I'm Buying MOT: I have long had this as one of my favorite stocks.

[griddle]

This is the MOT we need to see, the next-generation products:

Motorola Ventures Leads Financing for TuneWiki

SCHAUMBURG, Ill. and TEL AVIV, Israel, Feb. 8 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Motorola, Inc. (NYSE: MOT), through its strategic investment arm, Motorola Ventures, today announced a strategic investment in TuneWiki Ltd., the award-winning provider of next-generation social media music players and related applications. Motorola acted as lead investor and was joined by new investors Intellect Capital Ventures, a venture fund initiative of TeliaSonera, the leading Nordic Telecommunications operator, managed by Intellect Partners, as well as HillsVen Capital, LLC and Novel TMT. TuneWiki's previous venture capital investor, Benchmark Israel, also participated in the round.

TuneWiki will use the investment to expand and enhance its product offerings for leading mobile platforms and the Internet. The company's upcoming releases will take further advantage of platform capabilities and new features found in recently released smartphones, including stronger CPUs, always-connected capabilities, larger displays and high-resolution screens. TuneWiki will continue to focus on the use of song lyrics in new and exciting ways that connect music fans around the world with new products, including an upcoming mobile game.

"Music is rapidly emerging as a key feature for smartphones, and TuneWiki is changing the experience of listening to music from a solitary experience to a social one," said Reese Schroeder, managing director of Motorola Ventures. "We believe that TuneWiki has developed an innovative interactive social media player that can dramatically change the way people will listen to and interact with music."

"Teaming up with a global company like Motorola is very exciting for us," said Rani Cohen, CEO of TuneWiki. "We are passionate about connecting people through music, and having our applications running in many countries with different languages will allow our users to explore the world of music and better understand its meaning as part of a vibrant and engaged community."

About Motorola Ventures


Motorola Ventures is the global, strategic equity investment arm of Motorola. Its diversified portfolio focuses on "new-idea" companies and opportunities that complement Motorola's business strategy. Motorola Ventures invests at all stages in developing companies to accelerate access to new technologies, new markets and new talents. For more information, please visit www.motorola.com/ventures.

http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/motorola-ventures-leads-financing-for-tunewiki-83800262.html

[Superfly]

Everybody is bashing them now, calling them out of date etc, but then when they turn around and become a player again the headline is :

"Defying all odds, Motorola is once again at the head of the industry."

LOL

[griddle]

Here's another article I just found with more positive info:

Motorola shares could rise 40 percent - Barron's

PHILADELPHIA, Feb 7 (Reuters) - Shares of communications equipment company Motorola Inc (MOT.N) could rise 40 percent if it spins off its profitable cellphone division even as the company faces many challenges, according to Barron's.

Motorola's stock looks attractive on a sum-of-the-parts basis, with its most valuable unit selling communications gear to police and fire departments, Barron's said.

The company appears to be worth at least $9 a share, the newspaper said.

Motorola seems primed for a breakup because it has co-CEOs, with Sanjay Jha, formerly of Qualcomm Inc (QCOM.O), heading the mobile-devices segment, and Greg Brown overseeing the rest of the company, Barron's said.

The company also has $4.6 billion, or $2 a share, of net cash and investments, Barron's said.

The company also has an division called Enterprise Mobility, which sells radio, data-communications and other equipment to police and fire departments and other government operations. That unit could be worth $10 billion, or more than $4 a share, Barron's said.

The home-and-networks division had operating profits of $558 million last year and could be worth $4 billion, or almost $2 a share, Barron's said.

All this totals about $8 a share without the mobile-phone division, which is reviving under Jha's leadership, the newspaper said. Motorola shares could rise 40 percent if it could spin off the cellphone division, Barron's said. (Reporting by Jessica Hall; Editing by Bernard Orr) (For more M&A news and our DealZone blog, go to here)

http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSN0716730820100207

[rohan]

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/com...k=MW_news_stmp
comScore Reports December 2009 U.S. Mobile Subscriber Market Share

Interesting read, I'll paste a part of it:

OEM Market Share
A total of 234 million people age 13 and older in the U.S. used mobile devices in December 2009. Device manufacturer Motorola was the top ranked OEM with 23.5 percent of U.S. mobile devices. LG ranked second with 21.9 percent share, followed by Samsung (21.2 percent share), Nokia (9.2 percent share) and RIM (7.0 percent share).






