Hello Sendo

Yesterday Jim broke the news that Sendo was in administration (from what I gather, it’s sort of like Chapter 11 in the US):

The affairs, business and assets of Sendo International Ltd, Sendo Holdings Plc, Sendo Telecommunications Limited and Sendo Limited are being managed by the Joint Administrators Simon Appell and Alastair Beveridge. The Joint Administrators act as agents of the companies without personal liability.

I can only guess that the Sendo X’s delays and lackluster sales have something to do with it. It’s really a shame too, because the Sendo X was an awesome little phone.

Today news comes that Motorola will be buying up large chunks of Sendo: R&D, intellectual property (read: patents), and some other stuff. Reuters UK, El Reg, The Inq, and so on.

Motorola hopes that the move will help them push more units in the UK, but that’s going to require more than shiny but vacuous flip-phones.