Motorola

Can a 136-year-old company, with 100,000 employees in 180 countries, stay “hungry”? Despite an annual $5 billion USD R&D budget, Swedish telecom equipment-maker Ericsson saw its market share plummet in the transition from 2G to 3G. To avoid the same fate in the shift from 3G to LTE, Ericsson changed strategies – in addition to Continue Reading →

TiVo will receive at least $250.4 million from Verizon as part of a patent litigation settlement, the video recorder pioneer said on Monday, sending its shares up more than 4 percent. TiVo, whose brand is synonymous with digital video recorders, has had to turn to litigation to generate revenue from licensing fees as it struggles Continue Reading →

Motorola Mobility unveiled three new Android smartphones earlier this month, in an effort to show off its holiday lineup before attention turned elsewhere. On Tuesday, however, the Google-owned smartphone maker unveiled a fourth handset that will launch over the coming weeks, and this one is a bit more unique. Beyond the 4.3-inch “edge-to-edge” AMOLED display, Continue Reading →

LG Electronics Inc unveiled its latest high-end smartphone packed with powerful hardware upgrades on Tuesday, as the struggling South Korean firm tries to win market share from Apple Inc and Samsung Electronics Co Ltd in the crucial holiday quarter. LG’s handset business, which was slow to move into smartphones and has largely failed to win Continue Reading →

So… I like Android. I use just about every Android smartphone on and off, but my main phone is an iPhone 4S. One major complaint I have with Android is that the phones are just too big… seriously. First it was 4 inches, then 4.3 inches, then 4.5 inches, then 4.6 inches, then 4.7 inches, Continue Reading →

Nokia and Motorola had their day in the device spotlight yesterday, and today it is Amazon’s turn, with Apple’s next week. So in the middle of all of this, just to make sure we don’t forget about it, Samsung has released some numbers on sales of its newest smartphone, the Galaxy S III. Samsung says Continue Reading →

[wpaudio url=”https://media.shellypalmer.com/wp-content/images/usrn/120906_SHELLYPALMER_GEN_BED.mp3″ text=”Click to play … ” dl=”0″] And so it’s begun… the wave of Fall product announcements kicked off with new phones from Nokia and Motorola.  Together with Windows, Nokia unveiled the Lumia 920 and it’s cheaper sibling, the Nokia 820. The phones will be the first with the new Windows 8 operating system. Continue Reading →

The Motorola Droid Razr HD, Droid Razr Maxx HD, and Droid Razr M were announced today at a joint Google/Motorola event in New York City. With the new handsets, the companies promise the start of a new phase in their relationship—one that will focus on giving phones better battery life, more speed, and consistent Android Continue Reading →

Motorola today announced that it will give a $100 credit towards the new DROID devices that it is introducing today for any users whose 2011 Motorola devices can’t be upgraded to Android Jelly Bean. The attempt will be made to upgrade all of its existing handsets to Jelly Bean, but the experience, said Motorola’s Dennis Continue Reading →

There have been rumours for quite some time now, that Amazon could soon release a sequel to its popular tablet: The Kindle Fire. Priced at just $199 and a screen length of 7 inches, Amazon managed to create a new brand of tablets, which provoked Google into realizing the importance and the potential that this Continue Reading →