Share (%) of Mobile Devices
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Point
Sep-09 Dec-09 Change
------ ------ ------
Total Mobile
Subscribers 100.0% 100.0% N/A
------------ ----- ----- ---
Motorola 24.9% 23.5% -1.4
-------- ---- ---- ----
LG 21.7% 21.9% 0.2
--- ---- ---- ---
Samsung 20.4% 21.2% 0.8
------- ---- ---- ---
Nokia 9.6% 9.2% -0.4
----- --- --- ----
RIM 6.4% 7.0% 0.6
--- --- --- ---

[csmrx7]

Motorola Ventures Invests in Zenverge


Zenverge secures funding to support production launch of industry's highest-performance transcoder integrated circuits


SCHAUMBURG, Ill. and CUPERTINO, Calif., Feb. 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Motorola, Inc., (NYSE: MOT) through its strategic investment arm, Motorola Ventures, today announced that it has participated in financing for Zenverge, Inc., a leading developer of advanced media integrated circuits (ICs). Other existing investors, DCM and Norwest Venture Partners, also provided funds. The financing will support production of a family of single-chip media ICs based on the Zenverge Entertainment Nexus (ZEN), a groundbreaking new architecture for digital HD convergence.
Zenverge's media ICs support transcoding, decoding and encoding of multiple formats at up to four times HD performance or for up to four simultaneous HD streams, far exceeding the capabilities of other media ICs today. Now shipping to qualified customers worldwide, Zenverge ICs are being incorporated into HDTVs, Blu-ray/DVD players and recorders, set-tops, media gateways, portable device adapters, PCs and professional/network video equipment.
"At Motorola, we aim to accelerate the delivery of personal media experiences so people can access, share and enjoy multi-media anywhere, both at home and on the go," said Reese Schroeder, managing director, Motorola Ventures. "Zenverge is implementing the critical technology that will provide consumer access to HD media content at each point in the converged digital video chain."
"With this funding, Zenverge has launched the industry's most powerful media ICs, enabling operators and manufacturers to monetize many new applications and services at reduced system cost," said Amir Mobini, chief executive officer and co-founder of Zenverge. "We're excited about working with our partners to enable a true 'anywhere, anytime, any device' experience for consumers."
About Motorola Ventures
Motorola Ventures is the global, strategic equity investment arm of Motorola. Its diversified portfolio focuses on "new-idea" companies and opportunities that complement Motorola's business strategy. Motorola Ventures invests at all stages in developing companies to accelerate access to new technologies, new markets and new talents. For more information, please visit www.motorola.com/ventures.
About Motorola
Motorola is known around the world for innovation in communications and focused on advancing the way the world connects. From broadband communications infrastructure, enterprise mobility and public safety solutions to high-definition video and mobile devices, Motorola is leading the next wave of innovations that enable people, enterprises and governments to be more connected and more mobile. Motorola (NYSE: MOT) had sales of US $22 billion in 2009. For more information, please visit www.motorola.com.
About Zenverge
Founded in 2005, Zenverge is a fabless semiconductor company devoted to accelerating consumer access to next-generation digital content and services. The company is a leading developer of advanced media ICs built around the patented ZEN architecture, a core technology for next-generation digital media devices. The company is based in Cupertino, Calif. For more information, please visit the company website: www.zenverge.com.

[Superfly]

More news out, looks like they are keeping their set top box unit and spinning it out instead. This confirms that they will be doing their spinoff Trants has been talking about, and apparently they still see a future for the business (or they can't get a big enough premium for it).

News Breaks
16:01 EDT MOT theflyonthewall.com: Motorola expected to halt sale of set-top box unit, WSJ reports
Motorola is near a shift in strategy, the Wall Street Journal reports. The company is expected to halt the sale of its set-top box unit and spin it out instead. The unit will be spun out with Motorola's handset business, the Journal sales.

http://www.theflyonthewall.com/perma...p/MOTid1197730


Article from a month ago talking about halting the sale of their home and networks division due to low bids, mentioning the set top box unit which is part of it :

Motorola halts unit sale due to low bids: report
Jan. 14, 2010
(Reuters) — U.S. mobile phone maker Motorola Inc. is revisiting its plan to reorganize its business units and as a result, the auction of its home and networks division has slowed down, a source familiar with the matter said on Thursday.

Motorola's board will meet at the end of January to decide whether to sell the networking division or spin it off along with its mobile handset business as one entity, the source said.

