Motorola manages $162 million Q2 profit, turns that frown upside down
It's a good day here, because rather than poor 'ol Sad Moto we get to bust out Happy Moto, as Motorola has released some good news in its Q2 financial report. Earnings were $162 million, up from $26 million this time last year . That sounds like a big jump, but compared to overall sales of $5.4 billion you can see things are still rather tight -- especially since those sales were down from $5.5 billion the year before and all-important mobile device sales figures dropped six percent to $1.7 billion
Categories: Android, Mobile Phone Tags: 2010, because-rather, device, happy moto, intellectual, legal, moto, overall-sales, profit, property, quarterly, sales figures, settlement, these-numbers, time
Proposed class action settlement would let you unlock almost any AT&T handset — except the iPhone
So the good news is that a class action lawsuit out in Cali is on the cusp of coming to a resolution, and the resolution will require AT&T to provide an unlock code for just about any phone it has sold since March 12, 1999 -- in other words, you'll be able to take the phone and use it on any GSM carrier of your choice.
Categories: Mobile Phone, Other Tags: action, class, entry, iphone, lawsuit, lock, phone, settlement
AT&T settles New Jersey ETF case for $18m
Hey, if you're a New Jersey AT&T subscriber and you paid a flat-rate ETF between January 1, 1998 and November 4, 2009, you've got a tiny bit of $18 million coming your way. That's the settlement amount AT&T's agreed to in this latest ETF class action -- as usual in these cases, it's far cheaper for AT&T to just throw out some cash than it is to fully litigate this thing, especially with the FCC breathing down its neck .
Categories: Mobile Phone Tags: att, class action, entry, etf, jersey, lawsuit, litigation, only-the-finest, pro-rated-ones, rate-the-etf, result, settlement, the-litigation, the-settlement
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Categories: Android, htc, Other Tags: facebook, facebook-mobile, google-books, google-mobile, htc, last-10-posts, lines, mobile, settlement, virtualization, windows, wireless
Sprint details proposed $14 million ETF class action settlement
Filed under: Sprint , Misc It's a far cry from the $1.2 billion number that was bandied about at one point, but it looks like Sprint could still be taking a fairly sizable hit over those pesky early termination fees , at least if a proposed class action settlement plays out as it seems likely too. As Sprint itself announced today, the company's reached a $14 million settlement in the case, which will be placed in a common fund to be distributed accordingly to all the parties involved, which is where you come in (assuming you're a current of former Sprint, Nextel, or Sprint Nextel customer, that is).
Categories: Android, BlackBerry, htc, Mobile Phone, nintendo, Other Tags: classaction, classactionlawsuit, early termination fees, engadget, htc, settlement, sprintnextel