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Senin, 01 Oktober 2012

Motorola cancels ICS update for certain devices

Back in February, Motorola released a chart with names and dates that told us when each of its Android devices will be getting upgraded to Android 4.0, Ice Cream Sandwich. Unfortunately, it seems the company won't be able to keep its promise for all the announced devices.

The updated chart now showws that the Motorola Atrix 4G, Photon 4G and the Electrify do not qualify for the Ice Cream Sandwich upgrade and will remain on Gingerbread. Other devices remain unaffected, with perhaps some minor changes in dates at most.

Hopefully, this will be the extent of the changes, with no more devices (and their owners) being forced to suffer on Gingerbread.

Kamis, 06 September 2012

Motorola new RAZR family hands-on: First look

Introduction

Motorola advertised its On Display event as the day's main event, which was rather bold considering that the world's number two cellphone manufacturer announced its WP8 lineup. However, seeing the kind of hot hardware that the Google-owned company announced, its arrogance might not be completely unfounded.

Motorola treated us to three new members of the RAZR family - the Motorola RAZR M mid-ranger, the Motorola RAZR HD flagship and the Motorola RAZR HD MAXX battery life champion. The first two of those will be available both as global GSM devices and on the Verizon network, while the RAZR HD MAXX will initially be exclusively available as a part of the Verizon DROID family.

The Motorola (DROID) RAZR HD impresses with its large 4.7" edge-to-edge Super AMOLED display of 720p resolution. The back of the device is made of Kevlar, but this time it wraps around the edges of the headset too. The camera offers 8MP stills and 1080p video recording.

The LTE-touting Motorola (DROID) RAZR HD is powered by a Qualcomm chipset with a dual-core Krait CPU, 1GB RAM and Adreno 225 GPU. It will be running Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich out of the box with an upgrade to Jelly Bean scheduled for Q4.

For the most part, the Motorola DROID RAZR HD MAXX is identical to its sibling, but it upgrades the already impressive 2,530 mAh battery to the hard to believe 3,300 mAh. It also ups the available internal storage from 16GB to 32GB. Naturally, that comes at the expense of a few extra millimeters around the waist, but the RAZR HD MAXX still measures the very respectable 9.3mm of thickness.

Finally, the RAZR M is Motorola's answer to those asking for phones to remain as compact as possible. It packs a smaller 4.3" qHD 540x960px Super AMOLED Advanced screen and measures just 122.5x60.9x8.3mm. It still manages to offer LTE connectivity, an 8MP camera capable of doing 1080p video and an S4 chipset with a 1.5GHz dual-core Krait CPU.

We'll handle the Motorola DROID RAZR HD right after the break, with the DROID RAZR MAXX and the DROID RAZR M following on pages 3 and 4.

Selasa, 04 September 2012

Motorola DROID RAZR M 4G LTE pictures and specs leak

Engadget has managed to get their hands on some images and specs of the yet to be announced Motorola DROID RAZR M 4G LTE.

The phone looks like a close relative of the Motorola DROID RAZR (as do most of the phones Motorola announced recently) but is much narrower, making it easier to hold despite its large display.

In terms of specs, the RAZR M has a 4.3-inch, 960 x 540 resolution, Super AMOLED Advanced display with Corning Gorilla Glass 2 protection, dual-core 1.5GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon S5 MSM8960 processor, 1GB RAM, 8GB internal memory with microSD card slot, 8 megapixel rear camera with 1080p video recording, 3 megapixel front camera, NFC and LTE connectivity. The phone will be running on Android 4.0, Ice Cream Sandwich.

As you may know, Motorola is having an event on September 5 and we might get to know about this phone then, along with the upcoming RAZR HD.

Senin, 27 Agustus 2012

Motorola Atrix HD review: The Atrix reloaded

Introduction

The LTE-packing Motorola Atrix HD for AT&T faces a couple of hard challenges. First and foremost, it has to build on the user experience of original Atrix 4G, giving its owners who are up for an upgrade these days, a reason to stick with the brand.

