Can Motorola rebound?
With Greg Brown officially installed as CEO in place of Ed Zander, Motorola must now decide whether to pull the trigger on a corporate breakup. According to activist investor Carl Icahn, slicing up the Motorola pie could generate almost $20 billion of additional shareholder value. But first the company must re-energize its struggling handset business--no small feat, given that the last time Motorola enjoyed any real device cachet was in 2004, when the RAZR first hit the market. Moto could also sell off its public-safety radio and device business or its home-and-networks division, but one question: Who will buy them?
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Posted by Anonymous | January 23, 2008 - 4:37pm
Motorola must start to show real innovation. Slim phones are great. So now they need software innovation in slim phones. That will *not* happen internally. Motorola needs to get innovation from some of the new exciting companies that are blazing new trails by enhancing devices with new intelligent-based solutions. Following the iPhone and integrating multiple sensors would be a great start!
Posted by White Knight | January 23, 2008 - 4:44pm
I agree. Software innovation has to come from outside. Sensors and Social networking are great ideas. Maybe together.
A Razor with full motion-sensing like a Wii would be a breaktrhough. That is perfect because the smaller and slimer the device, the more it does make sense.
For Social Networking: Facebook of course.
For Sensor technology: Fullpower Technologies of Santa Cruz is the global leader. A lot can be done there in just looking at the website.
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