Motorola has previously said it would split its handset unit from its other divisions, hoping to turn it around.

Several private equity firms put in initial bids in December for the networking division, which houses Motorola's set-top box unit, sources earlier told Reuters.

First-round expressions of interest came from private equity firms including Bain Capital, TPG Capital, Blackstone Group LP, KKR, Silver Lake Partners and Boston-based THL partners, sources said at the time.

But the next round of bids are only due on Feb. 18 and even that date could slip, indicating the process is going very slowly, another source said. At least one large private equity firm that put in a first-round bid has dropped out of the process, another source said.
Private equity firms that bid have been asked to team up with strategic bidders -- meaning companies in the same industry -- for the next round, two sources said.

Telecommunications companies interested in the unit include Arris Group Inc. and China's Huawei Technologies Co Ltd., the sources said.

The bidders have been asked to reconfirm their offers by next week, one of the sources said.

The sources spoke on condition of anonymity because the auction is being conducted privately.

Motorola spokeswoman Jennifer Erickson declined to comment on the auction but said that the company's publicly stated plan is to separate the mobile handsets unit from the rest of the company, which includes the home and networks business and the enterprise mobility unit.

Representatives for Arris and Huawei did not immediately return calls or emails seeking comment.

PHONE SALES

Motorola has said that the timing of any mobile handsets unit spin-off would depend on factors such as market conditions and improvements in the performance of the unit.
The mobile phone unit has not had a hit device since the Razr, although the Droid smartphone has generated good buzz. The company said last week that consumers have given the Droid, which is based on Google's Android software, a good reception.

Motorola has not given specific sales numbers for the phone, but analysts have high expectations as Verizon Wireless has been heavily promoting the device in its biggest marketing campaign ever for a single device.

One reason why Motorola may hold on to its set-top box business is because the initial bids came in between $3 billion and $4 billion, below what the company was expecting, according to the Wall Street Journal, which first reported the news.
Last month, a source told Reuters that private equity firms were likely to bid at a multiple of around six to seven times the unit's earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA), valuing it at no more than $4 billion.

Shares of Motorola closed Thursday at $7.71, up 1.4 percent, on the New York Stock Exchange.


http://www.chicagobusiness.com/cgi-bin/news.pl?id=36743

[Superfly]

News is hitting the wire now, flyonthewall is pretty cool, thanks TD for making it free

Motorola May Halt Sale of Set-Top Box Business (Update1)
February 10, 2010, 04:52 PM EST

By Lisa Wolfson

Feb. 10 (Bloomberg) -- Motorola Inc. may halt the sale of its set-top box business and spin it off with the mobile-phone division into a new publicly traded company, the Wall Street Journal reported.

The company may split its home and networks mobility unit, comprising the set-top box business as well as wireless networking equipment, the newspaper said, citing unnamed people familiar with the matter. Motorola would continue with an auction of the network gear business, they said.

The home-networking division, the company’s largest, accounted for about a third of Motorola’s sales last quarter. Motorola had been exploring a possible sale of the that division, three people familiar with the situation have said. Co-Chief Executive Officer Greg Brown said last month a separation of the handset business, which lost more than $3 billion in the past two years, is pushing “full steam ahead.”

Jennifer Erickson, a spokeswoman for Schaumburg, Illinois- based Motorola, declined to comment.

The company reported sales of $5.72 billion in the fourth quarter, about 20 percent drop from a year earlier.

Motorola fell as much as 1.5 percent in late trading after rising 9 cents to $6.63 at 4 p.m. on the New York Stock Exchange. The shares have dropped 15 percent this year, after surging 75 percent in 2009.

http://www.businessweek.com/news/201...-update1-.html

[Superfly]

In @ 6.55, I swear this is the last time I sell my long term holding!

[Superfly]

Can't post news fast enough

Bloomberg

Motorola Sues Iridium Companies for $24.7 Million (Update1)
February 10, 2010, 06:07 PM EST

By Andrew M. Harris

Feb. 10 (Bloomberg) -- Motorola Inc. sued two Iridium Communications Inc. units, claiming they owe the U.S. mobile phone maker $24.7 million.

In a complaint filed yesterday in a state courthouse in Chicago, Motorola alleges it is owed the money under the terms of a loan it made to Iridium Satellite LLC in 2000, which was then guaranteed by Iridium Holdings LLC.

