Starting on April 8th, Best Buy will start accepting old smartphones in return for $50 towards a new Motorola smartphone. The deal applies to three Motorola handsets including the Motorola Atrix 2 for AT&T, the Motorola Photon 4G for Sprint and the Motorola Droid RAZR for Verizon’s 4G LTE network. Verizon’s Droid RAZR is a [...]
One of the biggest selling points of Apple’s iPhone 4S is Siri, the voice-activated virtual assistant that can give you directions, help you text a friend or help you plan your daily schedule. Well, Motorola wants you to know that there is a feature on Android that can do those things as well. And, if [...]
For those of you looking to get a solid smartphone for a solid price, especially those of you who do a lot of traveling, you’ll be delighted to know that Sprint is preparing to drop the price of the global capable Motorola Photon 4G down to a mere $100 once January 15 rolls around. For [...]
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That’s right, if you are one of the few people in the US that don’t already have a contract or lucky enough to have an expired contract, you can get what I BELIEVE is one of the top 5 smartphones on the market right now. You can grab the AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II for NINETY [...]
Yesterday Motorola announced their newest smartphone dock, the Lapdock 100. It’s similar to the Webtop dock available for the Motorola Atrix and the Droid Bionic, except that this one is a bit smaller (10.1 inch display instead of 11.6) and will work with multiple phones instead of just one. At the moment, the multiple phones [...]
Remember the Motorola Photon 4G for Sprint? Well, it’s not a Sprint exclusive any longer as U.S. Cellular has announced that it will be launching it as the Motorola Electrify later this month for $199 with a new two-year contract. That price will come after a $100 mail-in rebate. So, for those of you that [...]
So you’re looking to get a new Motorola phone that runs on one of the various 4G networks in the United States. While weighing your options, you may have stumbled upon a trio of well known devices. The first, the still unannounced but very real 4G LTE enabled Motorola Droid Bionic on Verizon. A second, [...]
The Motorola Photon 4G has been out on Sprint’s WiMax network since July 31st. And since then owners have been dealing with a muted call issue that I’ve heard about from several Photon 4G owners. It has been a pesky little bugger but luckily, Sprint has zapped it off the face of the earth with [...]
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It’s that time of the month again and we have thrown together five Android phones, currently on the market, that we think are the best that money can buy. Now, before you go out and buy one of these, keep a couple of things in mind. One, obviously, you may not agree with this list. [...]
It’s time to pull out some champagne and rejoice because the bootloader of the Motorola Photon 4G, you know, Sprint’s latest high-end WiMax 4G handset, has been unlocked which means that there might just be hope for the Motorola Droid Bionic after all. The good folks over at the XDA forums have figured out a [...]
If that 24 hour sale for the HTC EVO 3D didn’t interest you and you’ve been waiting for a deal on the Motorola Photon 4G, well then you’ll be elated to know that Radio Shack has decided to drop the price of Sprint’s newest WiMax smartphone all the way down to $99.99 on a new [...]
In just three days time, Motorola is going to finally launch a flagship phone on Sprint’s 4G WiMax network. And while that phone, the Motorola Photon 4G, has been available for pre-order in-stores, Sprint has finally given it the green light through its website which means that you can now pick up the dual-core smartphone [...]
I’ve been hearing a lot of chatter about how the Motorola Photon 4G isn’t up to snuff, can’t compare to the HTC EVO 3D, is and I quote “a fail” but I advise you not to sleep on this phone people especially when Walmart is offering it for a mere $160 on a new two-year [...]
Sprint has finally made the release date and pricing of the upcoming Motorola Photon 4G official announcing that the dual-core, WiMax powered device will be available on July 31st for a grand total of $199 on a new two year contract. It’s been just over a month since Sprint announced the Photon 4G alongside the [...]
When Motorola and Sprint first announced the Motorola Photon 4G back in June, they neglected to give us a firm release date opting to throw out the old summer release window instead. And while we still don’t have the specific launch date, some evidence has surfaced today that indicates that the Photon 4G has moved [...]
I have friends that own aging smartphones with contracts that are ending this summer and, as expected, they have bombarded me with questions about what smartphone to get. More than a few of them are on Sprint and answering their questions has almost become a daily routine since Sprint and Motorola announced the Photon 4G [...]
