Motorola

By Christopher Graf, Minyanville Staff Writer To most of us, tech giants Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL), Google (NASDAQ: GOOG), and Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) occupy a titanic stature. We may worship at the altar of one, condemn the tyranny of another, and speculate in hushed whispers on the third,...

Or is this timely image leak an enormous coincidence? You tell me. According to TechCrunch, an image of a 4.6-inch 720p smartphone from Motorola (NYSE: MMI) has leaked on the Internet, signaling the company's next product release. While the image could be fake (Motorola has yet to confirm or deny...

Motorola's troubles are scaring off some investors. Should you be one of them? Or is this a buying opportunity waiting to happen? That answer depends on what you expect from the Motorola (NYSE: MMI) buyout. The ailing cell phone manufacturer announced less-than-stellar Q4 sales expectations that...

That's the question everyone is asking this week. The majority of analysts seemed to think that it was a patent play – by acquiring Motorola (NYSE: MMI), Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) would gain access to a whole world of patents. These patents could then be used to strengthen its venture in smartphone...

A company that rhymes with “oogle.” According to Gizmodo, Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) will release its own iPad 3 competitor within six months. The news comes from Google's own Eric Schmidt, who told this Italian publication that the company is getting ready to produce a tablet of the “highest quality...

How do you compete in a highly competitive market? By eliminating the competition wherever possible. I'm a big fan of competition. I appreciate the ongoing battle between Coke (NYSE: KO) and Pepsi (NYSE: PEP). I value the challenge General Motors (NYSE: GM) faces in gaining back customers it lost...

Motorola just won an injunction against Apple and it doesn't even matter. According to Reuters, a German court ruled that Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) cannot sell certain devices in Germany because they infringe on two of Motorola's (NASDAQ: MMI) patents. But Apple doesn't sell its own products in Germany...

Do Motorola (NYSE: MMI), Nokia (NYSE: NOK) and Samsung have what it takes to take on Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL)? Probably not. But they're going to try anyway with another slate of touch screen smartphones. Take a look at these creative devices to see if they have any hope of one-upping the iPhone 4S.

Just moments ago, Motorola (NYSE: MMI) took the wraps off its subtly hyped reboot of the classic RAZR cell phone. This one isn't a clamshell beast (those are so 2004!) like the original. Instead, Motorola took a more modern approach, threw its hat into the “me-too!” bandwagon, and produced a thin...

Back in 2004, Motorola launched its RAZR flip phone to the public. The phone was known for its extremely slim profile for the time and sold 50 million units before July 2006. During the RAZR's four-year lifetime, Motorola sold a grand total 130 million+ units, making the RAZR the best selling non-...

Verizon Wireless announced today that the Motorola Droid Bionic will be available for purchase by customers beginning tomorrow, September 8, 2011. The Droid Bionic, which was initially scheduled to be released earlier in the year, features a dual-core 1 GHz processor, 1 GB of RAM, and a 4.3-inch...

Apple, Microsoft? No way. Rain and hail? Bring it on! To most people in the tech industry, Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) is currently known as the kooky search engine giant that shocked the world when it announced its plans to acquire Motorola (NYSE: MMI). The acquisition wasn't unprecedented (this is...