Want to hack and root your Motorola Xoom Android 3.0 Honeycomb tablet? Think again as rooting the device can result in Motorola denying you of a valuable upgrade to 4G LTE. The Motorola Xoom is currently launched with support for Verizon Wireless’s 3G CDMA/EV-DO network. The carrier and Motorola have both promised a free hardware [...]
Motorola CEO Sanjay Jha hasn’t been secretive about his love for the 7-inch form factor and the head of the Xoom-maker told an audience at the Morgan Stanley Technology, Media & Telecom Conference today that other Motorola tablets will be arriving on the market before the end of the year. While Jha wasn’t explicit in [...]
Verizon’s airing another Motorola Xoom commercial that I think is pretty good. The commercial highlights an Android version of Vendetta Online, a game that’s also available for Windows, OSX and Linux devices. The commercial shows an actor grabbing the Motorola Xoom and a spacecraft wrapping around him while he plays the game. A voiceover tells viewers about [...]
Motorola released a TV commercial for the Motorola Xoom that will introduce the product to the masses. It looks to be an effective ad, but it does leave some room for improvement. The Xoom ads starts off with an actor holding a laptop that he folds into a Xoom. A voiceover confidently states that the [...]
There has been constant chatter about the release date of the HTC Thunderbolt, a 4G LTE Android smartphone for Verizon Wireless that is anticipated as a rival to the HTC EVO 4G on Sprint and the HTC Inspire 4G on AT&T with its 4.3-inch display, kickstand, HTC Sense user interface, and fast mobile broadband connectivity. [...]
We’ve been talking about the Motorola Xoom quite a bit here on GBM recently and I decided to pick one up. After playing with the device for a few hours I’m even more impressed with it than when I saw it at CES 2011. There’s a lot to like the Xoom, but my initial impression [...]
Holy cow. I would have thought that after we’d seen HP’s announcement of the PalmPad and folks starting reviewing the Motorola Xoom we’d have a real Tablet war on our hands. Well, we kinda do and we kinda don’t. But then if you read this post you probably know I didn’t expect that Tablet War [...]
The guys at iFixIt made quick work of the Xoom and have already torn the tablet down and posted pictures and detailed its components. Xoom owners who decide to repair or mod thier tablets themselves will be glad to see that there are no proprietary screws or fastners required to get into this machine. All [...]
The Motorola Xoom is officially available today, but the iPad 2 launch event news is going to put a serious damper on the Xoom’s early sales. While the Xoom is the first ‘real’ Android competitor we’ve seen go up against the iPad, it has a whole new battle on its hands. The Motorola Xoom is [...]
I have posted this review round-up of some early reviews of the Motorola Xoom Android 3.0 tablet over at Notebooks.com, and it is also being posted here as it may be of benefit to readers of GottaBeMobile. The Xoom represents Google’s first attempt at the tablet space as the company says that Android 3.0 Honeycomb, [...]
When the Galaxy Tab was launched on Verizon, the carrier, like rival AT&T, was one of two to offer the tablet offering only a contract-free offering. While this mean that you can activate and cancel your mobile broadband data at any time, and re-activate data without penalties, it also means that users will have to [...]
It looks like the HTC Inspire 4G may not be the only phone plagued by slow upload speeds as my experience with the Motorola Atrix 4G–a dual-core Android smartphone that supports AT&T’s faster 14.4 Mbps theoretical 4G HSPA+ network–also suffers from slow upload speeds despite the carrier’s claims that HSUPA, or high speed upload packet [...]
While Verizon Wireless and Motorola have both promised that there will be a 4G LTE upgrade to the Motorola Xoom tablet, which will initially be launched as a 3G CDMA-only device, after launch, neither company have announced how the process will work. A leaked internal document obtained by Droid-life now tells the story, and if [...]
The guys over at iFixIt got their hands on the Motorola Atrix and tore it down for your viewing pleasure. The Motorola Atrix features Nvidia Tegra 2 technology to power graphics and video and some other intersting components. While almost all Motorola Atrix owners will have their phones serviced by professionals, iFixIt provides all the tools you [...]
Thanks to Motorola’s implementation of a locked bootloader, the new Motorola Atrix 4G dual-core flagship Android smartphone for AT&T will not be able to handle custom ROMs. Despite the fact that the handset was recently rooted, which allows for certain features like ability to install non-Android Market purchased apps that was prevented by AT&T, the [...]
Wirefly, a wireless reseller, unboxed a Motorola Xoom on camera today. We came away impressed by the Motorola Xoom when we played with it at CES 2011. Motorola’s new tablet will launch later this week for $599.99 with a Verizon subsidy. The big news with the Motorola Xoom is that it ships with Honeycomb, the [...]
In addition to being able to buy the first Android 3.0 Honeycomb tablet, the Motorola Xoom, contract-free for $799.99, Verizon Wireless will also be offering a subsidized version of the Flash-enabled tablet to customers. The Motorola Xoom will be available for consumer purchase beginning on February 24th. With a two-year contract, the Xoom will be [...]
Amazon.com is selling the Motorola Atrix 4G Android phone for $149.99, which is $50 less than buying direct from AT&T. The price is good for new customers, those adding a line and existing AT&T customers who are eligible for an upgrade. As we pointed out earlier, there are some price discrepancies, with some customers being quoted different [...]
