Motorola Droid X owners may have thought that Verizon had forgotten about them. Not the case at all. Today, the carrier has begun rolling out a massive bug fix update for its aging 3G smartphone that will be bring a number of fixes and enhancements along with it. Exciting stuff, especially when you consider the [...]
Owners of the original Motorola Droid X have been plagued with virtual keyboard issues for quite awhile now and luckily, today, it appears that Verizon has taken care of those issues by pushing out a 113MB update that should resolve them. Droid X owners have been dealing with the keyboard locking up and freezing, I’ve [...]
Many of you out there with a Motorola Droid X have been having issues with your handset ever since Verizon rolled out the Gingerbread update at the end of May. Almost immediately afterwards, we heard about all sorts of bugs and we also heard about the update bricking phones. Not good. And until a few [...]
Back in May, the Motorola Droid X Gingerbread update started to roll out to excited owners across the United States. Soon after though, that excitement faded as many Droid X owners started having problems with their device. Some even had the update brick their phone. The update was so bad, that it caused Motorola and [...]
While we can’t say the same for HTC EVO owners, Netflix for Android is now available for Motorola Droid X owners who were recently updated to the latest version of Google’s software, Android 2.3 Gingerbread. As many of you know, the Netflix application has come under fire because it only supports a handful of Android [...]
Yesterday, it became very clear that there was a major issue with the Motorola Droid X Gingerbread update. As you might know, it’s available to all Droid X owners right now. And while most owners are happy campers, it seems like a few others are going through a nightmare. You see, the OTA update has [...]
The day that Motorola Droid X owners have been waiting for has arrived. As promised, the Android 2.3 Gingerbread update is finally available to all Droid X owners, not just those involved in the “soak test.” For those of you that have not seen the update, all it takes is a couple of steps before [...]
Verizon Wireless may be following rival AT&T in making it difficult for users who do not subscribe to an official tethering plan, valued at $20 per month for 2 GB of data, to unofficially connect their WiFi-enabled laptop to share their Android smartphone’s mobile broadband connection. One user noted that his data connection was blocked [...]
Yes, Motorola Droid X owners, the long awaited Android 2.3 Gingerbread update is rolling out starting tonight but it appears that Verizon will only be rolling it out to select test users in an attempt to make sure things go smoothly. So what this means is that a majority of you, unless you are a [...]
WireFly is cutting prices on a collection of Android smartphone from Verizon, AT&T, Sprint and T-Mobile for the holiday weekend. These Memorial day deals include new phones like the Xperia Ply and LG Revolution as well as free with a 2 year contract pricing on a collection of older devices. These deals offer savings of up to $200 [...]
While Verizon Wireless will begin to start pushing out its Droid X Gingerbread updates in waves to users starting tomorrow, May 27th, users who don’t receive notification to download and install the update right away would have to wait a week to manually pull the update from their smartphones. The option to manually update the [...]
You know the saying “if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it?” Well, Motorola and Verizon apparently had that phrase posted all over their offices when mulling over ideas for the successor to the original Motorola Droid X because the Motorola Droid X2 is a splitting image of its older brother. Beneath the hood though, the [...]
The wait is finally over as Verizon has confirmed that the Motorola Droid X Android 2.3 Gingerbread update will be rolling out starting this Friday, May 27th. The official roll out comes after some controversy, plenty of leaks and of course, after a long wait. It appears that the Gingerbread update will roll out in [...]
Sprint may be adopting another handset from Verizon Wireless–the Now Network had previously announced that it will be launching the Verizon Motorola Droid Pro as the Motorola XPRT on its network–and this time it’s the Droid X2, which would launch as the Photon 4G. Rumors are circulating that the Photon model name, which was leaked [...]
While we had known that Android 2.3 Gingerbread would likely be coming to the newest batch of Motorola Droid 3G devices, there had been nothing official saying so. That is, until today, when Motorola confirmed on their forums that the Droid X, Droid 2, Droid 2 Global, and Droid Pro would all be getting the [...]
Earlier today, Verizon finally made the long awaited successor to the original Motorola Droid X, the Motorola Droid X2, official and announced that it would go on sale online tomorrow and in stores in May 26th. However, if you don’t want to get it online, it looks like numerous retail locations will have the device [...]
It looks like Verizon Wireless may have already begun to push out the Android 2.3 update for some owners of the original Motorola Droid X. One user was able to download and install the software update and had posted pics on Droid-Life, which shows some of the subtle refinements to the UI on Gingerbread. It’s [...]
The yet to be announced and often rumored Motorola Droid X2 has now shown up in references on Verizon Wireless‘s accessories page and Motorola‘s support site. The device is expected to be an upgrade to the original Motorola Droid X1, yet retain the overall form factor of the original device. The new Droid X2 is [...]
