Google sells 135000 units of Nexus One in 1st 74 days

On 03.17.10, In Mobile, By Editor

www.WirelessFederation.com/news: Until now, around 135,000 units of Google’s Nexus One mobile phone have been sold.  Over 80 percent of all iPhone OS and Android devices have downloaded applications embedded with Flurry which in turn has allowed the company to estimate total handset sales.

Nexus One has been compared with Apple’s iPhone by Flurry. Apple iPhone sold 1 million units within 74 days on the market. The best-selling Android phone to date, Motorola Droid sold 1.05 million units in the same period.

It has been estimated that by March 19, only 135,000 units of Nexus One will be sold in its first 74 days on the market.

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Motorola considers demerger plan (USA)

On 03.17.10, In Mobile, By Editor

www.WirelessFederation.com/news: New ways have been paved by Motorola for the sale of its mobile network infrastructure business but they have also shown interest in forming a joint venture with a rival. A group demerger is also in the plans of the US mobile phone maker resulting in separate stock market listings for its handset and infrastructure businesses early next year.

The company will be lead by Greg Brown, Motorola co-chief executive consisting of the group’s units that make network infrastructure and mobile radio equipment for the emergency services. Two units will be run separately so that he has the ability to sell the network business, or put it into a joint venture with a rival.

China’s Huawei Technologies is reflected as the best suitor for the deal but any transaction risks might encounter opposition from Washington lawmakers.

According to Mr Brown, the network business will be viable for a very long time and if there is an alternative configuration or partnership which provides more economic value to them, the company will consider it.

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Motorola CEOs continue to accept their pay cuts

On 03.15.10, In Mobile Marketing, By Editor

Motorola is fighting for getting back its image of a giant mobile phone maker it once was. With the introduction of Android phones, the company has shown a clear sign of its way back to prominence. Also, in order to support the company one step further, co-CEO Greg Brown and Sanjay Jha have agreed to continue taking their voluntary salary cut of 25% for 2010.

Motorola is all set to make their long-awaited comeback in the mobile space with solid plans to divide the company into two separate publicly trade entities. While Sanjay Jha is expected to take his seat as the head of the Mobile devices and Home Businesses division, Greg Brown will rein the Motorola Enterprise unit.

Though the company has showed that they have the capability to be one of the formidable players in the smartphone space, the long-term success of the company will largely depend on its ability to continue to capture mindshare in the US and around the world. At present, Motorola Droid is considered to be a good step; but it won’t be enough to carry Moto through the next year.

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Sprint releases Motorola i890 (USA)

On 03.15.10, In Mobile, By Editor

www.WirelessFederation.com/news: The sale of stylish flip phone Motorola i890, has been started by Sprint Nextel. Some of the characteristics of this new handset include- Nextel’s Direct Connect and push-to-talk services, such as Group Connect, Direct Talk, Direct Send. The device is available at the rate of $130 after rebates with new agreement.

The handset has a 2 megapixel camera with video capture along with a push-to-open button to open the flip. It has a stereo Bluetooth, GPS, and support for microSD cards up to 8GB.

Java applications could be run by Motorola i890. It has a speakerphone, media player (with external touch controls) and supports threaded messaging services.

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Motorola to roll out Android smartphones in China

On 03.12.10, In Mobile, By Editor

www.WirelessFederation.com/news: Android smartphones incorporated with the Bing search engine will be rolled out by US vendor Motorola in China by the end of this month. Bing search and map functions will be added by Motorola to its Android-powered smartphones, as part of a global alliance just signed with Microsoft. A new widget that also includes the Microsoft search engine along with a pre-loaded Bing bookmark on its mobile browsers will be included by the company.

A new feature on the Android handsets for China was announced by the company in the month of January in the wake of the Google-Chinese censorship debacle. The new article would have enabled the users to select their own search provider, including local search champion Baidu.

The first customized Android device supporting Wi-Fi and WAPI, the Motorola XT701 was launched by W-CDMA operator China Unicom earlier this week.

