A judge has finished stroking his chin and thinking about a patent case regarding Motorola's claim for royalties from Microsoft, ruling that MS should pay Motorola just £1.8m a year -- a massive discount to the $4bn Motorola originally demanded. Read More >>
Featured comment by Mr. T:
"Totally agree. Motorola has a very long line of good products, reputation with decent battery size which lacks in most modern smartphones. Only thing ..." More »
Forty years ago today, senior Motorola engineer Marty Cooper made one very important phone call. From midtown Manhattan, Marty called Joel Engel, then the head of rival research department Bell Labs. When Joel picked up, Marty uttered something rather unexpected: "Joel, this is Marty. I'm calling you from a cellphone, a real handheld portable cellphone." Read More >>
Featured comment by ScyBy:
"I totally agree, but then the meaning of the term evolves over time as its use changes. Eventually the original meaning is all but lost, but the term ..." More »
A mysterious new phone, which purports to be a Motorola-made Android, has surfaced — and it appears to shun the usual Moto design aesthetic in favour of something a little more Google-inspired. Read More >>
Sources, who may be genuine or may just be a bored man on the internet, have listed a few tech specs for the forthcoming rumoured Motorola/Google X-Phone Android project. Read More >>
A Samsung Galaxy phone won't go to sleep as long as you're staring at the screen. An LG Optimus handset lets you run apps in tiny windows on top of the desktop, while Motorola RAZR devices can perform key tasks according to a schedule. Some call the proliferation of custom features Android fragmentation, but I call them innovation, as OEMs are adding functionality faster than you can say Google. Read More >>
Featured comment by Oflife:
"Re Live Zoom, I discovered completely by accident that you can do the pinch to zoom when playing back video on iOS. Try it!" More »
A German trial, which is seeing Google and Motorola battle Microsoft, appears to be going badly for the search giant. So badly, in fact, that a German judge has stated that he's "inclined" to ban Google Maps in the country. Read More >>
When Google bought Motorola, a lot of people thought it would mark the beginning of an onslaught of awesome Motorola Android phones. It didn't really happen like that. In fact, it looks like it's getting worse. Google just described Motorola's upcoming products as "not really to the standards that what Google would say is wow — innovative, transformative." That's, um, honest. Read More >>
Featured comment by chootastic:
"Mine tended to crash every time you shut it. The springs were a little over zellous, and also left an imprint of the keypad on the screen. Still, it l..." More »
Data compiled and analysed by tech troubleshooting firm Fixya claims Apple's mobiles are a staggering three times more reliable than Samsung's phones, in a mass test involving Apple, Motorola, Samsung and Nokia Lumia models. Read More >>
Featured comment by tomlowe80:
"Thanks! I will pop in to my local store and ask them about it, just hope they do it as it beats the cost of a new screen!" More »
The US has had it for a couple of months; now those of us bound to UK shores are getting a taste of Motorola's Android-powered smartphone, the RAZR HD. If you're a fan of long battery life, 4G and extra capital letters in your phone name, you can grab it right now from pretty much every online retailer, starting at around £400. Read More >>
The spec of your phone's camera looks like being the next tech battleground now everything half decent is running on a monstrous quad-core chipset, with Google joining HTC in banging on about how amazing its next Nexus phone camera's going to be. Read More >>
The problem with these super-skinny phones that we're all getting is that battery life, frankly, sucks. I still remember a time when battery life could be measured in days, not hours. If the latest Google X Phone rumour is to be believed, it'll come packing a big battery rivalling the Motorola MAXX line. But would you buy it if it wasn't the thinnest phone in the world? Read More >>
Triumphant mobile processor developer Qualcomm let slip a little Android secret in its latest financial update, telling investors it expects to see Google release its next big version of Android in Q2 of 2013. Read More >>
Featured comment by JoeyG410:
"Oh shit, I read that as doubtful for some reason. haha.
But my initial comment was on the back of above saying that I would regret buying a N4?" More »
It looks like Motorola's finally about to prove its worth to Google, with the existence of the previously rumoured Android "X-Phone" confirmed by a job listing. Motorola's hiring someone to manage this "Next Generation Smartphone Platform." Read More >>
During Google's earnings call, Google executives made it clear that the acquisition of Motorola comes with quite a bit of baggage. More specifically, Google has inherited "12 to 18 months of product pipeline," said Google CFO Patrick Pichette. Yikes. Read More >>
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