It appears that the Sony Xperia Play will be launching the day that the Motorola Droid X2 is supposed to arrive, that day being May 26th, and it will be the first Verizon device rocking Google’s latest and greatest version of Android, Android 2.3 Gingerbread. While that’s good news for those on Verizon looking to [...]
The upcoming Motorola Droid X2 is a still unannounced Android smartphone for Verizon that leaked out for the first time all the way back in February of this year. It will be the successor to the wildly popular Motorola Droid X. UPDATE: Check out our Droid X2 Hands On Coverage, with comparisons to the HTC [...]
Been wondering when the Motorola Droid X2 would be hitting Verizon? Well, it looks like you don’t have to wonder anymore because Droid-Life has shored up some evidence that points to a release on May 26th. The evidence, in the form of some internal documents, points to direct fulfillment orders going down on May 19th [...]
Dummy units of the upcoming Motorola Droid X2 have begun to arrive at Costco which means that Verizon could very well be making some sort of announcement regarding the device in the not-so-distant future. It’s no secret that Verizon is preparing to launch a successor to the original Droid X. We’ve seen it on video, [...]
Just in case you needed a reminder about what the Motorola Droid X2 will bring to the table when it’s finally released by Verizon, a full spec sheet has leaked to surface which should put to rest any doubts skeptics may have had. The Droid X2 has seen a steady stream of leaks in the [...]
According to Motorola guru P3Droid, Verizon has signed off on the Motorola Droid X Android 2.3 Gingerbread update which means the update could start officially rolling out in just a few days. This news comes on the heels of a rumor that stated that the Droid X Gingerbread update would be rolling out on May [...]
We’ve already seen the Motorola Droid X Android 2.3 Gingerbread update leak out three different times (you can find the second one here) and now it looks like we have a possible date to circle in pencil on the calendar for when the official, finalized version rolls out to Droid X owners. Apparently, Motorola has [...]
Last week, we saw the first official images of the upcoming and still unannounced Motorola Droid X2. Well, Pocketnow has kindly put together some a comparison using those photos that show the form factor differences between the original Droid X and the Droid X2. One thing you’ll notice in the photos is that there isn’t [...]
Another upcoming member of the Droid family, the Motorola Droid X2, has shown up in its first official press shots today and it looks like the Droid X2 is going to be called the Droid X^2. We’ve already seen the Droid X2 show up in pictures, appeared on video and we already have a very [...]
Back in December, Google announced that the Android 2.3 Gingerbread would follow Android 2.2 Froyo as the next operating system coming to Android OS smartphones. As of today, April 21st, there are only 3 phones that currently boast official Gingerbread leaving many device owners to wonder: Am I going to be getting Android 2.3 Gingerbread? [...]
Verizon has yet to make the Motorola Droid X2 official but that hasn’t stopped the leaks from flowing through the cracks and today, the Droid X2 has shown up on video showing off its dual-core capabilities. The video gives us a pretty good look at the device and a nice glimpse at the boot up [...]
For the commitment-phobe smartphone buyer who’s reluctant to sign a two-year service agreement, Verizon Wireless is now discounting the full contract-free retail price of some of its most popular smartphones. The carrier is saying that the discounts may be temporary as it adjusts “pricing from time to time to address current market dynamics and to [...]
As we had reported earlier, a build of Android 2.3 Gingerbread had been leaked out on the Internet and is slowly being rolled out to customers over the air–Verizon denies that a software update is happening. Regardless of whether you’re attempting to do update your handset OTA or through the steps indicated through the leaked 4.5.588 [...]
There have been numerous reports floating around today that Motorola Droid X Gingerbread update version 4.5.588 has been silently hitting devices. And while it’s still unknown as to whether or not this is the official build that Verizon is going to release to the masses, it looks like it can be pulled by anyone with [...]
With early benchmarks of the Droid X2 letting on what internal hardware specs we may anticipate to find, we now have some more images of the successor to Verizon Wireless’s original 4.3-inch Android device. The Droid X2, in these revealing photos, shows off a 4.3-inch Android smartphone that maintains the look and feel of the [...]
In a sign of the times, Amazon has made Verizon’s Motorola Droid X and HTC Droid Incredible available for a mere penny with free shipping included. It’s no secret that the days of the Droid X and the Droid Incredible are numbered. The HTC Droid Incredible just reached the end of its life which means [...]
Motorola and Verizon’s official Android 2.3 Gingerbread update didn’t roll out for the Motorola Droid X this weekend but that doesn’t mean that Droid X and Droid 2 owners can’t get their hands on the update. Last night, MyDroidWorld released Android 2.3 to those with a Droid X and a Droid 2. Yes, that means [...]
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