Motorola - Switching Industries
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 19 ม.ค. 2021
- Motorola has been a major part of multiple industries. Their business has changed so many times over the past century that I doubt most people understand the full extent of it. This video talks about how important they've been to all these different areas.
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As a few have pointed out, the first Apple computers did not use Motorola microprocessors. They used MOS Technology 6502, which was inspired my Motorola and designed by former engineers from Motorola but NOT made by Motorola. However, they did make the first Macintosh microprocessors. My mistake.
They also made police scanners
Can you do the rise and fall of “The Boy Scouts of America?”
I knew all of what you said... but I am also 51 and a Ham Radio Operator and sold Beepers in the 80s and a Retired I.T. Tech that owns EliteGeeks.com
@@blackspider9561 they made most of the Police Radios too. Often the HAM Radio Operators converted old Police Radios to use on their own Repeaters... which Motorola made too lol - they also made a Watch, Baby Camera, Laptops, I had a Droid Bionic that plugged into a Laptop, also a Rugged Laptop for the Military and Security Forces was made, Going WAY WAY Back Motorola also made Vacuum Tubes. They also made Dispatch Consoles, PA systems, Calculators and even Record Players
Why didn't you mention William Lear? He was the man designed and built Motorola's first car radio. I mean this man would eventually start LearJet.
"Instead of trying to fight electricity and swim against the current..."
I approve of that potentially unintended pun.
I’m not going to resist that unintended pun.
Oh my god, how did I not notice that genius pun...
that pun is GENIUS
That pun was pretty shocking
I’m so confused he said batteries were different than electricity but batteries generate a voltage and current, resulting in the flow of power to something in the form of electrons moving which is what electricity is
The Motorola-Google era of smartphones was so exciting. It’s a shame how Google stripped Moto dry of their patients and still never had the Pixel live up to its potential.
Google is always full of big ideas and plans, and always ends up either bored or just doesn't care to see things through to the end. Tons of products and services I enjoyed were bought out by them and Google left them stagnant and eventually closed them.
Your RIGHT About That
@@sirflimflam and it’s all a result of a bad management structure.
Brand new projects get more funding and praise. So working on an existing project seems like a punishment in the corporate culture. So no one wants to put the time in to tying everything together, as they all want to get their pet project named the new hot product.
IMO it’s the main thing the other tech giants have against Google: they all do a better job of integrating their services and experiences. Like Apple Pay being available in (almost?) all apps on iOS. Meanwhile in Android land, I only see Google Pay as an option in one or two apps I use, and half the time I try them the payments failed anyway.
I think the Moto-X did so poorly it kind of killed that venture.
I had a Pixel 4XL and actually dumped it and went with a Motorola One Action. Pixel Battery life is horrible, and the controls are wanky.
Interesting to be watching this on a Moto.
Same
Same
Here to be that one samsung guy
Weirdos
same
The fact that they foresaw the second world war and the need for wireless communication. Then developed the tech in time for the war. Only for it to become one of the most iconic pieces on battlefield gear for the US military during the war, is some serious foresight.
They’ll always be the flip phones of the 00’s to me
I'm on the new Razr right now haha
@@RelicRS same. The 5g? It's not for everyone but I love the screen on the front
I went with the z flip. Great phone.
I agree with this statement. When I think flip phones, I think Motorola.
@@killingtime4444 Yep - everyone who I showed it to loved it and is jealous tbh haha. The camera blows compared to my previous phone (Pixel 2 XL) and the fact that there is only one speaker for watching content sucks as well. Besides those two things, I love it so much
Motorola jumping from industry to industry: "Parkour!"
EXTREME PARKOUR!!!!
This comment is about to blow up.
This comment about a comment about a comment about a comment is going to blow up big brain
Nintendo and Motorola = true parkour experts :D
Hilarious..
Had a Motorola Razr as my first phone with the “Hello Moto” ringtone. Simpler times
Ohhh boy, smacked over my memory jar
Good times
Could it take pics?
@@dannydaw59 it sure could, very poor quality though
@@GtotheC88 They looked great back in the day tho
Had a couple it high school. They didn't seem to last very long but i loved them
We are still waiting for a requested video!
