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Now That the Motorola Deal Is Approved, Google Has to Keep the Fight Fair

Google has gotten the go-ahead to buy Motorola from both EU and US competition regulators, on the same day. It still needs approval in China and a couple of other places, but the major hurdles have been cleared. Regulators said that the deal posed no real threat to competition and so would approve the acquisition, h...

14 February 2012
08:51 GMT

Android 4.0 Motorola Handset Leaked with Intel’s Medfield CPU Inside

Motorola Mobility is one of the handset vendors planning the release of devices that feature Intel’s Medfield platform inside, and some info on its first such device has just emerged online. The handset that can be seen above and in the photo attached below is reportedly the first Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwic...

14 February 2012
01:37 GMT

DROID XYBOARD 8.2 and DROID XYBOARD 10.1 Taste Software Updates

Motorola and Verizon Wireless are gearing up for the release of a new software update for the DROID XYBOARD 8.2 and DROID XYBOARD 10.1 tablet PCs on the carrier’s network. The new software will arrive as version 1.6.0M_279-MZ609 on the DROID XYBOARD 8.2 and will be pushed as version 1.6.0M_279-MZ617 on the lar...

11 February 2012
08:51 GMT

Motorola’s Latest MotoACTV Update Makes the Fitness Watch a Bit Better

Since the MotoACTV fitness watch hasn’t managed to become the success the company hoped for, Motorola has decided that a software update is required in order to make it more enticing for its clients. The new update arrives automatically to the MotoACTV once this is connected to a wireless network and brings an...

6 February 2012
16:11 GMT

Apple iCloud/Mobile Me May Be Banned in Germany After All

Though it seems to be doing well against Samsung, Apple has not been as fortunate in the suits that Motorola started against it. The Apple 3G iPad 2, iPhone 3GS and iPhone 4 were forced off the German store not long ago. The injunction was suspended the very next day, though, only for Motorola to win yet another ...

6 February 2012
14:31 GMT

Privacy Failure While Motorola Sells Refurbished Xoom Wi-Fi tablets

Motorola sold a batch of refurbished Xoom Wi-Fi tablets recently, but the news here is not that the sale happened, but the state of the tablets themselves. In what may colloquially be called a critical reset failure, about 100 of 6,200 tablets were probably resold without completely deleting the data of the previous...

6 February 2012
07:53 GMT

Motorola Preps DROID Bionic Soak Test

Mobile phone maker Motorola Mobility is getting ready to kick off a new “soak test” for the DROID Bionic on the airwaves of Verizon, some of the latest reports on the web suggest. There are no specific details available on what the handset vendor is getting ready to deliver to its users, but rumor has i...

6 February 2012
06:31 GMT

Motorola Raises Privacy Concerns in Refurbishment Process Error

Motorola Mobility came forward with a press statement to admit that they may have exposed some of their customers to potentially malicious operations after mistakenly re-selling 100 Motorola XOOM Wi-Fi tablets that still contained the data left on them by previous owners. In a mistake they call a “refurbishmen...

6 February 2012
03:48 GMT

Ban Against Apple 3G iOS Devices Lifted, Motorola Frowns

You all might remember that Apple got a bunch of devices banned from the German Apple store yesterday. For those who didn't stumble upon that tidbit, Apple's 3G iPad 2, iPhone 3GS and iPhone 4 were forced off the online German Apple store. It was a victory by Motorola that enabled this, but it looks lik...

4 February 2012
05:31 GMT

Apple 3G iPad 2, iPhone 3GS and iPhone 4 Forced off German Store

Motorola seems to have succeeded where Samsung has, so far, failed: it got a bunch of Apple products removed from the online German Apple store. The products affected are the iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS and 3G iPad 2, though they are still up for order through authorized dealers and German Apple retailers. It is reporte...

3 February 2012
09:02 GMT

DROID 3 by Motorola Now Only $49.99 at Verizon

Mobile phone carrier Verizon Wireless has just slashed the price tag of DROID 3 a bit more, bringing it down to only $49.99 with the signing of a contract agreement. Users interested in making a purchase can now head over to the wireless carrier’s website and take advantage of the lower cost the mobile phone ...

24 January 2012
07:31 GMT

DROID Bionic Software Update 5.9.902 Emerges

Mobile phone maker Motorola Mobility and Verizon Wireless are reportedly gearing up for the release of a new software update for the DROID Bionic handset.The new update emerged as version 5.9.902 and brings along a small set of enhancements when compared to the 5.9.901 update that landed on the DROID Bionic about a m...

