Motorola posts quarterly loss of $80m

No Android hits equals dismal results.

Two years ago, Moto was on the up having re-engineered its device unit around Android. It achieved some success with its Droid range – especially among patriotic Americans – but it failed to sustain this and today's results reflect just how badly.

Motorola shipped 10.5m  devices, including 5.3m Android phones and tablets, in Q4 2011, down from 11.3 million in the fourth quarter of 2010.

The figures showed that tablet sales were negligible with only 200,000 Xooms and Xyboards sold in Q4.

In 2011 as a whole, Motorola shipped 42.4 million devices, up from 37.3 million devices shipped in 2010. That delivered a loss of $249 million on $13 billion in revenue, up from an $86-million loss on $11.5 billion in revenue in 2010.

Of course, Moto is now a Google company (or will be, when the $12.5bn deal is approved), and industry insiders are waiting to see this will affect its strategy.