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Motorola, Microvision, & the Cell Phone's Future July 24, 2007 
One of the biggest disappointments in the cell phone world recently has been Motorola (MOT). After the initial success of the sleek RAZR cell phone, Motorola has stagnated while other cell phone manufacturers have zoomed past Zander and crew. And make no doubt, CEO Ed Zander is under intense pressure to perform. He successfully ducked Carl Icahn’s shot at his leadership, but remains in a tight spot. And although Motorola may seem to be on the ropes, don’t count them out of the fight. In fact, they are set to draw first blood in the next battle – the move to a bigger cell phone screen. Let’s face it, the one drawback for the cell phone is its dinky screen. Most people can hardly see what is going on with the miniscule visuals on today’s cell phone offerings. Today, Motorola took a huge step toward changing that situation. Today, Motorola signed an agreement with Microvision (symbol MVIS), to have Microvision put its laser projector into upcoming models of Motorola phones (See story here). This will allow a full sized screen to project out from the cell phone (to see what this projection looks like, check out microvisionblogspot). There is no doubt that the final frontier for the cell phone lies in the screen as today’s youngsters are so visually oriented that the bigger screen will become a must-have. And it appears that Motorola, who has been looking for some edge to regain competitive traction, has found it in this disruptive technology that Microvision has put together. One point to note – the Motorola/Microvision venture is non-exclusive, so other players may soon be contacting Microvision on having their own opportunity to go to the big screen. And more, since Microvision’s technology can be put into printers, scanners, car displays, etc. So companies that might be interested includes a wide swath – Hewlett-Packard, Sony, Samsung, Toshiba, Honda, Xerox, Micron, and a host of other players (including Epson, who has a bunch of patents with Microvision). Motorola, however, has grabbed the inside track. The author, of course, owns stock in some of the companies mentioned in this article. ------------ About the author: Dwayne Hines writes on both fitness and finance, and currently has 12 books selling in major bookstores. He also writes for major magazines such as OnFitness and Ironman. Email: dhines@cpu-net.net Comment on this article here! ------------ All articles are EXCLUSIVE to Useless-Knowledge.com. Please link to this article rather than copying and pasting it onto your site (which would be unauthorized and illegal). |
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