Chinese regulators have approved the the mega-billion dollar purchase of Motorola Mobility by Google. The deal, which has already received US approval, had been waiting for China, the long holdout and inal hurdle for the deal to close. “We are pleased the deal has received approval in all jurisdictions,” Motorola Mobility said in an e-mailed statement, confirming that the deal has … [read full article]
I honestly considered not even covering this because I honestly can’t remember anyone talking to me about the Motorola Cliq 2 in some time. Well, here goes the news anyway as Motorola’s last smartphone to grace T-Mobile is now the proud recipient of Android 2.3 Gingerbread. If you want to … [read full article]
We knew this was coming as the March smartphone market totals are now in and you’ll only need one guess for who continues to reign number one in the US market. Android its dominance jumping almost four full points to 51% of new American smartphone buyers. Apple’s still riding high as well jumping to 30.7% giving the two top platforms close to 80% marketshare. … [read full article]
This story personifies why Android is an awesome platform as it allows for hacking, tweaking, rooting, and tinkering as the folks at XDA make a very cool discovery. As it turns out, the Motorola DROID BIONIC running on Verizon Wireless actually supports global GSM bands for use on both AT&T and T-Mobile networks. At first, the idea was dismissed, but … [read full article]
Oh how I wish it was April Fools but sadly, that’s not the case which makes this article all the more interesting as Motorola announces a Gingerbread software update for the Cliq 2. Seriously, this isn’t a joke as Motorola updated the Cliq 2 forum on their Community … [read full article]
Samsung is undertaking some nifty goal setting in 2012, promising that smartphones arriving this year can last a full day under average to moderately heavy use, according to Kevin Packingham, vice president of product innovation at Samsung. “When you wake up to when you go to bed, we don’t want you feeling anxiety about your battery life,” he said in … [read full article]
Motorola announces the Motorola Pro+, a new QWERTY Android smartphone that runs Android 2.3 Gingerbread and is powered by a 1GHz processor with 512MB of RAM. The Pro+ comes with a 3.1″ 480×640 Gorilla Glass display, 5-megapixel camera and comes in two variants. The second variant has WCDMA bands of 850/1700/2100 at 14.4Mbps giving us hope this one will arrive on T-Mobile. It includes 4GB of on-board and accepts microSD cards for up to 32GB. “The Motorola … [read full article]
I leave the house for a little bit this morning and the tech world goes bonkers with Google announce a $12.5 billion dollar purchase of Motorola Mobility. Android fans take note as now there is going to be a whole lot of Android love from Motorola and maybe (hopefully) even the destruction of MotoBLUR. You hear that Google, the tech … [read full article]
During yesterdays Sprint PHOTON 4G announcement the boys from Engadget caught wind of something interesting, no reference was made to the MOTOBLUR interface in the press material. When asked a Motorola spokesperson confirmed that Motorola is moving away from the name confirming comments made by Motorola CEO Sanjay Jha last August. Motorola stated the … [read full article]
Motorola Cliq 2 users out there listen up, Motorola is looking for 200 able bodied individuals to help test the first software update coming to the Cliq 2. This update is mostly bug fixes, software and battery improvements. While it isn’t Gingerbread we have a hard time complaining about anything that makes our phones more stable. … [read full article]