*"TH-cam - Why they're hated"*
He would be deplatformed for that
they are hated?
Mostly by people that don't understand copyright laws and why even the best classifier may fail even if its precision and recall is much higher than that of any group of human experts and other imbecils that don't understand the logistics behind such a massive video sharing platform
We already know why they're hated.
@@patternwhisperer4048 most of what people hate about TH-cam is the algorithm. Just ask literally any small youtuber
“Hello Moto”
I thought they were Japanese for the longest time due to those commercials. Such a distinctive pronunciation.
Robot voice: "Droid"
“Go against the CURRENT, go with the FLOW”... your tone made it sounds like those puns were unintentional, but I have to wonder if they actually were. XD
Their involvement with the moon landing surprised me the most.
We still issue and use, almost EXCLUSIVELY, Motorola vehicle and handheld radios in the first responder field.
Cop buddy of mine loves to say: "You can outrun Ford. You can outrun Chevy. You can't outrun Motorola."
Plus here we still have Motorola Pagers in Fire and EMS, and our apparatus is all Motorola so is our portable radios
yeah i was a little disappointed when company man didnt talk about that.
Have you heard of the Uniden UV350 ? It is a firstnet approved LMR
@@tyler-iy4jk Do you have a link for it?
Not gonna lie, motto makes amazing budget smartphones these days
It's lenovo not the original Motorola
@@dermicool2011 then why does it say hello motto
@@daviemorrison8514 branding
Are we not gonna talk about how savage that was to call your competitor and tell them you won the race on the first ever cell phone.
I did talk about that.
It was bold but not THAT savage. The two men were at least professional acquaintances if not friends. They knew each other. Marty IS due all the credit for his involvement. Very smart guy.
@@companyman114 It’s like a rhetorical question lol. You mentioned it in the video but he was surprised that no one else thought it was as cool as he did. It’s a way to bring attention to a part of the video he thought was cool, but wasn’t sure everyone else felt the same way.
Just wanted to clear up confusion haha :)
motorola is sucha underappreciated innovative company...
Fun fact: the cell phone shown on the thumbnail is in a museum right now.
Which museum?
@@kittykittybangbang9367 Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago
I know one of the inventors of the Motorola Razr and his youngest daughter is married to one of my best friends. Man is a genius.
I was most surprised to hear that they invented walkie talkies.
I actually still have an ancient Motorola analog "bag phone" cell phone that my mother used in the 1990s. It has a handset attached by cord to a base piece, with a separate heavy battery. All contained in a handsome leather bag the size of a purse to carry around. This was back when people called them "car phones" lol.
Those ones were interesting because, as you may have guessed, those units were just carphone units with a big battery stuck on (instead of running off the car battery). They got terrible reception because the circuitry was designed expecting the aerial on top of the car. But that same product line led directly to the first brick phone, the DynaTAC. Which worked a lot better and was a lot easier to carry (despite how chunky they look to us today...)
I remember selling the Bag Phone for .01 with a new cellular contact or the customer could upgrade to the MicroTac for $25 back in 1994 at an electronics store. I remember customers stating that the Bag Phone was sufficient as they couldn't see themselves carrying a cell phone around all day.
I had a bag phone that I carried around in the vehicle just for emergencies. I never thought I would want a small phone to carry around on my person. I was told back then that the bag phones were higher wattage and got out further. Living in somewhat rural America the phone with the longer range sounded better to me. I miss that ol’ phone.............NOT!
The best part of Wednesday honestly
This and re:zero
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Yeah
Same fam, same
It is Wednesday, my dudes.
You forgot to mention that they either are or were the largest manufacturer of public safety radio systems - police, fire, etc. That is probably one of their biggest markets these days.
One of the things they sell?... Pagers!!!! So no they don't stop making pagers in 2001
They were basically first in almost every communication tech in existence. I only knew about the cellphones and walkie-talkies, everything else was a surprise. They basically started the game
Most surprised that you didn't mention that they supplied 100's of thousands of radios to the county, state and local police.
And they still make public safety pagers (Ie. Minitor 6 is the newest)
When my dad was Fire Chief all of their radios and scanners were Motorola along with the bag phone he used to swap between vehicles
He talked about radios a lot
We use Motorola radios in film all the time to this day
Hence the old saying "you can out run the crown vic but you cant out run the Motorola"
Something to mellow out to and learn with at the same time.
