Here's Why Motorola Bet on Android

The estimate that Verizon (s vz) sold 100,000 Droid phones this weekend as part of the Droid onslaught is pretty sweet for Motorola, as is the assumption from Mark McKechnie with Broadpoint AmTech that the cellular provider purchased 200,000 of the handsets from Motorola (s mot) in anticipation of high demand. But the more interesting part of his research note wasn’t the past — it’s the future, namely that he thinks Motorola’s handset business should return to an operating profit next year on the strength of co-CEO’ Sanjay’s Jha’s bet on the Android operating system. From the analyst note:

We estimate each Android unit contributes 4x the gross profit of a feature phone unit and that 10 million Android units will contribute nearly half of the gross profits in MOT’s handset division.

And that profit boost is why Jha is betting on Android — and why the bet must succeed. Motorola doesn’t have any more aces, and consolidation is a real threat for the handset industry. After watching Apple’s (s aapl) iPhone and devices from Research In Motion (s rimm) steal profits from the handset industry, Jha hopes Android offers the winning hand that Motorola needs in order to take some of those profits back.

A Desperate Verizon To Men: You're An Absolute Candy-Ass If You Don't Buy A Droid.

The macho image in advertising is pretty heavily used for truck commercials, and maybe power tools. They’re low in how functional the product actually is, and high in how much of a he-man you’ll look like using it.

Now I guess the macho image applies to smartphones as well (sorry, “robot phones”). After all, what man looking to overcome his inadequacies wouldn’t be drawn to these:

• Crush a rock
• Punch a hole through a steel wall
• Run apps with axle-greased ease

There’s more, but be warned only Neanderthals need apply.

Male or female, the first thing I look for is a mind at work. I can only hope no more men will be swayed by this crap than women are swayed because a product is pink, or has a mirror. This kind of “macho” advertising makes me ashamed of my gender.

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THIS IS D R O I D

so along with my love of sharing cool makeup products that i do massive amounts of research on,
i am a FREAK FREAK FREAK about electronics.
&when i say ‘electronics’ i really mean cell phones.

what? new cell phone out?
alright, alright.. i gotta know more. i gotta have it. MUST!

so i’m an iPhone user. i love my iPhone. in fact, it’s saved my life in certain circumstances that other phones just could not ever do. it’s been best friends with me since…. i can’t even remember. i’ve had the pleasure of being gifted 3 iPhones. an 3G 8G, 3G 16G and a second generation iPhone. i have not gotten to obtain the iPhone 3Gs for personal reasons… i feel once i ‘buy’ an iPhone a new one will come out a month later and i would haaaate that.

so enough about iPhone. what is DROID?

Droid is Motorolas smartphone… other phones by Motorola would be the SLVR and the RAZR.
2 phones which wern’t too impressive with me. Infact, I dislike a majority of Motorola phones because they are all about looks and not so much about usability.

So the new ‘DROID’ claims to be everything that the iPhone isn’t…. hard to believe in my opinion. VERY HARD to believe in my opinion… to top an iPhone would be like trying to top God. Unless DROID has devilish tricks up their sleeve….

anyhow… see for yourself!

Belkin F3N401-06-ICE IEEE 1394 4-Pin/6-Pin 400 Mbps FireWire Cable Review

The 6′ 4 pin to 6 pin Belkin IEEE 1394/Firewire cable does exactly what it says it should for relatively cheap. As long as you’re at the 400 MB/s standard as this is, there’s no need to spend $50 on a gold plated connector and superheavy isolation like the Monster cables. Firewire is designed to function up to 15′ without signal degradation, and unlike analog signals the 0 and 1s of digital signals aren’t subject to manipulation by electrical fields. Either they get through or they don’t, so as long as these are certified under the standard you save money by not buying useless frills. It’s shiny translucent silver, not black, but if you care that much about cable color you probably already have your cables hidden anyway.

The 4 pin models work with most electrical powered devices; the 6 pin models usually are for devices that need battery power. (The extra two pins carry current.) For those looking for an adapter for Comcast/Motorola HDTV-ready digital boxes, this is the cable you need. For some reason Motorola decided to use a 6 pin adapter, where almost all HDTVs and DVHS VCRs use a 4 pin. (PCs typically use 6.) I’ve used one for a while now to run flawless 1080i signals between my Comcast HDTV box and my DVHS VCR. Recommended.

This Belkin 6′ IEEE 1394 cable is a very solid cable, with a male 4-pin (“i.Link”) connector on one end and a male 6-pin (“Firewire”) connector on the other. It supports the full speed (400Mbps) of the IEEE 1394 specification, and looks durable.

You should beware of the no free shipping policy on this cable when sold by Amazon — it does not count toward the $25 free shipping promotion. I used 1-click to order this and was charged close to six bucks for shipping. Ouch. Still, the total was much less than the cheapest price elsewhere, on the web or in stores.

Welcome Back Motorola

Sigh, this phone is hot.

I’ve read a countless amount of articles on the Motorola Droid, and I’m actually excited for this phone… maybe more excited when I heard the iPhone was coming to Australia? But the amount of features that this phone has over the iPhone is incredible! The cameras better, it has a larger touch screen, it’s fully customizable, it has a physical keyboard!! But there’s so much more.

I’ve had my iPhone for over a year now (I think I have 6 or so months left on my contract) but you have no idea how much I HATE it. I’m not going to even bother to list what I hate about it, but it’s just the iPhone. I love my mac, but hate my iPhone.

I’m really hoping this comes to Australia preferably Vodafone, but why wouldn’t it right?

Fingers crossed.

xo

Segundo anuncio de DROID, ¡es la guerra!

Si te gustó el primer anuncio de Verizon para presentar la gama DROID, este te va a encantar, aunque tiene un registro completamente diferente. Imagina unos cazas lanzando por todo el país unas bombas con unas cargas muy especiales… Todas ellas apuntan a una fecha: el 6 de noviembre, ese día comenzará la invasión de los DROID y, tal como sucede en las películas, esa invasión comenzará en Estados Unidos. Les dejo el video:

Droid by Motorola (Verizon Wireless)

By Sascha Segan

The Motorola Droid is the first truly lust-worthy smartphone from Verizon Wireless, and it puts all other Google Android phones to shame. Motorola may have stinted on a few of the basics in its quest for mind-blowing smartphone power. But the first Android 2.0 phone is definitely the most advanced and exciting device connecting to Verizon today.

Read FULL review by PCMagazine Droid by Motorola (Verizon Wireless).