18 January 2012
09:42 GMT

Apple Fails to Convince ITC that Motorola Infringed on its Patents

The U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) has issued a preliminary ruling in a patent case involving Apple Inc. and Motorola stating that the latter’s smartphones do not violate the patents at heartAlthough the ITC’s preliminary decision still requires approval by the entire panel, it appears that the...

15 January 2012
11:23 GMT

Motorola Lets Slip DROID RAZR MAXX Release Date: January 26th

At CES 2012 in Las Vegas, mobile phone maker Motorola Mobility announced the release of a successor for its DROID RAZR smartphone, namely the DROID RAZR MAXX. The handset was unveiled with support for Verizon Wireless’ network, but no specific info on when it might arrive on shelves emerged at that time. Ho...

14 January 2012
06:31 GMT

Motorola Mobility Unveils 4Home Connected Home Gateway

Motorola Mobility has just announced that at this year’s CES fair, the company will introduce a new home gateway that was designed to take all the connected devices installed in a household and put them in the cloud.This includes home control, home security and energy management appliances, which after being co...

6 January 2012
04:30 GMT

Ice Cream Sandwich Unofficially Available for DROID Bionic

Motorola’s DROID Bionic handset is the latest Android device from the handset vendor to get a taste of the new Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich operating system. An unofficial build is now available for its users, a few months ahead of the official release promised by Motorola not too long ago. The Android 4.0 po...

29 December 2011
11:56 GMT

DROID 4 Spotted in Best Buy Rewards Zone Promotion

DROID 4 by Motorola, a new Android-based device in Verizon’s highly popular lineup, was expected to arrive on shelves in December, but got delayed to the next year. However, it appears that Motorola Mobility and Verizon Wireless were indeed set to make it available for purchase before the end of the year, thoug...

29 December 2011
04:12 GMT

Motorola MOTO ACTV Fitness Watch Rooted, Runs Angry Birds and YouTube

Motorola’s MOTO ACTV fitness watch already delivers quite a lot of functionality to its users, but now an intrepid developer has found a way of rooting this Android-powered device to make it even more enticing for prospective buyers.As the video enclosed above demos, rooting the MOTO ACTV really does unlock new...

28 December 2011
06:13 GMT

Full Specs of Motorola DROID 4 Emerge Again

Soon, Verizon Wireless should make available on its airwaves a new Android-powered device coming from Motorola, none other than the already rumored Motorola DROID 4. The handset was spotted into the wild a few times before, and its full specs list has just been confirmed again, via rootzwiki. The handset will ar...

15 December 2011
08:14 GMT

Apple May Be Banned from Selling iPhone and 3G iPads in Europe

Motorola has officially acknowledged a win against Cupertino, California-based Apple Inc. after a German court ruled that Apple’s European sales office is infringing one of Motorola Mobility's core cellular communications patents.Motorola Mobility Holdings, Inc. has issued an official report announcing tha...

11 December 2011
08:39 GMT

DROID Bionic to Taste Software Update Soon, Maybe Today

Mobile phone carrier Verizon Wireless is readying a new software update for the Motorola DROID Bionic devices on its airwaves, and it appears that the owners of this smartphone might be able to download and install it as soon as today. Verizon did not make an official announcement on the matter, but it already pos...

9 December 2011
02:02 GMT

Motorola Talks Ice Cream Sandwich Updates

Mobile phone maker Motorola Mobility is one of the companies determined to provide users with updates to the new Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich platform, and the company has just provided some more info on what this move involves. Make no mistake, the company did not announce that the software update is about to b...

8 December 2011
06:11 GMT

Verizon Makes DROID XYBOARD 8.2 and 10.1 Official

Today, mobile phone carrier Verizon Wireless announced the upcoming availability of two new tablet PCs on its airwaves, namely the DROID XYBOARD 8.2 and 10.1, both of which should hit shelves before the end of December. Both of the new tablet PCs arrive on shelves with dual-core 1.2 GHz processors packed inside, alo...

6 December 2011
11:23 GMT

Motorola’s Xoom 2 Tablet Arrives in the UK

UK fans of Motorola’s Xoom 2 have a reason to rejoice as the tablet is now available in this region thanks to Clove.This includes only the regular version of the 10.1-incher as the Media Edition model won’t be available until later this week, more precisely on December 8 according to SoMobile.However, if ...

6 December 2011
08:39 GMT

Verizon Confirms Motorola XYBOARD Tablets in Official Announcement

The latest Motorola XOOM tablets are already official in a series of markets around the world, and should make an appearance at Verizon in the US soon, though the wireless carrier has yet to make them official. Before that happens, however, we have confirmation on their arrival at Big Red, courtesy of a newly poste...

