Another hidden upside? As the company's low-margin handset business shrinks, it may also report some gross margin improvement. Thornton, in fact, called this quarter "the bottom for Motorola's earnings" in a research note Tuesday. Mark McKechnie of Broadpoint AmTech was similarly optimistic in a recent report. "Business has likely improved since [the] December report," he wrote Wednesday, adding, "There should be greater savings in [the second half of 2009] than in [the first half]." Analysts say they continue to believe co-Chief Executive Sanjay Jha is the right man for the job despite Motorola's gloomy short-term outlook and recent debates about his compensation. Jha is viewed as the architect of Motorola's Android strategy, having praised the platform's buzz factor, developer interest and low price.