Motorola

It was only a matter of time before Google became a military power, and now, with its Android army marching forward at a furious pace, it has finally happened. Or should we say ‘app-end.

Some devices are so popular, so high flying, you need to literally look to the skies just to get your hands on, as is the case with Motorola’s much hyped Droid X, which sold out at Verizon on the first day it was offered.
RCR Unplugged was surprised, therefore, when we received the following offer from Continental airlines this week, offering us a Droid X. “Earn Miles and get a new DROID X by Motorola,” read the subject line.

If you consider yourself to be more of a rugged, rough and tumble Android user, who doesn’t mince his words and prefers to push-to-talk, you may just grunt with joy at Sprint’s new military grade Motorola i1 offering.

AT&T’s strained, outdated network and spotty coverage has long been a sore point for US iPhone users, with many calling for Apple to bring its popular phone to other carriers, thus giving users more of a choice. The rumor mill has even posited that the AT&T/Apple divorce could be no more than a year away, with a possible open relationship with Verizon Wireless happening well before that.

Randall Stephenson, CEO of AT&T Corp., is the top paid executive in the telecom space among U.S.-based public companies. Stephenson is followed by Qualcomm Inc. CEO and Chairman Dr. Paul Jacobs. During the next month, RCR Wireless News will feature top paid executives each Monday.

While most of America may be going gaga for Apple’s antenns this morning, other (possibly more sensible) Murkins are focusing their hype on the new Motorola Droid X smartphone, resulting in its complete sell out from retail stores on its first day of sale and clogging Verizon’s phone activation infrastructure.

While most of America may be going gaga for Apple’s antenns this morning, other (possibly more sensible) Murkins are focusing their hype on the new Motorola Droid X smartphone, resulting in its complete sell out from retail stores on its first day of sale and clogging Verizon’s phone activation infrastructure.

With worldwide market-share for smartphones constantly growing, it may seem to some that dependable old feature phones are being neglected, but a change in terminology could soon see feature phones getting smarter – on paper anyway.

Motorola is betting on Android, RIM says its “ridiculous growth” proves people like Blackberry just fine as it is, and Yahoo is unsure whether or not tablets are mobile devices, according to a panel this morning at MobileBeat 2010 in San Francisco

Motorola is trying to ‘charm’ its way into consumer hearts with its new Blackberry look-alike Android device. The much rumored Motorola Charm has now been confirmed and legitimized by the firm itself, and will be sold exclusively through T-Mobile in the US this summer.

Bad news for owners of Motorola’s Cliq and Cliq XT phones, as the firm announced the expected upgrade to Android 2.1 today would be further delayed.

On Tuesday Google officially announced the release of its Android 2.2 (Froyo) update, which it said would be rolled out to its Nexus One smartphone over the course of this week. As well as offering improved speeds and performance, the updated software also brings Flash 10.1 to the device and mobile hotspot capabilities.