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Motorola taps former employee for gig as Mobility prez
Moto didn't stray too far from the gene pool to find someone to fill the Motorola Mobility president's post, tapping Dan Maloney -- a dude served as the president of Moto's Home and Networks Mobility business before his most recent role as CEO of electronic component supplier Technitrol. When he starts clocking in at Motorola next month, he'll be tasked with helping to prep the company for its upcoming split, after which he'll be serving as president of the independent venture right under CEO Sanjay Jha. Not to say anything negative about Technitrol... but sure, we can see how that might be a little more exciting of a gig. Follow the break for Motorola's press release.
Intel exec speaks the obvious: first-time buyers aren't going for netbooks
Intel's chief sales and marketing officer Sean Maloney wants you to know something you probably already figured out on your own. "Netbooks are predominantly... a second or third purchase from someone who's already got a notebook," he suggested today at the company's Technology Fair event, further extrapolating with an anecdote of him watching people in China retail shops skipping the portables and going straight to more capable notebooks. "The first time you buy something, you want the real deal. It's a human behavior thing... it's [the same] all around the world." It's an admission of processing power and capability, but of course Intel still wants you interested in ultra-thin computers with more capability -- and either way, the chip manufacturer gets a share of the profits, so it's essentially a win-win.