The Motorola Xoom, which will usher in an era of Android 3.0 Honeycomb tablets, will launch without Adobe Flash support. However, according to the Verizon teaser page for the Android 3.0 tablet, the Xoom will be getting its dose of Adobe Flash in Spring 2011, or shortly after the slate’s launch. In the past at [...]
With the wide availability and highly anticipated launch of the Motorola Atrix 4G on AT&T on Tuesday, February 21, 2011, as a flagship Android smartphone, the smartphone is bound to attract a lot of attention. However, the way that AT&T is handling pricing and sales of the device, it’s caveat emptor as checks with a [...]
It looks like we now have new release dates for Motorola’s flagship phone and its new Android 3.0 Honeycomb Tablet. The new AT&T report indicates that the Motorola Atrix 4G will go on sale starting on February 22, which is arriving sooner than previously anticipated. A few days ago, AT&T reps at a corporate-owned AT&T [...]
New details about the Motorola Droid X2 leak reveal that the device will be positioned as a high-end handset that slots in right under the dual-core Droid Bionic, also by Motorola, on Verizon’s network as an incremental evolutionary upgrade to the original Droid X. According to Engadget, the 4.3-inch handset will retain its WVGA resolution [...]
The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Motorola CEO Sanjay Jha is justifying the price premium of the Verizon-supported Motorola Xoom tablet at $800, which is $70 more than the comparable iPad with 32 GB storage, as being fit due to the Android 3.0 tablet’s inclusion of the faster 4G LTE protocol for mobile broadband [...]
After losing out on iPhone exclusivity, U.S. carrier AT&T may be turning the bulk of its attention on Android with an aggressive push to launch at least a dozen devices in 2011. The carrier announced that HTC’s two Facebook-centric phones running on the Android OS–the HTC Cha Cha and HTC Salsa–will be appearing in its [...]
At Mobile World Congress, Motorola Vice President of Software and Services Product Management Christy Wyatt didn’t rule out the possibility of a Motorola Mobility-branded Windows Phone 7 handset, but isn’t optimistic about utilizing Microsoft’s mobile platform. “I don’t envision us using Microsoft. I would never say never but it’s not something we’re entertaining now,” says [...]
While Verizon Wireless is expected to carry devices in its lineup this spring running the Windows Phone 7 operating system on hardware from HTC and others, the carrier is unwelcoming to the platform and doesn’t appear to think that Nokia and Microsoft will make an impact with their new alliance. The carrier’s Chief Technology Officer [...]
Motorola has announced the release of the Motorola Pro for Europe at Mobile World Congress, which is essentially a 3G HSPA version of the Droid Pro, which we had reviewed, on Verizon Wireless. The features of the Motorola Pro are identical to that of the Droid Pro, though the Motorola Pro lacks support for CDMA [...]
In addition to a rumored WiFi-only model of Motorola’s Android 3.0 Honeycomb tablet, the Xoom will also be headed to GSM networks. A silver model with a GSM radio was spotted in Dubai. That means that in addition to a 3G CDMA Xoom, a 4G LTE Xoom, there will be a WiFi-0nly Xoom, and a [...]
If you think rugged smartphones are big, bulky, and ugly–think again. The Motorola Defy is a rugged Android smartphone–the second for the company–that launches in a tuxedo black and white shell that stands up to your daily life and ‘defies’ what you throw at it, including any pre-conceptions for what rugged may look like. The [...]
AT&T is justifying the price of its Motorola Atrix 4G flagship Android smartphone with the optional companion laptop dock as a tablet-equivalent product. The bundle, when purchased together along with a two-year contract and accompanying data plan and tethering option through AT&T, will cost $500. However, separately acquired, the phone will cost $200 on contract [...]
Could an Android smartphone made by Motorola that has wireless charging capabilities integrated be coming your way soon? Hopefully, yes, as Motorola has joined rivals HTC, Samsung, LG, and Sony Ericsson in coming together with the Wireless Power Consortium, which has in the past agreed to a universal wireless charging standard called Qi. Like wired [...]
Motorola has posted the company’s Super Bowl ad for the Android 3.0 Honeycomb Xoom tablet. The ad debuted on Super Bowl XLV this past Sunday. According to Motorola, the Xoom will free people from restrictive platforms, which could be taken as a subtle jab against Apple’s iOS-powered iPad and its limitations when it comes to [...]
The Motorola Xoom may be priced on the high side with an $800 price tag for launch on February 24th according to an advertisement from Best Buy. The Android 3.0 Honeycomb capacitive touchscreen tablet will initially launch with Verizon Wireless’s 3G CDMA/EV-DO support and will have the radio be upgradeable to 4G at a later [...]
The Motorola Cliq XT was launched on T-Mobile USA with Android 1.5 and Motorola’s proprietary user interface overlay on top of Android known as MOTO BLUR. According to Motorola, the company was not able to achieve the performance that it hope it can deliver with an Android 2.1 update. Instead, the company is scrapping plans [...]
With AT&T having unveiled the pricing for both the Atrix 4G and the accompanying laptop dock, there has been a lot of chatter on the Internet about the high cost of the laptop dock solution, making what many saw as a revolutionary, mobile-changing accessory device at CES seem not as accessible to many consumers due [...]
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