analyst Angle. We've collected a group of the industry's leading analysts to give their outlook on the hot topics in the wireless industry. In the coming weeks look for columns from Compete's Miro Kazakoff, Jupiter Research's Julie...
When civil unrest threatens the established order in Casablanca-at least in the famous movie of the same name-one of the authorities gives the order to "round up the usual suspects."So may it go with those lining up June 29 and thereafter to buy the...
Editor's Note: Welcome to our Monday feature, Analyst Angle. We've collected a group of the industry's leading analysts to give their outlook on the hot topics in the wireless industry. In the coming weeks look for columns from Jupiter Research's Julie Ask, Current Analysis'...
