Moto Info

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@ Manasa, thanks for your valuable info. Keep posting info. about Moto.

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In 2008, Greg Brown, CEO of Motorola Inc. decided to sell Mobile business unit. Videocon came ahead to purchase Motorola's mobile division. Videocon coated half the price what Motorola expected. So, Greg Brown took back his decision & decided to something in order to save Motorola. He identified the talent of Sanjay Jha & appointed him as Co-CEO for Motorola Inc. Sanjay Jha took responsibility of Mobile business.

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Sanjay Jha, CEO of Motorola Mobility is born in India at Bihar. Before joining Motorola, he was working as COO at Qualocom. He is Highest paid CEO in US.

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Motorola W220 ad was considered to be the most effective ad of the year 2007.

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Motorola & Kodak Cameras went tie up with an agreement contract for a period of 10yrs. Kodak provided lens for Motorola Moto Zine ZN5. Motorola ZN5 featured 5MP camera with Xenon flash with Kodak perfect touch technology

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The word Ming is taken form Ming Dynasty of China. Ming Dynasty ruled in China for more than 600 yrs. Ming series were exclusively designed for chinese users. Ming series are highest selling phones in Chins.

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Motorola developed 3.5G phone running on Linux MotoMagx. This phone is Razr² V9 Ferrari Edition. This was the first phone running on Linux Motomagx to support 3G.

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In 2003, Motorola invested lot in developing Iridium Satellite (Low orbiting satellite) along with NASA which could help in wireless communication. Iridium satellites didn't gain much popularity.

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Motorola E398 SURROUND MOTO, is the world's first phone to feature Dual stereo speakers launched in 2005

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Motorola's Snoop S9 stereo bluetooth, awarded as best bluetooth design in 2007.