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Motorola: Following three quarters of losses turned a profit for the most recent quarter
August 10th, 2009 | 
Author: The Schaumburg, Illinois-based company reported a net profit of 26 million dollars in the second quarter of the year compared with a net profit of four million dollars a year ago.
Motorola posted a net loss of 231 million dollars in the first quarter.
Earnings per share of one cent in the second quarter were better than expected by analysts who had forecast a loss of four cents per share.
Revenue during the quarter which ended on July 4 fell 32 percent to 5.49 billion dollars.
Motorola’s mobile phone division cut its operating loss in half compared with the first quarter. It rang up a second-quarter operating loss of 253 million dollars on revenue which fell 45 percent to 1.8 billion dollars.
“In Mobile Devices, we improved the operating loss, reflecting a lower cost structure, and substantially reduced cash consumption as compared to the first quarter,” Motorola co-chief executive Sanjay Jha said in a statement.
“We have agreements in place with carriers and remain on track to bring our new smartphone devices to market for the holiday selling season,” said Jha, who is also CEO of the Mobile Devices division.
Motorola said it shipped 14.8 million handsets in the quarter, a slight increase from 14.7 million the first quarter, giving it an estimated global handset market share of 5.5 percent
Motorola said it expects to again post earnings per share of one cent in the current quarter.
Motorola enjoyed success with its popular Razr phone launched in 2005 but has been losing ground since to Apple and Research in Motion as well as other major cell phone makers such as Nokia, Samsung and Sony Ericsson.
Motorola enjoyed a 17.5 percent share of the handset market two years ago.
Motorola has said it hopes to have devices based on Google’s open-source Android operating systems in stores by the fourth quarter of the year.
Motorola shares gained 9.68 percent to 7.48 dollars in early trading on Wall Street.
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USA: 40% of consumers strongly prefer a single portable device for all applications
This preference has been a driving force behind the fast-growing popularity of smartphones, which often combine voice, data, music, and multimedia functions into a single product, and make it less necessary for the user to carry a laptop.
Just because a device has all the features, however, doesn’t necessarily mean consumers will use them. Consumers who frequently use mobile banking, for example, are still more likely to be interested in a laptop or netbook than a web-ready smartphone.
“Just because technology makes a capability possible doesn’t mean that consumers will value it,” explained DDW managing director, Chip Lister. “The device with the right mix of capabilities delivered at the right price point is going to win in this market.”
That “right mix of capabilities,” without over-developing a product, is exactly what handset, netbook, and laptop manufacturers must strive for.
40% of Americans Prefer Single Mobile Device
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USA: FTC continues its investigate of the Apple-Google relationship, event after a Google director resigned
Richard Feinstein, director of the FTC’s bureau of competition, commended both companies for recognizing that sharing directors raises competitive issues, in light of the resignation of Google Chief Executive Eric Schmidt from Apple’s board.
Feinstein said regulators have been investigating the Google-Apple tie for “some time,” even as the two companies increasingly compete with each other in markets such as smartphones and operating systems.
“We will continue to investigate remaining interlocking directorates between the companies,” Feinstein said.
Antitrust experts say, typically, a resignation like Schmidt’s would have closed the FTC investigation. But because one other person still sat on the boards of both companies, the agency was not likely to close its investigation down yet.
Former Genentech CEO Arthur Levinson remains a director of both companies.
“Generally it would have shut down the investigation because they (regulators) achieved what they wanted to achieve,” said Gary Reback at the law firm of Carr & Ferrell.
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CDNs: Limelight now offers turnkey customizing and monetizing media delivery in a mobile world
According to Nielsen(1), US consumers are watching more content per month than ever before, and viewing is wide spread across three screens: traditional television, Web browsers, and media-enabled mobile devices. As audiences continue to fragment across devices, publishers need a simple way to deliver content wherever those audiences go. LimelightREACH and LimelightADS solve this problem by using contextual awareness and an intelligent delivery platform to customize media assets on the fly. The technology delivers a high-quality playback experience for consumers and new targeted revenue opportunities for content publishers. This means publishers can create content once, yet distribute and monetize it across many networks and connected devices.