Iridium Holdings, a satellite telecommunications company, was acquired by Iridium Communications -- then known as GHL Acquisition Corp. -- in September for more than $546 million.

That transaction triggered repayment of the 9-year-old debt under a change of control provision in the parties’ agreements, according to Schaumburg, Illinois-based Motorola’s complaint.

Liz DeCastro, a spokeswoman for Bethesda, Maryland-based Iridium, said the company “cannot comment on litigation.”

The case is Motorola Inc. v. Iridium Satellite LLC, 10CH5684, Cook County Circuit Court, Chancery Division (Chicago).

http://www.businessweek.com/news/201...-update1-.html

[Superfly]

WOOT!!!

Motorola Targets First Quarter 2011 to Separate into Two Independent, Publicly Traded Companies

Mobile Devices and Home Businesses Target Growth Opportunities from Convergence of Mobility, Media and the Internet

Enterprise Mobility Solutions and Networks Businesses to Focus on Mission- and Business-Critical Solutions for Enterprise, Government and Wireless Operators

Company to Host Conference Call Today at 5:00 p.m. ET

Feb. 11 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Motorola, Inc. (NYSE: MOT) today announced the Company is targeting the first quarter of 2011 for its planned separation. Motorola intends to separate into two independent, publicly traded companies. One will include the Company's Mobile Devices and Home businesses, and the other will include its Enterprise Mobility Solutions and Networks businesses.

Dr. Sanjay Jha, co-chief executive officer of Motorola, Inc., will serve as chief executive officer of Motorola's Mobile Devices and Home businesses effective immediately. This business will offer a comprehensive portfolio of mobile converged devices, digital entertainment devices in the home, and end-to-end video, voice and data solutions. Working with network operator partners, the company will also enable more advanced personalized services that leverage the capability of expanding wireless and wireline broadband availability.

Dr. Jha said, "The combination of Mobile Devices and our Home business brings together two highly complementary and innovative organizations. Together we will be best positioned to lead in the convergence of mobility, media, and the Internet. Our expanding portfolio of smartphones and end-to-end video content delivery capabilities will enable us to provide advanced mobile media solutions and multi-screen experiences for our customers."

Greg Brown, co-chief executive officer of Motorola, Inc., will serve as chief executive officer of Motorola's Enterprise Mobility Solutions and Networks businesses effective immediately. This business will offer a comprehensive end-to-end portfolio of products and solutions, including rugged two-way radios, mobile computers, secure public safety systems, scanning, RFID, and wireless network infrastructure.

Mr. Brown said, "We are the leading mission- and business-critical technology solutions provider with a commitment to innovation. As an independent company, we will continue to build on our long-standing tradition of strong customer relationships, leading-edge product development, quality, thought leadership, and solid financial performance."

"The board of directors supports the planned separation of Motorola into two industry-leading public companies," said David Dorman, chairman of Motorola's Board of Directors. "We believe this structure provides significant operational and strategic flexibility for both companies, positions them for future success, and enhances long-term shareholder value."

Completing the Separation

Motorola intends to effect the separation through a tax-free stock dividend of shares in the new company to Motorola shareholders. Following the separation both businesses will be well capitalized so the companies can execute their respective business plans and be able to address future opportunities. Motorola expects that, post-separation, the Enterprise Mobility and Networks business will be capitalized in a manner that will achieve an investment grade rating and will be the entity responsible for Motorola's existing public market debt at the time of separation.

Following the separation event both entities will use the Motorola brand. The Mobile Devices and Home business is expected to own the Motorola brand and license it royalty free to the Enterprise Mobility Solutions and Networks business. Additional details regarding brand, capital structure and which entity will be distributed will be provided in the future as we progress with our plans.

The proposed tax-free spin-off is expected to be accomplished through a pro rata distribution to Motorola shareholders. Completion of the spin-off is subject to a number of conditions, including, among others, confirmation of the tax-free nature of the transaction, as well as effectiveness of a Form 10 Registration Statement to be filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC"). Motorola will distribute an information statement to shareholders following completion of the SEC's review of the Form 10.

The Company noted that there can be no assurance that any separation transaction will ultimately occur or, if one does occur, there can be no assurances as to its terms or timing.

