Motorola’s biggest success to date was when it released the thinnest and sexiest device the world had seen. Since then, the handset-maker has struggled to produce anything like it. Yesterday, everyone was prepared to see Motorola’s latest form factor that would bring it back from the brink. Instead, what we…

Videocon said today it was in early talks to buy Motorola’s (NYSE: MOT) handset division, according to the Business Standard. Videocon, a consumer electronics company, said it made a bid to acquire Motorola’s mobile handset business, but declined to give a deadline for the deal and said the talks are…

Mainstream Digital Media? A term for us to consider - when asked about Motorola’s (NYSE: MOT) position on spends on regional language content, Lloyd Mathias, Marketing Director for India & South West Asia said that the company doesn’t have a position on regional digital media- “We target mainstream digital media”.…

Motorola (NYSE: MOT) has announced that it will acquire online and mobile music distribution company Soundbuzz. The details of the deal have not been disclosed, but Motorola expects to close the deal in the first quarter of 2008. Motorola sees Soundbuzz as a means of expanding it’s MOTOMUSIC brand into…

That Motorola (NYSE: MOT) is focusing on music to sell its handsets in India is pretty obvious from it’s promotional campaigns with Bollywood superstar Abhishek Bachchan. ChicagoBusiness reports that the company is ready to launch MotoMusic, its music service, in India. MotoMusic has been operational in China for three years…

—Lloyd Mathias, Director (Marketing) for Motorola’s South West Asia unit tells HT that consumers look for music clarity, storage capacity, multiple formats, availability of the latest software and wireless on the phone. Motorola’s tie-up with Sony BMG for content is not exclusive. Music is pre-loaded on the phone, and I…