It looks like the rumors about Motorola throwing in the towel that have been doing the rounds lately are true. The handset manufacturer has just issued a press release stating that it is
…exploring the structural and strategic realignment of its businesses to better equip its Mobile Devices business to recapture global market leadership and to enhance shareholder value. The company’s alternatives may include the separation of Mobile Devices from its other businesses in order to permit each business to grow and better serve its customers.
Sounds like corporate speak for dumping an under performing division and putting it out to tender for the highest bidder. What is interesting is that usually when this sort of thing happens, who has bought the company is usually the first thing that the public gets to hear. Just to follow our wild speculation through to its conclusion you might forgive us for assuming that perhaps there have already been negotiations about a sale but without an agreement on price, prompting Motorola’s announcement.
Either way the brand will no doubt be snapped up sooner or later and in the meantime it looks like it is time to shed a tear for the RAZR, a phone that once looked like it was the start of a bright future for Motorola. It’s a funny old world innit…
(Via Unwired View)
