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    Motorola Is Officially Junk

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    Image of VNSROCK VNSROCK
    12/06/08

    In reply to Motorola Is Officially Junk
    I'm no fan of Moto's software (but Verizon has compounded the issue). Having said that, I have found Moto's phones something Samsung, LG, etc., are not...WELL BUILT.
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    12/06/08

    @VNSROCK: I'll have to agree with you on that. Moto's software is shit. I hate the interface, but Moto has rather good build quality, albeit some of their stuff have a few things I don't like (like the flat flush keys of the Razr and the sort). But they're far nicer than Samsungs and LG's. Even the Motorola Sidekick is the best-built SK that T-Mobile's offered.
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    12/05/08

    In reply to Motorola Is Officially Junk
    I work at Motorola.


    I will print this out and post it ALLLLLLL over.


    Oh in exchange for my soul they pay me well. (just sayin...)


    But did you know they make tons doing government things like hand/finger scanners and radios and stuff that is not trying to be iPhone-esque like the Krave?


    I wonder if they will still split the company, because flashy consumer handset division is the real problem...as we all know.

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    Image of Ypoknons Ypoknons
    12/05/08

    In reply to Motorola Is Officially Junk
    That's just debt, they could use cashflow or equity. And its not exactly rare during credit crisis.
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    Image of Hello Mister Walrus Hello Mister Walrus
    12/05/08

    @Ypoknons: Debt ratings directly measure the chance that a company will default. It's actually pretty bad when a large company like Motorola gets cut to junk. Morgan Stanley, for instance, is still investment grade, and it came within a heartbeat of becoming the next Lehman brothers - twice in the past two months.


    The problem with equity financing is that Motorola's stock is now so cheap (down about 75% this year), that they would have to give away huge chunks of the company to raise significant capital. It would also dilute the stock further. All this is assuming that they can even find enough people to buy equity in a distressed company.


    Anyway, Motorola has been tanking for some time. It's pretty obvious, even without the S&P rating. We can probably expect some big mergers and acquisitions in the first half of 2009.

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    Image of Cankles Cankles
    12/05/08

    In reply to Motorola Is Officially Junk
    Also, and sorry if this is entirely inappropriate, but I do not like the new font being used on Gawker. It's surprisingly hard to read, especially for us speed readers.
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    Image of SwapMeet SwapMeet
    12/05/08

    @Incognito:


    +1 on you there. I shrunk the font in Firefox and it's helped a little bit, but I think I liked the old font more.

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    12/05/08

    @SwapMeet:
    they're challenging us with ugly... will we win? YES!
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    12/05/08

    @Incognito:


    You are SOOOOOOOOO right.


    So right.


    So right.


    !!!!!

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    Image of scarbrtj scarbrtj
    12/05/08

    In reply to Motorola Is Officially Junk
    Bye-bye Moto.
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