6 December 2011
06:01 GMT

Motorola’s MotoACTV Fitness Watch & Music Player Hybrid Arrives in the UK

Fitness and music lovers in the UK eagerly waiting for Motorola’s MotoACTV exercise clock have now a reason to rejoice as this 1.6-inch gadget has now finally made it across the Atlantic.Motorola will start selling the MotoACTV through Sweatshop’s stores from December 1st, for £249.99, which transla...

29 November 2011
06:07 GMT

Verizon's DROID Xyboard 8.2 (Xoom 2 Media Edition) Spotted

We already knew that Verizon was preparing the release for the launch of Motorola's latest tablet PCs, Motorola Xoom 2 and Xoom 2 Media Edition, but no specific info on when that might happen has emerged until now. New reports on the matter, however, suggest that we should not have too long to wait for that,...

19 November 2011
09:31 GMT

Motorola Releases XOOM 2 and XOOM 2 Media Edition Tablets

The original XOOM didn't really catch on that much, but a perceived failure can turn into a lesson, so Motorola is trying again, one might say twice in one go. Motorola has officially launched, in time for Christmas, two XOOM tablets, the XOOM 2 and XOOM 2 Media Edition, in France. The former has a displ...

19 November 2011
06:18 GMT

Motorola DROID RAZR Already Rooted

Motorola DROID RAZR, the latest Android-based handset from the mobile phone maker to land on shelves at Verizon Wireless, has been already rooted. All those who have purchased the new device and would like to benefit from access to more resources than what was made available for them in the first place can now root t...

14 November 2011
15:11 GMT

Motorola Comes Up with Special Project Involving the Original DROID

Two years ago, handset vendor Motorola announced together with mobile phone carrier Verizon Wireless the release of the first of a series of highly popular Android-based devices, namely the Motorola DROID, and it seems that the company is preparing something special for those who own one of these phones. Those DRO...

12 November 2011
06:10 GMT

Motorola Corvair Android Running Touchscreen Remote Pictured

Motorola seems to be pushing Android to an impressive number of devices, and one of the most interesting Google OS-powered contraptions to arrive was the recently pictured Motorola Corvair remote.The device is running the 2.3 version of Android, aka Gingerbread, and according to The Verge is already in testing with c...

7 November 2011
11:33 GMT

Prices for XOOM 2 and XOOM 2 Media Edition for the UK Available

Mobile phone maker Motorola Mobility has just announced the release of two new tablet PCs running under Google's Android operating system, the XOOM 2 and XOOM 2 Media Edition, and info on their pricing for the UK market has already emerged. According to online retailer Clove, both tablet PCs are expected to b...

4 November 2011
09:45 GMT

No Software Update for DROID Bionic in November

The owners of a Motorola DROID Bionic who were waiting for enhancements to arrive on their devices via a new software update will have to wait a little longer for that to happen, as Motorola does not plan the release of a new firmware for the device in the next 30 days or so. In a recent post on the company's ...

2 November 2011
15:01 GMT

Motorola DROID RAZR Available via All Verizon Channels on November 10

Mobile phone carrier Verizon Wireless is gearing up for the release of a new LTE-capable smartphone on its airwaves, the Motorola DROID RAZR, and some more info on the availability of this device started to emerge. Apparently, the operator plans on making the new device available via all of its channels starting w...

1 November 2011
06:01 GMT

Motorola's MotoACTV Is a Music Player with a Twist

Listening to music while you jog definitely adds some fun to your run, but since carrying around with you a device that doesn't do anything else than play music is so 2008, Motorola has designed the MotoACTV that is a combination between a music player and a fully featured exercise watch. Motorola calls this com...

19 October 2011
08:35 GMT

DROID RAZR, World's Thinnest LTE Smartphone, Now Official

Motorola DROID RAZR, the handset that made it to the headlines countless times during the past several weeks, is now official and headed for Verizon Wireless' network. The new mobile phone brings along support for the wireless carrier's 4G services, a thin body, and great performance capabilities to enable...

18 October 2011
15:43 GMT

Clear Photo of Motorola DROID RAZR Emerges in Promo Video

Today, mobile phone maker Motorola Mobility and wireless carrier Verizon Wireless are expected to unveil to the world a new handset running under Google's Android operating system, namely the Motorola DROID RAZR. The duo already announced that they will be launching a new smartphone today, one that will prove F...

18 October 2011
03:57 GMT

Motorola Sends Clues Regarding the October 18th Launch

Tomorrow, mobile phone maker Motorola Mobility is expected to make official a new handset for the airwaves of Verizon, namely the DROID RAZR (DROID HD), and the company is making the final preparations for the event. Not only did they put a counter on their website to inform users that something big is set to happen ...

