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Verizon Droid RAZR Pre-Sale Starts Now
Can’t wait to get your hands on Motorola’s new Droid RAZR, the phone that’s so cool it doesn’t need lowercase letters or the proper amount of vowels? Then head over to Verizon’s website, as pre-ordering for the phone kicked off at 8am sharp today.
The Droid RAZR will sell for $299—if you happen to sign up for a two-year contract …
Motorola Promises New Android Software Six Weeks After It’s Out
In a message coming straight from the horse’s mouth (via something known as “Twitter”), Motorola has promised to update its Android handsets to the newest version of the software—4.0, or “Ice Cream Sandwich”—within six weeks of its official release by Google. The promise came in direct response to a Twitter user who was concerned …
Hands-On with the Droid RAZR
When I wrote about the new Droid RAZR yesterday morning I hadn’t seen one in person. A few hours later, I visited with representatives of Motorola and Verizon and got a demo and a bit of hands-on time.
A few additional observations:
It looks nicer in person. In the stock photo I ran earlier, it looks pretty much like every other …
Meet DROID RAZR, the ‘World’s Thinnest’ 4G LTE Phone
It it really, truly “impossibly” thin? With “unstoppable power”? A device ready-made for America’s “fastest and most reliable 4G network”? Hey, what do you expect Verizon and Motorola to say when they’re showing off their new powerhouse portable, a smartphone they’ve dubbed the DROID RAZR? As in: “DROID Strong” and “RAZR Sharp” (go …
Droid Bionic on Sale Now; Here’s What Reviews Are Saying
Nine months after announcing the Droid Bionic at CES 2011, Motorola and Verizon Wireless have finally birthed their first dual-core, 4G LTE smartphone.
The oft-delayed Android handset goes on sale today for $300 with a two-year agreement. Specs include a 4.3-inch qHD display with 960-by-540 resolution, a 1 GHz dual-core processor, an …
Google, Motorola and HP: How the Tech Industry Is Changing
Ben Bajarin is the Director of Consumer Technology Analysis and Research at Creative Strategies, Inc, a technology industry analysis and market intelligence firm located in Silicon Valley.
It’s not every week that two major industry announcements happen that could change the technology playing field forever. But the fact is that the …
Ten Questions About Google Buying Motorola
Apple buying T-Mobile. Microsoft buying Adobe. We’re all used to reading stuff by tech pundits talking about seismic, world-changing acquisitions in a somewhat fanciful manner. But Google buying Motorola Mobility, the recently-spun-off part of Motorola that makes phones and other consumer hardware, is real–and the most potentially …
Google to Acquire Motorola Mobility (for a Few Obvious Reasons)
Google dropped a bomb this morning by announcing that it will acquire Motorola Mobility for $12.5 billion in cash. Motorola Mobility, which became independent from Motorola earlier this year, currently builds Android phones such as the Droid 3 and Android tablets such as the Motorola Xoom.
Android will remain open to other handset …
Motorola ‘Triumph’ Review: Contract-Free Goes Big
The Motorola Triumph is supposed to be the cream of the contract-free smartphone crop. Available now on Virgin Mobile for a hefty up-front price of $300, it includes features that you might not expect to find on a phone that carries no commitments, like a 4.1-inch display, 1 GHz processor, 720p video capture, front-facing camera and slim …
Motorola’s Next Tablet Might Look More Like an iPad
Motorola’s next tablet, according to one rumor, will use the same 4:3 aspect ratio as Apple’s iPad, signaling that Motorola has soured on widescreen tablets.
The Motorola Xoom, like most other 10-inch Android Honeycomb tablets currently on the market, uses a 1280-by-800 resolution display. The iPad’s display resolution is 1024-by-768, …
Surprise! Motorola Droid 3 Now Available on Verizon’s Website
In light of its plan to kill off unlimited data, Verizon quietly announced their first foray into tiered-data with the Motorola Droid 3, which is available for purchase as of this morning for $199 with a two-year contract.
The original sliding iPhone alternative is back touting the “word’s thinnest full QWERTY” in addition to a slew …