Motorola rings up sharply higher net profit (AFP)

The Motorola Motoblur phone is displayed at an electronics show in Las Vegas in January 2010. Motorola posted a six-fold increase in quarterly net profit Thursday and an optimistic outlook for its mobile phone division ahead of its separation next year.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Ethan Miller)AFP - Motorola posted a six-fold increase in quarterly net profit Thursday and an optimistic outlook for its mobile phone division ahead of its separation next year.