In 1998, we acquired Howmedica, Pfizer's medical devices division.
The profitable side of Motorola is decidedly less well known than the mobile devices division.
In the mobile devices division, sales fell 22percentto to $3.3 billion.
Recently, Motorola's mobile devices division held a "town hall" meeting at company headquarters.
"It's not a technology market anymore," said Robbie Bach, president of Microsoft's entertainment and devices division.
"The key difference is that we simplified the interface," said Ed Suwanjindar, a product manager with Microsoft's mobile devices division.
Elop will now join Microsoft to run its devices division, and is now the heir apparent at the company.
The entertainment and devices division is in the black but hasn't yet come close to recouping its cost of capital.
Microsoft's entertainment and devices division, which includes Kinect and Xbox, grew by 55 percent, to about $3.7 billion.
Mr. Dell hired Ronald G. Garriques, a Motorola executive vice president in charge of that company's mobile devices division, to run Dell's global consumer division.
Mr. Zheng's top deputy, Hao Heping, the director of the medical devices division, accepted cash, expensive golf memberships and a Honda Accord.
