The Motorola DROID 4 is the latest QWERTY keyboard-equipped Android smartphone for Verizon Wireless, but is it the greatest? It features 4G LTE data and a fantastic keyboard, but falls short on the display front. Learn more in Michael’s full review. Tweet Vote on HN ...
Samsung Galaxy Note (AT&T) video tour
The Samsung Galaxy Note for AT&T is a unique device that sits right in between a smartphone and a tablet in the mobile device ecosystem. Though it is sold as a phone, the Note’s massive 5.3-inch display makes it feel like a tablet when you hold it. Tweet Vote on HN ...
Samsung site hints at Galaxy Note 10.1 launch later this month
Samsung has yet to reveal any products other than the Galaxy Note that use its S Pen input device, but that may change at Mobile World Congress later this month. We may see a 10.1-inch version of the Galaxy Note unveiled, it seems. Outed by Samsung’s own official website, the Galaxy Note 10.1 is listed as making an appearance at a Samsung event for developers during the conference. Tweet Vote on HN ...
Europe Approves Google’s Acquisition of Motorola
The European Commission has approved Google’s proposed $12.5 billion acquisition of Motorola Mobility. “This is an important milestone in the approval process and it moves us closer to closing the deal,” said Google in a statement. “We are now just waiting for decisions from a few other jurisdictions before we can close this transaction. As we outlined in August, the combination of Google and Motorola Mobility will help supercharge Android.” Last week, the Wall Street Journal reported that the U.S. Department of Justice was likely to approve the deal as early ...
U.S. Approves Google’s Motorola Bid
Today the U.S. Justice Department approved Google’s proposed $12.5 billion acquisition of Motorola Mobility. However, the regulatory body said it would not hesitate to take action if it feels standard essential patents are not licensed fairly. Earlier today, the European Commission also approved the deal. It still has to clear hurdles in several other markets. Tweet Vote on HN ...
Motorola Not Delivering Android 4.0 Until Q3 the Earliest
Motorola today announced an approximate schedule for planned upgrades to Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich for its devices. In the U.S., Motorola said that the Atrix 2, Atrix 4G, Photon 4G, and Xyboards 8.2/10.1 will receive Ice Cream Sandwich some time in the third quarter of 2012. Motorola is still in the “planning and evaluation phase” with respect to Android 4.0 for the bulk of Motorola’s existing smartphones. That includes recent launches such as the Droid 4, Droid RAZR MAXX, Droid RAZR, Droid Bionic, Droid 3 X2, and Electrify. After the planning phase, Motorola will ...
Motorola DROID 4 (Verizon) video tour
The DROID is dead, long live the DROID. The Motorola DROID 4, that is. This time around, Motorola’s keyboard-toting Android smartphone features a 4-inch qHD resolution display, a dual-core 1.2GHz processor, dual HD-capable cameras, and support for Verizon’s blazing fast LTE data network. It also offers users the best keyboard available on a horizontal sliding phone to date – it’s that good. The DROID 4 runs Android 2.3.6 Gingerbread at the moment, but Motorola has promised an update to Android 4 Ice Cream Sandwich in Q2 of the ...
Apple files for preliminary injunction against Google Galaxy Nexus in the U.S.
Apple filed for a preliminary injunction against the Google Galaxy Nexus in the U.S. this week. This time Apple cites four patents that are allegedly infringed upon by Google’s flagship smartphone. Tweet Vote on HN ...
Samsung launches Galaxy Tab 2 tablet with Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich
Not content with having two other tablets in the 7-inch class category, Samsung has taken the wraps off of the Galaxy Tab 2, the true successor to the original 7-inch Galaxy Tab that was released way back in 2010. The Galaxy Tab 2 features a dual-core processor and is the first Samsung tablet to launch with Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich. Tweet Vote on HN ...
Google to receive approval for Motorola acquisition from U.S. Department of Justice
According to sources reporting to Reuters, the U.S. Department of Justice is set to announce its approval of search giant Google’s purchase of smartphone and tablet manufacturer Motorola Mobility. Google is purchasing Motorola in an effort to secure its patent portfolio in order to bolster defense of Google’s Android operating system from the patent wars that have been marching through the mobile industry. Android has been under heavy attack from the likes of Apple as well as smaller players, and it is thought that Google will use the newly acquired Motorola patents to force its ...