LGR Tech Tales - Motorola: Radio Legacy to Mobile Dominance

This episode covers the origin of Motorola as Galvin Manufacturing, and its eventual split into separate companies. Join me in LGR Tech Tales, looking at stories of technological inspiration, failure, and everything in-between!
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[@ultrahenk]

Amazing that the Motorola logo was introduced as early as 1955. A design classic!

[@jamesslick4790]

I have a late 50's Motorola radio. The logo seems WAY more modern in styling than the radio itself! The combination of the 50's styling AND the logo that's still used today makes the radio seem to be a modern "retro" recreation. - Except it's full of vacuum tubes and it's AM only!

[@FinalBaton]

As a fanatic of retro videogames (and especially SEGA), I will be forever grateful for Motorola's 68000 microprocessor.

[@LGR]

Hear hear!

[@wolfgangervin2582]

Me too

[@wolfgangervin2582]

+Zoe Papillon Yeah what Zoe said.

[@FinalBaton]

Zoe Papillon Yep. And the Capcom CPS-1 and CPS-2

[@Lachlant1984]

Whilst I remember the Motorola ROKR E1, I don't know anything about the Motorola Silver, I've never even heard of that phone before.

[@KamikazeXero]

Between Tech Tales, Thrifts, Reviews, Oddware, and all the other stuff on your channel, I must say you have some of the most consistently great stuff on KZbin...don't change a thing, and keep up the great work! :)

[@LGR]

Thanks a lot!

[@EANTYcrown]

Clint, how are you so awsome? TEACH ME YOUR SECRETS

[@RNorthex]

your videos are just so well scripted and nicely edited it's also just awesome to see your passion towards these old and new techs

[@LGR]

Thank you!

[@yenee94]

What

[@QuinnsIdeas]

I love your Tech Tales man. You are great! I've been subscribed for years on my other channel since your first Sims stuff. You are the only "Simmer" that I still sub to because you make the best content. Not just Sims either as I said I love your Tech Tales videos they are my favorite always very intriguing and well edited. Good Job man never stop!

[@LGR]

Thanks, I'm glad you're still enjoying!

[@okchief420]

I use to live in Chicago and worked for Motorola (97-99) assembling cell phones and repairing them specifically the Star Tac. I handled Michael Jordan's Star Tac when it came in for repair until I was laid off. Fun Fact: If you made it 20 yrs with the company you would become "Galvinized" lol meaning you could not be fired.

[@CptCPT-dl9lh]

You mean you couldn't be laid off? Or you can't be fired?

[@rogehmarbi]

@@CptCPT-dl9lh bet he meant couldn't be laid off. An employee that couldn't be fired would have dire consequences to the company.

[@tburrrg2502]

This is 100% true. Unfortunately all of my friends parents who were galvanized were eventually laid off anyway. A similar practice was put into place at Sears corporate down the street from Motorola, which is extremely interesting considering the rounds of layoffs happening at both companies at the same time. For decade, Schaumburg was hit pretty hard between those two companies!

[@superiodity]

Very interesting video. It's quite sad that Paul V Galvin did so much to advance technology yet hardly anyone knows of him, but people like Steve jobs get so much praise whilst barely doing anything.

[@ajragle]

The world is a DARK PLACE.

[@haydenw4444]

I once heard someone say that Bill Gates invented computers, truly a sad world.

[@karenelizabeth1590]

Motorola processors were used in many Apple products, so they played a role in their success. Steve did a lot of stuff in his life. He was already a legend before the 80s. Buying Pixar, making it successful, returning to Apple, bringing around the iPod, iPhone, iPad... so many things have changed because of his vision. To say that he barely did anything is ridiculous.

[@ganon6207]

Steve Wozniak was better than Steve jobs.

[@frankschneider6156]

+Karen Elizabeth Apple was founded in 1977, so he certainly wasn't a "legend" before the 80ies. Actually it was his problematic personality, which got him fired from his own company Apple. He really only made 4 important things in his life (no and I don't mean betraying his best friend (or better usable idiot in Steve's mind) Woz of his Breakout bonus). - he founded/cofounded Apple, NeXT and Pixar - he turned Apple around - he was a true genius product innovator - he was so smart that he took alternative medicine to fight his pancreas cancer and died of that decision. So he was somewhat like Newton: some stunning achievements, but a disgusting personality.

[@hoangtran4736]

if it weren't for those meddling kids at [insert_competitor_name_here]

[@DFX4509B]

If it weren't for those meddling kids at Intel, whose newly-introduced Pentium line in 1993 started leaving the 68000 series of CPUs in the dust...

