The HTC Droid Incredible 4G LTE is a highly anticipated 4-inch 4G LTE Android smartphone landing on Verizon soon. Building on the success of the Droid Incredible series, the new Incredible 4G LTE is coming soon to Verizon Wireless, but there is no official price available. While we wait for the Droid Incredible 4G LTE release date, which [...]
It looks like Motorola may be repeating the sins of the past by offering–rather than a completely new and innovative design–a new color of its Droid Razr smartphone for Verizon’s 4G LTE network. The latest hue is blue, and it is rumored to land on May 18th, though neither Verizon nor Motorola has confirmed any [...]
After a number of recent successive leaks surrounding Verizon’s and HTC’s yet unannounced Droid Incredible successor in the form of the HTC Droid Incredible 4G LTE, it appears that one third-party retailer is already hawking an extended battery and extended battery back battery cover for the phone. Though you still can’t get the phone just [...]
In February, I said all eyes should be on Verizon this quarter to see if the Droid refresh could push back the iPhone’s advance. Well, it helped but iPhone still beat all other Verizon smartphones combined. Good news for Apple, not so good for Android.
It looks like we now know a little bit more information about a device that has been leaked many times before as the Droid Fighter. In a newly leaked photo, we now are seeing that the Droid Fighter may in fact be coming to market, or at least to Verizon Wireless’ shelves, as the Motorola [...]
The Nokia Lumia 900 is topping sales charts as users discover the young Windows Phone operating system. Can the Lumia 900 deliver a “Droid Effect” to Windows Phone, boosting Windows Phone App selection and appeal? In the fight with the iPhone and Android for market share, Windows Phone is the underdog, much like Android was in 2009. In [...]
A new, unconfirmed rumor has Google potentially selling Motorola’s handset business to Chinese company Huawei. In fact, Google has apparently already offered to sell its newly acquired asset to Huawei for a “high price.” The rumor comes from Dennis Berman of the Wall Street Journal and while it’s the first time we’ve heard of such [...]
New images have begun to appear of a new, un-announced Motorola Android-powered smartphone that bears a design styling very similar to the company’s flagship Droid RAZR and Droid RAZR Maxx smartphones–the former of which is also known as the Motorola RAZR internationally. The device has the tapered corners found on recent Motorola smartphones beginning with [...]
The wait continues for owners of the flagship Motorola RAZR smartphone as the smartphone-maker has revealed that the timing for the upgrade to Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich has slipped to sometime within the second quarter of this year. The impeccably thin, splash-proof, and Kevlar-backed smartphone was originally released late last year with Android 2.3 [...]
Earlier today, Amazon announced that it would be hosting a sale throughout March on every single 4G WiMax for Sprint leading us to speculate that a 4G LTE roll out will be taking place in April. Well, the retailer has also just unveiled a sale on smartphones for Verizon, specifically, every single DROID-branded smartphone that [...]
The Motorola Lapdock 500 is a laptop dock for your Motorola smartphone. Connect your Droid 4, Droid RAZR or Droid RAZR MAXX to the Lapdock 500 and you can use a full version of FireFox, access your phone and work on documents on the larger 14 inch display. One of the best things about this setup is [...]
The release dates for two new, unannounced 4G LTE smartphones for Verizon Wireless’ network were recently spotted. According to a document obtained by Droid-centric blog Droid-life, the Droid Fighter may be coming to Verizon at the end of the month on March 29 and the LG Cayman may land on 4/12. Initially, the dates and [...]
Two of the biggest smartphone releases of 2012 have been the Motorola Droid 4 and the Motorola Droid RAZR MAXX for Verizon but it seems the carrier isn’t content as evidence has surfaced today indicating that another Droid release could be on the horizon. Droid-Life has leaked a document that mentions two brand new smartphones [...]
All of Motorola’s latest smartphones, like the RAZR, RAZR MAXX and Droid 4 have launched with Android 2.3, lacking the latest and greatest Android 4.0 software. Motorola released a list of Android 4.0 updates last week, but out favorite Verizon Motorola smartphones were missing from the list, with a promise of details in the future. [...]
Verizon is offering its employees the chance to purchase a limited edition Droid RAZR smartphone. The House of Droid has worked together with Motorola to develop a limited edition version of the thin flagship Android smartphone for employees. Unlike retail version of the Droid RAZR, the Kevlar fiber-encased back side of the phone will have [...]
The Droid XYBOARD 10.1 is a new 4G LTE Android tablet available from Verizon Wireless. Motorola has taken everything the company learned from the Xoom to release a more refined tablet on the Verizon Wireless 4G LTE network. Verizon and Motorola are betting that business users and consumers will flock to the 4G speeds that are 10 times [...]
After losing on its home turf to the iPhone last quarter, the Droid brand is stepping up with its strongest showing yet, backed by new models and great deals. But will it be enough?
Verizon’s Motorola Droid Xyboard tablets just got a little better today as updates for both models rolled out bringing a number of improvements to the successors of the Motorola Xoom. The software updates have already begun to roll out today and so those of you who have either the Droid Xyboard 8.2 or Droid Xyboard [...]
