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Flurry: When The Super Bowl Bored Us, We Opened Apps
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This year’s Super Bowl was the most watched television program in history, but during its boring moments we turned to our second screens. A study released by Flurry today shows that during great ads and the half-time show we kept our phones and tablets stowed, but returns from commercial breaks...
Motorola: a brief history
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A snapshot of the last several years in Motorola's history shows a company in flux, culminating last week, when the smartphone manufacturer's sale to Google was finally given the green light. After undergoing governmental scrutiny from the US, China and the EU, the move, priced at around $12.5 billion,...
Motorola Webtop 3.0 beta captured on video, running off Droid RAZR with ICS
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We were pondering Motorola's LapDock widget just recenty, after seeing a similar Phone-becomes-PC concept based on Ubuntu. Now, due to some happy coincidence, a video has appeared on YouTube claiming to show a leaked update to LapDock's accompanying software -- Webtop 3.0 beta. This version is shown running off...
Toshiba Intros World’s Thinnest And Lightest 10″ Tablet: The Excite X10 LE
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When Toshiba first entered the tablet space, they specifically told us “we’re not focusing on thin and light, we’re focusing on usability.” This was true — both the Thrive and Thrive 7″ have a host of ports and the big guy even has a removable battery. But it would seem...
Motorola Officially Outs The RAZR i, Its First Intel-Powered Smartphone
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Intel’s mobile chipsets have popped up in a handful of devices over the past few months, but Motorola — arguably the biggest of Intel’s smartphone partners — has been content to keep quiet about the fruits of its efforts longer than others. Well, that wait is finally over. Motorola officially...
Unannounced Motorola Android phone surfaces, isn't the fabled 'X phone' (video)
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The fine folks at Tinhte have gotten their mitts on a Motorola-made Android phone that hasn't made its official debut. Right out of the gate, the outlet notes that it's not the rumored "X phone" since it's missing a large, stunning screen that would rival other flagship gear, but...
ReadWriteWeb Recommends: The Best Smartphone
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Best is a subjective term: What one person thinks is best, another person might declare hogwash. Asked to name the best smartphone, three people will give three answers. And none of them will be wrong. The top of the market has never been stronger, with great choices for every consumer. For...
Samsung Galaxy Note II: The Tale Of The Comically Large Smartphone
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There is a bulge in the pocket of my jeans and I am not quite sure what to do about it. I shift, I fidget, I try to adjust but there is little I can do. Oh, this is awkward. A friend turns to me and asks, "What's wrong? Are...
Motorola’s First Ice Cream Sandwich Handset Smiles For The Camera
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Motorola’s latest handsets have been pretty impressive. The Razr and Razr Maxx, in particular, are excellent handsets. But it would seem that the (almost) freshly acquired company has no intentions of resting on its laurels. Rather than sticking with its usual OMAP-powered devices, Motorola has slapped an Intel Medfield chip...
Android Phones And Tablets Ranked By Battery Life: Longest Lasting Smartphones Aren't Top-Tier Devices
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Android smartphones can have a pretty bad reputation when it comes to battery life, though that reputation has definitely improved in general over time. A new report updated today from the Root Uninstaller Team (who created Battery Stats Plus for Google’s mobile OS) ranks the top 15 and worst 15...
Android Phones And Tablets Ranked By Battery Life: Longest Lasting Smartphones Aren't Top-Tier Devices
Motorola Droid RAZR HD raises hopes during its brief encounter with the FCC?
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What do we know about Motorola's Droid RAZR HD? It's likely to arrive clad in a Kevlar body, run Ice Cream Sandwich and be quick off the blocks. Now we can possibly start looking forward to a release date for such a teasing device since it's been passed fit...
Sony announces Alpha A57 translucent mirror camera with 12fps shooting, improved autofocus system
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DSLRs tend to have longer refresh cycles than oh, we don't know, phones with RAZR in the name, but every shooter must eventually go to heaven nonetheless. About a year and a half after introducing the Alpha A55 translucent mirror camera, Sony's putting that model out to pasture to...
AmazonWireless Exits Beta, Now Offers Price-Matching Guarantee, $25 Worth Of Free Mobile Apps
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AmazonWireless.com, Amazon’s dedicated shopping site for cell phone and tablet buyers, is finally exiting beta today, following its launch in July of 2009. The change in status may mean nothing to regular mobile shoppers, who have long known of and used the service to compare devices, or who were attracted...
Crossing the 50 billion km mark and giving Google Maps for Android a fresh look
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Every day, millions of people turn to Google Maps for Android for free, voice-guided GPS navigation to guide them to their destination. So far, Navigation on Google Maps for Android has provided 50 billion kilometers of turn-by-turn directions, the equivalent of 130,000 trips to the moon, 334 trips to the...
Google Maps For Android Update Packs Hi-Res Map Tiles And New Transit Tweaks
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Well, Google certainly seems to be having a productive day so far. In addition to the unveiling of their Account Activity feature and a handful of new Google+ Hangout apps, Google has also pushed out a considerable update to their Google Maps for Android app. Now at version 6.5, Google...