[@Bruh-rj5vw]

If it wernt for those meddling kids at fucking Samsung who made the fucking S which took over the world.

[@ElShogoso]

@@DFX4509B Intel got lucky by being cheap enough to be chosen by IBM back in the 8086 days. Their architecture is trash compared to what the 68k had, and the Pentium wouldn't even be a thing if they didn't have the massive PC market giving them enough money. I wonder how things would be if the 68k had been chosen for the IBM PC. Working with OS development for the goddamn awful x86_64 architecture, that would be a dream.

[@DFX4509B]

@@ElShogoso They did kinda swing back at the Pentium with the PPC arch though, which Apple switching to it is probably one of the main reasons they barely scraped by in the '90s while Atari and Commodore went under.

[@AnonymousMultimedia]

If it weren’t for those meddling kids at Nickelodeon these days!

[@CheffBryan]

Please keep making these, Clint!

[@CheffBryan]

nakyer Oops!

[@Arqunited]

I just discovered this series and Im now binged watching ALL OF THEM!! Good stuff!

[@LGR]

Thank you!

[@Dahump286]

SAME

[@JarJarBinks4ever]

Next tech tales video suggestion: The rise and fall of Nokia, or something like that.

[@mr.whimsic6902]

The fall probably destroyed half the world.

[@JarJarBinks4ever]

One time I threw my Nokia phone as high as I could to the air and let it fall down and it was fine.

[@Ninetails2000]

It'd be fun to hear his opinion on the Teletaco....I mean the N-Gage....

[@sarahts21]

I've seen a 3210 used as a hocket puck, smashed to hell and back obviously but still accepted calls.

[@AFnord]

I agree. Nokia has a very interesting history, starting its life making pulp, while another company that would merge into it made rubber (including rubber boots). There's even a story of how a municipality in Finland got rich by forgetting they owned stock in a company that once made rubber boots in there, and then blowing most of the money on a luxury retirement home (a former college's relatives had the chance to spend their final years there, that's why I know about that bit of the story).

[@user_friendly_9388]

Very informative, back in the day when America was in the front of technology! The feeling I get after watching this is that we owe so much to this company!

[@robertwhitley6233]

Starting with a battery company you would think smartphones today would have better battery life.

[@raafmaat]

i have the moto G3, its a fast quad core with 2gb ram, and dude it easily runs for 6 days without charging... so yeah, motorola is one of the few ones with good battery life

[@fedos]

It's a two fold problem: as batteries are getting better phones are consuming more power, and larger capacity batteries are larger but consumers are demanding thinner phones.

[@raafmaat]

fedos im pretty sure if they were to make a phone with a proven battery life of 2 weeks, but having a thicker body, it would still sell well, by now, people have had smartphones for 6years or longer, and pretty much everyone is sick of their phones getting empty even before the workday is over.... so LOADS of people would prefer a slightly thicker phone if this means it has 4 times the battery life or whatever (just example)

[@fedos]

+raafmaat A two week lifetime? Even if that's technically possible the battery would be huge. Yes, I think that the resulting phone would be unwieldy. To say nothing of the cost.

[@raafmaat]

fedos look at it this way: alot of people (especially girls) have thick phone cases around their phone, making their phone like 2 cm thick... so if they were to make a smartphone of arround that size, but keep the inner workings the same as in other phones, they would suddenly EASILY have 4 times the space for battery... but like i said, just an example make it 1 week, or 10 days whatever

[@FarelForever]

"Now to see who you really are! *tears off mask* OLD MAN MOTOROLA?!?!?" Motorola: Yeah, and I would have gotten away with it too, if it wasn't for you meddling kids...... and your apple!

[@fuzzydunlop1753]

But why old man moto? Why did you dress up as the ghost of the stock exchange and tried to scare away day traders? 😂

[@wolfgangervin2582]

The irony here being that Motorola mobility/Lenovo has carved out a respectable niche in the mid-tier Android market, while Nokia.... weeeeeeelll......

[@flmalegre]

Thinkpad inspired phone fucking when, Lenovo

[@cameronswingle]

+Fernando Alegre if I remember rightly there were plans for a high end Lenovo phone to compete with the Surface phone, but since the surface phone never surfaced neither did the Lenovo phone.

[@wolfgangervin2582]

+cameron Swingle Lenovo just announced a line of phablets.

[@y0_jimb0]

Mid-tier? I have the Turbo 2 which as far as I am aware is squarely in the top-tier. Not the top of the top tier obviously, but definitely in there. I actually had no idea that Lenovo had anything to do with it, certainly doesn't say so anywhere on the device.

