Motorola Mobility

Background
Motorola is an American telecommunications company, originally founded in 1929 at Schaumburg, Illinois. Their mobile phone division was a pioneer in the time, established during the 1980s. Their earliest devices included the DynaTAC in 1983, the first of its time, followed by the MicroTAC "flip phone" in 1989 and the StarTAC "clam phone" in 1996. It had staged a resurgence by the mid-2000s with the RAZR series of phones. In the 2009 they focused on smartphones using Google's open-source Android mobile operating system. After having lost $4.3 billion from 2007 to 2009, the original Motorola company split into two independent public companies, Motorola Mobility and Motorola Solutions on January 4, 2011. All of Motorola's mobile phone business was then transferred to Motorola Mobility in that time. The mobility division was adquired by Google in 2012-2014, before Chinese company Lenovo bought them for $2.91 billion in the latter year.

Logo (2001-2003)
Logo:
 * Startup: We see the Motorola logo flip in.
 * Shutdown: Same as before, but in reverse.

Technique: Monochrome graphic animation.

Music/Sounds: None.

Music/Sounds Variant: On later phones like the T190, a 4-note arpeggio for both the startup and shutdown was used. Availability: It first appeared on the Timeport series of phones. It also appeared on the T190, C200.

Logo (2001)
Logo:
 * Startup: We see the Motorola logo. After a while the circle expands as the "M" dissolves into particles which morph into the logo of the V-Series line of phones, a lowercase "v" with a dot next to it.
 * Shutdown: A reverse version of the startup animation.

Technique: Monochrome graphic animation.

Music/Sounds: Availability: It only appeared on the V66 and V60.
 * Startup: A square-tone ascending arpeggio.
 * Shutdown: A descending version of the arpeggio.

Logo (2001-2004)
Logo:
 * Startup: We see the Motorola logo, this time filled-out. A radial wipe then comes out and changes the logo to the "MOTOROLA" text.
 * Shutdown: Same animation from before, but in reverse order.

Variant: On the V70, the colors are inverted due to the device's display.

Technique: Monochrome graphic animation.

Music/Sounds: Same as before.

Music/Sounds Variants: Availability: Seen on Motorola phones starting with the V66i. It also appeared on the C300 and V70.
 * On the C300, the 4-note square-tone arpeggio (as described in the 1st logo) was used.

Logo (2002-2003)
Logo:
 * Startup: We see the Motorola logo and a person. The person carries a graffiti can and sprays the logo, changing it into an artwork of the same man carrying a phone. The person turns back into view and smiles.
 * Shutdown: We see the same person on a skateboard peeling off the graffiti back into the Motorola logo.

Variants:
 * The phone design may be different depending on the model.
 * Since the release of the C350, the animation has been improved with color capabilities.

Technique: Graphic animation.

Music/Sounds: A re-arranged version of the arpeggio, with a more realistic MIDI bell instrument. Availability: Seen on Motorola phones starting with the C33x series of phones. The color version appeared on the C155 and C350.

Logo (2003-2006)


Logo:
 * Startup: We see an orange/yellow flower background. Lights are seen shining through the center while "HELLOMOTO" comes out rotating. At the end, the screen changes into the Motorola logo in a plain orange background.
 * Shutdown: Nearly the same animation in reverse, but without the "HELLOMOTO" text.

Technique: Early color graphic animation.

Music/Sounds: The arpeggio from before.

Music/Sounds Variants: Availability: Uncommon. First appeared on the E365. Later models that are seen having this screen include the V600, V300, V303, and V500.
 * Earlier models used the square-wave arpeggio.
 * Starting with the V525, a realtone rearrangement of the arpeggio theme with ethereal synthesizers is used.

Logo (2003)
Logo: We see a glowing Motorola logo over a black background. Lights then pass through the logo.

Technique: Early color graphic animation.

Music/Sounds:
 * Startup: Another rearrangement of the arpeggio, with a more glossy bell instrument.
 * Shutdown: Descending version similar to before, with an extra glissando added.

Music/Sounds Variants: Availability: Seen on Motorola phones starting with the E380. It was also seen on the C250, C450, C550 and V690.
 * On the C550, a different rearrangement of the startup was used.
 * On the V690, another different rearrangement was used, this time with a more guitar-like tone.

Logo (2003)
Logo: We see an orange photo grid forming of a woman carrying a Motorola phone. The Motorola logo is also seen at the beginning.

Technique: Early color animation.

Music/Sounds: The 2nd rearrangement of the arpeggio. Availability: Seen on the T720.

Logo (2003)
Logo: We see the Motorola logo in blue emerging over a bright background, then the letters of "MOTOROLA" appear flashing in one-by-one.

Technique: Early color animation.

Music/Sounds: TBA Availability: Seen on the A760.

Logo (2003)
Logo: On a black background, we see three blue lights appear. These meet and swirl around forming the Motorola logo in white.

Technique: Early color animation.

Music/Sounds: The realtone arpeggio from before. Availability: Seen on A835 and A1000.