I'm genuinely still surprised that their reboot of the Razr that they released just a year or so ago didn't take off, both for nostalgia's sake and the fact that it's a foldable smartphone
I needed this video. I've been struggling with a gaming business I opened up a few months back and seeing these guys pivot and reinvent themselves gave me a lot of inspiration ! Thanks Company Man
Hope it goes well
@@jetainzedan7946 Thanks
Motorolla used to be a huge defense contractor and even helped develop communications equipment along with Lockheed Martin for NASA. Their biggest milestone to date is the Small Deep Space Transponder that was first used on Deep Space 1 and recently on the Mar Curiosity rover.
Wireless was Mot's specialty. read up on their sattelite phone service - Iridium.
@@h.mandelene3279Iridium was Moto’s magnum opus is disastrous ventures. I correctly predicted that it would be a bust.
@@zz-nc5kx Mot pulled an IBM - " come on, buy a bulky phone that doesnt look cool, that nobody else has, that has bad reception if not in site with the satellites, and all for a high high price when you could just stick with your current cheap cell phone...
Interested???
It may have been good tech but they did a lousy attempt to make it popular- just like OS2 - limited software, no users, for $300+ when u get Windows included on your PC....
@@h.mandelene3279 It took too long to develop. By the time they got it running it was already obsolete.
God I remember the good old days like 2006-2008 back when we thought the Razor Flip Phones were the coolest thing due to their size and that they had a camera in them
I actually have a Motorola smartphone, it's absolutely the best phone I've ever had. It has an absurd battery life, lasting around two days on a single charge.
Same I have a Moto G power 2020, and battery life is near 3 days on light usage.
Exactly, I use the G9 and the battery and screen and honestly everything is either better or on par with most thousand dollar phones, and it cost me 300 nzd
how is the camera?
@@inyrui nice i use a moto g fast and its asowme i told my mom to buy it too and she did she loves thaat phone
@@inyrui I would say it is good but not the absolute best but good for the price and I know some of their phone prioritize different things like some focus more on battery or camera.
My dad had a motorola pager back in the early 80's for his hospital administrator job. I didn't know pagers were around in the 60's.
The technology behind pagers(at least the 1st generations) is quite simple compared to cell phones. It's basically a radio listening to a big central antenna and throw a beep when it recognize its "code".
did your dad sometimes call it his "Beeper"? that is a throwback to the original system..
@@lajya01 at some point they started renting bandwidth on FM radio transmitting towers..that way they could cover a much larger areas...
@@MickeyMousePark Beeper was also the name of the doctor in CaddyShack.
“ I don’t mean to laugh”
Mannnn that was funny as hell ... battery company selling battery eliminators that killed their company 😂😂
I see their thinking, catering for both markets.. It didn't work but certain brands failed due to not doing this. A famous one being Kodak not embracing digital cameras quickly enough due to fear of dropping film revenue. Had they done so I'm guessing they would have flourished.
This should be called "much bigger than you think"
It's unfortunate prominent electrical engineers who made these innovations don't get recognition
Chris Galvin drove this company into the ground
I knew about the history of motorola, I tried an motorola smartphone 3 years ago and bought another one one year later.
I like the history of the brand even if it's owned by lenovo this day.
If I say to people that my phone is an motorola they cringe and look weird at me. But living with one is the best choice I Made sinds coming of an high end South Korean manufacturer.
Keep up the good work!💪
Nothing more satisfyingly than the sound of closing a Motorola flip phone
Perfectly timed, as all things should be.
I have one of the new Motorola phones, and honestly, they're great. The performance and specs of it are far better than even the top iPhones, and mine was about $260.
ikr i use an moto g fast for 80 bucks
Doubt it
That's Motorola for yea.
That's just not true lmao. I'm an android fan and I still admit that iPhone has some of the best hardware, and most efficient use of it out of most smartphones. There's a reason they cost more, the parts just straight up are higher quality
@@grantsdad177 I can't remember all specs but ik for a fact the battery is better than iPhone 12
‘The best way to tell people to buy a television is on television!’ -Motorola
this is like running adds for audio equipment on the radio..listen to how good our system is..hmm sounds like crap since my current radio is a cheap radio...