[@wolfgangervin2582]

+James Hoppe Yeah I guess mid tier would be like nexus 5 or oneplustwo

[@GiuseppeGaetanoSabatelli]

Oh, I don't know. The biggest pattern you notice throughout Moto's history was innovation. First to market with car radios, cell phones, pagers, etc. In 2009, Motorola was one of the first Android adopters other than HTC. Their Droid X was billed as an "iPhone Killer" and while it didn't, was one of the first to adopt the modern style of phones we see today - imagine the physical buttons are the soft buttons of modern Android and 2010's Droid X is pretty much a cell phone of today, dropping the thumbstick/trackball, keypads, and huge 90s/early 00s-style face buttons of the past for a clean candybar design, sharper than the iPhone. Moto was one of the first with always-on OLED heads up display for notifications, controls, time, etc. with the Moto X allll the way back in 2013, something that wouldn't make its way onto Samsung and LG devices until 3 years later. Moto X also added physical gestures like the double-twist for camera, later, karate chop to launch torch, etc. Not to mention always-listening hardware for Google Now, something that had to use OpenMic or other third party applications before, but with much less battery consumption. There's a reason Google purchased Motorola - for their patent portfolio. While I'm not a huge fan of Moto Mods and think it's kind of stupid, it's still... new tech. Plus there's the shatterproof displays on the Moto X Force (Turbo 2) and Moto G Force. What other company is actually innovating with cell phone tech? Samsung has a curved display - that's kind of cool. LG is going to drop a wider screen, I guess. Apple is... well, the same as always. But Motorola pushes through huge sweeping gamechanger features every time. Sometimes they fail or are too soon for the tech to be good. Remember Motorola Atrix? The phone that could be attached to a traditional display+keyboard and be used as a desktop PC. Failed idea. but wait... that's what Microsoft is doing right now with Continuum. Sorry about the rant, but I think the line "but the old school Motorola is long gone" is false.

[@JAGO_Tech]

I owned Moto Droid X 👍

[@HectorManuelHuertaReyes]

Well now we continue with the razr, a great flip phone with new tecnhnology that few are willing to try, only Motorola was brave enough to do this... but if it weren't for those meddling kids at Samsung.. again... well the rest is history. Im really glad that motorola is still on the market and doin great job with their phones... and well lets not forget the first moto g that was on example of doing something awesome in a low cost.

[@ohioplayer-bl9em]

Watching this video on a moto z 2 with the shatter proof screen and the jb audio mod. I have dropped this phone so many times and have never broke the screen. I have had this phone for 5 years.. Although I just use it around the house now as it doesn't have a active phone number so I have to use Wi-Fi it's still awesome. I think the reason they don't make all phones with the shatter proof screen is because they are to durable. Lots of people upgrade when they bust their screen.. it's amazing how much abuse it takes.

[@GiuseppeGaetanoSabatelli]

This comment aged well. I've since used a Z3 and a handful of mods, and just picked up the Moto Edge 2021 this year. Lol. Damn 4 years ago huh. I tried the Nokia 7.1 Plus, the Sony Xperia 1 and the Xperia 1.II, but they just flake out. Assistant trigger flakes out, can't use twist/shake gestures, lacking display features. Motorola is just too good.

[@DarknessViper99]

Man, I remember the Motorola Razr, both of my parents had one in its heyday, makes me think about how far cellphone technology had come.

[@cee128d]

I'm still using one. Best cell phone ever produced.

[@FlintG]

Same, I had the silver one and my mother had the pink one. I do miss it sometimes. I think I still have it somewhere.

[@DarknessViper99]

cee128d Being the materialistic person I am, I much prefer the iPhone 6 I currently have, and I more fondly remembered when my parents got themselves a pair of Blackberry Curves (which I proceeded to let get stolen once handed down to me) instead of the Razr. That being said, did they make different/newer models or something, because looking back at them, they would be horribly outdated today since they were absent of an internet function and such.

[@DarknessViper99]

TheCrimsonDuelist Heh, my parents had the exact same colored pairs, but they were horribly neglected once they switched over to their new phones.

[@cee128d]

+DarknessViper99 There were at least four different models over the years and a couple of sub-models. They did have internet although it worked better if you tethered it to a laptop or tablet. But it's the fewer features (I consider it bloatware) is the exact reason I still use them to this day and it's extremely doubtful that I would ever switch to a dumb phone (my term for iPhones and the like). No virus or malware to worry about, no spying on me, and I can run 3 or 4 days before I have to charge the battery. I just NEED a PHONE to make VOICE calls. I don't have any need (or want) a small computer to do e-mail, texts, surf the web, play music and games, or any of the other crap they put on iPhones. Maybe it's because I'm in my 60's, maybe it's because my eyesight is failing and I can't see enough on the screen to do anything useful, or maybe it's because when I'm out and about I don't want to be distracted by some device ringing every couple of minutes. I have things to do besides being tied to device like that. When I need the internet or e-mail or want to play games it's much easier to do it on a real computer and if I want to listen to music I'll do that on a dedicated music/audio device that doesn't run down my phones battery.

