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Motorola Corp. [MOT
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"The revolution of product and application service offerings is going to start to crack open the enterprise door and could pose a risk for BlackBerry," Citi analyst Jim Suva told investors in a note.
He cut RIM two notches to "Sell" from "Buy" and raised Motorola to "Buy" from "Hold."
Suva sees three trends that may allow Motorola to find openings: More companies are allowing workers to choose their own work phones. More phones allow companies to control rules and programs related to work while leaving non-work functions and information alone. And marketing hype is likely to shift away from BlackBerry as Verizon Wireless [VZ
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Verizon introduced the Droid last week and it goes on sale Friday for about $200. The new phone is part of a turnaround effort at Motorola that centers on smart phones powered by Google Inc.'s [GOOG
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The marketing attention focused on the Droid and other Android phones is also likely to hurt Palm Inc. [PALM
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Motorola rose 40 cents, or 4.7 percent, to $8.97 in midday trading, while RIM fell $3.16, or 5.4 percent, to $55.57.
Palm shares were up 9 cents to $11.70.
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