@@MickeyMousePark like 4k tv ads
My father worked for Motorola here in Brazil in the 90's in the semiconductor division. It was a wonderful Company to work for, we had all sorts of benefits, great health insurance and as a kid I remember all the super nice company family parties.
As the video says, the sold their division to ON and shutdown the office in Brazil. My father ended up opening a representation for ON in Brazil, but a couple years later they cancelled the representation to favor another office. Those were scary days, but luckily my father found other clients and still has the representation and he is doing fine.
Wow! Had no idea. Super cool. They were instrumental in history.
big chungus
How could you possibly have made this comment 20 hours ago?
@@xanderpearson731 patreon
@@xanderpearson731 He’s likely a Patron that got early access to this video before it went public just now.
Here he is guys , the time traveler
Im 21 and just thought of EMergency Radios & Walkie Talkies. lol
I’m 21 and I thought of cell phones and walkie talkies
Same
I’m 26 and I thought of the RAZR like he said 😅
My Grandad started an electrical wholesaling co. in the '20's and when my Dad took over he went after Motorola to be a dealer. Grew up with Quasar tvs and microwaves. use to unload boxcar after boxcar at the warehouse for a summer job. As soon as Matsushita bought the Quasar brand, they moved all manufacturing to Japan, shutting down several factories in Ontario and Illinois. Some say that was the beginning of the end of consumer electronics production in North America. My father was always conflicted by that. I received his ring upon his passing given to him by Motorola for being distributor of the year in '74. Big gold thing with the '74 logo and 3 diamonds. Looks almost like a secret society ring.
I'm 57 years old. My first memories of Motorola go back to the 1960s television commercials. They were pushing color TVs with their Quasar label. Their differentiator from other brands was that the Quasar featured "the works in a drawer." Back then, people would call a television repairman to their house to fix the one and only television for the household (and it seems every household needed to have their TV serviced every couple of years or so.) With the "works in a drawer" concept, all the commonly serviced electronics were accessible by a repairman by sliding the speaker/control knobs drawer out from the front of the TV where the tech could diagnose and fix it easily without having to tear the back off the TV and set up a mirror so he could see the screen from back there. This meant that TV downtime was cut to a minimum. Another memory is from watching the old Adam 12 TV show. Stock footage used in every episode showed a picture of the Motorola police radio while the dispatcher's voice was heard. I had a Motorola CB walkie talkie up until a couple years ago when I donated all my CB stuff to Goodwill when I changed homes.
WAIT, WHAT?! Night at the Museum 2 lied to me?! Joey Motorola didn't create the company?!
Impossible, the flawless documentary that was Night at the Museum 2 cannot be soiled by the slander of this channel
0:36 *LIGHTNING LIGHTNING LIGHTNING*
Phly what are u doing here, keep making wt vids *whip* 😂
When are you gonna play Project Wingman?
phuckdaily is here
There's definitely a missed opportunity for them to run an ad campaign about all of their historical accomplishments.
My dad had a Motorola flip phone when I was little and it was so cool! I never knew they made things beyond phones :D
I think you missed a big chunk of their business. They make most the the drive thru radio equipment for fast food restaurants.
To be honest, the most surprising thing about Motorola, who I knew had a long history, was where their name came from. Commonplace, but fundamental to their identity!
I really appreciate this video, my dad worked for Motorola for over 20 years and helped engineer the Razr, the success of which he was extremely proud
My dad worked for Motorola for over 20 years and worked with the 2-way radios used for the government. Which like you said, turned into Motorola solutions. Great video! Sent it to my dad who is now retired
I’ll never forget when he demonstrated the radios in my class in elementary school. You could throw them at a wall as hard as you could and it would won’t make a dent.
I also had an ic502 cell phone and it was an absolute brick. Nothing could break that thing
From this it seems they were able to adapt with the technological needs of the times. Being involved in World War II and The Moon Landing is definitely an interesting fact about them
😢😢
Older Generations: Motorola Dynatac
Millennials: Motorola Razr
Younger Generations: Motorola Razr 2
I remember that "Hello Moto" ringtone everyone had lol. I remember they featured on the movie Barnyard.
