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NEWS: Motorola cuts targets

John Navas

2007-03-22, 4:33 am

<http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/6477847.stm>

Mobile phone company Motorola surprised markets by saying it would
post a loss in the first three months of this year and that lowered
its revenue targets.

It blamed poor handset sales and a tough pricing environment, adding
that earnings for the whole of 2007 would be much lower than first
forecast.

The firm, which has been under pressure for a number of quarters,
said its chief financial officer was leaving.

Motorola added it would also speed up a share buy-back plan to
bolster prices.

"They're losing a ton of money in phones," said Edward Snyder, an
analyst at Charter Equity Research.

"They need to release a set of new phones designed for lower prices,
they need to design lower priced phones that are designed to be
profitable at a much lower price. And that's going to take about a
year and half," he said.

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Kevin Weaver

2007-03-22, 4:33 am

OLD NEWS! :)

John Navas wrote:
> <http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/6477847.stm>
>
> Mobile phone company Motorola surprised markets by saying it would
> post a loss in the first three months of this year and that lowered
> its revenue targets.
>
> It blamed poor handset sales and a tough pricing environment, adding
> that earnings for the whole of 2007 would be much lower than first
> forecast.
>
> The firm, which has been under pressure for a number of quarters,
> said its chief financial officer was leaving.
>
> Motorola added it would also speed up a share buy-back plan to
> bolster prices.
>
> "They're losing a ton of money in phones," said Edward Snyder, an
> analyst at Charter Equity Research.
>
> "They need to release a set of new phones designed for lower prices,
> they need to design lower priced phones that are designed to be
> profitable at a much lower price. And that's going to take about a
> year and half," he said.
>
> [MORE]
>
>

3Gfreak

2007-03-25, 4:33 am

On Mar 21, 7:28 pm, John Navas <spamfilt...@navasgroup.com> wrote:
> <http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/6477847.stm>
>
> Mobile phone company Motorola surprised markets by saying it would
> post a loss in the first three months of this year and that lowered
> its revenue targets.
>
> It blamed poor handset sales and a tough pricing environment, adding
> that earnings for the whole of 2007 would be much lower than first
> forecast.
>
> The firm, which has been under pressure for a number of quarters,
> said its chief financial officer was leaving.
>
> Motorola added it would also speed up a share buy-back plan to
> bolster prices.
>
> "They're losing a ton of money in phones," said Edward Snyder, an
> analyst at Charter Equity Research.
>
> "They need to release a set of new phones designed for lower prices,
> they need to design lower priced phones that are designed to be
> profitable at a much lower price. And that's going to take about a
> year and half," he said.
>
> [MORE]
>
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> John Navas <http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/ Cingu...less_FA
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They will bounce back, they always do and besides they made (and still
do) so much money off of the RAZR that is is pathetic. I do agree that
other companies are surpassing them in functionality of phones. Their
user interface sucks and they Java applications are slow. Beef them up
and lets get the ball rolling.....Come on MOTO!!!

Cheers!
3GFreak
www.mobilevertigo.com

John Navas

2007-03-25, 4:33 am

On 24 Mar 2007 14:59:05 -0700, "3Gfreak" <tastybreeze@gmail.com> wrote
in <1174773545.352712.15830@e65g2000hsc.googlegroups.com>:

>They will bounce back, they always do and besides they made (and still
>do) so much money off of the RAZR that is is pathetic. I do agree that
>other companies are surpassing them in functionality of phones. Their
>user interface sucks and they Java applications are slow. Beef them up
>and lets get the ball rolling.....Come on MOTO!!!

I personally find the RAZR V3xx to be snappy and well engineered.

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Pegleg

2007-03-25, 4:33 am

On 24 Mar 2007 14:59:05 -0700, "3Gfreak" <tastybreeze@gmail.com> wrote:

>They will bounce back, they always do

Maybe they'll buy Palm!

John Navas

2007-03-25, 4:33 am

On Sat, 24 Mar 2007 18:50:26 -0700, Pegleg <Pegleg@usnavyret.mil> wrote
in < m9lb03lpv01op1v307fi
ltco329u6ck8hp@4ax.com>:

>On 24 Mar 2007 14:59:05 -0700, "3Gfreak" <tastybreeze@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>Maybe they'll buy Palm!

The problem with the "bounce back, always do" argument is that:

* Moto cellular went into the tank once before, pissing away a dominant
market share, and only clawed its way back with the skunk works RAZR
(arguably just an updated Startac).

* Moto didn't learn its lesson, and went back to its old losing ways.

* The market is now near saturated and even more competitive, and it
will be even harder for Moto to turn itself around again.

* Much of the remaining market opportunity is at the low end of the
market, an area in which Moto has never really shined.

Make no mistake -- I have great respect for Moto, and wouldn't count it
out yet, but this latest downturn is a bad sign.

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