Motorola's DROID RAZR M is incredible, and it's an iPhone 5 preview
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So… I like Android. I use just about every Android smartphone on and off, but my main phone is an iPhone 4S. One major complaint I have with Android is that the phones are just too big… seriously. First it was 4 inches, then 4.3 inches, then 4.5 inches,...
Motorola XT890 approved by FCC, may be next week's 2GHz Intel phone
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As one major event wraps, we look forward to what's coming up next: Motorola's Intel announcement. We have a hard time believing we'd see anything besides a smartphone with an Intel chip inside, but the biggest mystery is in what type of phone. Are we going to see something...
Dropbox teams up with Facebook to let folks share stuff within Groups
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You never really know what to expect when two of the bigger names in tech join forces and announce something fresh. In some cases you may see an end result of things like that RAZR i, but when Dropbox and Facebook are involved, you can surely bet it has...
iPhone 5: Apple's Biggest, Smartest, Fastest Yet
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The wait is over. Apple announced its newest iPhone today at an event in San Francisco and, as rumored, it is indeed larger than its predecessors, runs 4G LTE, and has a bigger, better display. After months of speculation and a litany of leaks, the new device is indeed called...
Motorola Debuts Its First Intel Phone: The Speedy Razr i
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Motorola has unveiled its first Intel powered smartphone at an event in London today. The Razr i looks much like the Razr M announced in New York but includes an Intel Atom processor — still a rarity in smartphones. The Orange San Diego — Intel’s first foray into smartphones, in...
BGR's official Android app now available in Google Play
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Want to know the number one request we get? Well, it’s probably to harm ourselves for writing about Apple (AAPL) so much, but second to that is for us to make a BGR Android app. People with iOS devices have enjoyed one for years, but thanks to Motorola, we’ve created...
Motorola Droid RAZR Maxx hitting the UK in mid-May, available for pre-order now
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We were aware of Motorola's plan to send the husky member of the Droid RAZR lineup on an overseas quest next month, but aside from telling us it was heading to Europe, we hadn't heard any specifics -- at least until now. Earlier today, Moto announced the Droid RAZR...
Motorola Droid RAZR HD makes another cameo, shows its global creds
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Welcome to yet another episode in the Droid RAZR HD's ongoing leak to market. The global variant of Motorola's flagship handset -- which is expected to supersede the Atrix HD and inevitably land on Verizon real-soon-now -- just made an appearance on xda-developers. What's new? It appears this phone...
A Blizzard Of Handsets Being Announced In Run Up To iPhone 5
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Yesterday Nokia announced two new Lumia-Windows (8) Phones. Google’s Motorola division announced three new RAZR smartphones. Today Amazon will announce new Kindle tablets and, probably, a new smartphone (Danny will be live blogging it). Next week, on September 12, we’ll get the iPhone... Please visit Marketing Land for the full...
Motorola's Droid RAZR M 4G LTE Gets Detailed Ahead Of Official Unveiling
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In case you hadn’t heard yet, next week is going to be a busy one for gadget fiends — Amazon’s got something brewing on the 6th, while Nokia and Motorola will be duking it for eyeballs since both have launch events scheduled for the 5th. Rumor has it that both...
Xolo X1000 reaches India, mates a 2GHz Atom with a 4.7-inch screen for $369
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For all the credit the Xolo X900 earned as the first Intel-based smartphone, it grew long in the tooth very quickly between that 4-inch screen and 1.6GHz Atom chip. The solution, naturally, is a straight-up modernization like the X1000. The new smartphone jumps to a more contemporary 4.7-inch, 720p...
Motorola design chief: stock Android phones, cross-carrier brands coming later this year
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Back in February, Google CFO Patrick Pichette said its recent purchase, Motorola, didn't "wow" on the smartphone front, but it looks like the two companies have long since smoothed over any hard feelings. Speaking to PC Mag, Motorola design chief Jim Wicks revealed plans for the first post-acquisition handsets,...
How To Buy A Smartphone: Which Carrier Should You Choose?
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A smartphone's price is a double-edged sword. Not only are you paying for the device, but you are going to lock yourself into a contract with a mobile carrier for at least a year, probably two. Here's what you need to know about carriers before buying a smartphone. (Part 3...
Screenshots of ICS build on Droid RAZR leaked, could be the next Blur?
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Last week Moto unveiled in detail its rollout plans for the mighty ICS treat that's heading towards its handsets and slates. Now, if a set of screenies is to be believed, we have a quick glimpse into what we can expect once its promised Q2 outing comes around --...
Android 4.2 shows up in our server logs, shocks no one
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Reports have been circulating that devices running Android 4.2, rumored to be code-named Key Lime Pie (though it's seeming more likely that it will retain the Jelly Bean moniker), have been popping up in server logs and benchmarks across the web. Well, after doing some digging through our own...
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