[@qwertzbalken6076]

Who else thinks that the Motorola Logo is pretty cool?

[@maxmetalknight]

even cooler is his evil twin William's Electronics logo

[@kruemmelbande5078]

I. ^^

[@sworded]

perfect for MDxx pills thats for sure

[@Ltulrich]

I always thought it looked like a bat.

[@grasshopper-ln9us]

"M" actually stands for Majin

[@iCatchLupin]

My father worked for Motorola for a lot of my life. This video does a good job summarizing things that were background noise from my father for large portions of my childhood. Thanks for another great vid!

[@random66849]

I was genuinely surprised that anything worthy of note ever happened here in Wisconsin.

[@random66849]

Alright, so it didn't last long...

[@giulianogiordano100]

Watch the video on id software / doom / wolfenstein 3D

[@Yeen125]

Cray supercomputers were (and are still) made in Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin.

[@ProtoMario]

Please, do a video on NEW World Computing. The Might and Magic Series suffered so badly, Might and Magic 9 was almost not completed.

[@imperialus1]

I'd love to see that too.

[@nitrate92]

+ProtoMario Yeah!

[@dynamobeard]

This would be awesome, they made some amazing games, Heroes of Might and Magic 3 being my favorite.

[@ProtoMario]

***** I don't want COD Points, I want Might and Magic X, done right, developed by New World Computing, not fucking ubisoft!

[@AdriftForWeeks]

+ProtoMario hear hear!

[@juliannoordennen1585]

12:13: It looks like they are not going to re-release the razer at all! 2019:

[@mike52787]

Tech tales and Thrifting are my 2 favorite segments on this channel, please never stop making these :)

[@LGR]

No plans to stop! Hope you continue to enjoy!

[@furrymessiah]

Reminds me of the king of Swamp Castle. "Everyone said I was daft to build a castle on a swamp, but I built in all the same, just to show them. It sank into the swamp. So I built a second one. And that one sank into the swamp. So I built a third. That burned down, fell over, and then sank into the swamp. But the fourth one stayed up."

[@SlavTiger]

Ayy another fuzzy nerd!

[@kawatzaki]

Damn I'd become a patreon for Tech Tales alone, regardless of the quality of all your other content. This is beyond Discovery Channel, Nat Geo or whatever, great research, good voice, just awesome. The best of this episode: Nokia DOES make, bomb proof cellphones!

[@kerberos623]

I will forever be greatful for Motorola for making the 68000 cpu chip that made my Amiga computers possible. I also had their neigh indestructible microtac cellphone. Still have a Gp-300 radio that's survived 3 trips though water. And their Motorola Sabre "You can pound bricks with this" radio that used to be used by Navy Seals. It's rocks solid, but weighs accordingly.

[@caturdaynite7217]

I had a microtac. It could take some abuse.

[@monytontana5184]

Wow! I never knew Moto was so influential in the technological development of the 20th century. First car radio, 2-way radios, transistors, 8-bit microprocessors, cell phones (not once, but twice!) Hello, Moto!

[@Margatroid]

Thanks for making these! They're quite interesting and I love your attention to detail. Plus you just have a cool personality. :) Rock on, man!

[@Macho_Fantastico]

These are fantastically put together, fascinating to hear the stories of tech.

[@RothmanHarv]

Ello Moto.

[@u1richh]

🎶

[@Bfdi1245]

it apparently says "it moto" in English.

[@mennoxx3241]

Damnit man, why are your videos so freakin' good? This time the intro, precisely the "This is LGR Tech Tales" part, gave me the shivers, holding on for pretty long. You're awesome man, thanks for so much good content! :)

[@LGR]

Glad you're enjoying!

[@daserfomalhaut9809]

I remember Razor's being all the rage in 7th grade. Everyone had that and the Chocolate. I love these videos!

[@Dojan5]

I remember Siemens phones being very popular here when I was in 7th and 8th grade. Now that I think about it, I haven't seen a phone from them in many many years.

[@no1DdC]

They aren't making phones anymore. Sold their phone division and it was shut down briefly afterwards. I still love my M65, a very unique device that has a magnesium exoskeleton, making it very robust. The screen was one of the best available at the time, remarkably bright and sharp for its day.

