Here you go, folks, a slew of benchmark tests with the Motorola Droid 2 . We’re doing this batch with a quorum of Android 2.2 devices — the original Droid , the Droid 2, the Nexus One and the Evo 4G . One pretty major caveat, however, is that the Linpack test doesn’t appear to be working properly with the Droid and Droid 2, both of which use TI . . . → Read More: Droid 2 benchmark tests
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Looks like Verizon and Motorola have finally come clean with the release dates on that sweet Droid 2 R2-D2 edition — a poster next to that demo unit at the Star Wars-themed Celebration V convention in Orlando says it’s due to arrive on September 30. Unfortunately there’s no word on how much more this thing will cost over the regular Droid 2, but hey — Artoo’s worth it, right? . . . → Read More: Droid 2 R2-D2 edition coming September 30 The . . . → Read More: Motorola Droid 2 camera test Last quarter we reported on some pretty stellar growth numbers for Android in the global smartphone marketplace. Back then, Google’s OS had a 9.6 percent slice of the pie, but today that’s ballooned to a robust 17.2 percent, meaning that in terms of end-user sales over the last three months, Android has nearly matched RIM’s BlackBerry sales. That’s quite the feat when you consider that a year ago the latter was shifting ten times more units than the former. . . . → Read More: Gartner and IDC agree: the Android invasion’s accelerating around the world We’ve always been fans of the odd form factor espoused by Motorola’s longstanding Ming series of devices in China — a form factor seen only briefly in the US with Verizon’s Krave — and now that Moto’s made the leap to Android across its global smartphone lineup, it makes sense to move the MING from custom-cooked Linux to Android, too. The A1680 has been floating around in the wild since back in April of this year, but Motorola’s MOTDEV site for developers has now spilled the beans on all the crucial specs. Strangely, there are some basics missing like proximity and ambient light sensors — usually must-haves for touchscreen devices — and the 624MHz PXA935 core should doom it to the lower end of the performance spectrum, but at least it can scale up to 32GB of add-on storage and you’ve got a WVGA display at your disposal . . . → Read More: Motorola’s dev site details Android-powered Ming A1680 Judging by the deluge of tips that just hit our inbox, it looks like Verizon just pulled the trigger and released the Android 2.2 Froyo over-the-air update for its venerable Droid handset. At least it has for some lucky owners . . . → Read More: Motorola Droid Android 2.2 Froyo OTA updates are go You’d think Motorola would be done for the summer after pushing out the much anticipated Droid 2 , but no — apparently it has yet more Android handsets to deliver before it could head to the beach. Spotted on a Chinese regulatory website is this XT806 flip phone, which is destined for China Telecom’s CDMA2000 network. Like the other MING handsets, the main selling point here is the Chinese handwriting input on the 3.6-inch 854 x 480 LCD screen — no word on touchscreen type, but we’d be surprised if it isn’t resistive. . . . → Read More: Motorola XT806 Android flip phone strikes a pose on Chinese website We’d already had a pretty good indication that Motorola was shifting its strategy when it came to MOTOBLUR , and it looks like co-CEO Sanjay Jha has now finally made that move official. Speaking on the company’s Q2 earnings call, Jha said that while MOTOBLUR will continue to be incorporated into some of it’s phones, Motorola has decided that it will “focus on the value proposition of products and not MOTOBLUR as a brand name in its own right.” Jha further went on to explain that “being able to convey the value proposition around MOTOBLUR is not an easy thing to do in a 30-second ad spot,” but insisted that “MOTOBLUR continues to be important,” and added that he thinks “you will see increased functionality in MOTOBLUR” — you just won’t be seeing the MOTOBLUR name much in public anymore. Motorola’s Jha says MOTOBLUR brand will fade from view originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 09 Aug 2010 17:26:00 EST . . . → Read More: Motorola’s Jha says MOTOBLUR brand will fade from view Consumer Reports’ latest smartphone ratings are in September’s issue of the magazine (you know, those things made out of wood pulp), and eight Android phones made the “Recommended” list. . . . → Read More: Android strong in Consumer Reports’ smartphone ratings We aren’t quite sure what kind of deal Cincinnati Bell has going on, but darn if this regional carrier doesn’t score some fairly fantastic handsets. Also known for landing Nokia’s white E71 and its XpressMusic 5800 first in the US, the operator is now the first American home to Motorola’s Milestone XT720 . As we’d heard most recently , the smartphone packs a 720MHz TI OMAP3440 processor, 3.7-inch FWVGA touchpanel (854 x 480), Android 2.1, 802.11b/g WiFi, Bluetooth 2.1+EDR, an inbuilt accelerometer, USB 2.0 connectivity, proximity sensor, 8 megapixel camera (with Xenon flash) and a 3.5mm headphone jack . . . → Read More: Motorola’s Milestone XT720 makes US debut… on Cincinnati Bell |
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