Motorola's profit forecast goes from bad to worse
Maybe the Sidekick Slide is Moto's savior -- then again, maybe it's not -- but either way, the company seems to need a huge hit (or three) in the wings to turn its luck around. In the wake of two hefty rounds of job cuts, Motorola has now announced that it'll lose money in the second quarter and no longer expects its mobile devices unit to turn a profit at all this year, thanks largely to underperforming sales in Europe and Asia. In other news, Garriques' shoes have now been filled by a man going by the name of Stu Reed, apparently some "supply chain executive" who has been tapped to 
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
derek @ Jul 12th 2007 3:13AM
it took me 10 minutes to realize that was a face...
Michael Leung @ Jul 14th 2007 11:58AM
Yes!Me too,
I can't imagine that two Moto logo is its eyes...
Michael Leung @ Jul 14th 2007 11:58AM
Yes,
I can't imagine that two Moto logos is its eyes...
Cody @ Jul 12th 2007 5:15AM
I will only buy a Moto again if they get rid of the oldschool OS (Synergy?) and work from there and improve the Linux based OS.
My Moto v635 (yeah it's old) is a piece of crud because of the OS, it's a great phone but when I need to do something that's not related to making an outgoing call, the phone locks up at random times, the camera locks up many times while taking pics, even when I go to a low signal area my phone goes wacko and has hard times staying on. But meh.
Omagus @ Jul 12th 2007 1:27PM
What happened is that Motorola became far too dependent on the RAZR and it's offspring. They put all of their eggs in one basket, to borrow a cliche. In a market this saturated, and this technologically fluid, manufacturers have to have a diversity of products. Motorola didn't do that and now their reaping what they've sown.
flamer's grill @ Jul 12th 2007 3:39PM
I don't understand this. I don't follow Moto very closely, but it seems like two years ago, Motorola was enjoying the phenomenal success of the RAZR.
What happened?
NuShrike @ Jul 12th 2007 4:25PM
flamer'sgrill: sounds like that's what happened.
Motorola bet their farm entirely on the RAZRs, RAZRs are now heavily subsidized, while the rest of their stuff (RIZR, PEBL, ROKR) were all crap, and so hence what it is now.
Taking 2 years or more to fix the RAZRs crappy interface/OS is way too long a time. Even though my SE t637 is old, and not even EDGE, I'm very happy with the interface by comparison.
Octothorpe @ Jul 12th 2007 10:33PM
Cynical as it is, I am glad to see such news. Moto's cellphone division needs a 180 degree turn around. I have used many Moto products and they used to be the best (and profitable), now they are something I'd scrape off my shoe (Razr anyone). If they want to be profitable in the long run, they really need to focus on quality, both of the hardware AND the software. Of 7 moto phones I've owned in as many months, 6 have been returned due to defects (usually software based it seems, losing contacts, lockups, etc.)
Novey @ Jul 13th 2007 1:41AM
Motorola needs some new designs and stay away from the RAZR's metallic looking keypad. The basic RAZR is like the best phone they have, even though other phones that has more stuff like the KRZR, the RAZR is still better than them. I'm thinking the RAZR 2 is not going to do well in sales because Motorola faulty phones like they always lags (Verizon phones). LG is better i think.
tim @ Jul 14th 2007 1:03PM
Maybe if they launched some new phones instead of launching pictures of phones it would help. Also quit screwing americans over by not offering choices to them. the u.s. moto store is pathetic. We should be able to buy any phone they make unlocked from the u.s. site, with a u.s. warranty, for a reasonable price.. if we buy from asain sources(most ebay phones) they will not honer the warranty in the u.s. I understand I guess if carries dont want to handle the higher end phones, but we should be able to buy them from the moto store, just like the rest of the world can.