Motorola Reports 100K DROIDs Sold in Opening Weekend
Filed under: Cell Phones It’s been a very, very, very, very, long time since Motorola had a legitimate hit on its hands. In fact, ever since the release of the RAZR in 2003, the company — which had been the driving force behind the mobile industry for 20 years — has been steadily sliding into obsolescence. But, if sales numbers for the highly anticipated DROID are a good predictor, the company that sold the first commercially available cell phone is slowly crawling its way back into a place of significance. In the DROID’s first weekend of availability, Motorola says it sold 100,000 units. Sure, that’s no iPhone (An estimated 1 million units were sold the weekend following the 3GS’s launch.), but it is double of what the Palm Pre sold in its first weekend . In fact, Motorola expects to sell over 1 million Android -powered handsets ( Cliq and DROID being the only models currently available) in the fourth quarter. In addition, the company’s stock rose slightly due to news of the DROID’s successful opening weekend. Market analyst Mark McKechnie, of Broadpoint AmTech, Inc., called the first few days “encouraging” when speaking to Bloomberg . So, are we seeing the renaissance of this once-great handset maker? Possibly. Having gotten overwhelmingly positive reviews of the device , and boasting the power of ” the network ” and Google , Motorola certainly has a real contender in its corner. [From: Bloomberg , via Engadget ] Motorola Reports 100K DROIDs Sold in Opening Weekend originally appeared on Switched on Tue, 10 Nov 2009 14:34:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Read
