Motorola Motoroi Getting A Lot Of Pre-Orders In South Korea
Looks like Android is catching on fast overseas. The Motorola Motoroi, with its cute bump and all, is expected to reach 50,000 pre-orders by February 4th. That’s the word from SK Telecom, the carrier that will exclusively carry the Motoroi.
Read the full story on Android Central
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Motorola hints at Google phone and more in Q4 earnings call
Motorola reported their Q4 earnings today and revealed some interesting Android news. The company actually showed progress in transforming to a smartphone company and reported a profit for Q4, but issued a disappointing profit forecast for the start of 2010.
“First, in smartphone, we plan to launch at least 20 devices, including at least one direct-to-consumer device with Google.”
This news comes with little surprise. We saw Sanjay at the Nexus One launch and already knew Motorola would sell a device in the Google phone store. Details about the device are still scarce, but rumors suggest it will be called the Motorola Shadow (see concept image above).
“CLIQ, BACKFLIP, and the majority of our new smartphone this year will feature MOTOBLUR. MOTOBLUR is our application and services suite that runs on Android platform.”
Nothing too new here. Motorola previously told us they wanted to include Motoblur on all their Android phones. The exceptions would be the Droid and whatever phone launches in the Google phone store. We think Google controls the software on those phones which is why they include stock Android.
Source: Android and me
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Motorola Android Cliq Software 1.3.8 Leaked, Official Update Coming Soon?
Motorola had “accidently” released a test version of the update (Software version 1.3.8) for the Motorola Cliq. According to the description of the update, software 1.3.8 included improvements to the battery life, touchscreen sensitivity, improved GPS tracking, a new option for assigning functionality to a double-press of the home button, and more. As quickly as the update was leaked, it was soon pulled after approximately 15 mins. What does this leak mean? Well, it could mean that Motorola Cliq owners could be getting an official update pretty soon.
Source: TmoNews
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What is this mysterious Motorola Android device?
The guys at mobile.cz somehow managed to scrounge up this shot, and they’re calling it the Motorola “Zeppelin”.
According to the original source, its packing a 5 megapixel camera, a 3.2″ HVGA display, GPS, and Android behind Motorola’s BLUR user interface. It also looks to have touch sensitive keys, and what is either a D-pad or a touch sensitive trackpad right below the screen.
It’s a bit lower end than the Droid, but a bit higher end than the CLIQ.
Source: MobileCrunch.
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Motorola Posts 4Q Profit but Outlook Is Low
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Motorola Inc. showed progress in its turnaround efforts Thursday but a disappointing profit forecast sent its shares sliding.
Motorola stock fell 73 cents, or 9.9 percent, to $6.67 in morning trading.
The shares are still more than double what they were trading for in March, as optimism has grown that Motorola can salvage its cell phone business. The first fruits of its new approach, the Cliq and Droid smart phones, went on sale in the fourth quarter.
Those phones were well received, and Motorola reporting shipping 2 million units. But overall cell phone sales were lower than expected, at 12 million units. Total revenue came to $5.7 billion, missing the average forecast from analysts of $5.9 billion, according to Thomson Reuters.
However, analysts did not appear to have taken into account that Motorola deferred $200 million in revenue from sales of smart phones, amortizing it instead over two years, in a new accounting step.
Looking ahead, Motorola said it expects a loss in the first quarter of 1 cent to 3 cents per share, excluding unusual items. Analysts expected a profit of 3 cents.
Motorola co-CEO Sanjay Jha said the loss would come from the planned launch of several new smart phones, with the attendant sales, marketing and support costs. At the same time, he expects smart phone sales to be down from the fourth quarter, when Verizon Wireless put a massive push behind the Droid.
Read the full story on ABC News.
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Motorola Teases Their Super Bowl Ad
Motorola has just put up a teaser video for their commercial. According to Motorola, the ad will air during the 3rd Quarter and feature a well-known celebrity. Check out Motorola’s Facebook page for more info.
Source: Android Central.
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Unofficial ROM update brings FM radio to Motorola Android CLIQ / DEXT
A known Android firmware tweaker who calls himself “Eugene373” was fiddling about running an LG ROM on his Motorola CLIQ and discovered that it was possible to convince the CLIQ to use the LG ROM’s radio APK files to boot up an as-yet unused and undocumented FM radio on the Motorola Android phone.
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Android 2.1 spied on the Motorola Milestone (Droid)
Motorola announced during CES that their CLIQ (Dext) and Droid (Milestone) phones would be updated to Android 2.1, but we have yet to receive a time frame. Enough people have been asking Motorola about the update that they responded on Twitter:
“Guys, we’re sorry; we know you are excited about 2.1 updates to your Moto Android-based products, but we can’t comment on official timing.”
There are rumors that the latest Android 2.1 build was in beta testing and now some screens have leaked out. German site MobiFlip has posted the first screens of Android 2.1 running on the Motorola Milestone (Droid). They refer to the update as 2.0.2, but the screens show firmware version 2.1 .
Read the full story on Android and Me.
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Motorola announces Baidu search alternative to Google Android phones in China
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China and Google’s relationship has been on the ropes since Google uncovered a Chinese hacking initiative that sought emails of Chinese dissidents, and it seems Motorola is expecting the worst. Motorola has announced that it will offer the Baidu search engine as an alternative to the default Google search engine on Android-powered Motorola smartphones in China. Baidu is China’s largest search engine, and Google’s top rival in the Chinese market. The move will give Motorola a viable search alternative for its Android phones, should Google decide to completely pull out of the China.
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Motorola Android MOTOSPLIT
Engadget has released a render of an AT&T-bound Android device named the Motorola MOTOSPLIT that has a wing-like QWERTY keyboard protruding from either ends. This would supposedly come in the 3rd Quarter.
Source: Phandroid
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