Don’t write Motorola off quite yet. 

I remember the days of the £1,000 StarTac, the must have phone of the 90’s especially imported from China.  Then there was the T260, BT Cellnet’s (O2) launch GPRS handset, followed by a wave of desirable clam shells that shook Nokia up, and ultimately the RAZR range.

Problem was that Motorola could never hold their market share; it is always boom or bust.  Great voice and network quality, and a footballer, doesn’t make up for a tired user interface and little of their old innovative ways. 

This has the whiff of another Siemens fiasco.