Sprint’s unique Android customization service dubbed Sprint ID has revealed four new smartphone names and placeholders for handsets that have not yet launched on the carrier, including names like Samsung Chief, LG Q, LG Optimus B, and Motorola Sunfire. The list of un-announced smartphone names was discovered when a user attempted to download a Sprint [...]
On June 9th, Motorola and Sprint hosted an event in New York City where they introduced Motorola’s first WiMax smartphone, the Motorola Photon 4G. The Photon 4G had been rumored to be Sprint’s version of the Motorola Droid X2 but as it turns out, the Photon 4G is actually quite different than its relative on [...]
While a decent amount happened this week in the world of notebooks, smartphones and tablets; the primary focus was on Apple as the company took to the stage at WWDC to announce iOS 5, iCloud and OS X Lion. There was no iPhone 5 announced, but the new software is already on many devices, including [...]
Just a short time ago, it looked as though we could pull out the champagne as it appeared that Motorola was planning on rolling out the Motorola Photon 4G with an unlocked bootloader. However, the company has confirmed to GBM that this is not the case and that the software included with Sprint’s Photon 4G [...]
Apple didn’t announce a new iPhone at this year’s WWDC keynote and that has left many current iPhone owners, myself included, in a strange position. After two years, contracts with AT&T will soon be up and all of us will be looking for a new phone to get. Many of you will want to wait [...]
Today at their press event in New York City, Sprint and Motorola announced the Motorola Photon 4G which is a dual-core smartphone with international GSM capabilities. We had expected the companies to launch Motorola’s first 4G phone with Sprint and sure enough, Sprint’s Dan Hesse and Motorola’s Sanjay Jha took the stage and unveiled it. [...]
After massive smartphone launches from Verizon Wireless and T-Mobile recently, Sprint’s about to join its rivals in welcoming some hot summer smartphones this summer. Grads, dads, and back-to-school folks may want to take a look at Sprint’s three hottest announced and unannounced high-end Android handsets this summer. That lineup includes a variant of the Samsung [...]
Yesterday, Sprint sent out invites for a joint event with Motorola that is set to take place on June 9th in New York City. While the purpose of the event remains under official wraps, the unofficial word coming from a “well positioned source” is that the Motorola Photon 4G will indeed be announced at the [...]
Motorola and Sprint have begun sending out invitations for a press event that the companies will be hosting on June 9th in New York City. And while the contents of the event are unknown, we suspect that it might have something to do with the newly rumored Motorola Photon 4G. While the invitations don’t say [...]
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Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE Review: A Worthy Successor to the Original (Video)
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 [...]
Last year Toshiba waded into the Android tablet market with the Thrive, a 10.1-inch slate that served as the company’s response to what they deemed missing in the then current crop. Thus, it had several full-size ports, a rugged-ish exterior, and a thick chassis to accommodate both. Though a decent tablet, the Thrive didn’t generate [...]
Samsung Shows That It Is a Software Company
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Autumn Dynasty Review: A Great RTS for the iPad
With its large touchscreen, the iPad seems like the perfect platform for Real Time Strategy games, and Autumn Dynasty proves it, mostly. Autumn Dynasty is an RTS iPad game with art that looks like tradition Chinese painting. The story involves quelling a rebellion while solving a mystery of shady noblemen. The story though, just serves [...]
Griffin GuitarConnect Pro Review: Record Your Jams with Ease
The Griffin GuitarConnect Pro interfaces with your Guitar and your iPad or iPhone so you can record your music easily using apps like Apple’s GarageBand. My son Daniel, who’s learning to play guitar, helped me test it out and he loved it. When he gets as good as Jimi Hendrix, I’m sure he’ll steal my [...]
Google Search App iPhone and iPad Update Looks Beautiful (Video)
Google just delivered a beautiful update to the company’s Google Search app for the iPhone and iPad The Google Search app for iPhone and iPad replaced Safari as my browser of choice, earning a spot in the iPhone and iPad dock. It’s faster and offers a beautiful new full screen image search which looks awesome on the [...]