[@Dojan5]

no1DdC I had a C65. It was the complete opposite. Granted I think it was a budget phone so I guess that goes without saying.

[@TwinPeaksIndustries]

I think half my class had the RAZR (myself included)

[@elmooko69]

I actually designed & sold custom made dress shirts to Chris Galvin. I had no idea who he was & chuckled a bit when he told me he wanted 36 shirts, half white, half blue. Then he sent his driver to pick them up which is when I realized he was a person of considerable means!

[@realsentientpotato]

Still learning more here than I learned in school

[@realsentientpotato]

LGR is also way more interesting

[@smcut80]

+dw6fanmanxd and sounds awesome

[@Fergus99]

mate you look about 12

[@realsentientpotato]

old photo

[@realsentientpotato]

last time i tried updating the photo my youtube got screwed

[@TurningSeasonWithin]

Great addition to Tech Tales. I remember Razors being the must have phone, and I remember seeing an iPhone for the first time around then. Funny to see it all in a historical perspective, I definitely doubted the iPhone back then.

[@LuisMercadoorg]

While I knew most of this never contemplated it all together. Man, Motorola is almost as important in the tech industry's history as IBM.

[@lennybrewster4673]

Haha my first tech job was chipping Motorola bravos back in the 90s. Great tech tales once again sir. Love it 👍

[@SirGeeeO]

it's interesting that they kept innovating and pivoting to new tech through the years, and the minute they stopped they were gone.

[@LGR]

The march of progress waits for no one!

[@MrDaveP75]

The Tech Tales series is becoming one of my favourite parts of the channel and this is yet another high quality episode. Thanks LGR.

[@LGR]

Awesome, thanks for watching

[@imeakdo7]

same

[@kristapsbernands4598]

+1

[@gruenkragena.z.4597]

im watching this on a Lenovo/Motorola smartphone

[@unsmile666]

gruenkragen a.z. same dude haha

[@moileung]

gruenkragen a.z. I'm doing it with my moto 3g , hahahaha

[@vl50rd]

I am watching with my Motorola Moto G (1st gen)

[@jorda.2412]

3 g moto here....had a krazr, RAZR, star TAC, and a grey wedge. probably best reception on grey wedge...and new moto

oBet studios me too! this celular is rugged

[@peterharren8909]

It's interesting watching a video that was a good part of my career. I worked at Motorola from 1997 to 2012, through much of the peak and downfall as you documented. I worked for the infrastructure division (mobile phone networks) that went with the Motorola Solutions split. We however were bought out quickly by Nokia-Siemens (NSN) joint venture. Eventually Nokia sold off its phone operations to Microsoft and bought our the NSN joint venture. Nokia eventually went on to buy Alcatel (French telecom) - Lucent (former bell manufacturing). Now they all go by Nokia. The Motorola tower you showed is all that is left of the "original" buildings, I live and work not to from it. The vast majority of the former campus around it has been sold off to a developer and will be some mixed use thing. Zurich Insurance also built a huge, very avaunt guard building that can best be described as a bunch of sticks put together into a vertical square on a former chunk of the campus. Today Motorola I believe employs about 4-5000 people in the Chicago area, including the tower you showed and a new building in downtown Chicago.....a huge step down from a peak of 100,000 people around 2000!

[@taylorcs]

That Zurich building is....interesting. I was kind of hoping that he'd touch on the empty campus in Harvard.

[@neverthere5689]

These are awesome man, keep up the good work. I was watching game historian and i thought i heard your voice lol. Nice cameo!

[@LGR]

Thanks, am always happy to appear in Norm's videos!

[@rayamat01]

+Lazy Game Reviews hey, do you have a PO box or something? I have a little bit of oddware that I think you might enjoy

[@CatsOfOlympus]

Wow, this was a really awesome video. Incredibly great info told in a way that wasn't boring. Keep it up! Also, I was incredibly bummed to hear the Razer wasn't happening :(

[@preludetodemise]

I watched this on a Motorola smart phone just to show him the nature of his race

[@JessHull]

Great video! the quality of your tech tales is so amazing!!! I remember when I had a Razor, I was so cool!

[@CooperMcKay]

I work at Google and went to the Motorola building today, the the Motorola sign is still there but most of the floors are Google. The droid was my first smart phone!

[@LGR]

Fascinating that the sign is still there!