“Consumer viewing habits are evolving rapidly with the expectation that media should be available not just at home, but on the go. As a result, many of our customers are looking at aggressively expanding the reach of their online media in the mobile arena,” said Bill Loewenthal, vice president and general manager, mobility and monetization solutions, Limelight Networks. “Our solution is a combination of mobility products and robust, media-grade infrastructure that provides the scale necessary to support ever-growing audiences, and the field-proven success of mobile infrastructure technologies that target and personalize media delivery.”
LimelightREACH uses the company’s intelligent global computing platform to auto-detect end-user devices and deliver device-optimized media files, with no change in the publishing process, for the best consumer media experience. The solution enables publishers to distribute properly-formatted content to almost any media-enabled mobile handset — from early video-capable phones to smartphones such as the Apple iPhone™ 3GS or Palm Pre™ — using a single, Universal URL. Based on an ever-growing library of device profiles, LimelightREACH delivers the right file over the right protocol and network to the specific device that requested the content. Through an open architecture, LimelightREACH can be paired with Limelight Networks’ own media-grade content delivery service, or service from other major CDN providers.
LimelightADS helps publishers move beyond the Web browser to reach audiences in widgets, mobile applications, video games, and more. The service allows publishers to present dynamic pre-, mid-, or post-roll video and audio advertising into media that is delivered to mobile or connected users. LimelightADS works seamlessly with a publisher’s existing ad insertion process, integrating directly into leading ad decision engines like DoubleClick DART and Microsoft Atlas, and allowing publishers to maintain any existing management interface for measuring ad success. Publishers can change ads dynamically and even rotate multiple campaigns and advertisers within the same content segment. With LimelightADS, publishers remain in control, managing their ad sales and operations as they always have — whether they are using their own internal ad sales teams or are working through a trusted partner. Limelight Networks supports Mobile Marketing Association (MMA) and Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) mobile video standards.
LimelightREACH and LimelightADS Bring Device-Optimized Targeting to Mobile Media Delivery, Allowing Publishers to Customize Content and Advertisements for Individual Devices
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Smartphones: strong interest in voice commands to avoid typing or touch screens
Most people use smartphones while conducting other tasks in order to make better use of their time. Those surveyed say they use their smartphones while shopping or running errands (88 percent), waiting at appointments (80 percent), walking between places (78 percent), visiting friends (68 percent) and in many other places, such as while eating at restaurants, commuting, exercising or attending school. While typing and touching are not perceived as difficult, respondents acknowledge that using their smartphones in these situations can be distracting. If given the option to simply push a button and speak to call or text a friend or search for information, such as the location of a restaurant, directions or stock quotes, most say they could accomplish more and feel less distracted.
“If you’ve ever tried typing or touching on your smartphone while walking down the street or paying at the checkout line, you know how distracting it can be,” said Anne Truscott, brand strategist at Sanderson Studios. “But using your voice while walking or checking out is like walking and chewing gum at the same time; it just comes naturally. And we were surprised how many people said they’d feel comfortable using their voices to interact with their smartphones while in public places as well.”
If this study is any indication, it seems that cell phone etiquette is changing. While some respondents said they would feel awkward using their voice with their smartphone at a restaurant, 71 percent said they would feel just fine doing so. An overwhelming majority of respondents said they would feel comfortable using voice to perform tasks on their smartphones while walking (93 percent), exercising (92 percent), and shopping or running errands (87 percent).
Not surprisingly, studies also show that the ability to use voice to perform tasks and get information while in the car is also very popular. In another study performed by Sanderson Studios, people who spend at least one hour in their car five or more days per week while regularly using their phone overwhelmingly like the idea of using their voice to get what they need (90 percent). Convenience and safety were cited as key reasons these respondents wanted to use their voice to perform tasks while driving.
“The research is confirming what we believed would happen as people more widely use smartphones to multitask while on the go, away from the home or office,” said Dariusz Paczuski, senior director of Tellme Mobile Speech at Microsoft. “Our ‘say what you want and get it’ voice products and services are making it easier to get more done with your phone no matter where you are or what you’re doing.”
Tellme is already integrated into the Ford SYNC(TM) Service Delivery Network, the in-vehicle communications and entertainment system developed by Ford and Microsoft Corp. that allows playing music, making hands-free phone calls and getting traffic, directions and information all with the power of their voice. Tellme also announced the first mobile voice service to combine content and communications, due out on Windows Mobile 6.5 phones this fall.
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