17 October 2011
11:51 GMT

Motorola Puts Up Counter to DROID RAZR's Launch

Tomorrow, mobile phone maker Motorola Mobility and wireless services provider Verizon Wireless are expected to make official a new handset based on Google's Android operating system, one that might sport the name of DROID RAZR. The handset has been spotted into the wild before, and was also seen in a series of ...

17 October 2011
05:50 GMT

Check Out Motorola's NFC Bluetooth Headsets

In case you all missed them, Motorola released a couple of Bluetooth headsets meant to be used by owners of NFC-enabled smartphones. They are called Elite Silver and Elite Flip, due to their color and shape, and feature the dual-mic technology. They also have a connection range of up to 300 feet (91 meters) and u...

15 October 2011
07:21 GMT

Motorola DROID HD (Droid RAZR) Emerges in Leaked Shots

Mobile phone maker Motorola Mobility is getting ready for the release of new handsets running under Google's Android operating system, and the Motorola DROID HD might be one of them. The handset has been spotted into the wild a few times before, and was also seen as the Droid RAZR or the Spyder. Now, the handse...

12 October 2011
01:59 GMT

Motorola Publishes Video Teaser for October 18th Event

On October 18th, mobile phone maker Motorola Mobility and wireless carrier Verizon are set to unveil to the world a new device, one that is expected to impress. Apparently, there are at least four new features that it will pack and which will make users want it: it will be fast, slim, smart and more powerful. ...

10 October 2011
12:51 GMT

DROID X2 Soon to Receive Android 2.3.4 Update

After several soak tests for the next major software update for the DROID X2 by Motorola have been confirmed by users, Verizon has added the official documentation on its support webpage.Although the carrier has yet to announce the availability of the upgrade, it seems that the soak tests have been completed successf...

6 October 2011
15:01 GMT

CyanogenMod 7 Plays Nicely with DROID 3 on Video

Motorola DROID 3 users interested in tweaking their devices will soon be able to do so issues free courtesy of fully working CyanogenMod ROMs, it seems. In the meantime, however, they can only have a glance at how things are looking like at the moment, in the video embedded above. CyanogenMod 7 has been loaded on...

5 October 2011
10:28 GMT

Two XOOM Models Spotted in Verizon's Cellebrite System

Verizon's Cellebrite system is the place where all the yet-unannounced devices tend to make an appearance lately. We already spotted the Nexus Prime, DROID HD, and HTC Vigor there, and no two XOOM models made an appearance in the systems, namely XOOM 2 and the previously rumored XOOM 2 “Media Edition.&...

5 October 2011
09:41 GMT

Motorola Defy+ Goes Live in the UK, Priced at £240

Unveiled one month ago, Motorola Defy+ rugged Android smartphone has just made its debut in the UK.The handset is now available for purchase for £239.95 (about $374 or 276 EUR) from The Smartphone Centre online retailer.Furthermore, Clove UK is offering Motorola Defy+ as well, but it's a bit more expansive...

30 September 2011
08:41 GMT

Government Asks Google for More Info, Further Delaying Motorola Acquisition

Google's bold move to acquire Motorola Mobility is being put on hold for a while longer as anti-trust government regulators have issued a "second request" to Google, asking for more information in reviewing the proposed acquisition. What this means is that Google will have to wait a while longer before it can...

29 September 2011
07:11 GMT

Motorola to Launch XOOM 2 Media Edition with 8.2'' IPS Screen

Mobile phone maker Motorola Mobility already has on the market a tablet PC that runs under Google's Android operating system, namely the Motorola XOOM, and it seems that the company is already considering the release of a series of successors for this device. The company was already rumored to plan the rele...

26 September 2011
03:46 GMT

LTE-Enabled Motorola Spyder Leaks

Motorola DROID Bionic is already old news, as the mobile phone maker Motorola Mobility is hard at work with the release of a new device that offers support for the 4G connectivity, namely the Motorola Spyder, which might arrive on shelves as the Droid RAZR, or the Droid HD. The mobile phone is expected to arrive...

26 September 2011
02:39 GMT

Motorola DROID Bionic Only $149.99 at Amazon

Motorola DROID Bionic, the high-end Android-based smartphone that arrived at Verizon Wireless a few weeks ago with support for the wireless carrier's LTE network, is now available for purchase via Amazon Wireless for only $149.99 (around 110 Euros) with the signing of a two-year contract agreement. The mobile p...

24 September 2011
04:55 GMT


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