The Secrets Behind the Making of the Motorola Droid Are Revealed

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Believe it or not the Droid has impressed us a lot and we’re not the only one to praise it. Everyone is talking about the phone and many people are really envious to see that only Verizon Wireless customers are going to get it. But what lies behind Motorola’s new found success? What has Moto done in order to come back from the dead and reclaim its rightful place among the top cell phone makers out there? What don’t we know?

There’s only one answer for that. The company has hired Sanjay Jha as co-chief executive in 2008 and he managed to pull off a miracle. Last year Motorola was literally drowning. The company failed to launch any hot phone and the expected financial losses materialized soon enough. Mr. Jha, a former chip designer at Qualcomm who managed to go all the way up to number 3 executive, has decided to take significant action.

What did he do that was so amazing? He reorganized Motorola’s mobile division. Dazzled by Rick Osterloch, a Motorola engineer working on Android, Mr. Jha decided quickly that Android could be a winner solution. He was not afraid to dump Symbian when he realized that Moto wasn’t going to launch an impressive Symbian phone soon. Then he was literally forced to terminate any Windows Mobile plans as Microsoft kept delaying the new OS. The only alternative left was for Motorola to rely on Android. And it was a winner move! Mr. Osterloch and his team proved to be the winner asset of Motorola.

While all this was happening, Verizon contacted Motorola and asked for ideas for a “long ball play for the fourth quarter” of 2009. And Mr. Jha delivered various prototypes. That’s when the Sholes was chosen by Verizon officials. Naturally Motorola has started to pick up the pace and the phone was made. The Droid, that’s what Verizon decided to call it this spring after Verizon’s CEO Lowell C. McAdam tested a prototype unit, was to become one of the most successful Android phones to be made so far.

The engineering team behind the Droid did a remarkable job at assembling a phone capable of fighting the iPhone. And the fact that Motorola can now fight against Apple is something that neither of us could have predicted. Everyone expects to see Motorola cash in on the Droid and Verizon is certainly happy to see all the buzz build around the device. We’re not going to go into specs and details of the Droid but we’re just going to applaud this story and Mr. Jha in particular. It looks like all you need is vision and guts to pull a stunt like this. From now on we will expect even hotter phones from Motorola! And maybe Sony Ericsson should tune in and follow the link below. They certainly have a thing or two to learn about getting back in the game!