[@ChristopherWeaver1]

UGH Its cheaper to keep it there :)

[@Walker998]

that and brand loyalty is why the name still exists

[@sirbughunter]

If you really work at Google, can you then explain me why Google officially supports the TPP? It is obviously very bad for consumers and little companies! publicpolicy.googleblog.com/2016/06/the-trans-pacific-partnership-step.html

[@urbannerd6658]

Hey LGR, just want you to know that I'm always impressed with your thorough research and really accessible presentation to what might be to most a "boring nerdy topic". Multiple thumbs up! :)

[@Moonbeam143]

My phone is a Motorola. It's a good phone. I dropped it a few times and it didn't brake.

[@Moonbeam143]

Ha! :)

[@simonmd2000]

Thats because mobile phones arnt fitted with ABS.

[@phase8584]

I've dropped my moto g at least 5 times and it has no damage, those phones are durable.

[@Moonbeam143]

Joshua Hudson Oh, cool. Mine is a G, too!

[@phase8584]

What gen? I've got a 2nd gen.

[@thesteelrodent1796]

I'm just about old enough to remember the days where if you wanted a mobile phone it was either Motorola, or something that barely worked. But here in Denmark Motorola phones more or less vanished completely at the end of the 1990s. Nokia and Ericsson completely dominated the market, along with a couple smaller local companies. The Razer phones never succeeded here - if you wanted a flip-phone you bought an Ericsson, if you wanted a brick you bought Nokia. By the time Motorola was in serious trouble, no one here knew they were still making phones since no one bothered to sell them.

[@ToaOfFusion]

"And it looks like they won't be rereleasing the RAZR" is a comment that aged like milk

[@JamesSarkarX]

I used to have a Motorola Razr, i used ace it at school!! And woww, the way you story tell its so captivating!! AWESOME work brother!!

[@mattodude237]

i love this series! just discovered it

[@LGR]

Awesome! I hope you continue to enjoy.

[@mattodude237]

Lazy Game Reviews will do, thank you!

[@jsparker77]

Great video. I worked at Motorola for 4 years in one of their cell phone manufacturing plants in Harvard, IL, and one was one of the many victims of the massive layoffs due to their 2001 restructuring. Still the best job I ever had . . . while it lasted.

[@Pokesempai]

LGR Tech Tales Black Berry?

[@Domspun]

too soon?

[@codyssmith73]

They're still around. They made an Android phone in 2015.

[@Magi_Carp_]

Although blackberry seems dying out from regular consumers, they got a strong backing from the government and other business companies that has high security risks. Their PGP Encryption is top notch that secured blackberry from not really going under the water.

[@markm0000]

What a mess. But they are still limping along with government solutions. Some of their low-end devices are still selling in other markets.

[@kerezymaii]

Sam Lol I remember those

[@ArtypNk]

My warehouse/admin workplace still uses a fleet of Motorola 2 way radio walkie-talkies to exchange info between shunters/warehouse/admin.

[@holnrew]

Pretty much the only channel I press like for before the video even starts

[@smakarphoenix]

Great video! I was lucky enough to work for Motorola from 1994 to 2007 (NOT an engineer, but IT for their employee health care and retirement benefits). It was one of the best companies I've had the pleasure of working for in 30+ years. My co-workers and management were wonderful, and the company truly cared about their employees. That's another aspect of the era which is sadly no more.

[@LouieNJ]

I've liked my Motorola smartphones so much more than any of the other brands I've owned.

[@RokuRG]

Low your Tech Tales! Always happy to see new episode :)

[@Chaos.A]

So this Motorola smart phone I'm watching the video on isn't technically from the same company?

[@urmom5835]

"It doest look like Motorola wil be re releasing the razr ar all",little did he know.

[@sandakureva]

Meh, it's super expensive and locked to Verizon.

[@KFanVid]

AND if it weren't for those meddling kids at Samsung... Again!

[@roymustang87]

I happen to own the new razr

[@HectorManuelHuertaReyes]

@@roymustang87 I want the new rzr phone, it looks so cool!

[@mrterrywatkins]

Ugh, I really wanted a razor, best phone ever, but dam that crease in the folding screen got me, even the second version ahhhhhh I want one darn it ,. Yes the old razor could take pictures in any light, why the heck does my smart phone never take low light pics right, old razor no problem even with no flash

[@TommyCrosby]

I love this kind of mini documentaries and I would like to see more on brands who ruled their market before collapsing (or changed beyond recognition) like IBM, Atari, AOL, Palm, etc.

[@Oldskool4Life]

You finally made it to the top. Your video is on Android Police 😁

[@LGR]

I saw that, very cool indeed!

[@George-nx4bp]

+Lazy Game Reviews that's how I'm here

[@jimday666]

What is this Android police you are talking about? Never heard from them.

