Congratulations To Motorola!
One friend of Phandroid also happens to be a Wall Street Journal subscriber and gave us a heads up on this: In the Marketplace section (B6) is a full page Motorola advertisement for the CLIQ and the Droid. It features quotes from sources around the web which comment on the two phones and it looks like people care what your phavorite android site has to say:
I wanted to include this for a few reasons:
- We’ve come a LONG way in the past 2 years, from random blog to authoritative source, and I want to thank all the readers who were along for the ride and helped us get here.
- I’m not above a little self-back patting (pat-pat)!
- Motorola really does deserve a congrats
Not too long ago we were talking about Motorola’s handset division going under. Being spun off. Folding. Whatever you want to call it. Not only have they revived themselves, they’re now quite literally sitting on top of the smartphone world and probably helping Verizon make hundreds of millions of bucks in addition to what they’re raking in themselves. Take a look at the platform percentages and keep in mind that only Motorola Android Phones are currently running Android 2.0+… crazy right?
It started with the CLIQ, has moved to the DROID and now everyone has their eye on what Motorola will do next. They’ve already made their 2009 and just like the RAZR, their DROID/MILESTONE line will probably be profitable for at least a couple years to come simply with hardware upgrades and the mandatory Android releases.
But it isn’t just about the CLIQ or DROID. It’s about a change in thinking. It’s about a company who was BEHIND the curve committing to being IN FRONT of the curve. And now they’re riding the wave of ideology that they fully embraced. Out with the old and in with the new. And for Sanjay Jha and Motorola, Android is the new.
It’s exciting to see where Motorola is now… and even more exciting to see where they’ll take us next. The “Congratulations” in that WSJ ad couldn’t be more sincere – they’ve come a LONG way in the past 12 months and deserve a LOT of credit. I only wish I could see what their bot has on his New Year’s Resolution list!