Great video!! Glad you're still at it!
The reason why Google bought Motorola is to try to beat Samsung into submission
It ain't working.
Apple and Google were in continuous patent fights over Android, so Google bought Motorola Mobility and their cache of patents to add to their return fire against Apple. That's why Google kept all of those patents before selling to Lenovo.
I thought that you made a video on this already.
"Maybe Business Casual"
*It was LGR*
Man, what happened to Business Casual? He stopped making videos about 6 months ago...
@@heliosdelsol probably not enough viewers.
Yup, one of LGR's Tech Tales.
And yes, I kinda miss Business Casual.
I used to watch business casual,maybe it was the new voice that let to decline but the views were still really good,channel was almost about to hit a mil
Business Casual - The Rise and Fall
Yoo, I remember asking for this video a while ago. Highly appreciate you mentioning the 68000 and NXP.
The first time I saw Motorola was on the 1960's cop dramas Dragnet and Adam-12. Their car radios were Motorola. I had a Mac in '94 with a Motorola CPU, a Micro-Tac flip phone and pager in '98, and a razor in '07. I also was aware of their part in the Apollo missions I watch when I was quite young. I watch the moon landing with my Pop that hot July day in Chicago, IL. I was 6 years old and I'll never forget how everyone talked about it. That and the original Star Trek series piqued my interest in science, and particularly, electronics. I've repaired computers for 30 years and Motorola used be a real big name in anything radio. Nice video and brought back a flood of memories.
I Just Wanna Love you - Jay Z
“Only way to roll, Jigga and two ladies
I’m too cold Motorola, two way page me!”
Motorola really is a special company. They changed history. Multiple times. Can't believe we all forgot about them.
Company Man videos have become a highlight of my Wednesday.
It’s become a tradition for me! Every Wednesday I’ll eat pizza and listen to company man! Such an amazing channel.
I’ve always really liked Motorola. They’ve always had very good products. My first cell phone was not a Motorola but my first “cool” cell phone that was trendy was a pink Motorola Razr. I thought I was such a boss bitch when I was a kid for owning that phone
You were, in fact, a boss bitch for having that phone 😂
Everyone got at least 5 of those moto razr 2020 commercials when it came back. They tried so hard.
Very well researched video. First thing I knew from them were my dad's Motorola business radios from the 80s. And the "must have" cell phone of the 90s was the StarTAC. Great stuff.
My dad worked for Motorola as a developer. He dipped out when executives hailed Chinese partners in the 90s. Remember the pagers well. Office buildings used to have swimming pools with instructors for children and escalators in the lobby. TX branch
HEY COMPANY MAN IM EARLY FOR ONCE JUST WANTED TO SAY I LOVE YOU BRO🙌
Motorola used to be “the” radio to get in ambulances, cop cars and fire engines. Then other companies sold better products because Motorola wouldn’t fix anything after the product was a few years old. They just wanted you to buy a newer model all the time. No factory help at all. Pretty soon EMS went to other companies. I know this because my husband is heavily involved in EMS for over 40 years and he’s been into the electronics for all fleet vehicles.
Leonna, you have to admit.. Buy once. Cry once. To date APX is the most robust subscriber when put against would be competitors.
My uncle worked there in the early 2000's! He was also the only person I ever knew who had a zune and swore by it
😂
My first phone was a Motorola Cingular phone that I got from a Barbie MyScene sweepstakes. Then I had the Razr in middle school. Then the Droid set me on the path to being an avid Android over Apple user. So Motorola has a special place in my heart.
To show "MY" age, I remember Tandy Computer with Motorola chips, how about that!! (Gosh I feel really old now) 😣🤦♂️
You forgot computers! Pretty minor but in the mid 90s when Apple licensed the Mac OS, Motorola made Mac Clones branded Star Max. I saw one once when I worked at the Motorola Semiconductor Products Sector back in the day.
I found it funny that Mot while making CPUs for apple, used windows computers in the company.
This guy needs more subs, 1m isnt enough
These videos are oddly inspiring. As an entrepreneur myself I find inspiration in these stories of rags to riches. Hard work goes a long way!
