Sorry for the delay this week! With Brian in Seoul, me getting back from NYC and Ian in London it was difficult to all get together for our usual Friday recording sessions for the podcast. We managed to get this episode recorded on Monday, but I then had to run off to DC for another NDA event. We did finally manage to get things edited so today we have the delayed episode 6. This week's podcast begins with our review impressions of the iPhone 5. We also go over the other major smartphone announcements from the past week: Motorola's Medfield powered RAZR i, HTC's Windows Phone 8X/8S and LG's Optimus G. Last week we talked about Haswell from a platform perspective and this week we...
Motorola Droid RAZR Review - A Better Clad Bionic
Recently Motorola unleashed a bunch of devices it was keeping up its sleeve, and the latest for Verizon is the Motorola Droid RAZR. A while ago we reviewed the...
75 by Brian Klug on 12/16/2011
White Verizon Droid RAZR Available 12/15
Hoping for some Galaxy Nexus LTE news? Sorry, no such luck. It was mentioned in the PR for the Xyboards we reported on last week, but we now have...
6 by Jason Inofuentes on 12/14/2011
Sony Ericsson and Motorola Detail Android 4.0 Upgrade Path
We've talked in the past about how OEMs take the Android Open Source Project (AOSP) and use it to build software tailored for devices in the context of x86...
22 by Brian Klug on 12/7/2011
Verizon and Motorola Introduce Xyboard 10.1 and 8.2: Xoom Sequels
If you thought the Xoom name left something to be desired, Verizon's branding of the Xoom 2 line as the Droid Xyboard (pronounced like "cyborg") line isn't going to...
15 by Jason Inofuentes on 12/7/2011
Motorola Mobility Shareholders Vote to Approve Google Merger
Motorola Mobility shareholders have overwhelmingly approved of a potential merger with Google, the next step in the deal that was first announced in August. Ninety-nine percent of all voting...
3 by Andrew Cunningham on 11/18/2011
Hands-on With The Motorola Droid RAZR
Unlike some prior events, reps were more than happy to let us get our grubby mits on the devices. Even going so far as to let us run benchmarks...
15 by Jason Inofuentes on 10/18/2011
Motorola Droid RAZR Performance Preview: A Faster Browser
When we published our preliminary iPhone 4S performance results we pointed out that the current state of stock Android (2.3.x) browser performance is pretty bad. Google improved browser performance...
24 by Anand Lal Shimpi & Jason Inofuentes on 10/18/2011
Motorola Announces the MotoACTV, Android Based Fitness Device
This might not seem like the most interesting device to most, but the MotoACTV is being described as the most advanced piece of technology Motorola has ever produced, per...
4 by Jason Inofuentes on 10/18/2011
The Motorola Droid RAZR: OMAP 4, 7.1mm Thick, 4G LTE
We're live at Motorola's NYC launch event featuring the return of a long fabled brand, the RAZR. This time paired with a more recent brand, Droid. The phone itself...
17 by Jason Inofuentes on 10/18/2011
CTIA: AT&T Outs 5 New Android Phones, Atrix 2 for $99 on-contract
The Fall hits just keep coming. Today AT&T joined partners Motorola, Samsung, Pantech and newcomer ZTE to announce 5 new Android handsets due out this Fall. The line-up includes...
5 by Jason Inofuentes on 10/11/2011
Motorola Droid Bionic Review - Dual Core with 4G LTE
It is something of an understatement to start out by mentioning that the Motorola Droid Bionic was easily this summer’s most anticipated smartphone. The story of the Bionic started...
64 by Brian Klug on 10/11/2011
Motorola Droid Bionic - A Quick Preview
Hot off the heels of finishing our Samsung Galaxy S 2 review, I'm off to Microsoft's BUILD conference with Ryan while Anand covers IDF. Before we get knee deep...
64 by Brian Klug on 9/12/2011
Droid Bionic Officially Announced: On Sale Tomorrow!
It's finally here, and hopefully worth the wait! Verizon Wireless and Motorola Mobility announced this morning the new and improved Droid Bionic, the first dual-core, 4G LTE handset. After...
6 by Jason Inofuentes on 9/7/2011
Droid Bionic Arrives September 8th
It's been a long time since CES, but the wait is nearly over. Per Motorola's Droid Bionic Twitter account, the Bionic will grace Verizon's network on Sepember 8th. Earlier...
23 by Jason Inofuentes on 8/28/2011
HTC EVO 3D vs. Motorola Photon 4G: Choosing the Best Sprint Phone
Sprint customers almost always get the short end of the stick. In exchange for some of the more reasonable smartphone plans in the US, Sprint customers typically enjoy a...
43 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 8/17/2011
Observations on the Google-Motorola Purchase
If you've been on the Internet for very long today, you've probably already heard about this: Google intends to purchase Motorola Mobility Holdings for $12.5 billion, or about $40...
56 by Andrew Cunningham on 8/15/2011
Google Acquires Motorola Mobility
Google has just announced that they will acquire Motorola Mobility Holdings Inc. (or more commonly known as just Motorola). Google will be paying $40 per share, which means a...
19 by Kristian Vättö on 8/15/2011
Droid Bionic Outed: OMAP 4430 Reigns
When the hype machine for a product hits a certain decibel, you can expect some legitimate news to come rolling in. And so it is, after covering the leaked...
16 by Jason Inofuentes on 8/2/2011
Leaks Suggest Droid Bionic Will Give Birth To Atrix LTE for AT&T
The last several days have seen lots of speculation about an AT&T branded Motorola phone whose model number (MB865) mirrors that of the long awaited Droid Bionic (XT865). So...
8 by Jason Inofuentes on 7/28/2011
This Just In - Motorola Droid 3 for Verizon
Almost a month ago, we posted about the Motorola Droid 3 popping up in GLBenchmark 2.0's online result browser, with a dual-core 1 GHz OMAP 4430 SoC at its...
39 by Brian Klug on 7/15/2011