Tag: motorola

Motorola XT720 In The House!

Today is a day I have been waiting for ever since I saw this handset announced about a month ago (and leaked just before if you are a regular reader of this site). Today I got my hands on my very own Motorola XT720 which launched just yesterday …

Motorola FLIPOUT Review

The Motorola FLIPOUT will be arriving on Orange very soon and, after playing with the phone for a number of hours, it's definitely aimed at the "youth" market. Media sharing is on board, as is a rather interesting music player that integrates streamin...

Hands-on with the Motorola FLIPOUT

First it was the X10 Mini, now another small Android device has landed in our mobile office. This is the Motorola FLIPOUT and it'll be arriving - complete with CAPITAL LETTERS - to Orange very soon. It, along with the X10 Mini, seems to be targeting t...

Motorola CHARM now official – T-Mobile USA exclusive

A few days back we saw some shots of the Motorola CHARM on an AT&T system. Now it's official, with Motorola making the QWERTY messaging phone official just a short while ago. Android 2.1 will have the MOTOBLUR GUI on top and the specs include a 3 mega...

Motorola FLIPOUT coming to Orange

The death of the Microsoft Kin obviously doesn't mean the death of cheap social media phones, with Orange jumping all over the new Motorola FLIPOUT. It's an Android 2.1 device we spotted a couple of months ago and has a full QWERTY keyboard, 2.8" touc...

Motorola CHARM to arrive on T-Mobile USA soon?

The rather square Motorola CHARM has popped up over on engadget.com. Android 2.1 powers this, along with "Enhanced" MOTOBLUR GUI tweaks. Other than that there's not a fat lot we can tell apart from the obvious QWERTY keyboard and the fact that it's a ...

Droid 2 makes a video appearance

The Motorola Droid 2 has leaked out yet again, this time in a video. It seems to look and feel exactly like the original Droid (known as the Milestone on this side of the Atlantic) with only the keyboard being noticeably different. Inside the CPU is ...

Droid – The next generation

The Droid X and Droid 2 have already appeared on the web through leaked photos and, with a US-arrival sometime soon, we're hoping that the international versions will also appear shortly after. Droid Life have now got some early adverts with confirmat...

Droid X in photo-call

If we're honest, Android has pretty well saved Motorola. This, the Droid X, Xtreme or Shadow (whatever it may end up being called) has popped up in rather nice pictures from Gadget University. Someone with very long nails has also got the specs on thi...

DROID 2 Pictured – New keyboard and more

Motorola have added a sliding QWERTY to a couple of Android phones already, and that looks to continue with the Droid 2. The D-pad has gone and the keyboard is much better - we weren't overly keen on the DEXT / CLIQ one. This keyboard looks a lot …

2GHz Motorola Android approaching soon

A 2GHz phone? Well, it's not too far away. Whilst some people are still using PC's powered by 2GHz processors, Motorola boss Sanjay Jha has stated that a Motorola device will be powered by one by the end of the year. Based on Android, there's no real ...

Motorola Milestone XT720 Now Official!

Recently we brought you a page from eXpansys showing a new Motorola device which was a UK version of the Motoroi but this was quickly pulled from the site. Well today Motorola have officially announced the device to the world and the specs are HIGHLY ...

Motorola FlipOut Announced Today

Motorola today announced a new Android powered device called FlipOut and has a rather interesting design which I personally really like.  As you can see in the picture, the FlipOut has a square design with a rotating screen to reveal a keyboard. ...

Update: Motoroi Coming To The UK

The original MotoRoi was a touch only version of the Motorola Milestone which sorry to say never made its way over here to the UK but now it seems we know why. eXpansys have an updated version of the Android 2.1 device due to ship in the UK …

Motorola Flipout – Spin that screen

Motorola are loving Android at the moment. The OS has pretty much brought them back from the brink and now this square device has popped up on gizmodo. It's a device we saw briefly last month but we can now see the interesting keyboard mechanism. Moto...

Motorola Milestone gets the 2.1 treatment

The Motorola Milestone firmware update is now available for UK owners here and yes, you're getting Android 2.1. The PDF details the new features which include .. "Exciting new widgets, wallpaper functionality and a security upgrades." Extra screens ...

Motorola goes square

This small square Motorola device appeared briefly on Droiddog, although it's now been pulled. To be honest we don't know a fat lot about it other than the square screen, swivel keyboard, Android 2.1 OS and MotoBLUR. This square screen adds yet anothe...

Motorola DEXT now half price on Orange

The Motorola DEXT is available for just £149 on Pay As You Go in the Orange Easter sale. That's half the normal price, so you can bag a very decent Android QWERTY for a very decent price. It's also available on contract from nothing, plus you can div...

Motorola Dext Now Just £149.99 On Orange

Orange have an Easter Sale on their PAYG range of handsets and the best value is a 50% price drop on the Android powered Motorola Dext now at only £149.99 down from £299.99 The Dext is the first phone from Motorola to feature MotoBlur whic...

Motorola QUENCH and BACKFLIP Video special

If you've been watching the right-side of our site recently then you may have already seen this. For the rest of you... where have you been ?! :) Earlier today we got a rather nice demo of the Motorola QUENCH along with the Swipe functionality that ma...

