Daily Archives: June 23, 2009

Motorola Appears Destined to Remain Also-Ran in Smartphone Derby

I cannot argue with TheStreet.com’s Scott Moritz’s grim prognosis for Motorola in the smartphone marketplace.

Apple and RIM are well entrenched as players at the high end of the market, with the Palm Pre making a quixotic bid for mindshare and market share. Meanwhile, the midrange of the market is crowded with largely undifferentiated players, many of which are adopting Google’s Android as their operating system.

Unfortunately for Motorola, that’s where it finds itself.