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AT&T locks Motorola Backflip to avoid non-market apps (USA)

On 03.10.10, In Mobile, By Editor

www.WirelessFederation.com/news: In order to prevent subscribers from installing non-market apps from unknown sources, the new Android-powered Motorola Backflip smartphone has been locked by telecom operator, AT&T. In the previous Android devices from rival U.S. operators, support for non-market apps as a default option was available.

Earlier, instead of releasing the Backflip with Google’s own search tool, AT&T released it with Yahoo as its default mobile search engine, thus breaking away from Android convention. Google was installed as a default search engine in most and if not all previous Android devices launched in the U.S.

However, Motorola earlier offered Chinese consumers the option to select Baidu as their primary search service.

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Google develops NDK r3- An enhanced OpenGL support

On 03.09.10, In Mobile, By Editor

www.WirelessFederation.com/news: Android Native Development Kit revision 3 (NDK r3) has been released by Google providing expanded capabilities to Android developers. Enhanced support for OpenGL ES 2.0 is the most interesting characteristics for the end user which will offer improved graphics rendering through vertex and fragment shader programs.

Devices running Android 1.5 and higher is the target of the new NDK r3, Android 2.0 and higher devices, like the Motorola Droid or the Google Nexus One will be supported by the enhanced OpenGL.

Besides, refreshed binaries in line with the GNU Compiler Collection (GCC) 4.4.0 will also be offered by the new Android NDK r3. According to Google, the new Android Native Development Kit revision 3 will generate more compact and efficient machine code.

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Motorola brings Android to AT&T

On 03.08.10, In Mobile Phones, By Editor

With Motorola BACKFLIP hitting the market, AT&T breaks its record and plunges into the market with its first Android device. The highlight of the model as the name indicates is a MOTOBLUR skin with a full QWERTY keyboard.

The Motorola BACKFLIP is indeed a standard Android phone with a QWERTY keyboard on its back. Its features include 528MHz CPU, HVGA touchscreen, 256MB RAM, 512MB ROM and a 5MP camera. The phone has a connectivity of 7.2Mbps HSDPA (and quad-band GSM/EDGE of course), WiFi, Bluetooth and GPS.

This is just an example. AT&T is all set to get other Android devices beside the Motorola BLUR. The next to emerge is a Dell Phone, probably the Dell Mini 3iX and HTC phones(s).

The Motorola BACKFLIP is priced at 349 US dollars with no contract or 99 dollars after a 100 dollar mail-in rebate on a 2-year 30 dollar a month contract.

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Motorola Backflip launched; priced at $99.99

On 03.08.10, In Mobile Phones, By Editor

AT&T’s Motorola Backflip has been launched and the price is $99.99 after a mail-in rebate and with a two-year agreement.

AT&T has huge carrier plans which include launching of 5Andoid-powered devices in the first half of the year, most probably during the upcoming CTIA Wireless in Las Vegas. These 5Android-powered devices will include Dell Mini 3 and some HTC models.

It runs MOTO’s own MOBOBLUR UI on top of Android, which allows users to quickly connect with their friends across various social networking sites like Twitter and Facebook. The other features loaded on the phones include 5-megapixel camera, WiFi connectivity, GPS with compass, as well as a full QWERTY keyboard and HADPA.

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Motorola Opus rechristened to i1

On 03.08.10, In Mobile Phones, By Editor

Motorola Opus is expected to make an official announcement at the CTIA Wireless in Las Vegas next month. The iDEN based device is attracting people because of its name. Instead of Opus, Motorola will be calling it i1. This gives a hint that even i2 and i3 are in development.

It’s likely that i1 will run Android 1.5 and will be loaded with various features including 3-megapixel camera. Since it’s an iDEN device, it surely will be having push-to-talk functionality.

Motorola is expected to make easy money with this iDEN-based Android smartphone. Though it’s not a large market but at the same time the product lacks competition, which is a positive sign. As it is Motorola is ruling Nextel’s offering and by adding an Android device the brand could at least bring their margins to some higher level. The i1 is expected to be a bit more expensive than some other MOTO phones sold through Sprint-owned networks, Nextel and Boost Mobile included.

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