I'm watching this on a Motorola phone right now
Same
Same a Moto G Power 2020
@@CommodoreFan64 I have the moto g7 power XD
@@christianbegg3265 I had a G7 plus before, but I was watching my great nephew who was 1 1/2 at the time, and he knocked it off my coffee table and cracked the screen so I decided to upgrade late last year, and got a G power 2020 for well under $150 USD, and love it!!
Sounds like Motorola could have been the American Samsung but they were either too early for that kind of dominance or they didn't get help from their government like Samsung would.
I had a Motorola RAZR. I loved their exclusive PINK colors. What a dumb color to make exclusive, and I loved it. I didn't know the company was so old.
Huge fan of the channel man, keep up the good work
The most surprising fact is that I always thought that this comoany was Japanise
Lol and where you though samsung and lg china LOL Jk
On the name alone, it doesn’t sounds American or English
For me I thought the company was either from East Asia or Scandinavia.
@@Dan71D speak English
It's because the "hello moto" catchphrase was always said with an accent
Well my day just got better!
It will get even better if you put on some Chris Webby
I was most blown away because I finally realized why walkie talkies are called "walkie talkies"...
It's been a very enlightening eventful day..
Quite comprehensive content. Kudos!
I just missed some details on their logo, which has endured so long it almost seems like a final design. I wonder about the creative process behind it.
I remember when the razor was the most sought after phone before the iPhone 📱 Crazy times. ..
I do love me some Motorola TV... And Laraine Day!
Waiting for the company man YTP
@@TallyWackaTha2nd That will be amazing
"See my breasts on a Motorboaterola."
- Laraine Day, Motorola TV ad from 1950s.
Thanks for all the history, I didn't realise they were that prevalent in so many businesses. I used Motorola hand held and base radios in the military and they were tough and reliable in the 1970s.
For me, Motorola will always be about two-way radios and cellphones. I've carried a Motorola walkie talkie and had a Spectra mobile radio in my truck, and a Motorola phone in my pocket, and it was simply the best thing you could get at the time. Motorola phones running on Qualcomm chips are like peanut butter and jelly. They still dominate the two-way radio industry and Lenovo has kept the brand alive in cellphones. One industry glossed over was the cable modem branch. They also make DSL modems plus cable TV set top boxes. That made Motorola a huge player in the spread of broadband home internet and how people watched TV. And again, I think the importance was skipped on the 68000 microprocessor. That thing powered the vast majority of arcade games in the 70s and 80s and thus can be said to be the father of what we play now. Successfully emulating the 68000 on Intel PCs is what directly led to the "retro game" craze of today. Without the 68000, a LOT of this would never have happened, or at least been a lot harder.
When I'm done watching this vid, I'll be folding my phone to close it out for dramatic impact. 🙃
I had a Motorola pager, so that's what I think of when I hear the name.
Decent video! Thanks for uploading!
I always find it fun to hear about what companies own what semiconductor manufacturer, I work in the industry but all I see is the actual manufacturer name on the jobs I work on, so I've known NXP or Freescale for a while but never knew it was a Motorola company lol
currenty using motorola one vision. great phone
Nah, I'm 74 and still consider you one of my "contemporaries."
Sir! The two way pager! That was the first thing I’ve ever texted on and it was by Motorola as well. Love your videos! Keep it up. ❤️
I didn’t know about their batteries, eliminators, and TVs.. Such a massive bit of tech history there. Well done.
I went to the bathroom to poop and saw this video. I work at Motorola solutions we work on police body cams in my department
When talking about semiconductors... You might want to look into Texas Instruments
Think he did a video about that several years ago. th-cam.com/video/EuU9gXb0XJM/w-d-xo.html
@@tds-wy9fx you're right! I completely forgot haha. Wonder why he didn't mention it in this video
I became aware of Motorola making the processors for Apple computers around 1990 or so. Then my very first cell phone in 1997 was a Motorola, and I remember being surprised to learn that they made cell phones. I had no idea of their long history before the computer processors, though.
Hey man , I just wanted to say i really enjoy your videos , even thou a lot of them are brands that I don't even know because I am from Egypt , I still really enjoy them.