Comments on: The Motley Fool calls out Motorola http://www.blackberrycool.com/2007/07/23/the-motley-fool-calls-out-motorola/ The voice of the BlackBerry community. Mon, 23 Nov 2009 03:37:41 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Nokia is making money: Q2 sales, profits jump | BlackBerry Cool http://www.blackberrycool.com/2007/07/23/the-motley-fool-calls-out-motorola/comment-page-1/#comment-176873 Nokia is making money: Q2 sales, profits jump | BlackBerry Cool Thu, 02 Aug 2007 16:20:16 +0000 http://blackberrycool.com/2007/07/23/005182/#comment-176873 [...] that RIM has other, likely more serious, threats to their enterprise smartphone dominance. Sure, Motorola is in a bit of financial trouble, and Microsoft is burdened by the albatross that is Windows [...] [...] that RIM has other, likely more serious, threats to their enterprise smartphone dominance. Sure, Motorola is in a bit of financial trouble, and Microsoft is burdened by the albatross that is Windows [...]

]]> By: BBCool Douglas http://www.blackberrycool.com/2007/07/23/the-motley-fool-calls-out-motorola/comment-page-1/#comment-174085 BBCool Douglas Tue, 24 Jul 2007 16:51:58 +0000 http://blackberrycool.com/2007/07/23/005182/#comment-174085 Eshwar: Really good point. WM really prevents Moto smartphones from standing out, and as we've posted before (<a href="http://www.blackberrycool.com/2006/05/25/001799/" rel="nofollow">http://www.blackberrycool.com/2006/05/25/001799/</a>) can cause more problems than it's worth. It will be interesting to see if Moto has the desire, or the technical capacity to do their own OS. Eshwar:

Really good point. WM really prevents Moto smartphones from standing out, and as we’ve posted before (http://www.blackberrycool.com/2006/05/25/001799/) can cause more problems than it’s worth.

It will be interesting to see if Moto has the desire, or the technical capacity to do their own OS.

]]> By: 20 http://www.blackberrycool.com/2007/07/23/the-motley-fool-calls-out-motorola/comment-page-1/#comment-173924 20 Tue, 24 Jul 2007 04:55:51 +0000 http://blackberrycool.com/2007/07/23/005182/#comment-173924 @ Eshwar S, I think you're right. I used lots of moto's and find that I'm bored of the same old lame ui. They need to revamp it and remodel. And as for the V3, I was fed up with that when it first came out. The same as I was/am with the iphone. Both phones were and are nothing new, and have no features that others don't offer. Get a BlackBerry instead of that rotten Apple. Berries taste better anyways. :D @ Eshwar S,

I think you’re right. I used lots of moto’s and find that I’m bored of the same old lame ui. They need to revamp it and remodel.

And as for the V3, I was fed up with that when it first came out. The same as I was/am with the iphone. Both phones were and are nothing new, and have no features that others don’t offer. Get a BlackBerry instead of that rotten Apple. Berries taste better anyways. :D

]]> By: Eshwar S http://www.blackberrycool.com/2007/07/23/the-motley-fool-calls-out-motorola/comment-page-1/#comment-173804 Eshwar S Mon, 23 Jul 2007 21:04:34 +0000 http://blackberrycool.com/2007/07/23/005182/#comment-173804 I think the problem with Motorola is with their software. Their phones have the least features and few that stand out. Nokia, RIM and Apple have far better software. Motorola is heavily dependent on Microsoft WinMobile for their smartphones. Problem is there isn't anything that makes it standout from HTC devices. So they are face pricing pressures. If Motorola needs to be back on track they need to develop their OS or pick up an existing OS like embedded linux and start developing applications for them or perhaps license WinMobile and customize it. They also need to innovate on User Input technologies. Blackberry is famous for scroll-wheel / roll-ball and Apple with touch UI. Motorola needs to develop something that stands out. I think the problem with Motorola is with their software. Their phones have the least features and few that stand out. Nokia, RIM and Apple have far better software. Motorola is heavily dependent on Microsoft WinMobile for their smartphones. Problem is there isn’t anything that makes it standout from HTC devices. So they are face pricing pressures.

If Motorola needs to be back on track they need to develop their OS or pick up an existing OS like embedded linux and start developing applications for them or perhaps license WinMobile and customize it. They also need to innovate on User Input technologies. Blackberry is famous for scroll-wheel / roll-ball and Apple with touch UI. Motorola needs to develop something that stands out.

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