Posts tagged with Motorola
Larry Page on Motorola, Android and Google Glass at Q1 earnings call
Search giant Google announced its first quarter financial results of 2013 late yesterday. The results un-surprisingly passed Wall Street expectations, thanks to advertising revenue increase for the company. The company CEO Larry Page shared his thoughts on the state of Android, Motorola and Google’s overall mobile ambitions. He also shared a little peek at what can be we expect from Motorola in the coming days, most of which was vague and similar to what he had said in the last quarter’s earning call.
Before we delve into what he said, let us first take a quick look at the Google’s Q1 numbers.
- Google posted consolidated revenues of $13.97 billion with 31% growth year-on-year basis.
- Motorola Mobility revenues dropped to $1.02 billion, posted loss of $271 million this quarter.
Here is everything that he said on Android, Motorola, Google Glass and all that concerns Android lovers like us.
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Motorola X Phone to come in 20 colours?
Well, this is a little hard to digest, but PhoneArena is reporting via one of its sources that Motorola’s rumoured X Phone may come in 20 different colour options.
Adding on the recent hardware customisation rumours, PhoneArena is reporting that their source claims that customisation options for RAM, screen sizes or other hardware features are unlikely but the company wants to give users a choice in terms of the colour options.
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We are building ‘just right’ sized stock Android phones: Motorola design chief
It seems Motorola has some really nice Android phones in the pipeline. First, Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt’s remarked at D: Dive Into Mobile that upcoming Motorola phones are ‘phenomenal’ and not just phones but “phone plus.” Now, Motorola design chief Jim Wicks has echoed more positive sentiments about Motorola’s future line-up in an interview with PC Mag.
Motorola RAZR M is a right-sized Android phone, according to Wicks.
Wicks said that the first Google influenced Motorola phones will be appearing in the second half of 2013. “And, if you like smaller form-factor devices or stock Android, you’re going to be excited,” he added.
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Upcoming Motorola phones are “phenomenal”: Eric Schmidt
Google’s Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt revealed at the D: Dive Into Mobile conference that the upcoming Motorola smartphones are “phenomenal.” He went on to further praise them and said “think of them as phones-plus.”
Well, Google is really raising our expectations for these upcoming Moto phones, which probably include the much-rumoured X Phone from the company.
He did not add much about these phones, but he did share some statistics about Android activations.
According to Schmidt, there are currently around 1.5 million Android devices activated each day, which is up from the last reported 1.3 million count. He also added that the total activations should cross 1 billion by the end of year.
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Motorola-made Nexus phone coming in 2013-end: Report
It seems a Motorola-made Nexus smartphone is finally coming after all. Many Motorola lovers were waiting for a Nexus smartphone from the company since Google acquired this US-based smartphone maker.
According to a report in Android and Me, this Motorola Nexus phone will be released in the end of year, around the same we are used to getting new Nexus smartphone every year.
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Three Motorola phones code-named Yeti, Sasquatch, Ghost revealed
After few weeks of silence, Motorola seems to be coming back in full form. Three Motorola Android devices has been spotted online and expected to be announced in the coming months.
One of these devices is codenamed Ghost, which is said to be the same smartphone (Motorola XT912A) that was spotted in Vietnam few days ago. As per a benchmark listing, the AT&T bound version of the phone will come with 1.7GHz quad-core Snapdragon S4 Pro (MSM8960) processor, 720p HD display, and Android 4.2.1.
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Motorola X Phone is not one phone but a series of phones: Report
The only thing about Motorola that has been positively in news is the rumoured X Phone. Until believed to be a single device with superphone specs, is now turning out to be a series of devices, like the Galaxy phones from Samsung.
Online reports indicate that Motorola is working on a series of Android smartphones, which will be known as X Phone. Android & Me notes that the recently leaked unannounced Motorola phone is one such X Phone device. Tech media had dismissed the phone as they were anticipating X Phone to be a single device, but considering latest rumours that is not the case.
So, the leaked Motorola phone can very well be an X Phone device. According to Android & Me sources, the phone was an early prototype and the design has been changed since but the back of the phone is still the same. These sources add that Google owned Motorola is planning to sell this phone for an ultra-affordable pricing without contract, similar to what Google did with Nexus 4. If this turns out to be a real case, then we might see this X Phone device selling for as low as $199 or $250 on Google Play in a few months’ time.
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Motorola suspends operations at India factory, cuts 10% of workforce globally
Motorola has suspended the operations at its Chennai phone-making factory indefinitely as it cuts 10pc of its headcount globally. According to a report in WSJ, Motorola is laying off about 1200 of its employees as a part of global cost-cutting.
76 India job cuts are part of the same cost-cutting, but there is no word on whether company wants to wipe out its entire employee-base in the country. We first heard about the Chennai plant closing in December last month, when company revealed that plans to close down this factory. 
Motorola has suspended production in Chennai factory from the end of last month, a Motorola spokesman told WSJ. This Chennai factory was established in 2008 and Motorola starting cutting operations at this factory soon after it was acquired by Google.
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Motorola’s current product pipeline isn’t ‘wow’ by Google standards: Google CFO
If you were waiting to see some earth-shattering Android phones from Motorola in the next few months, you are out of luck. Google CFO Patrick Pichette revealed at the Morgan Stanley Technology Conference that Motorola’s current product pipeline is “not really to the standards that what Google would say is wow.”
“We’ve inherited 18 months of pipeline that we actually have to drain right now, while we’re actually building the next wave of innovation and product lines,” he added.
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Galaxy S III is the most used Android device, as Samsung grabs 8 of top 10 spots
Samsung Galaxy S III pushed Galaxy S II to the second stop to take the Android crown in January 2013, report Localytics. Galaxy S III is now the most popular Android device, as Samsung continues to rule the top devices with devices in eight out of top ten spots.
It is looking more like Samsung Galaxy vs other platforms than Android vs other platforms. Amazon and Motorola were the only two manufacturers to crack the top ten with Kindle Fire and Droid RAZR respectively. Surprisingly, HTC, LG or Sony is nowhere to be seen. All three companies really need to get their act together otherwise it is not long before Samsung is easily ruling not only top ten but also ten 25.
Kindle Fire continues to top the Android tablets, but despite all the success Nexus 7 is not in top ten and KF is followed by Samsung’s 7-inch Galaxy Tab 2.
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