And that's not going to be easy, considering the iconic status that the Atrix 4G had for Motorola. Announced as one of the brightest stars of CES 2011, the Atrix 4G developed a solid following and for a good reason - it was one of the very first proper dual-core Android powerhouses, whose finger scanner added an extra dash of massive geeky coolness.

Motorola Atrix HD official photos

Additionally, the Atrix HD will try to appeal to all Motorola fans in the United States who were not given the chance to own a GSM flavored, subsidized Motorola RAZR.

And now that we have the smartphone's family history out of the way, let's take a closer look at its specifications.

Key features

Quad-band GSM and 3G support

Class 17 LTE network support

21 Mbps HSDPA and 5.76 Mbps HSUPA

4.5" 16M-color LCD capacitive touchscreen with HD resolution (720 x 1280 pixels); Gorilla Glass; ColorBoost technology

Superb build quality; Kevlar coated, splash resistant body

Lightly customized Android 4.0.4 Ice Cream Sandwich

1.5 GHz dual-core Krait CPU; Adreno 225 GPU; Qualcomm Snapdragon MSM8960 chipset

1 GB of RAM and 8GB of storage; microSD card slot

8 MP autofocus camera with LED flash; face detection and geotagging; 1080p video recording

1.3MP front-facing camera for video-chat

Wi-Fi b/g/n and DLNA

GPS with A-GPS

Accelerometer, proximity sensor and auto-brightness sensor; compass

Standard 3.5 mm audio jack

microUSB port (charging) and stereo Bluetooth v 4.0

microHDMI port

Smart dialing, voice dialing

DivX/XviD video support

Office document editor

Attractive price tag

Main disadvantages

No dedicated camera button

1780mAh battery and comparably short battery life

No FM radio

Dubious design - the AT&T logo at the bottom looks like a button, but it isn't

Non-user-replaceable battery

Quite frankly, we were caught by surprise when AT&T and Motorola announced the Atrix HD. For a smartphone whose specs are so impressive, the arrival of the latest member of the Atrix family as well as Motorola's most powerful handset on the US market, was a seriously low key affair.

As you can see from the lists above, the Motorola Atrix HD is one the best equipped smartphones currently on the market. You will be hard pressed to find much to frown about in its specs sheet - it screams flagship from beginning to end. And then there's the fact that the smartphone is priced lower than its direct rivals to sweeten up the deal even further.

The Atrix HD is not without its faults, though. We can't help but be skeptical about the size of the handset's battery. Its 1780mAh capacity is nothing to write home about, especially when put in a device manufactured by the company which gave the world the RAZR MAXX. The design could have also been a bit more inspiring, but that might be just us.

Motorola Atrix HD live photos

Overall, the Motorola Atrix HD is one of the most interesting smartphones we've welcomed in our office recently. We are hoping that its real-life performance can maintain the good impressions that its specs sheet creates. As always, we'll kick its review off with an unboxing of the handset, followed by a look at its design and build quality.

Note: You might notice that this review is shorter than usual and doesn't include all of our proprietary tests. The reason is it has been prepared and written far away from our office and test lab. The Motorola Atrix HD for AT&T is a US-only phone, so it will probably never get to the shores of the Old Continent. Still, we think we've captured the essence of the phone in the same precise, informative and detailed way that's become our trademark. Enjoy the good read!

Rabu, 15 Agustus 2012

Motorola PHOTON Q 4G LTE from Sprint to go on sale for $199.99

Fans of QWERTY keyboards on phones can rejoice as the Motorola PHOTON Q 4G LTE will go on sale this Sunday, August 19 on Sprint in the US and is available for pre-order right now.

The phone is priced at $199.99 on a contract, which is a bit steep considering you get phones such as the Galaxy S III for the same price in the US. But what this phone lacks in outright specs it makes up by having a very comfortable looking QWERTY keypad.

