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Motorola Shows Competition Is Overwhelming It

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Motorola Mobility (NYSE: MMI) which will soon be owned by Google (NASDAQ: GOOG), showed it cannot hold its own against industry handset leaders like Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) and Samsung

Motorola’s earnings were crushed in the last quarter, according to its preliminary numbers.

The company said

Although the Company has not finalized its financial results for the fourth-quarter, it estimates sales of $3.4 billion with modest profitability on a non-GAAP basis. These estimates include shipments of approximately 10.5 million mobile devices, of which approximately 5.3 million were smartphones. Motorola Mobility’s fourth-quarter results were impacted by the increased competitive environment in the Mobile Device business and higher legal costs associated with ongoing Intellectual Property (IP) litigations

Motorola’s smartphone number was extremely modest

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Douglas A. McIntyre is the co-founder, chief executive officer and editor in chief of 24/7 Wall St. and 24/7 Tempo. He has held these jobs since 2006.

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