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Cell phones’ displays could be combined thanks to Motorola’s patent

Published on: 9th March, 2010

On March 4th, 2010, a Motorola patent published at the US Patent and Trademark Office has been spotted, suggesting the idea that the company may be planning to combine handheld displays. Considering the fact that different sizes of displays are needed for various different tasks, the patent intends to allow two or more phones, mobile [...]

Owners of iPhone most eager to recommend their phones

Published on: 2nd March, 2010

It seems iPhone and iPod owners are the most inclined to recommend their devices to friends, as latest researches reveal. A high number of iPhone users, about 91 percent, and 88 percent of iPod touch owners would gladly tell their friends to buy such devices, as January information says. At the same time, only 84 [...]

Palm has cut guidance due to unexpected slow sales

Published on: 2nd March, 2010

Palm has cut its guidance for the current quarter and expects to have between $285 million and $310 million in revenue. The company directly incriminates the “slower than expected” take up of the Pixi, the Pre and their Plus equivalents. It is also a fact that carriers have ordered fewer devices and occasionally delayed receiving [...]

Motorola Cliq updated with improved battery life and Quick Office 2

Published on: 1st March, 2010

Motorola has recently used its support forums to reveal that the software update 1.3.18 for the Cliq smartphone has been released. Already made available to most of the users, the update should improve the battery life, boosted GPS performance and the sensitivity of the touchscreen. It also provides Quick Office 2 that allows users to [...]

Motorola Cliq XT to be launched with T-Mobile in March

Published on: 18th February, 2010

The start of MWC on the 15th of February was the perfect moment for Motorola to release its eighth Android smartphone. Its name is Cliq XT for the USA or Quench, for the rest of the world. It is the first smartphone to use the social networking-heavy MOTOBLUR interface, without having a hardware keyboard. As [...]

Motorola will split into two firms within the first quarter of 2011

Published on: 17th February, 2010

Motorola has made public a more precise timetable for its plans to split the company. Intending to correct rumours, the officials of the company declared that this one would split into two firms next year, within the first quarter. The first firm would include the Mobile Devices group and the Home section, covering media hubs [...]

Motorola expected to launch a Google-badged phone

Published on: 9th February, 2010

A confirmation came from Motorola during a call to discuss its latest quarterly achievements that a Google-branded phone is in work. Sanjay Jha, chief executive of the company, said that 20 smartphones are prepared for the whole year and one of them will be a device made with Google, like the Nexus One made by [...]

Two new modems WiMAX-type from Clear

Published on: 19th January, 2010

Clear, the US WiMAX operator, is supposed to release soon two new modems with features that are not to be found in its current offerings. The ATA capability which allows for VoIP calls without needing supplementary hardware is now integrated.
The first modem will come from the Taiwanese Gemtek and has an omni-directional antenna. The price [...]

Motorola’s Droid more expensive to make than iPhone and Nexus One

Published on: 19th January, 2010

Some cost analysis reveals that the Motorola Droid is one of the most costly smartphones to produce among the latest devices currently available on the market. The materials cost for the Android handset is $179.11 and the assembly cost is $8.64, with a total of $187.75. Compared to the 16GB iPhone 3GS costs $178.96 and [...]

Motorola to spin off its mobile division?

Published on: 16th January, 2010

Sources very close to Motorola suggest the company is rethinking its plans of spinning of its mobile business. Successful sales of devices like the Droid and bids for Motorola’s mobile division situated $1 billion lower than the $4 billion to $5 billion expected by the company have given strong reasons for a rethink of whether [...]

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