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Motorola
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Google To Acquire Motorola Mobility For $12.5 Billion
15 Aug 2011 by Craig Lloyd / 2 Comments
Despite being a small contender in the mobile market with only a 3% market share and a net loss of $56 million in Q2 2011, Motorola Mobility (Motorola’s handset division) is being acquired by Google for a cool $12.5 billion. Of course, it has to pass through the government and Motorola’s shareholders first, but if the acquisition really happens, it could be big. From the press release:...
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Motorola Atrix – The Future of Mobile Computing
17 Feb 2011 by Jake Joraanstad / 11 Comments
With practically everything available at our fingertips via smartphone, “What could the mobile market possibly do next?” I thought. We have 1 GHz processors in most new smart phones, an incredibly powerful, ever-growing Android OS, the simple and beautiful iOS 4, turn-by-turn navigation, mobile Google Docs, 4G wireless connections, video chat, 720p video recording, 1080p video output via HDMI...
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Simple Droid X Hack Can Greatly Improve Call Quality
13 Jan 2011 by Evan Wondrasek / 10 Comments
There are many reasons why the audio quality of mobile phones isn’t great. One simple, but fixable reason is that the phone is most likely configured to use an outdated voice encoder algorithm by default. Luckily for us, Motorola includes hidden programming menus in most of its phones where we can adjust advanced settings like voice quality. How to Change the Droid X’s Vocoder Step 1: Ope...
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Droid X: That “Pull” Tab Behind the Battery Cover is for Battery Removal, Don’t Tear it Out!
29 Jul 2010 by Evan Wondrasek / 11 Comments
After a few delays, I was finally able to get my hands on Motorola’s new 4.3″ Android smartphone, the Droid X. This is a really impressive phone, but there is one thing you need to watch out for when you first use it: the “Pull” tab is not meant to be removed! Before you insert the battery into the back of the phone, you’ll notice a yellow tab with the word “P...
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Droid X: This is one hard phone to find (without a preorder) [Updated]
![Droid X: This is one hard phone to find (without a preorder) [Updated]](http://www.techerator.com/wp-content/themes/magpress/functions/timthumb.php?src=http://www.techerator.com/wp-content/uploads/wpid-2010-07-15-12.30.15.jpg&w=175&h=175&zc=1 "Droid X: This is one hard phone to find (without a preorder) [Updated]")
15 Jul 2010 by Evan Wondrasek / 3 Comments
Update 07/22/10: I’ve spoken to Verizon reps at corporate stores across the Minneapolis metropolitan area and they have reported that the Droid X is sold out in all stores across the nation. They explained that the only way to currently get the phone is to order it from Verizon online, which should start shipping on approximately August 3rd or 4th. The phone will include free overnight s...
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First 48 Hours with the Motorla Droid
29 Jan 2010 by Patrick Vinge / 1 Comment
My thoughts after the first 48 hours with the Motorola Droid.
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Comparison: Motorola Droid vs. iPod Touch
25 Nov 2009 by Evan Wondrasek / 44 Comments
A friend of mine recently asked if she should buy an iPod Touch or a Motorola Droid. While these are two completely different products, one being a wifi-enabled MP3 player and the other being a full-featured smartphone, a choice definitely still exists. So without any further adieu, here’s what I had to say about the two of them! I bought my 16GB iPod Touch two summers ago and I used...
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How to View YouTube in High Quality with the Motorola Droid
08 Nov 2009 by Evan Wondrasek
I noticed in tech blogger Robert Scoble’s recent review of the Motorola Droid that many people are unaware that YouTube videos are set to a low quality setting by default on Verizon’s newest Android-powered phone. I can’t say exactly why Motorola decided to do this (I’m sure the guy in charge of Verizon’s bandwidth was happy about it) – but it makes YouTube vi...
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