It’s a good day for Android bargain hunters today as U.S. Cellular has launched a promotion with discounts of up to $100 on leading Samsung Galaxy devices. The highlight being that the carriers newly announced flagship device, the Galaxy S Aviator will be available for $99.99 with a $100 mail in rebate. Other available deals [...]
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Zack has always been a fan of anything with the tag “Gadget” on it, he has had used almost every phone brand except for the Palm and owns a Motorola Atrix 4G and now a Samsung Infuse. He is a full-time father of two great boys and happily married to his wife. Did we mention [...]
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Earlier this week, the Pantech Burst was rooted by jcase, Attn1, and IOMonster. Now, using that same exploit, the Burst’s tablet cousin, the Element, has also been rooted. Like with the Burst, the process is ridiculously easy. In order to root the device, however, you’ll need a couple of things: Pantech drivers (for Windows)Working [...]
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A series of photos from a Motorola employee has surfaced on Picasa within the last few days, leaving us to believe that the rumored DROID Fighter may end up as the DROID RAZR HD when it launches. The EXIF data attached mentions the name specifically, while also confirming a previously rumored codename of “Vanquish.” The [...]
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There’s this pretty crazy, although not completely unbelievable rumor that Google is in talks with Huawei to sell off the Motorola hardware division, which means they did in fact buy Motorola mostly for their 25,000 patents. I was actually expecting Google to try some new cool things with Motorola’s hardware division, or at least if [...]
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Well, that was fast. Not more than a week after the release of the HTC One X and S in Europe, and Koush has already pumped out a fully working version of ClockworkMod Touch for the pair. If you have any of the devices supported by CWM Touch and you aren’t running it, then you’re [...]
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If you don’t consider the Motorola XOOM too old to appreciate, 1SaleAday has something for you. They’re offering the original Motorola XOOM 32GB brand new for $330. The first Honeycomb-bearing tablet is being offered brand new. You’ll be getting the WiFi edition, so there’s no 4G, but if you’re looking for a cheap gift or [...]
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Still interested in the Motorola Xoom? If the answer is yes, then you might want to check out 1saleaday.com. They are currently selling the 32GB Wi-Fi Motorola Xoom for $330 (New, not refurbished). Yes, this is the original Honeycomb tablet, and there are better ones out there now, but for $330 with 32GB of storage, [...]
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It is a rarity to see these ‘one day deal’ sites selling non-refurbished Android tablets these days, so we just had to give everyone the heads up on this deal. Today only, you can buy the original Motorola XOOM WiFi developer tablet for only $329. This tablet is the definition of vanilla Android and usually receives [...]
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Want to be like Perez Hilton? Yeah (weirdo)? This is the phone for you. Motorola claims that Perez is currently the only human on Earth with a pink RAZR MAXX, but is giving you the opportunity to own one as well. Up for bid through a charity auction that supports VH1′s Save the Music Foundation, [...]
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We still have no idea if or when Motorola and Verizon will release Ice Cream Sandwich to the DROID RAZR, especially after some forum shenanigans went down yesterday. But what we do know, is that the update is close enough to being ready that one of the two companies has started to release tutorial videos [...]
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Man, the past week’s news about the Motorola Droid Razr/Maxx and its pending update(s) got a bit annoying and had me starting to think that Razr owners may never actually see an ICS update at all. First we saw a leaked Best Buy memo that claimed that an ICS update was supposed to begin the [...]
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Many of you were disappointed last week when the expected Ice Cream Sandwich update for the DROID RAZR and RAZR MAXX turned into nothing but a bug fixer. Best Buy was telling their employees that the update should have been Android 4.0, but after their expected date of arrival passed, all they could say was [...]
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Samsung has just filed a few trademark applications for what looks to be upcoming Android devices. These are the Galaxy Lift, Galaxy Perx and Galaxy Sire. Of course, this information may not mean much right now. It is still unknown if Samsung will even use such trademarks, or if they will keep the names. It [...]
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Been looking for a new affordable Verizon 4G LTE device? If so, this might be one of the best deals around. The LG Lucid is going for $0.01 at Amazon Wireless, a deal that might be a no-brainer for those looking for a strong, yet affordable device. The Lucid 4G has a 1.2 GHz dual-core [...]
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QR codes are finally starting to show up around town, but we’ve all known about them for some time, right? Well if you want to stay ahead of the curve and keep wowing regular people with your mobile expertise, why not start adding images to your QR codes? Esponce is a company that’s in the [...]
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The ASUS Transformer Prime is one of the best Android based tablets you can pick up. ASUS makes a great product, continuously provides updates and keeps customer in the loop. Which is more than we can say about many manufacturers out there. Their tablets aren’t ridiculously priced, *cough* Motorola *cough* and aren’t tied to a [...]
