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Oppenheimer says 1.2 million DROIDS sold by Motorola last quarter

Oppenheimer says 1.2 million DROIDS sold by Motorola last quarter

Posted: 07 Jan 2010, 23:04, by Alan F.

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Oppenheimer says 1.2 million DROIDS sold by Motorola last quarter

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Motorola's Android based turnaround is being led by the DROID. According to Oppenheimer, the device talled 1.2 million sales in the just ended fourth quarter, a figure that was better than expected. Thanks to its flagship model, the Schaumburg, Illinois based firm has a device that can compete with the upper crust of the smartphone world like the iPhone, the Palm Pre and the just launched HTC Nexus One. Motorola co-CEO Sanjay Jha, brought in to the company with these results in mind, remarks that with new Android models just introduced at the 2010 CES, and the electricity that still follows the DROID, Motorola's appearance at the show this year is a stark difference to last year's CES. "We're in a different place now," said Jha, "Last year there was uncertainty about our viability. Now we're a bonafide player in the smartphone market...Instead of trying to catch up, we're a leader."

As for the Nexus One, the handset that some are calling the DROID killer, Jha told the Chicago Tribune that he actually welcomes the device. Calling the N-One "a good competitive product", Jha says that he expects plenty of competition in the Android arena. "Part of the reason I'm supportive is I see it as an experiment that has some potential," said the executive, talking about Google's plan to sell the phone directly from its web site although he doesn't see the subsidy system ending anytime soon. As for Motorola's current Android releases, both the DROID and the Cliq are going to get upgraded to the Android 2.1 OS, the same software that drives the Nexus One. And as we reported yesterday, the DROID will also be getting Flash 10.1 from Adobe.

Motorola DROID Specifications | Review
Motorola Cliq Specifications | Review

source: ChicagoTribune

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1. josuearisty posted on 20 Oct 2010, 01:44 0 0

gooood to see that, now i wanna see Sholes Tablet

2. icarus posted on 08 Jan 2010, 08:04 0 0

before the inevitable I-phone comparrison and fanboy hysteria starts, lets take a sec to admit this is a great number. To the average person, smartophones are still that phone they need a data package with and that's all they know. To have a handset in addition to I-phone capturing peoples attention on this level is impressive, especially with how may other greta smartphones fail at this.

3. vzw fanman posted on 08 Jan 2010, 10:34 0 0

congrats to moto! droid ftw.

4. n0gar2 posted on 08 Jan 2010, 11:13 0 0

VZW sucks and the Droid has very high radiation!

6. Fanboys Suck posted on 08 Jan 2010, 12:44 0 0

You are a moron.

7. CANUHEARMENOW posted on 08 Jan 2010, 12:45 0 0

lol radiation...i bet you stand a certain distance from your microwave too. what doesnt have radiation these days?

8. vzw fanman posted on 08 Jan 2010, 14:48 0 0

haha lol. that's a first.

5. PapaJay224 posted on 08 Jan 2010, 12:33 0 0

iPhone what? I dont think iPhone gets updates fom apple that substanciate the entire phone...oh wait yeah they do, but they have to release a whole new piece of hardware i.e 2g 3g and 3gs...my droid does, 2.0, 2.01 and 2.1 with the same phone?!?! weird who would of thought ingenuity with out profiteering. The best part is the release of the droid had NO issues at all, so the updates were purely exponential. Droid Does.