Speculation has been flying around for at least a year and a half now that Motorola was planning on selling two of its mobile division or split it off into a separate publicly traded company with the same Motorola branding. Finally, today we have word that Motorola intends to do, and it will happen this time next year.
Through an official press release and webcast announced today, Motorola will officially separated into two independent public companies: one being the Mobile Devices and Home Economics Unit, and the other will focus on Enterprise Mobility Solutions and Networks businesses.
What will the enterprise companies, specifically? Ultimately, it is offers a wide portfolio of products such as mobile computing, wireless network infrastructure, two-way radios, public safety and safe systems. That’s a handful!
Both companies will use the Motorola brand, not too many details yet available on how this will work, but the PR does not mention that only one of the companies actually own the brand can, and this honor is the Mobile Devices business and home go to , which in turn license it royalty-free to the Enterprise business.
The Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG) announced the adoption of low-power Bluetooth wireless technology, which is the distinctive feature of the Bluetooth Core Specification Version 4.0. This enhancement to the Bluetooth Core Specification allows two types of implementation, dual-mode and single mode. In a dual-mode application, the Bluetooth functionality into an existing low energy Bluetooth Classic controller integrated. The resulting architecture shares of most of the existing Radio Classic Bluetooth technology and functionality resulting in a minimal cost to increase the Classic Bluetooth technology compared.
“With today’s announcement of the race is on the product designer, was the first to market,” said Michael Foley, Ph.D., executive director of the Bluetooth SIG. “Bluetooth low-power modules for all kinds of new products can now be qualified – this is an important step towards our goal of creating new markets with Bluetooth wireless technology. For example, the Continua Health Alliance has already selected Bluetooth low energy technology as transport medium for the next version of its guidelines. ”
Bluetooth low energy wireless technology, the distinctive feature of the Bluetooth Core Specification v4.0:
- Ultra-low-peak, average and idle mode power consumption
- Ability to run for years on standard coin batteries
- Low Cost
- Multi-vendor interoperability
- Better coverage
Boost Mobile Unlimited Monthly “Customers can now take full advantage of the unlimited SMS service by coupling the new Motorola i465 phone with a full QWERTY keyboard and walkie-talkie functions.
“Motorola is an excellent addition to our coupling multiple handset line-up. If you want the text as much as you speak, the device is for you,” said Neil Lindsay, Chief Marketing Officer, Boost Mobile. “Boost Mobile offers a full suite of solutions for each customer with a series of phones to choose from and budget-friendly, reliable, as our $ 50 Unlimited Monthly plan.”
Coupling is the first Motorola device with a walkie-talkie capabilities for messaging, providing you with many opportunities to speak and do more. A full QWERTY keyboard with hotkeys and software upgrades, such as chat, SMS-style, it is easy to react and follow the message stream. Get the last word in with increased space and your eyes on more talks with the All-in-one homebase respect to incoming and outgoing messages. If your voice expresses what words can not, Motorola’s leading push to talk technology is your verbal IM for keeping in constant contact.
Motorola i465 Clutch features:
- Nationwide Boost Walkie-Talkie
- Full QWERTY keyboard
- Unified messaging and messaging threads
- Bluetooth
- Camera with 4-times zoom and video capture
- GPS-Enabled
- Handsfree with voice-activated dialing
- Wireless Web-Enabled
via mobiworld
