Comments on: Motorola hits redial on handset biz

Motorola has decided to separate its mobile handset business from the rest of the company, but many questions about its future remain unanswered.

[Jamie_Foster]

MAD

This shows you that Moto's management have not learnt from
the past. They have divested all their important units - TVs,
Processors (Freescale), Radios etc until they had only had
Mobiles left. Instead of fixing this business they decide to get rid
of it. Motorola will now consist of a mickey mouse STB business
and a mickey mouse Mobile Telecomm equipment business.
Now all remains is a death by a thousands cuts. What jobs
remain in the US will be moved to India. The share price will
continue to tank. Very sad that a bellwether of American Tech
has been reduced to this.

[dryicezero]

Finally

I'm glad to hear this news. Motorola has been slowly declining since the original launch of the RAZR (maybe even before that.) I was tired of seeing the same old junk re-painted and sold as new. Maybe this will allow them to refocus on their core business and quit trying to fool with other stuff.

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[sipeter]

What should MOT's handheld division do next

This break up was obviously the right move. Now it?s time to go
shopping; that is to say, time for the new handheld vision to raid
the competition?s talent pool. The executive suites at Nokia and
Samsung are ripe for the picking. As is Apple; the right
approach and the right incentives could lure Tim Cook (COO)
away from Cupertino. In this game, nice guys finish last; it?s
time to get aggressive in building up the handheld division. And
don?t? be afraid to chuck the dead wood (of which there is
obviously plenty) in favor of new talent.

A few other obvious things need to happen . . . Need help or
more ideas? Look me up, I?m available? but my availability
expires on 4/7. [e-mail]