[@NichtMalte_]

+JD a magazin

[@CaptmagiKono]

For some reason, these videos that showcase the fast and steady development of technology to what we have today over only a few dozens of years just brings a tear to my eye. As always, thank you Clint, you wonderful tech geek.

[@tad2021]

Half way through I realized that I was watching this on my Moto phone.

[@Velo1010]

Man, you really put together some great videos. The narration and video productions are so professional.

[@ShalK423]

again great work. please please do more of this series. keep it up man. do u have a patrion?

[@LGR]

Yep www.patreon.com/LazyGameReviews/posts

[@ShalK423]

+Lazy Game Reviews awesome. hitting it up now.

[@LGR]

Thanks a lot!

[@robertgaines-tulsa]

We still have a Motorola stereo turntable system from the 1950s. It was vacuum tube based. The stock speakers it came with a little past their prime, but the addition of modern speakers really made it sound nice.

[@raafmaat]

I got the moto G3 (2gb version) a few months ago has a nice quad core wich plays carmageddon and GTA fine, has 2 gb of ram wich is enough, and the battery lasts for 6 days of normal use (normal use for me is making pics, using whatsapp, some calls and some sporadic browsing) so for 200 bucks i would say this is the best phone one can possibly get! it outperforms many 500+ dollar phones, and it outperforms pretty much everything on battery life

[@eugenethegod]

Which 500+ phone does it outperform ? :)

[@raafmaat]

eugeeeneee multiple iphones and samsungs etc, just look up the specs and see some benchmark tests. The specs for the g3 (2gb version) are rediculously high for just 200 bucks

[@eugenethegod]

If you compare the moto g 2015 to a 2015 flagship from apple or samsung it'll get wrecked

[@eugenethegod]

not a bad phone but not really as good as the recent flagships when it comes to most things

[@raafmaat]

eugeeeneee i didnt say it would beat the new flagships ;) i only said it beats multiple 500+ dollar phones, wich is cool for a 200 bucks phone, especially since also the battery life is stupidly long

[@DestroyaDoll]

Another amazing episode of Tech Tales. His voices wonderful range and his genuine seeming interest in the subject matter make Clint perfect as a narrator.

[@AladdinElrouby]

They're reintroducing the Razr btw

[@andrew_cole]

I remember a while back using my mom's RAZER MAXX. Feels like yesterday to me. EDIT: 10:31 That startup brings back memories to

[@Nonexistanthuman]

Tech tales on myspace and a random search engines like ask jeeves etc? Sega would be a good one along with atari and 3do

[@SDPhantomGamer]

This brought back some nostalgia. My parents both had Motorola bag phones, my mom had hers wired into the car she drove, which ended up being passed down to me as my first car. A couple phones down the road, I got my hands on silver RAZR v3 that I used for many years. It went through 3 battery packs before I ended up retiring it due to the batteries no longer being manufactured. The next one I got was a Droid MAXX that I'm still using to this day.

[@Zizzily]

I feel like the 68k deserves more than a passing mention. Though, I understand you probably don't want the video to go on forever. Would be interesting to see you cover the 6800/6502 and the 68k. Awesome video still, though.

[@LGR]

I have a video planned all about the 68k, that's why ;)

[@Zizzily]

Awesome, will definitely be looking forward to that! So many different devices used, and still use, the 68k. My TI calculator even has one. Haha.

[@andrewparamonoff]

Zzyzx Wolfe the

[@NickyG_vz]

I can come back to your videos at any point, and they are still great. Ahead of your times LGR

[@papi-champoo6033]

You forgot to mention the whole Motorola/Nextel era.

[@stupid8911]

That would be cool, that was a bit of a smash in the late 90's-early/mid-2000's, wasn't it?

[@MCMonsterbuilder]

One guy in middle school had the Razr Flip Phone, I was so jelly that thing was awesome. Soo stylish.

[@Kaymaera]

Your voice is so nice.

[@GalmorGames]

I always learn something new when I watch your tech tales. I owned a Motorola Razor I felt so cool having one.

[@PlatinumEagleStudios]

But I hear the new Moto Z with the Moto Mods was supposed to be an amazing phone. I tried it at a Rogers store and it is a great phone. Motorolla isn't quite dead yet in my opinion

[@jayyoutube8790]

EpicEverythingDude75 the cell I have now is a Motorola.. It's by far the best one I've had to date.. Indestructible...

[@jayyoutube8790]

EpicEverythingDude75 the cell I have now is a Motorola.. It's by far the best one I've had to date.. Indestructible...

