The ShopAndroid.com Deal of the Day for Feb. 23 is the Qmadix Vibe Flex-Gel Case for the Motorola Droid RAZR. The Qmadix Vibe Flex-Gel Cover accentuates your style and personality in vibrant color while protecting your Motorola Droid RAZR from the elements. This sporty yet rugged case features a transparent window and is made from durable, [...]
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The Motorola Defy Mini will be available in Italy in March, the manufacturer announced this morning. It brings with it a diminutive 3.2-inch display and 600 MHz processor running Android 2.3.6. It's got a mere 128MB of ROM and 512MB of RAM, has DLNA and an FM radio, and the whole thing's covered in Gorilla Glass [...]
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Well this is certainly unexpected. It appears 1000 lucky Cliq 2 owners will be getting official Gingerbread soon by way of a soak test. A classic case of better late than never if there ever was one. If you have a Cliq 2 I would advise you to hurry over to the Motorola Forums and [...]
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After ASUS’s Singapore Facebook stated an Android 4.0 OTA would be hitting the OG Transformer as late as March, it now seems that ASUS UK’s Facebook page is indicating that said update will be landing in the next week: A quick refresher on the TF101 ICS Update that you are all so patiently waiting for. [...]
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You probably heard the big news about Canonical's plans to build Ubuntu for Android devices. It's something I'm extremely excited about and have been tinkering with myself since the days of the Nexus One. This latest — and finally official — iteration resembles (and is being compared to) something we've seen before from Motorola — [...]
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For today's ShopAndroid.com Daily Giveaway we'll be featuring the Samsung 2100mAh Extended NFC Battery w/ Door for Verizon Galaxy Nexus, OtterBox Commuter Case for Samsung Skyrocket, Seidio ACTIVE Case for Motorola Droid RAZR, and the Seidio CONVERT Combo for HTC EVO 4G. Leave a comment below indicating which featured accessory you'd like to win, and [...]
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Over on Motorola’s support forum, the company is recruiting 1000 customers to test and provide feedback on a Gingerbread software upgrade for the CLIQ 2. This usually heralds the coming of a software update available to the unwashed masses. While customers who buy devices like the CLIQ 2 may not be the same folks who [...]
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The folks over at Droid-life have unearthed an internal Verizon document pointing to some device workshops for two as-of-yet unknown devices. The LG Cayman (like the islands, but way smaller), and the DROID Fighter. No word yet on which manufacturer is producing the latter. We’re not sure what the “device workshops” are or when they [...]
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Back at CES, ASUS announced a pair of MeMO tablets: the 171 and 370T. The latter caused quite a stir, as it packs NVIDIA’s powerhouse Tegra 3 superchip under the hood, along with a 7-inch 1280×800 display, all for under 0. The former, however, is a different beast altogether, as it sports an interesting array [...]
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It looks like Verizon Wireless will be launching at least two new devices in the coming months. Information obtained by the folks over at Droid Life show that Verizon will be launching the LG Cayman and the Droid Fighter, two devices we have yet to get information on. At the moment, nothing is known about [...]
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It's retro week here aet Android Central, first with the Samsung Continuum getting an upgrade to Android 2.2 Froyo, and now the Motorola Cliq 2 on T-Mobile. You heard that right. T-Mobile apparently is seeking out 1,000 people who still use the Cliq 2 (and hang out in T-Mobile support forums) to test the upgrade [...]
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Motorola today announced that carrier Movistar will get the Pro+ in Argentina. The Pro+ sports a full QWERTY keyboard and 3.1-inch display. It'll be available in the coming days with a price of 0:600,199 with a plan of 9, or 0:600,399 with a plan of 9. Source: Motorola … Continue Reading Here Movistar gets the [...]
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I’m sure by now you know the drill but if you’re new around these parts this here is the Android Overload. All the news stories that make it past our desk throughout the day get stashed here, so that you might be able to find a little something of interest, and keep your never ending [...]
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While HTC and Motorola have promised to release fewer phones and focus more on making them better overall, Samsung knows what you really want: tons more phones with needlessly complex names that sound uncomfortably similar to their other phones with needlessly complex names! That’s why Samsung is bringing you the Galaxy Ace 2 and the [...]
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Australian carrier Telstra will get the Motorola Xoom 2 — aka the Droid XYBOARD on Verizon here in the States. Nothing has changed, really, from the version we reviewed earlier this year. Same 10.1-inch display, same 1.2GHz processor, with 32GB of storage. Pricing variers depending on the data plan, which starts at a month for [...]
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Motorola didn’t forget about the DROID X for those concerned. Apparently they launched a beta “soak test” software update late last week for a few forum members to test out. Today it is finally official as Verizon is giving us all the update details. Currently listed as coming soon we expect the DROID X update [...]
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Mobile World Congress Rumor The original Motorola Atrix was one of the first devices to feature a dual core SoC and if this rumor proves to be true, the Atrix 3 will also be one of the first phones to pack a quad-core chip. It is rumored to be powered by the Nvidia Tegra 3, [...]
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A mysterious post showed up on the Droid RAZR forums yesterday containing a whole slew of screenshots of the Droid RAZR running Ice Cream Sandwich. The original poster left no information about the build, nor did s/he reply to the gaggle of questions that followed the leak. Known only as dragon974, the poster seemingly vanished [...]