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First, Best Buy said the DROID RAZR, RAZR MAXX, and HTC Rezound would be getting Ice Cream Sandwich on April 4th. When that didn’t happen, Motorola Mobility tweeted that yes, the RAZR and MAXX would indeed be getting ICS, but no official date had been announced. Right after that, a soak test for the [...]
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Best Buy sent out an internal memo to their employees yesterday, notifying them that scheduled Android 4.0 update for the Motorola DROID RAZR and Droid Razr Maxx had been indefinitely “delayed.” We suspect they may have gotten ahead of themselves, expecting ICS instead of another bug fixing update, the same one we told you about [...]
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You hear a chime, see a pop up notification, and feel a buzz. Someone just sent you an email and your phone, computer, and tablet are notifying you. Despite all of our technology, notifications continue to oppress the senses of those who use multiple devices. Sure, it’s great that something like an email will disappear [...]
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Best Buy and Motorola announced a deal this morning that will allow you to save $50 on select Moto devices (including the DROID RAZR) when you trade-in your current phone. The Photon 4G and Atrix 2 are also included in the promo. On top of the phone discount, they will also give you up to [...]
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Best Buy is sweetening the pot on their trade-in deal for a selection of Motorola handsets. With the trade in of any mobile phone, the retailer will offer a $50 credit towards the purchase of the Motorola Atrix 2 for AT&T, Motorola Photon 4G for Sprint, and Motorola Droid RAZR for Verizon. The offer is [...]
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Motorola is introducing the UK to a few new members of the XOOM family today, launching the 3G-enabled version of the XOOM 2 and XOOM 2 Media Edition. The WiFi-only editions of the tablets have been available since last year, but Motorola had been holding out on models with a cellular radio. Specs remain same [...]
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According to a recent FCC filing Motorola is prepared to bring an Android phone into your home via your land line. Yes, land lines are still being used apparently as Moto plans to offer up the HS1101 and MBP2000PU to users who desire a more smartphone-esque experience with their home phone. The two devices that [...]
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Somewhere out there are a handful of Motorola DROID RAZR smartphones with a leaked Android 4.0 build. In addition to the standard frills of ICS, there was mention of updated WebTop software in the form of WebTop 3.0 Beta. A curious DROID RAZR owner decided to test out the new enhancements to the WebTop [...]
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I’ve been thinking of this from the beginning, when Motorola launched both the Atrix with its Webtop Linux companion OS and the Motorola Xoom tablet with Honeycomb. It was pretty clear that Google intended Honeycomb to be more like a desktop OS, while still being touch optimized, of course. And there were few things you [...]
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Motorola CEO Sanjay Jha told us a “much smoother and much more integrated” Webtop was in the works back in January, and today we might be getting our first peek thanks to a YouTube vid… only this new Webtop is a far cry from the alternative dock-activated OS that typically ships with Motorola’s phones. Allegedly [...]
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Google announced last week that it had begun rolling out an Android 4.0.4 upgrade to certain models of the Nexus S and Galaxy Nexus along with the Wi-Fi variant of the Motorola Xoom. Such large-scale updates usually come in waves, and Android Community reports that the Xoom Wi-Fi OTA update is now being received by [...]
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Not everyone out there is after the latest and greatest device. Many users say the DROID RAZR is outstanding, others say you should buy a DROID RAZR MAXX. It all comes down to personal preference and sometimes out-of-pocket prices. It is no secret that carriers prices on their websites and in stores are generally much [...]
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Bringing Android further into our homes has been discussed a few times in the past. Archos even has a home phone running on our favorite little green robot but today we have something new. A Motorola Android-powered home phone running on what looks to be Android 2.3 Gingerbread that has just passed through the FCC. [...]
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Things are really starting to heat up for the arrival of Sprint’s Galaxy Nexus on both the ‘net and in Sprint stores; in fact, rumor has it that employee training started today. Graciously, one of those employees happened to send a few slides over to Android Life that confirms almost everything we want to know [...]
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Last week we alerted the U.S. users of the Nexus S and the Galaxy Nexus (GSM) that an update to Android 4.0.4 was getting underway. At the same time, users of the Wi-Fi only Motorola XOOM were also on the list to be getting an update. Now there are reports coming in from Canadian users of those devices [...]
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Now a lot of you are probably like me and absolutely hate MotoBlur and want nothing to do with it. But If you have clicked on this post you are somewhat curious. Maybe you are bored with your stock Ice Cream Sandwich and are in need of a change. This launcher will do just [...]
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Motorola’s Ice Cream Sandwich ROM has long been leaked for a couple of different handsets, and the XDA community has been hard at work bringing some of its elements to the masses. They’ve finally been able to adapt the Motorola-customized launcher from latest builds for any phone running Ice Cream Sandwich. It doesn’t look different [...]
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