Saturday, July 31, 2010

HTC Android 2.2 Froyo:Out in the Markets

HTC Android 2.2 Froyo:It was previously said to be that it will be released in mid July 2010 but now the board of directors decided to release it in August 2010 starting, that is really a good news. HTC has made it very clear that they are going to roll out the Android 2.2 (Froyo) to the phones HTC Desire, HTC Droid Incredible and HTC Evo 4G.

According to the news the lucky ones would be the HTC Desire holders, as the Android 2.2 (Froyo) going to rool out for HTC Desire in August, which means earlier than the remaining HTC phones. The remaining HTC phones HTC Droid Incredible and HTC Evo 4G are getting Froyo in December before Christmas.

Motorola sells 2.7 million Androids in Q2

Motorola is coming up on its first year of Android sales (the original Droid was released November 2009) and has a 2.7 million unit quarter to show for it. That's largely inline with the 2.69 million expected by analysts. As a comparison, Apple (AAPL) took six quarters to pass those numbers with its iPhone and iPhone 3G.

Motorola (MOT) shipped 8.3 million phones overall in the quarter which was above Motorola's forecasts and Analyst expectations of 8.13 million. That total is down from last quarter's 8.5 million but Android is significantly up from 2.3 million.

Motorola makes a lot more money per Android Smartphone than it does for 'dumbphones' so many will view this as a net positive for the company and the stock is up in morning trading. Verizon's (VZ) Droid X from Motorola sales didn't figure into these numbers as it was released after the quarter had closed.

Motorola will be split off into two companies next year.

Motorola Ships 2.7 Million Android Phones In Q2, Below Expectations (MOT, GOOG)

Motorola's Android smartphone business is growing, but not as quickly as some analysts had projected.

The company said today that it shipped 2.7 million smartphones in Q2, up from 2.3 million in the first quarter.

But that was below recently raised expectations of 3.2 million from Morgan Stanley's Ehud Geldblum, and 3.1 million from Citi's Jim Suva.

The Reuters consensus was 2.7 million smartphone shipments, so it's not terrible, but Motorola barely met -- and certainly did not exceed -- base expectations for the line that is the future of the company.

(Meanwhile, Motorola's overall mobile phone shipments -- 8.3 million handsets -- was higher than many expected due to strong "dumb" phone sales. But smartphones are what matters, because of their higher revenue and profitability.)

More important is this current quarter, now that Motorola's new flagship Android smartphone, the Droid X, has shipped. Citi's Suva is expecting 3.8 million smartphones shipped in Q3 for Motorola.

Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/g/a/2010/07/29/businessinsider-motorola-ships-27-million-android-phones-in-q2-below-expectations-2010-7.DTL#ixzz0vKQ76jpc