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Revisiting the Motorola Droid on Verizon (Revisiting the Motorola Droid on Verizon)

I Want It More than Everrrrr! Awesome! Verizon is Best Service! :DI was going to wait, but this phone looks totally ready for prime time!Moto has put out some of the toughest phones out there and no other single phone has even approached the numbers of Razr out there! Still...

Tags: Telecom & Utilities, Verizon Communications Inc., phone, Revisiting, Motorola Droid, Motorola Inc., Moto

Discussion threads 2009-11-07

MobileTechRoundup show #186, Nokia N900, dual boot laptops, Moto CLIQ

reality checkhey guys, did you know that the ZUNE just fell out of the amazon top ten mp3 players list? (after 3 weeks on the market) just wanted to let you know. guess who had 8 out of the top ten spots? and yes, i know the top ten list...

Tags: Digital music, Digital media, top-ten, MobileTechRoundup, dual boot, Nokia Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-10-16

Fixing Motorola's mess: kick that smartphone strategy into high gear

Fixing Motorola's mess: kick that smartphone strategy into high gearNothing really new with Moto...I gotta wonder if Motorola's afraid of success. Or something. Back in November 2005, they released the Motorola A1200 Ming - a very cool touch screen phone in ASIA only. However, the cool factor of that phone...

Tags: Smart phones, Telecom & Utilities, Cellular phones, Handhelds, phone, Motorola A1200, smart phone, Moto, smartphone strategy, Motorola Inc., high gear, Apple iPhone, strategy

Discussion threads 2009-05-01

(Moto Labs' multitouch display)

(Moto Labs' multitouch display)touch screensImagine, if you will, the specter of filthy video displays at every desk. Who cleans these things? Certainly not the oily chip munching user but the 'got plenty of time' IT guy who already cleans up sloppy computing! RE: (Moto Labs' multitouch display)how do...

Tags: Keyboards, Monitors & displays, Mice, Moto, Moto Labs, multitouch display, touch screen

Discussion threads 2009-04-29

Motorola Renew W233 (T-Mobile)

Photo gallery:Motorola Renew W233The story of T-Mobile'sMotorola Renew W233 lies not in what it offers--its features are quite minimal--but rather in what it is. Billed as the world's first carbon neutral cell phone, the Renew is made entirely of recycled water bottles at least the plastic parts and it comes...

Tags: Telecom & Utilities, Cellular phones, Motorola Inc., T-Mobile, Moto, Motorola Renew

Product reviews 2009-02-04

Moto's new status symbol: Mobile phone made from recyled plastics

Moto's new status symbol: Mobile phone made from recyled plasticsMost absurd greenwash yetThere are 1,000 uses for recycled water bottles including polar fleece and dog beds... there are ZERO uses for a dead cell phone needing a $60 battery.This is absurd considering millions of cellphones are chucked EVERY WEEK because...

Tags: Engineering, Telecom & Utilities, phone, charger, greenwash, battery, Moto, plastics, mobile

Discussion threads 2009-01-14

Moto's new status symbol: Mobile phone made from recyled plastics

Mobile phone big-wig Motorola plans to start shipping during this quarter a mobile phone, the MOTO W233 Renew, with a housing that is made out of recycled water bottles. The company also has arranged to offset the carbon used to manufacture, distribute and operate each phone through a deal with...

Tags: Phone, Mobile, Cell Phone, Plastics, Motorola Inc., Moto, Telecom & Utilities, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2009-01-13

Motorola: We'll take your water bottles and make a phone

Motorola: We'll take your water bottles and make a phoneUhh?Moto are to be applauded for their efforts.But they could only make the claim of Carbon Neutral if the phone was also recharged with renewable energy too.Or never used. :p Which would be silly.How about REAL change more greenwash garbageUgh -...

Tags: Telecom & Utilities, Moto, water bottle, phone, Motorola Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-01-06

Motorola Adventure V750 (Verizon Wireless)

Despite the naysayers who have predicted the company's demise, Motorola's recent cell phone releases have won high marks. Its inventive Rokr E8 stands as one of the better music phones on the market, its Q9c is a quality smartphone, and its Z9 and W755 are reliable handsets with solid call...

Tags: Cellular phones, Motorola Inc., Verizon Wireless, V750, Moto

Product reviews 2008-08-04

Motorola EQ5 portable wireless speaker

Though we've reviewed cell phone speakers from Sony Ericsson, Nokia, and LG, this is the first time a speaker from Motorola has arrived in our labs. Moto is pushing its EQ5 portable wireless speaker as the perfect accessory for T-Mobile's Motorola's Rork E8. In many ways the two devices are...

