Motorola profit up on strong smart phone sales
Motorola Inc. posted a profit in the first quarter, with smartphone sales helping the flagship mobile devices business turn around a heavy loss from a year earlier.
The Schaumburg-based technology company reported a net profit of $69 million, or 3 cents per share, reversing a loss of $231 million, or 10 cents per share, in the first quarter of 2009. Overall sales for the company fell to $5 billion from $5.4 billion a year ago.
Motorola’s mobile devices division posted sales of $1.6 billion, a decline of 9 percent from the same quarter last year. But the unit’s operating loss came to $192 million, substantially narrower than a loss of $545 million in 2009. Co-Chief Executive Sanjay Jha told analysts on a conference call that he expects the business to become profitable in the fourth quarter of this year.
Source: Chicago breaking business
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Adobe AIR For Android Coming Soon, Potentially Huge Impact
Since the Motorola Droid launched we knew Adobe Flash was coming first quarter of 2010 and the lack of flash on mobile devices tends to be one point of contention/discussion/debate when comparing phones. Now Adobe is set to make an announcement that will help developers create flash-based games and apps that can be deployed on all devices across all platforms and only created once.
And this is where it gets really cool. Adobe AIR is currently used to create DESKTOP applications but when all is said and done, devs will be able to create a MOBILE app/game and upload it directly to Android Market as if it were a native Android App. Same goes for BlackBerry, iPhone, etc… and that’s with only having created the app/game once.
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Some Droid Users Report Exchange Issues
Several Motorola Droid users have reported issues with the smartphone’s Exchange support, including no support at all for Exchange servers when certain enhanced security features are enabled.
For example, users cannot wipe a mobile device from the Exchange server in the event of loss or theft, and there is no option to force a user to enter a PIN specific to that user’s device before accessing Exchange mail.
When asked about the issue, a Google spokesperson responded, “We’re working to add additional Exchange security features to Android, but we don’t have any details or timelines to announce at this time.”
This neither acknowledges the problem nor dismisses it. In the meantime, forums around the Web are buzzing, recommending that enterprise users avoid the Droid for the time being. And third-party apps such as TouchDown by NitroDesk have stepped in to fill the void until Google provides the necessary updates.
[Source: PC Mag]
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