About Motorola

Motorola is known around the world for innovation in communications and focused on advancing the way the world connects. From broadband communications infrastructure, enterprise mobility and public safety solutions to high-definition video and mobile devices, Motorola is leading the next wave of innovations that enable people, enterprises and governments to be more connected and more mobile. Motorola (NYSE: MOT) had sales of US $22 billion in 2009. For more information, please visit www.motorola.com.

Conference Call and Webcast

Motorola will host a conference call today February 11, 2010 beginning at 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time (USA) to discuss today's announcement. The conference call will be webcast live at www.motorola.com/investor.

[ChuckD]

Wow !! hit $6.96 AH so far.

[sree]

Motorola Confirms Plans To Break In Two This is the reason for AH jump

Today Motorola officially said that it plans to split the organization into two separate businesses by the end of the first quarter of 2011. One business will include Motorola’s mobile devices and home (cable boxes) businesses, and the other will include its enterprise mobility solutions and networks businesses. In a prepared statement, Motorola explained, "Motorola intends to effect the separation through a tax-free stock dividend of shares in the new company to Motorola shareholders. Following the separation both businesses will be well capitalized so the companies can execute their respective business plans and be able to address future opportunities. The proposed tax-free spin-off is expected to be accomplished through a pro rata distribution to Motorola shareholders." Both companies will retain the Motorola brand. The separation will be subject to regulatory terms and conditions.

http://www.phonescoop.com/news/item.php?n=5485

[pdtpatrick]

UPDATE 2-Motorola to split business into two in 2011

* One company to focus on cellphone, set-top box biz

* Other will focus on enterprise, wireless networking

* Company had been looking to separate handset biz

* Shares rise 4 pct

(Adds background on revenue, company and analyst comments)

NEW YORK, Feb 11 (Reuters) - Motorola Inc <MOT.N> aims to split into two companies in the first quarter of 2011, separating its cellphone and television set-top box businesses from the rest of the company, it said on Thursday.

Motorola said each company would be independent and publicly traded, and that the separation would provide the businesses flexibility to grow in the long term.

One company will focus on mobile devices and home devices while the rest will include its corporate business and wireless network equipment business, it said.

Motorola shares rose 3.9 percent to $6.93 in extended trade after the news.

The company had said last month that it planned to separate its handset business, which has been struggling to win back market share. But executives had also said they were looking at alternative structures.

Its set-top box had also suffered due to a weak economy, while its wireless network equipment business had been hit by a consolidation among telecom operators.

Motorola said the enterprise and network equipment business will be the entity responsible for Motorola's current public debt and will be capitalized to achieve an investment grade rating.

Tavis McCourt of Morgan Keegan said he was not sure whether the combination of the handset and cable set-top box businesses would yield synergies, but still saw the plan as positive.

"I'm glad they're doing it. Its nice they're putting timing behind it. It's a sign they're very confident in their handset business this year," he said.

Motorola's latest financial results show its mobile phone business had revenue of $7 billion for 2009. The enterprise wireless business had revenue of $2 billion while home and network sales brought in another $2 billion. (Reporting by Ritsuko Ando and Sinead Carew; Editing by Gary Hill and Richard Chang) ((ritsuko.ando@thomsonreuters.com; +1 646 223 6084; Reuters Messaging: ritsuko.ando.reuters.com@reuters.net)) Keywords: MOTOROLA/

[bob_1117]

got in for few shares @ 7.04...for long haul..

[Spinner]

Phew, I'm almost back to break-even!

[pdtpatrick]

Put/Call ratio on this guy is 0.229

Put Sizzle 6.525
Call Sizzle 17.394

Thats a HUGE difference.

Looks like people are a bit bullish here.

http://www.marketwatch.com/investing/stock/mot

Currently holding two JULY 10 Cals
$8 and $9 strikes.

[pdtpatrick]

Nice $7.20 begins the green for the calls -- a bit of a market push. Lets see how this turns out.

[sree]

I am having Jan 2011 10 calls at .80 (I am at a big loss for now but I am hoping this will be green since i still have lot of time) and some July 9 calls.

[pdtpatrick]

When'd u buy it and whats your strike? I guess i could look it up

[Superfly]

During that conference call last night, the Motorola execs seemed to be in very good spirits over this announcement, and sounded confident in their decision, apparently the market thinks so as well today .

What got me thinking is...what exactly would be the difference of them splitting the company up in terms of "creating value" as they kept reiterating. Well my opinion is :

1) It will allow Brown + Jha to go about their own business without having to come to a mutual decision on company activities

2) It will allow Jha to pursue what he wants to do...grow the Motorola phone platform to its former greatness back in the Razr days, more likely by buying things than developing them...they are too far behind Apple.