It appears that Motorola and Verizon Wireless are readying a new software update for the Droid RAZR and RAZR MAXX smartphones, which are essentially based on the same software and design except that the latter has a much more capacious battery while retaining a still slim form factor. The software update for both devices are [...]
The Droid RAZR is just months old, but Motorola has already seen fit to introduce another mmber to the RAZR family, the Droid RAZR MAXX. The Droid RAZR (review) was known for a super thin design and Kevlar back, but it lacked in the battery life department. We saw 11-12 hours of battery life in [...]
Verizon and Motorola announced the Droid RAZR MAXX at CES last week with no release date or pricing. Not getting that data was no surprise and sometimes phones announced at CES don’t get released for quite some time. I don’t know if anyone remembers the original, Windows Mobile powered Xperia. It wasn’t released until it [...]
The often leaked and rumored Motorola Droid 4, successor to the Droid 3 and the original Motorola Droid, was speculated to have been launched on December 22, but the device was mysteriously delayed by Verizon. Following a series of brief appearances on Verizon’s DroidDoes.com website, the device in recent weeks, the device appeared to be [...]
The Motorola Droid 4, an Android handset with a QWERTY slide-out keyboard and 4G LTE support on Verizon’s network, was speculated to arrive today, December 22. Given that there hasn’t been any word of a release from Verizon nor Motorola, we can assume that the handset won’t be coming today. Additionally, it appears that Verizon [...]
Motorola’s fourth generation QWERTY slider Android smartphone for Verizon’s network was glimpsed on the carrier’s DroidDoes.com webpage, showing off a form factor similar to the recently released tablet Droid RAZR. The Droid 4will have a 5-row edge-lit keyboard and was rumored to be coming on December 8, though that speculated launch never materialized. The device [...]
Android tablet shoppers have two new tablet options to look at today with the launch of the oddly named Motorola Droid XYBOARD tablets. Both of these new Droid tablets have Verizon 4G LTE built-in for fast connectivity. This is the first time Verizon has extended the Droid name to tablets, which could help the tablets [...]
Exif image data reveals that Motorola and Verizon Wireless may be adding yet another member to the Droid family to join the recently available Droid RAZR by Motorola. The Exif image data shows the RAZR MAX name used, but it’s still unclear what specs or appearance the Droid RAZR Max will take. Some are speculating [...]
Verizon’s Droid 4 leaks get better every time. After an anticipated, yet still unofficial, launch date of December 8, we are now seeing some of the compatible accessories that will be available for this Webtop-enabled smartphone. The first accessory is a Lapdock 100, which is a more compact and lighter accessory that converts your smartphone [...]
Pricing information may have leaked for the pair of next-generation Xoom 2 tablet for Verizon’s 4G LTE network. The tablets, which will bear a closer resemblance to the Droid RAZR than to the original Xoom that they will replace, will be priced between $430 on a two-year contract all the way up to $420 depending [...]
The Xoom 2 may get a re-brand on Verizon Wireless when those tablets launch. The slates may give up the Xoom branding for the Xyboard (pronounced cy-board, like cyborg), name. The carrier has been experimenting with various names for its smartphones lately. The most recent case is with the HTC Vigor, a device that was [...]
Slim is definitely in with the Motorola Droid RAZR for the U.S. market, but our friends from across the Pacific will be getting their own variants launching soon that will come with beefier specs. The models made for the Chinese market won’t work outside of China as they will come with specialized phone radios for [...]
Our own Ms. Bradford will be giving the Droid RAZR from Motorola a detailed spin, so check back on GottaBeMobile.com for a full review soon. In the meantime, however, I want to share one of my favorite features about the hotly anticipated new Motorola and Verizon Wireless flagship, and it’s not what you expect. There [...]
Potential owners of the Droid RAZR smartphone and those who are looking to hop onto Verizon Wireless’ expanding 4G LTE blazing fast network should look no further than Amazon on launch day. With the phone launching on 11/11/11 at 11:11 AM, Amazon is also looking to match the unique binary number launch date with its [...]
There are as many Android smartphones as there are holidays in the last two months of the year. No matter which phone you have or which holiday you are celebrating, we have a list of top notch Android accessories that will give you or your gift recipient an awesome experience. Android phones don’t always enjoy the same [...]
Verizon Wireless is updating its Droid Does displays inside its stores to feature room for the upcoming launch of the Droid RAZR, which the company says is coming 11/11/11 at 11:11 AM. Live display models are not yet installed, but the new super sleek and super slim flagship 4G LTE smartphone made by Motorola does [...]
The Motorola Droid RAZR launching in the United States will come with a locked bootloader, according to Motorola, while international variants of the RAZR Android smartphone by Motorola will have the option of an unlocked bootloader at the discretion of the carrier on which the device will launch on. A locked bootloader will help to [...]
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When Sprint had debuted the original WiMax-capable HTC EVO 4G nearly two years ago, it was an instant hit on the Now network. Not only was the HTC EVO 4G the first 4G smartphone in the world taking advantage of Sprint’s then speedy WiMax network, but it brought some new features and pizzazz to the [...]
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