[@jayyoutube8790]

EpicEverythingDude75 the cell I have now is a Motorola.. It's by far the best one I've had to date.. Indestructible...

[@jnieto490]

that's Lenovo bud it's only Motorola in name

[@PlatinumEagleStudios]

LeGoogle Chrome Ahh OK.

[@Lach90]

This was a really interesting video LGR, thanks for putting so much time into it. I really enjoyed it!

[@FinalFrantasy]

Does LGR sell any merchandise? :o

[@LGR]

There's a Cafepress link on my KZbin profile

[@ender_scythe2879]

What are these "cod points"? Are they fish related?

[@donnylurch4207]

Unlike much internet content I consume, this series always makes me feel smarter. Thanks, Clint!

[@howyoudurrinhunneh]

As a current S7 Edge user who just wanted a Note 7, I gently weep every night that Samsung is the primary Android phone and not Motorola.

[@howyoudurrinhunneh]

Lol. No. ive been doing tech support since 2.1 and LG sucks ass.

[@bestpapertowelintown9008]

Rip Motorola

[@SirFrag32]

Don't weep. I had a Motoroa X android, it was pretty bad.

[@GabrielIgnacio]

LG makes good phones but they only really excel with headphone audio and cameras, the latter being only for a few years. They still have quality assurance issues and their G4 series, V10, G5, and G6 have had image retention issues and for the former two, bootloop issues involved with the lead free solder they used breaking up.

[@herpderp2003]

Been loyal to Motorola since the g3. They make amazingly good budget phones now. Got a g5s and I'm glad I got it.

[@Jim361tx]

please never stop doing this series... it is so awesome... thanks

[@kuntdestroyer5093]

Have you guys seen the new motorola Z? or something or other. It has snap on attachments which I find actually pretty cool. I almost want to buy one to support the company out of pity but it's not really even the same company

[@bengineer8]

Yes, I have.

[@41moose]

I bought moto z force...damn good phone awesome camera (21mp)

[@EpicLakitu]

Using a Moto Z2 Force, couldn't be happier. The mods are really wonderful once you actually buy one.

[@GabrielIgnacio]

I've used an Z Force, Z Play, and a Z2 Play and they've been decently fast phones though I've pretty much been burned by Lenovorola (because Lenovo owns Motorola, or at least the smartphone focused portion) for updates on phones that literally run near vanilla android, questionable build quality for some phones especially battery, and not supporting the Mods ecosystem enough. I've already moved on to an S9.

[@therealgdude007]

I can listen to these tech tales for hours at a time. but it wouldn't be the same without your incredible voice. Keep it up Clint. 😃

[@jackkraken3888]

I don't know why but I always thought Motorola was Japanese!! LOL

[@LGR]

Lots of people did it seems! #hellomoto

[@spikehamer2]

Same here, i don't know why

[@Onyxthegreat91]

You know where Nokia is from?

[@mrskizzot]

People think the same of Nokia.

[@jackkraken3888]

Finland, the name is based on the Nokianvirta River

[@fatburd3295]

Motorola Mobility may seem underwhelming but it's making big bucks on growing markets. Here in Brazil, with no HTC or OnePlus and pretty much just Samsung as a competidor, their budget smartphones, specially the Moto G line, sold like water on a desert in 2013 and 2014, and is still going strong.

[@catsup1308]

I'm watching this on a motorola

[@lanceripplinger8352]

Thank you for a trip down memory lane. These videos are fantastic. Keep up the great work!

[@karlz0071981]

You had me at unsolved murder :P

[@skuzzyj]

This popped up in my feed. Curious, I watched the whole thing and now you've got another sub. Very well done piece.

[@jessechu2224]

moto g ftw

[@DonPancho1]

I've been watching tech tales for awhile, but man, I have to say it reminds me of "icons" back in tech tv days. thanks for making these videos.

[@leathery420]

Lol 7:33 Haha, about the Pager 2pac doesn't have it because they look cool. It's because he's a gangster rapper, and drug dealers really liked them. They could walk around, and use pay phones that way police couldn't monitor them with bugs. They'd just give out their pager info, and that way they could be contacted all they time, and not have unwanted attention at their home.

[@iandavidwolfe]

Wow how interesting. Who knew Motorola had this long and crazy story. Great job once again Clint! Love the channel!

[@ForTheStyle]

I used to drive past the Motorola Corporate building shown in this video every day on Interstate 90 during gradeschool.

[@Jabberdau]

I really like these informative videos. On my own, I likely wouldn't have bothered to research the subject, but when its an LGR video I know I will learn a good deal about the subject in a short time, with all the bases covered.