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While you’re still trying to decide whether or not we’ve entered the post-Moto era, or if
recent sales numbers are but a mere hiccup, might we introduce you in a hands-on of Motorola’s
doomed RAZR3 (aka Ruby)? Featuring an improved interface, GPS, FM radio, and a touchscreen, this would have been the phone to beat — in 2006. For a closer look at the dumphone that almost was, check out the video after the break.
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Motorola RAZR3 comes back from the dead for a very special hands-on video originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 30 Apr 2010 16:41:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Original post by Joseph L. Flatley
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The CLIQ’s keyboardless cousin is getting a software update as we speak — but unfortunately, it’s probably not quite what you were hoping for. In fact, the T-Mobile Community board post officially announcing the CLIQ XT upgrade had to specifically call out the fact that this isn’t Android 2.1, proof positive that there’s a ton of interest in getting these things on something fresher than the 1.5 they launched on. Anyhow, the update still looks like a good one, promising to improve “overall phone performance” and tweak visual voicemail, Bluetooth, touchscreen accuracy, messaging, and camera issues. T-Mobile says you’re welcome to wait for the on-screen notification, or you can manually check for the update in Settings and you should be able to pick it up. Good luck, folks.
Motorola CLIQ XT update rolling out — and no, it’s not Android 2.1 originally appeared on Engadget Mobile on Fri, 30 Apr 2010 16:28:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Original post by Chris Ziegler
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It’s pretty wild that neither Palm nor AT&T have fessed up to a release date for the GSM-ified versions of the Pre Plus or Pixi Plus yet — especially considering that there are already unboxings going on — but we’ve now got confirmation that dummy units (of the Pre Plus, anyhow) are filtering into retail stores, so it definitely shouldn’t be much longer now. Dummies of an updated version of the ultra-simple Pantech Breeze (uncreatively named Breeze 2) is also coming in, so between these two, you should pretty much be able to outfit every member of the family from grandpa to the newborn. Seriously though, AT&T — wait much longer on this release, and this sucker’s going to be obsolete.
[Thanks, Kal]
Palm Pre Plus, Pantech Breeze 2 dummies showing up in AT&T stores originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 30 Apr 2010 15:09:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Original post by Chris Ziegler
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T-Mobile’s got a reputation to uphold as the US’ value carrier, right? It looks to be doing that come the 16th of next month when it’ll apparently be rolling out a $50 monthly prepaid option for unlimited voice and text, beating AT&T’s recently-deployed plan by $10. You’ll also be able to get unlimited messaging plus 10 cents per minute for voice for $15 a month, an odd combination that might be surprisingly popular considering that text has all but replaced voice as the primary means of communication in some social circles (ours included). Here’s where it gets really interesting, though: there’ll also be an “Hour Pass” option for prepaid folks that lets them access as much web on their handset as they’d like for 99 cents an hour, a pretty sweet option that should keep overages to a minimum if you need to do a lot of browsing every once in a while. Well played, T-Mobile.
T-Mobile getting new prepaid, hourly data access options next month? originally appeared on Engadget Mobile on Fri, 30 Apr 2010 14:17:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Original post by Chris Ziegler
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Apple, love it or lump it, has seen some big numbers lately:
one million App Store apps downloaded,
ten billion iTunes, and now it looks like the company can claim to be the number one phone maker in the US. According to
Forbes, Apple sold 8.8 million iPhones in the first quarter, as opposed to 8.5 million mobile devices sold by Motorola — quite a slide when you figure that four years ago the company moved something like 46.1 million in Q1. If that ain’t enough to give Motorola pause, industry analysts IDC have issued a report stating that, while the mobile phone industry continues to recover (growing almost 22 percent in Q1) Motorola has been knocked out of the top five worldwide mobile vendors by RIM. We guess the next question is, will
Motorola’s all-Android, all-the-time strategy be enough to bring it back into the big leagues?
Apple #1 US phone manufacturer, RIM enters top 5 worldwide, Motorola feels the burn originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 30 Apr 2010 14:01:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Original post by Joseph L. Flatley
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Considering the almost complete absence of love in the commercial marketplace for Moorestown and Moblin — and the fact that there’s no sign of MeeGo building serious momentum just yet — we’re sure that Intel would’ve just loved for the drop-dead-sexy GW990 to serve as the platform’s crown jewel for 2010. Unfortunately, that’s not going to happen, because we’ve just been able to confirm that the 4.8-inch beast (and potential Dell Mini 5 foil) has been wiped off the product roadmap. Though we don’t know exactly what happened, the fact that Moblin is effectively dead and MeeGo isn’t ready for prime time might be part of LG’s justification for killing it off; if you might recall, the GW990 was introduced before MeeGo was official, and the original plan was to have it on the market in the second half of this year. Then again, this might be just as well — we weren’t impressed by the fact that LG was positioning the phone as a closed device back at CES, and there are still plenty of open questions as to how Intel and Nokia plan to offer apps on MeeGo — so let’s just hope this form factor reemerges from LG’s labs soon enough, yeah?
Confirmed: LG’s Moorestown-based GW990 won’t be made originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 30 Apr 2010 12:43:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Original post by Chris Ziegler
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Well, here’s a surprise: Reuters says Nokia might consider replacing CEO Olli-Pekka Kallasuvo in order to please unhappy shareholders who don’t see the cellphone giant effectively competing in the smartphone market. The report is mostly based on analyst chatter and doesn’t provide any hard sources, but we’ve certainly seen analysts swarm around blood in the water like this in the past, so it’s not totally out of the question — especially given core concerns about Symbian^3 delays, stagnant profit growth, and (uh oh) competing against the iPhone. What’s more, OPK promised to build up Nokia’s US presence when he took over, and he’s obviously failed to deliver on that promise — US marketshare has fallen from 20 percent to 7 percent, prompting one analyst quoted in the Reuters piece to wonder if “Nokia really has the desire to fix the problem.” Ouch. That’s a lot of big questions with no easy answers — OPK is scheduled to speak to shareholders next week, we’ll see what he has to say.
Nokia CEO Olli-Pekka Kallasuvo being replaced to soothe frustrated investors? originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 30 Apr 2010 11:25:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Original post by Nilay Patel
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Well, here’s a surprise: Reuters says Nokia might consider replacing CEO Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo in order to please unhappy shareholders who don’t see the cellphone giant effectively competing in the smartphone market. The report is mostly based on analyst chatter and doesn’t provide any hard sources, but we’ve certainly seen analysts swarm around blood in the water like this in the past, so it’s not totally out of the question — especially given core concerns about Symbian^3 delays, stagnant profit growth, and (uh oh) competing against the iPhone. What’s more, OPK pledged to build up Nokia’s US presence when he took over, and he’s obviously failed to deliver on that promise — US marketshare has fallen from 20 percent to 7 percent, prompting one analyst quoted in the Reuters piece to wonder if “Nokia really has the desire to fix the problem.” Ouch. That’s a lot of big questions with no easy answers — OPK is scheduled to speak to shareholders next week, we’ll see what he has to say.
Nokia CEO Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo being replaced to soothe frustrated investors? originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 30 Apr 2010 11:25:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Original post by Nilay Patel
