Video: Motorola Devour gets Demonstrated
Here is a hands-on demo of the Motorola Devour presented by the vice president of Android software and Motorola services, Rick Osterloh.
Osterloh starts off by pointing out the nice slide QWERTY keyboard of the Motorola Devour and then goes on to list the main specs such as half VGA display, WiFi, GPS, Bluetooth and such. The Motorola Devour’s Qualcomm 600 MHz chipset makes it very fast, and has a lot of speed improvements.
Source: Phones Review
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Motorola Pushing Out a CLIQ Update This Week – Not THAT One
Motorola’s MotoMobile twitter account tweeted earlier today that an update was coming to the Cliq this week. Nope, not 2.1 just yet. That one is scheduled for the second quarter of this year. The update rolling out over the next few days is designed to address battery life, GPS, and the touchscreen.
CLIQ users: an update is coming this week w/ enhancements for battery life, touchscreen, and GPS. We’ll alert you when you can download it. – MotoMobile
Source: Android Guys.
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Motorola Zeppelin likely headed to T-Mobile on March 10
Gizmodo Brazil posted some new pictures of the Motorola Zeppelin which is likely headed to T-Mobile. Android And Me reports that the device has support for T-Mobile USA 3G bands and TmoNews is reporting a launch date of March 10, 2010.
No price point has been announced, but we would expect it to launch around $149 with 2 year agreement.
Rumored specs of the Zeppelin include:
- Qualcomm MSM7201 528 MHz CPU
- 512 MB flash ROM, 256 MB RAM
- 3.1 inch capacitive display HVGA (480×320)
- 5 megapixel camera with autofocus
- WiFi 802.11 b/g, GPS, Bluetooth
- Android 1.5 with Motoblur
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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 MOTOROI to hit US soon
Motorola’s recently announced MOTOROI is set to hit Stateside this coming March, and we could probably see it be made available via Verizon Wireless. While the MOTOROI lacks a physical keyboard like the Droid, many people are already looking forward to the MOTOROI’s performance in usurping the Droid. Granted, it does look pretty solid in terms of construction and build, where you get a full touchscreen display, an 8-megapixel camera and 720p video playback via HDMI out. Apart from that, you get 8GB of internal memory and a microSDHC memory card slot to augment its storage space. Other features include a 3.7″ LCD display, 3G and Wi-Fi connectivity, and GPS support.
Source: Ubergizmo
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Motorola Calgary / DROID Devour gets shot up in silver, new info
Motorola is making a device in more that one color according to a contact of BGR. They also got the following information:
The keyboard was “nice” and the phone itself was “easier to use” compared to the Motorola DROID. Obviously that’s personal opinion, and maybe the BLUR OS simplifies things for some people, but the trackpad apparently is killer as a navigational input device. Oh? The device has Wi-Fi, GPS, a 1420mAh battery, but unfortunately no SIM card slot as it is not a global device. Whether the unit will come in multiple colors or not is not confirmed as these are still non-final units, we’re told, but we’d probably bet on it being available in black as well as silver.
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Motorola Android Opus One specifications
BGR got the full specs of the Motorola Android Opus One:
he Motorola Opus One will run Android 1.5 with iDEN service enhancements, make use of a “Zeus” CPU, and will feature a 3 megapixel autofocus camera.
Detailed list of full specs after the breakage!
- 3.1″ hVGA 320×480 capacitative touchscreen display
- 3 megapixel autofocus camera with LED flash
- Accelerometer
- Proximity sensor
- Wi-Fi 802.11b/g
- Bluetooth
- microSD card slot
- 2.5mm headset jack
- Home, Menu, Back, Speaker buttons are capacitive buttons with haptic feedback
- iDEN PTT & PTX
- Android LBS which is integrated into the iDEN GPS engine
- “Enterprise email”
- Plastic-molded housing with some rubberized texture finishes
- 58mm in width, 118mm in length
- 100g weight
- 512MB Flash / 256MB of RAM
- 64k and 128k iDEN SIM card support
- A-GPS
- Motorola dual-mic technology noise-canceling for noisy enviroments
- Flash Lite v3.1.x
- Some of the preloaded apps include: corporate email client with ActiveSync support, MOTONAV navigation app, barcode scanner, and document viewer.
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Motorola DROID OTA schedule
A clear explanation from a VZW connect that outlines how the OTA updates work for the Motorola DROID. At noon today, approximately 1,000 people received the notification to update their handset. At around midnight this evening, 9,000 more will receive it. After the initial 10,000, there is a 48-hour waiting period. No one after that receives anything until December 10th at 12AM, which will be 200,000 people. It will continue at 200,000 devices a day until everyone is updated.
Take a look at the following enhancements that you will be getting on your Droid by Motorla:
* OS stability is improved.
* Battery life is improved.
* Camera auto focus functionality is improved, and time between shots is reduced.
* Enhancements for three-way calling.
* Audio for incoming calls is improved.
* When receiving a call on call waiting, the speakerphone now remains on.
* Bluetooth® functionality is improved; background echo is eliminated.
* Improved Bluetooth phone book transfer of contacts to in-vehicle Bluetooth solutions.
* After closing a GPS application, the GPS icon will now automatically be removed from the notification panel.
* Users can now receive SMS and MMS messages after an EMS message is received.
* SMS and MMS may now be sent to seven-digit addresses.
* Google® contact merging has been updated to accommodate seven-digit numbers.
* Visual Voice Mail notices now arrive instantaneously.
* The corporate calendar widget user interface is updated.
Sources: BGR and Android Community
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Motorola Motus specs
Android and me “discovered” some new pictures of the Motorola Mutos and its specs:
The Motus is essentially part of the Cliq family. The only thing new is the outer design. It features a reverse flip keyboard and a rear directional touchpad.
Motorola Motus specs:
- 528 MHz Qualcomm MSM7201A
- 512 MB ROM
- 256 MB RAM
- 3.1 inch display 320 x 480 (HVGA)
- 5 megapixel camera with LED flash
- WiFi / Bluetooth 2.0 / GPS
- OS Android 1.5 with Motoblur
- GSM 850/900/1800/1900 W-CDMA 850/900/1700/1900/2100
- Reverse flip keyboard
- Rear directional touchpad
According to the leaked Motorola roadmap, this phone is due in Q1 2010 and will be in the same price point as the Cliq.
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How To Improve Motorola Android Droid’s Battery Usage
Here are some ideas from Netnetblog on how to improve the Motorola Droid’s battery life:
There are two things that need addressing about the power-hungry Droid. First, TURN OFF GPS. It makes complete sense to have it on out-of-the-box so as to let the customer get familiar with the functionality. Verizon should stick a posty on the package that states “use GPS only when necessary.” Turn that GPS on and watch the battery bar slide at 100 mph. I don’t need GPS to surf the TV anyway.
Second, there is a “location” feature that uses the position of the cell towers, GPS (I think) and Internet databases. It’s not known how much this feature contributes to the battery-juice hunger though. The service continuously updates as you move about St Louis. It is cool for applications that provide you local content such as movies, store sales, etc. Some advocates have issues with this and classify it as a privacy issue. No sleep lost here. If privacy isn’t breached this way, it is probably breached a half-dozen other ways. You may turn this functionality off to conserve on battery juice.
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