Speaking of specs, the Motorola PHOTON Q 4G LTE comes with a 1.5GHz dual-core processor, 1GB RAM, qHD display, 8GB internal memory, microSD card slot and Android 4.0, Ice Cream Sandwich.

So far this phone is only announced for Sprint's network in the US with no plans for an international model.

Sabtu, 11 Agustus 2012

Motorola RAZR XT910 Android 4.0 roll-out begins today

It's been a long wait but the Android 4.0 update is finally ready to hit the international Motorola RAZR XT910. We have information that the roll-out for the update will begin today and if you have this handset you should stop reading and check if the update is available for download on your phone.

Apparently, the hold-up was due to T-Mobile refused to sign-off on the update because they wanted to customize the ROM on the phone to their liking, something that Google did not allow as Motorola is now owned by Google. Eventually T-Mobile relented and signed the update so now everyone can get their hands on it.

If you receive this update on your RAZR, do let us know how it's working in the comments below.

Minggu, 06 Mei 2012

Motorola Cliq 2 finally gets Android 2.3 Gingerbread update

Motorola has finally released Android 2.3 Gingerbread update for its year and a half old Cliq 2 smartphone.

All T-Mobile users who are still holding on to theirs QWERTY-packing Cliq 2 handsets can now enjoy the goodies brought by the now dated Gingerbread.

Better late than never, right? Unfortunately the update won’t be available OTA. You must download it and install it via USB connection, which is a little less user-friendly.

Anyway, if you still want to update your Cliq 2 with Gingerbread and get some bugfixes, better battery life and some other improvements, just head over to this link and follow the instructions.

Source | Via

Rabu, 02 Mei 2012

Motorola Mobility releases first quarter financial results

Motorola Mobility just announced its first quarter financial results for 2012 and things aren't looking so well.

The total revenue in this period was of $3.1 billion (out of which $2.2 billion were from mobile devices) but the company faced a net operating loss of $85 million, $24 million more than same quarter last year. Motorola managed to ship 8.9 million mobile devices, out of which 5.1 million were smartphones.

Motorola is still in the process of being acquired by Google, for which the latter paid $12.5 billion. Considering that this acquisition was purely for the patent rights, we wouldn't be surprised if Google sells it off again to someone else if Motorola continues to bleed money.

Rabu, 18 April 2012

Motorola announces XT390 dual-SIM droid for China Unicom

Motorola and China Unicom announced a new dual-SIM Android with unique design element. The Motorola XT390 offers dual-standby functionality and support for China Unicom's 3G network.

It runs Android 2.3 Gingerbread on an 800MHz processor and 512MB RAM. The screen is 3.5" big but the resolution wasn't mentioned in the press release (our guess is HVGA, judging by the screen's aspect ratio).

Motorola XT390 dual-SIM Android smartphone

Anyway, the XT390 can be had in either Black or Champagne gold and its 11mm thick body has an interesting asymmetric design element at the bottom.

The press release is in pretty poor English in this part, but we're pretty sure that the asking price for the Motorola XT390 is 1000 yuan (about $160), which is pretty cheap for a 3G dual-SIM droid.

Senin, 02 April 2012

Motorola DEFY MINI now available in the UK, yours for £162

Two months after its announcement at the Consumer Electronics Show in January, the Motorola DEFY MINI is now available for purchase in the UK.

Currently available from UK phone retailer Clove, the Motorola DEFY MINI retails for 162 including VAT for its SIM-free variant. If you prefer to save some quid, then gear up with patience and place a pre-order with Amazon.co.uk, which lists the DEFY MINI for 154.99.

The Motorola DEFY MINI, as its name suggests, is the little brother of the Motorola DEFY+. As such, it offers the same ruggedness, coupled with water and dust protection.

Built around a 3.2" HVGA display, on top of which sits a layer of Gorilla Glass, the DEFY MINI is powered by a modest 600MHz CPU and has 512MB of RAM , dual-band 3G with HSDPA, Wi-Fi n, Bluetooth 2.1 and GPS.

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