Motorola

A Chinese-born software engineer convicted of stealing trade secrets from Motorola was sentenced on Wednesday to four years in federal prison, according to the office of the U.S. Attorney in Chicago. Hanjuan Jin, a 41-year-old naturalized U.S. citizen, was arrested in 2007 at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport as she prepared to board a flight to Continue Reading →

Apple is expected to introduce the iPhone 5 Sept. 12—after which it’s going to be no easy feat for its competitors to grab a headline or pull attention away from the smartphone that Apple fans have been waiting for since essentially last October. Because of this, you can expect a whole lot of news to Continue Reading →

Motorola Mobility, which was bought by Google Inc for $12.5 billion, will cut 20 percent of its workforce and shut nearly a third of its offices worldwide, Google said on Monday. “These changes are designed to return Motorola’s mobile devices unit to profitability, after it lost money in fourteen of the last sixteen quarters,” Google Continue Reading →

The great smartphone boom is about to end. That’s according to one savvy tech prognosticator, Bill Whyman, head of the investment research firm International Strategy & Investment‘s tech strategy research team, who tends to look more than a couple quarters ahead. Whyman contends that as smartphone penetration reaches 50% sometime next year, the market will Continue Reading →

Rumors and questionable leaks of Motorola’s next Atrix device have been making the rounds for what seems like ages, but Motorola finally put all that speculation to rest last night. The company recently revealed the new Ice Cream Sandwich-powered handset on their website, albeit with a notable lack of fanfare. With its rounded corners and Continue Reading →

Watch out for exploding prices! Verizon Wireless just stopped subsidizing tablets, which naturally results in a lot higher advertised prices. Want a 16GB Motorola XYZBoard? That will be $629. A Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.7? Hand over $549. Verizon Wireless quietly made the switch late last month when launching the “Share Everything” family plans. With this Continue Reading →

After years in development, the VideoLAN team have finally launched their popular VLC video player on Android, meaning that if you own one of the newer ARMv7-powered Android devices, you will be able to download the first beta of the app from Google Play today. Initially targeted at “power users and hackers”, the beta is Continue Reading →

[wpaudio url=”https://media.shellypalmer.com/wp-content/images/usrn/120529_SHELLYPALMER_GEN_BED.mp3″ text=”Click to play … ” dl=”0″] Google just closed its acquisition of Motorola Mobility and officially became a smartphone manufacturer.  Is Facebook jealous?  It must be, because the New York Times is reporting strong rumors that we could see a Facebook phone sometime next year.  Facebook did not confirm or deny the rumor, Continue Reading →

Be patient, owners of the Motorola RAZR and RAZR Maxx. You’ll get your ice cream someday – Ice Cream Sandwich, that is, otherwise known as Android 4.0. But if you can’t wait until the end of June to get your hands on the latest update to Google’s OS, and you haven’t already installed a custom Continue Reading →

Google Inc. completed its $12.5 billion acquisition of phone maker Motorola Mobility Holdings Inc. on Tuesday and said it has appointed a Google executive as the new CEO of the business.  Dennis Woodside, previously president of Google’s Americas region, is Motorola’s new CEO. Departing CEO Sanjay Jha will help to ensure a smooth transition, Google Continue Reading →