Motorola QUENCH – Hands on

We've just had a hands-on with the new Motorola handset - the Quench. Following the press announcement we got a guided tour of the slim tablet handset. The "Swipe" feature for texting / emailing was particularly impressive and we were told that this i...

TV Ad shows how dangerous the DEVOUR could be

Last week saw the launch of the Motorola DEVOUR. It's another Android device from Moto and the MotoBLUR interface helps you connect with your favourite social networks. TV ads for the phone are now appearing too, with this one showing up in the middle...

Another Moto Android – The DEVOUR

Motorola have just announced a new Sidekick.. Opps.. sorry, no. It's the "DEVOUR", a touch-screen Android handset with 3.1" capacitive screen, aGPS and the MotoBLUR interface we've seen on handsets like the DEXT. The DEVOUR will be arriving on Verizon...

Motorola Milestone appears – available on Orange

We're always a little bit doubtful when handsets appear this way, but according to phoneboxmobiles.com the Motorola Milestone is available for a mere £62.10 on the Orange Dolphin 30 plan. We'd still like to see the thing on the main Orange site ...

Moto to deliver up to 30 Android handsets this year

We're not being too unkind when we say that Motorola were in a pretty bad way before they launched their new Android phones. The Dext / Cliq was a good start and the Droid / Milestone is already proving to be a very popular handset in the USA. …

Nexus Two – A QWERTY slider?

This may or may not be the Motorola Shadow. It may or may not be the Google Nexus Two. Confused? Well, it's another one of those interesting rumours but there's a definite slice of the market that love those slide-out QWERTY keyboards, so why not ? T...

Moto confirms DEXT / CLIQ and BACKFLIP updates

Well, there you go. Just minutes ago we were asking why the CLIQ / DEXT and BACKFLIP were on the market with the Android 1.5 OS and now they've confirmed that Android 2.1 will be available for both handsets soon enough. Now, why I'm even calling Andro...

Motorola does a BACKFLIP – Official

Last month some blurry shots of an interesting Motorola phone appeared. It had a strange folding mechanism which meant that the QWERTY keyboard ended up on the outside of the phone when closed. Today, at CES, Motorola made the BACKFLIP official. Like ...

Motorola DEXT / CLIQ Review

Our Motorola DEXT review is now online. It's sold in the US as the Motorola CLIQ and here in Europe it's just had a price-drop - just £299 and no contract to worry about. Should you get it ? Well, there's only one way to find out. Packing …

Motorola Milestone Reviewed

We'll have our Motorola Dext review online later today. It's the European version of the Motorola Cliq - an Android handset with slide-out QWERTY. It's bigger brother is the Motorola Droid - a handset which is being advertised heavily in the USA. Here...

Motorola Backflip / Enzo Shots and specs

phandroid.com have shots of the new Android-powered Motorola Enzo online. It's also known as the "Motorola Backflip" and has no doubt received that name due to the way that the keyboard rotates round - it actually parks itself facing outwards as you'l...

Video : MotoBLUR – Up-close

I've been using the Motorola Dext as my main phone for a few days now. Available on Orange it's an Android 1.5 handset with a QWERTY sliding keyboard and the new MotoBLUR interface. Following our video overview and picture special we've now got an up-...

Motorola Dext Picture Special

Yesterday was the video overview. Today it's the picture special. The Motorola Dext is the European version of the "Cliq" and has a 3.1" HVGA screen. There's a 5 megapixel auto-focus cam around the back, 3G and WiFi connectivity plus a 3.5mm audio por...

The Motorola Dext – Video Overview

The Motorola Dext is here. It's the European version of the Cliq and is selling now on Orange. This is the first QWERTY Android phone we've ever tested and, if truth be known, it's been quite some time since we saw a Motorola device (anyone remember t...

Motorola Milestone coming very soon

More shops now have the European version of the Motorola Droid available for pre-order. Clove did have the Milestone showing until recently, with expansys.com still showing it at £449.99 unlocked with a 9-day leadtime. Superetrader have it showing fo...

New Motorola Motus specs and blurry shot

AGH! Blurred much ? This is the new Motorola Motus, a new Android aimed at the masses. It appears to have a glossy flat sliding QWERTY and three main keys on the front. Specs from BGR show a possible arrival on AT&T with similar specs to the Cliq …

Moto DROID becomes MILESTONE, heads to Europe

The DROID is only just appearing on Verizon in the USA. Meanwhile, it seemed, the rest of the world had to wait... but not for long. this picture of the GSM version has appeared on the o2 Germany website and now there's a stonking big Motorola website...

Motorola DROID gets reviewed

The Motorola DROID. It's so good it needs CAPITAL LETTERS. Our American readers will be able to snap it up on Friday, and rumour has it that doors will open early. While you wait the next few days (and everyone else waits a bit longer), you can soak …

This IS the Droid you’re looking for..

Well, it's official now. Motorola have now announced that the Motorola DROID will be available on Verizon next week (November 6th). The specs include a 3.7" widescreen display with a (slightly) weird 854x480 resolution. It's the first phone to use And...