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Motorola touts revitalised G4 chip
News Motorola says it's moving full speed ahead with the new PowerPC chip that powers Apple Computer's latest Macintosh desktops. The new chip, called the PowerPC 7450, is the latest offering in Motorola's fourth generation, or G4, of PowerPC processors...
[January 11, 2001, 8:01]
Motorola: New chip will bring GPS to all
News Motorola is unveiling a global positioning system chip it says is the first GPS satellite sensor small enough and cheap enough for practical use in consumer-electronics devices such as cell phones and notebook computers.
[September 24, 2002, 8:11]
Motorola buys embedded Linux pioneer
News Motorola's Metrowerks subsidiary has moved to beef up its ability to supply software and development tools for non-PC gadgets with the acquisition of Embedix -- one of the first companies to put Linux into embedded hardware.
[December 17, 2002, 15:48]
Cyrix, Motorola cook fresh chips
News Motorola will introduce a 250MHz PowerPC 604e, sources said, and will follow that up in August with a 350MHz 604e and the first processor in the G3 family, code-named Arthur, sources said. The Motorola 250MHz 604e release follows its PowerPC...
[June 30, 1997, 11:07]
Motorola MC9500: a modular enterprise handheld
Blog Since it took over Symbol back in 2006, Motorola has been a leader in the enterprise handheld market, and its new MC9500 product looks set to cement that position. For example, it has a user-swappable mobile broadband module for (US) customers who...
[September 17, 2009, 16:42]
Motorola to announce Mac notebook at Comdex
News Look for the announcement of a Motorola-designed PowerBook (portable Mac) for launch at November's Comdex show, following Apple's takeover of its number one licence-holder, Power Computing. The design has been on the drawing board for months, and...
[September 4, 1997, 16:20]
Motorola to ramp wireless comms after Starfish buy
News From early in 1999, Motorola plans to use Starfish software to link future phone and smart phone products to various information sources. In a statement, Motorola said it planned to "create a new generation of wireless devices that exchange...
[July 15, 1998, 6:39]
Motorola reopens China office after Sars
News Motorola, which closed its main office in Beijing after an employee came down with SARS, plans to reopen the 18-story building on Monday, according to reports. The building houses 1,000 staff members, who are now working from home or at Motorola's...
[May 7, 2003, 13:16]
Motorola Droid Drops Today: Happy Droid Day America!
Blog Motorola Droid Drops Today: Happy Droid Day America! To the contrary, Motorola’s much anticipated Droid handset hits Verizon Wireless stores today in America. Author: Eric Everson, Mobile Security Expert
[November 6, 2009, 15:14]
Motorola loses mobile-phone chief
News Motorola announced the "immediate" departure of the head of its troubled mobile-devices division on Friday, a day after confirming that its marketing chief was no longer with the company. Motorola today announced that Stu Reed, formerly the...
[March 10, 2008, 10:45]
Motorola rejects Malaysian bribery allegations
News Motorola has rejected allegations that it broke any local laws pertaining to its reinvestment plans and involvement in a government contract in the Malaysian state of Penang. The country's opposition parties made claims the Malaysian government was...
[March 14, 2008, 15:03]
Motorola chip gets networks talking
News Motorola introduced a more talkative chip on Monday. The new chip is based on Motorola's PowerPC MPC8560 -- the latest version of its e500 processor, which is also known as the G5. Motorola said that a performance boost in the 8560 processor core...
[July 23, 2002, 6:27]
Motorola to spin off handset division
News Motorola is to split into two companies, following months of speculation about the future of its handset division. If the split goes through as planned, what will remain will be the "broadband and mobility solutions" business, which includes...
[March 26, 2008, 12:00]
Motorola sets chip unit adrift
News Motorola's chip unit will go its own way, the company said on Monday. In an effort to focus on five product categories in the communications and electronics systems markets, Motorola intends to create a separate company out of its Semiconductor...
[October 6, 2003, 16:15]
Motorola prepares to battle XScale
News Motorola's DragonBall MX1 embedded microprocessor has now been certified for PalmSource's next-generation operating system, enabling the company to provide Palm OS 5 silicon to device makers. Late last year, Motorola lagged behind Texas Instruments...
[July 1, 2002, 15:35]
Motorola urged to speed up handset unit spin-off
News Motorola's plans to split itself into two publicly traded companies will be a big relief for investors, according to research firm Ovum. In January this year, Motorola said its handset division was underperforming and was expected to remain weak...
[March 28, 2008, 7:53]
Motorola rings up improved profit
News Motorola on Monday reported third-quarter revenue rose 5 percent and profit exceeded analyst expectations by 2 cents, thanks to an improving market for products such as cellular phones. During the same period a year ago, Motorola reported earnings...
[October 13, 2003, 16:00]
Motorola FreeCharge review
Reviews Motorola claims that 45 seconds' winding will produce 4-6 minutes of talk time and 'several hours' of standby time. At launch, only modules for Motorola phones are available, but Nokia modules are being developed and are expected to be ready in...
[July 23, 2002, 18:31]
US Report: Motorola will report loss - 15,000 jobs cut
News Motorola dropped a bomb on Wall Street yesterday warning that sales and earnings in its second fiscal quarter will fall well shy of analysts estimates. Not only will Motorola report a loss in the quarter but it also plans to cut 15,000 jobs in the...
[June 5, 1998, 15:51]
Motorola's consumer handsets chief resigns
News Motorola has confirmed that its head of consumer mobile products, Rob Shaddock, has resigned from the company. Shaddock will be replaced by Motorola veteran John Cipolla in what is expected to be a "seamless" transition, the spokesperson said.
[August 20, 2008, 17:53]
