Even with some solid improvements, Motorola could find its smartphone position tough to preserve, with a host of Chinese brands, including Huawei and ZTE staking out similar turf. And, of course, it's not just its products that make Motorola something of a tweener. The company itself is in an intermediate state, in the process of being sold to Lenovo by current owner Google.
Aiming to show itself as a significant innovator, Motorola on Thursday spent hours taking legions of journalists through its Chicago headquarters. It offered detailed briefings on each of the new products and their origins as well as a tour of the company's research labs at the Merchandise Mart in downtown Chicago.
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Motorola also showed its commitment to devices that accompany the smartphone. In addition to the Moto 360 watch, the company also showed off an external battery that doubles as a lost-phone finder, as well as the Moto Hint, a futuristic voice-activated Bluetooth headset that will go on sale later this year for $149.
—By Ina Fried, Re/code.net.
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