3) Company said they had 6 billion in cash at the earnings release...thats not even looking at taking out any debt. They NEED to spend it on something if they are going to catch up to Apple, RIMM, etc, they won't catch up leaving it in the bank.


Now...going back to what Trants said, and combine that with recent almost DAILY news releases, Motorola likes to buy competition outright to grow their platform rather than innovate right? They have been out in full force lately it seems with buying things and technologies up for cell phones. Well....what if they were to attack a competitor?

I thought of PALM, another company that has fallen to the wayside and is 3rd rate in the cell phone world. Now there have been rumors of Nokia buying them, but PALM has just what Motorola needs / wants... OS software.

Well technically, they dont NEED it, but they are now operating on the same software as Google, who was supposed to be their friend + ally, but decided they would create the Nexus one behind their back.

My thoughts is that Motorola could go after PALM and obtain their OS software, deleverage themselves from Google Android, and finally attempt to be competitive.


PALM has 168 million shares outstanding with a 1.7 Billion market cap. I could be very wrong with this assumption, someone please correct me, but Motorola could possibly go after PALM and buy them for around 20 bucks a share (some analysts have PALM at that area right now), obtain everything PALM has, and try to turn the corner this route rather than live off the Google stuff.....RISKY, but Motorola has lived on acquiring things throughout its history (as Trants said).


I found a couple articles that felt pretty much the same way as I did, but apparently this thought is an old one...there's articles from way back in 2007 talking about it.

Palm needs scale, while Motorola needs software. It’s the only way the handset maker will be able to take full control of its own destiny, to not be beholden to Android or any other OS. In the past three years, both companies have become pale shadows of their former selves. They don’t have a minute to waste
http://gigaom.com/2010/01/07/so-what...torola-do-now/

Same site in 2007 saying same thing :

That said, Palm is still a company worth a gamble, and the most strategic and ideal home for Palm would be Motorola. Motorola has its reasons, as Unstrung reports. Apparently, CEO Ed Zander wants to buy the company because it can give some relief from the profitless prosperity of low margin cheap phones and at the same time nudge up its margins. Pricing leverage is a good reason – just not the only reason.

http://gigaom.com/2007/03/20/motorola-palm/

Goldberg believes Palm will likely sell 600 thousand webOS devices through Verizon this quarter, and he says that Palm’s App Catalog, whose applications already outnumber those in Nokia (NOK) and Microsoft (MSFT) stores, will soon exceed those available in RIM’s (RIMM) App World and possibly the Android Market as well. That would certainly be enough to elicit an acquisitive glance from a company with mobile ambitions.

http://digitaldaily.allthingsd.com/2...mod=ATD_skybox

Analyst :

Motorola: Gelbaum set an $8.75 price target on MOT, which in today’s regular session rose 21 cents, or 2.7%, to $7.97. The analyst writes that he expects “limited upside” for MOT relative to other names in the group. “We believe the major debate driving the stock - namely the survivability of the handset business - has been mostly decided, making additional moves contingent upon MOT achieving material share gains and/or margin upside into the 10% range, neither of which we are modeling.” He adds that the company’s Networks business “could deteriorate quickly” if carrier migration to 3G begins to accelerate, while the cable Home division “could face intense pricing pressure the move from proprietary set-tops to IP continues.” He adds that the company’s Android strategy could cap upside to ASPs and margins given the difficulty of differentiating among a plethora of Android devices due in 2010.

Palm: Gelbaum set a $14 price target on the stock, which in today’s regular session rose 29 cents, or 2.9%, to $10.32. The analyst writes that “new carrier distribution in 2010, following the expiration of Sprint exclusivity, should boost unit shipments and subscriber adds…jump-starting greater support among developers for WebOS.” He adds that “the resulting deeper application environment” should attract more subs and “allow Palm to bootstrap itself to relevance.” The analyst writes that part of his thesis is that were it not for a lack of distribution, inadequate advertising and a limited developer community, the company would be shipping far higher units than it is today.

http://blogs.barrons.com/techtraderd...anley-advises/

This is nothing more than speculation, and it goes on every day. It might not be a bad idea though now that the phone handsets are separated from the other part of the business in 2011

Trants if you ever get back from your luau, what would you think of something like this...you have been following them for many many years??