Confirmed: Motorola to Lay Off 4,000
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Motorola plans to hand pink slips to 4,000 workers, 3,000 of which will come directly from the handset unit, according to Engadget, confirming an earlier story from Tuesday.
The report said that the news comes along with a preliminary fourth quarter earnings estimate of a 7 to 8 cent per share loss. The current word is that Motorola plans to focus on Google’s Android operating system as a platform for future smartphones, in lieu of Windows Mobile (which currently powers the Q9m, Q9c, and the Q9h).
Motorola hasn’t had a hit cell phone since the original RAZR in 2004; since then, the company has focused on churning out dozens of varieties of RAZRs and RAZR-like models, and produced a somewhat revamped successor. The Q line was modestly successful but not a home run for the company.
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