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Motorola fires back at Apple with new Droid ad – “No Jacket Required”
Apple recently updated its antenna page on its site to include video footage of the Droid X experiencing signal attenuation when gripped in a certain manner. Firing back, Motorola recently published an ad with the tagline “No Jacket Required” – an obvious jab at the iPhone 4 and the free bumpers is supplying to owners. […]
Continue reading...Will upcoming “Droid X” match the iPhone 4’s Retina Display?
Thursday, June 17, 2010
MacRumors points us to a new teaser ad for the upcoming Motorola Droid X. As you can tell, Motorola is touting a 720p screen, suggesting that the device might carry a resolution of 1280×720. One of the key selling points of the upcoming iPhone 4 has been the device’s high res and 326 pixel-per-inch Retina […]
Continue reading...Motorola planning to release 2GHZ smartphone by the end of the year
Tuesday, June 15, 2010
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While Apple remains focused on advertising the practical benefits of owning an iPhone, some of its competitors are still seemingly obsessed with using spec sheets as advertising bait. During a speech last week at the Executives’ Club of Chicago, Motorola CEO Sanjay Jha discussed his company’s plans to release a 2GHZ smartphone before 2011. While […]
Continue reading...Apple now largest US maker of phones
Friday, April 30, 2010
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Apple recently surpassed Motorola to become the largest US maker of phones. Motorola yesterday released its earnings for the 1Q of 2010 and reported a total of 8.5 million in phone sales. Apple meanwhile sold 8.8 million phones during the same quarter. The fall of Motorola just goes to show how quickly things move in […]
Continue reading...Leaked specs on upcoming Motorola Droid are impressive
Saturday, October 24, 2009
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Specs on the upcoming Motorola Droid were accidentally put on Motorola’s website before quickly being removed, but Boy Genius Report was able to snag all of the pertinent info. BGR touts the Droid as being the Android phone to beat, and spec wise, we’d have to agree. – An impressive 3.7-inch, 854 x 480 touch screen with […]
Continue reading...Early Motorola Droid hands-on impresses
Monday, October 19, 2009
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The ninja like folks over at the Boy Genius Report have gotten their hands on the Motorola Droid – you know, the phone that does what the iPhone iDoesn’t – and their initial impressions are overwhelmingly positive. The screen is reportedly huge and awesome, and more importantly, the device is a screamer, sporting a TI […]
Continue reading...Verizon takes on the iPhone in new commercial, and fails
Monday, October 19, 2009
About two weeks ago, Verizon launched a commercial which took a not so subtle jab at AT&T by misappropriating Apple’s famous iPhone tagline, “There’s an app for that”, and replacing it with “There’s a map for that”. Now, Verizon is back for more and this time it has the upcoming, and Android powered, Motorola Droid […]
Continue reading...Why the new Motorola Cliq won’t be a hit
Monday, September 14, 2009
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Last week, Motorola unveiled its latest attempt to remain relevant in a mobile industry that seemingly passed them by in a heartbeat – the Motorola Cliq. The Cliq features a new Motorola technology called “Motoblur”, a feature which “Motoblur streams your emails, conversations and friends right into your phone. Only Motoblur can sync them all, […]
Continue reading...What phones are people scrapping for the iPhone?
Saturday, July 18, 2009
With iPhone market share continuing to increase, where exactly are all these new iPhone owners coming from? Well, according to Nielsen’s Q2 2009 Mobile Insights Survey, about 29% of new iPhone owners were previously Motorola owners, presumably leaving their RAZR and Q devices behind, and about 9% of BlackBerry owners ditched their trackball laden devices […]
Continue reading...Why Apple moved from PowerPC to Intel chips – a different perspective
Thursday, June 18, 2009
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Earlier this week, CNET posted an interesting take detailing why Apple decided to abandon PowerPC in favor of Intel chips in 2005. While Steve Jobs publicly stated that the Intel’s roadmap was more in line with what Apple was looking for and where it wanted to go (i.e more efficient chips), CNET got a hold […]
Continue reading...Motorola announces iPhone like touchscreen device with pullout keyboard
Monday, March 30, 2009
After being blindsided by the iPhone, Motorola’s place in the mobile space began what seemed to be a never ending freefall. As consumers flocked to smartphones en masse, Motorola had a difficult time competing with its once mighty Motorola RAZR. Today, however, Motorola announced a new touchscreen phone that evokes images of both the iPhone […]
Continue reading...iPhone reaches 1% market share in worldwide cellphone market
Sunday, February 1, 2009
When Steve Jobs first introduced the iPhone in 2007, he pointed out that the market for cellphones worldwide was far greater than the market for any other type of consumer electronic device. Apple’s goal with the iPhone, Jobs went on to say, was to achieve a 1% market share in the cellphone market in 2008. […]
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Wednesday, July 28, 2010
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