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The Motorola MOTOLUXE is now available in the UK, a full day earlier than initially anticipated. The Android 2.3.7 smartphone is on sale via Clove UK for £234.00 after taking VAT into account. The MOTOLUXE is an entry-level smartphone with the stylish and social savvy in mind, and features a 4-inch edge-to-edge display, 800MHz Qualcomm chipset, [...]
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Motorola this morning announced that its MOTOACTV smartwatch/fitness tracker (read our full review) to the Israeli market. It's available today starting at 1,999 ILS, including VAT. That includes the SF200 sports wired headset, wrist strap, clip and USB cable. For another 399 ILS (plust VAT) you get an arm band, bike mount and wall charger. MOTOACTV [...]
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A new Android 4.0.3 build has leaked for the Motorola Droid RAZR bringing its software to version 6.7.407. The catch? It isn’t freely available to download just yet. Instead we are being treated to a series of screen captures that show off the extent of Motorola’s UI customizations. Surprisingly, the Ice Cream Sandwich core hasn’t [...]
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Huawei’s press invite for Mobile World Congress already told us the Ascend D1 Q would be their fastest smartphone yet. Now, they have gone ahead and released some teaser pictures of the device. This marks a departure from Huawei’s current reputation of putting out budget devices. The pictures do seem to show a more elegant profile, [...]
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Owners of Motorola’s Droid X should be expecting an OTA update "soon," which will bring the device’s build up to version 4.5.621.MB810. Despite the fact that Verizon’s announcement page says "Droid X2" in the title, the update will in fact bring its bevvy of enhancements to the original Droid X. Among these are improvements to [...]
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Remember that controversial Motorola Droid 4 root method we talked about last week? You might have skimmed over the part where the method was presumed to work on just about any Motorola device, but it seems to be true — the Motorola Droid XYBOARD (both versions) have been rooted using the method. There's not [...]
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Over the past 2 days, I’ve been watching a thread over at MDW that showcased a rooted Motorola XYBOARD tablet but instructed us to wait a few days for the root method to be released. Root was achieved by none other than Dan Rosenberg, the ninja from vulnfactory.org, who has been serving multiple root methods [...]
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Its been some time since Verizon launched the Motorola DROID XYBOARD, and those that love to mod their devices have had to conform to using the included stock Honeycomb ROM. That’s all about to change thanks to developer Dan Rosenberg! The bootloader is still locked down, but root access is now available. Even better, his [...]
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We can’t say how happy we are to announce that Google has finally decided to do something about Apple and their continuous attacks against Android. The Cupertino-based company has filed a couple of lawsuits against Samsung and Motorola, claiming that both companies are “unlawfully” using its “slide-to-unlock” technology for which they filed a patent at [...]
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The Fastboot file for the latest Motorola Droid Bionic update is now available for you to download. XDA user daywalker04 has come through and delivered the update 5.9.902 Fastboot file for the Droid Bionic. This Fastboot file will restore your phone to stock on the 5.9.902 update that was released a few days ago. Although [...]
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With some interesting obvious Jellybean information floating about and plenty of other news happening, it's safe to say we've been failry busy thus far today. If you missed out on anything, take some time to get yourself caught up or join us in the Android Central forums for more Android discussion. Just make sure you [...]
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If you’re the proud owner of a Motorola ATRIX from AT&T then you should be checking to see if you’re phone has an update waiting for you as many folks are starting to report that they are receiving an update notice. While we told you about the update on Groundhogs day and there was a [...]
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The Motorola DROID Xyboard seems to have attracted a good chunk of developers. It has been rooted, according to MyDroidWorld admin bignadad. They say it’s been tested with the 10.1 inch version and it should work on the 8.2 version, though we can’t say for sure if that’s the case. Unfortunately, no one can say [...]
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A German court in Munich today announced that it has sided with Apple in the company's latest patent dispute with Motorola Mobility, which involves slide-to-unlock gestures. Of the three unlock gestures that Motorola uses, two were found to infringe Apple's patent; a third, the slide-the-circle gesture used on Motorola's XOOM tablet, was exempt [...]
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Welcome back to another Daily Giveaway from ShopAndroid.com! Today our featured Android accessories include the Seidio Innocell 3500mAh Extended Battery for HTC EVO 4G, Seidio ACTIVE Case for Samsung/Verizon Galaxy Nexus, Mobi Products Hard Shell Case for Motorola Droid RAZR, and the Seidio CONVERT Combo for HTC EVO 3D. Leave a comment letting us [...]
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The ShopAndroid.com Deal of the Day for Feb. 16 is the Body Glove Flex Snap-On Case for the Motorola Droid RAZR. The Glove Flex Snap-On case offers revolutionary protection in the ultimate custom fit phone case. This case features a durable hard shell wrapped in a textured glove material that is easy to grip and protects [...]
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Verizon is dropping the price of the Motorola Droid Bionic down to when you sign a new 2-year contract. To offer the phone at such a discount, they’re also removing the 16GB microSD card that usually comes bundled with the phone. So you’ll be getting a 16GB Droid Bionic for instead of a 32GB Droid [...]
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