Tags: wireless, Motorola Inc., Moto, Motorola EQ5

Product reviews 2008-07-08

Apple co-founder Woz: sometimes I use a Moto Razr instead of an iPhone

Apple co-founder Woz: sometimes I use a Moto Razr instead of an iPhoneDude, that is so uncool :)What else could I say ?What do you enjoy?If you want being tracked and wiretapped 24/7 - buy the iPhone (due to the not user-replaceable batteries).If you enjoy the poorest sound quality -...

Tags: 3G, Notebooks, Apple iPhone, wOz, Moto Razr, Apple Inc., Moto

Discussion threads 2008-03-03

Motorola considers cell phone biz spinoff

Motorola considers cell phone biz spinoffMoto's metal phones=poopyI said it. I stand by it. I received a RAZR as an "upgrade" from my Nokia 6103 after it's SIM card reader quit working, and I've had nothing but problems with the built-in apps and with bluetoooth the entire time, along with...

Tags: Keyboards, Cellular phones, cell phone biz spinoff, Motorola Inc., cell phone, Moto

Discussion threads 2008-02-01

ZDNet reader says he's returning his new Moto Q9m due to lock-ups

ZDNet reader says he's returning his new Moto Q9m due to lock-upsMore of the Verizon wireless experienceYou know this is not really surprising. Verizon Wireless tends to cripple the device and control it to such a degree that it interferes with regular operation, and that is quite sad. I thought...

Tags: Telecom & Utilities, Strategy, Cellular phones, phone, Verizon Wireless, Moto Q9m, ZDNet-reader

Discussion threads 2007-09-28

Cell phone security has at least one flaw: people

Cell phone security has at least one flaw: peopleSeems that lacksidasical attitude is invadingevery aspect of life now. Ignore warnings on the PC, the phone oh and that red light! That's for the other guy! Yeah, people are the problem. We need a population reduction, or at least stop the...

Tags: Telecom & Utilities, Cellular phones, security, Cell phone security, Moto, phone, cell phone, red light, F***ing

Discussion threads 2007-07-13

Moto's Zander talks up RAZR's forthcoming live video capture

Next up at NXTcomm is Ed Zander, CEO of Motorola.Major takeaway from Zander's address is the evolution in the way content is created and then distributed. "It is changing from tv channels to spontaneous generation," he said.Ed then explained Motorola's belief that this spontaneous generation will be enabled in the...

Tags: trends, NXTComm, News

Blog posts 2007-06-20

Samsung Upstage SPH-M620

Every once in a great while, a new cell phone comes along that has the potential to shove the industry toward a whole new path. Moto's StarTAC did much to usher in the flip-phone era, while the company's Razr helped spawn the new thin-phone revolution. But now it's Samsung's turn...

Tags: Cellular phones, Digital music, Digital media, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., telephone, Samsung UpStage

Product reviews 2007-03-26

Motorola W315

Though Motorola has been best known over the last couple of years for its unending thin phone collection, the company hasn't dropped basic, simple cell phones from its lineup completely. For the most part, they're pretty unremarkable, save for perhaps the Motorola V195, but it's good to know Moto isn't...

Tags: Motorola W315, telephone, Moto, Motorola Inc.

Product reviews 2007-03-21

Motorola under siege: Mobile business unravels

Motorola under siege: Mobile business unravelsCost-cutting and profit increasing.Every one of these is about paying less and charging as much as possible:- Accelerate a more cost-competitive silicon strategy. - Shift the marketing approach to include experience as well as design as a product value proposition. (Translation: Motorola can't compete on...

Tags: Smart phones, Cellular phones, Advertising & Promotion, Operating systems, MAKE SURE IT, Motorola Inc., Linux, mobile, handset, Moto, Java, smart phone, phone, Palm Inc.

Discussion threads 2007-03-21

Motorola Razr V3xx (Gold)

The carrier that brought you the very first Razr cell phone is now bringing yet another one (yes, another one) to the market. The Motorola Razr V3xx for Cingular Wireless (soon to be AT&T) doesn't bring anything particularly revolutionary to the Razr family but it does include a handful of...

Tags: volume rocker, Motorola Inc., Motorola Razr, telephone, RAZR V3xx

Product reviews 2007-03-08

Best articulation of the struggle between Cable TV and Internet video

Motorola is one of the heavy hitters in the set top box market. Not only do they make the cable tuners that a lot of cable companies install at their customers premises, they also make TiVo-comparable digital video recorders DVRs. By the way, if you ask me, leasing a DVR...

Tags: Motorola Inc., cable, Hollywood On Demand, Personal Technology, Entertainment, General

Blog posts 2006-12-01