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Tablets Flying Fast and Furious at CES

Ina Fried in Mobile on January 5, 2011 at 5:00 pm PT

This year’s Consumer Electronics Show figured to be the year of the tablet, and so far it hasn’t disappointed. Motorola, Samsung and LG all announced new slates on Thursday, adding to a growing list of aspiring iPad rivals.

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Motorola Adds Streaming Content Start-Up to Its Playlist

Ina Fried in Mobile on December 22, 2010 at 8:25 am PT

Motorola announced Wednesday that it is scooping up Zecter, maker of the cloud-based ZumoDrive and ZumoCast services. The technologies use a virtual file system to make cloud-stored content accessible as if it were stored on the device itself. As part of the deal, terms of which were not disclosed, Motorola said it will halt distribution of ZumoCast while it updates the software. Current customers can keep using the service. ZumoDrive distribution and use won’t be disrupted, Motorola said. The acquisition will become part of Motorola Mobility. (For those who have forgotten, Motorola is in the process of splitting itself in two, with Motorola Mobility being the cellphone-making unit.)

Motorola Ingests Aloqa

John Paczkowski in Social on September 16, 2010 at 6:55 am PT

Motorola’s Motoblur social networking service will soon support location awareness, thanks to the company’s acquisition of Aloqa today.

In Mobile Gymnastics, the Motorola Backflip Scores a 6

Katherine Boehret in The Digital Solution on March 9, 2010 at 2:47 pm PT

The Motorola Backflip smart phone has a unique design: Its QWERTY keyboard is on the back of the device, so the screen appears to be doing a “back flip” when it opens up for use.

Motorola’s DEVOUR: WINR or LOZR?

John Paczkowski in Mobile on February 3, 2010 at 8:59 am PT

Verizon this morning copped to what the blogosphere has been jawing about for weeks now: Motorola’s Devour is to be the wireless carrier’s next Android handset. Arriving at market next month, the Devour seems a lower-cost alternative to Droid, though Verizon hasn’t yet named a price for it.

The Android Invasion Continues: Motorola Debuts the Backflip

John Paczkowski in Social on January 7, 2010 at 5:30 am PT

Motorola has added another superphone to its Android portfolio, the Backflip. Unveiled at a press event at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, the device is similar to Verizon’s Droid in that it features both a touchscreen and keypad, but with one interesting twist: A reverse “qwerty” flip keypad that folds out from behind the display.

Motorola: Two New Phones at CES?

Eric Savitz, Blogger, Barron's, Tech Trader Daily in News on December 29, 2009 at 3:39 pm PT

Motorola may be planning to announce a pair of new phones at next week’s Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, according to Global Equities Research analyst Trip Chowdhry.

MOTOBLUNDR?

John Paczkowski in Social on September 29, 2009 at 2:42 pm PT

The Cliq, Motorola’s first phone based on Google’s Android operating system, is headed to market and will arrive there Nov. 2. Sales to existing customers will begin Oct. 19 and open to the general public Nov. 4. T-Mobile USA has priced the handset at $199 with a two-year contract, which seems a bit dear considering you can get a 16GB iPhone 3GS for the same price.

Palm Posts Loss, Announces Stock Offering

John Paczkowski in News on September 17, 2009 at 1:15 pm PT

Perhaps Palm really does have the “special sauce” needed to attain smart phone leadership, as RBC Capital Markets analyst Mike Abramsky recently claimed. Reporting first-quarter results this afternoon, the company posted a narrower-than-expected loss, said it shipped 823,000 smart phones during the quarter and announced plans for a common stock offering of 16 million shares.

Insert Lame "New Moto Phone CLIQs With Investors" Pun Here

John Paczkowski in Social on September 11, 2009 at 10:32 am PT

Motorola is getting a bit of long lost love from Wall Street today, now that it has unveiled the CLIQ–the Android-powered handset with which it hopes to regain market share in the intensely competitive cellphone business. Shares in the company spiked more than seven percent after the CLIQ announcement Thursday, and today they’re up well over six percent.

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