Icahn says still thinks Motorola should be split up

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Activist investor Carl Icahn said on Friday he still thinks mobile handset maker Motorola Inc (MOT.N: Quote, Profile , Research) should be split up, and that the company's handheld business could be worth about $10 billion.

"We do talk with them periodically," he said in an interview on business news television channel CNBC. "Motorola has great value. If you really split Motorola up, which I still think should happen ... you're buying that handheld business for only $10 billion, which is next to nothing."