Raising its stake in the heated battle over the local smartphone market, LG Electronics, the world’s third-largest mobile phone maker, yesterday opened a smartphone based on Google’s Android operating system. Korean clienteles have access to merely one other Android-based smartphone, the Motoroi from U.S.-based Motorola. That makes LG’s latest handset the first locally made Android-based … Read More
As the mobile phone industry becoming more and more crowed, the competition keeps upping the bar on each other. With all the big manufacturers spending boat loads of money on R&D trying to develop the next trendy smartphone, everyone is after that golden ticket device. A leader in measuring the digital world comScore, has release … Read More
A few days ago when we learned that Motorola is going to bring its complete line-up of MOTOBLUR handsets to Canada, we didn’t know which carrier was to be getting which handset. In the span of a couple days however, things have changed. We now know that the BACKFLIP , that crazy concoction of a … Read More
Today in cell phone news, Motorola was said to provide a software update for the CLIQ, but when a user here at cellphonetrek tried to accept the over-the-air update a message said the update had been recalled. Version 1.3.18 was suppose to improve battery life, screen sensitivity, and the GPS performance. There is no statement … Read More
Happening in cell phone news today, making an announcement that would directly effect cellphone recycling by buying the handset from customers. Engaging in this effort is Sprint, at their over 1000+ stores nation wide. This credit can be as low as $5 or in excess of $300 dollar depending on the particular device. There is … Read More
In cell phone news today, Garner a company well know for their smartphone market analysis has today released numbers for the Worldwide Smartphone Sales, and ranked them by Operating System. These numbers are for 2009, and show that the biggest gainers were the iPhone OS, Android, and RIM. Some operating systems weren’t so lucky and … Read More
Daniel Moloney , president of Motorola’s Home business, has decided to leave the company to serve as the CEO for an unnamed Philadelphia, PA-based global producer of electronic components, electrical contacts and assemblies. Update: he’ll be joining Technitrol as head honcho at the end of March 2010. Moloney will not be replaced, as Motorola co-CEO … Read More
Regarding cell phone news, not to long ago Motorola made an announcement that they will be splitting up their company into two separate entities. Motorola is looking for different avenues so that they can integrate the features of TV and mobile phones. They are trying this so consumers will be more able to share photos, … Read More
In cell phone news, right from the great minds at Google straight to your Android devices is yet another application that Google can add to the ever growing Android library. This new shopping application utilizes Google’s online shopping data and allows the user to search the vast repository using text, voice, bar codes, and photo … Read More
In cell phone news, this year has started off with a bang when it comes to new smartphones making their way to the marketplace. First we say the next big thing by Google the Nexus One, followed by a unique looking device from Motorola, called the back flip. We are however waiting on a device … Read More
Did you blink during the Super Bowl commercial breaks? Too bad if you did, because it means you may have missed the anemic number of gadget or tech-related commercials worth talking about tomorrow at the water cooler. But! Megan Fox ! Megan Fox is an obvious choice, for obvious reasons (if she’s your thing): She … Read More
We weren’t sure exactly what Beyonce, David Goes to the Dentist and Chocolate Rain all had in common, but VIZIO squeezed them all into its Super Bowl ad. Still striving to remake its reputation from being merely a cheap HDTV manufacturer to a premium one offering lots of features, the ad (embedded after the break) … Read More
Just in case you missed the Devour ’s televised debut in the third quarter of the Super Bowl, Motorola and Hulu havegone ahead and posted it online, along with some bonus footage (spoiler: no bonus Megan Fox scenes). Jury’s still out on if it’ll assuage any Motoblur disdain. Commercial after the break, extra scenes via … Read More
As predicted , Hell has indeed frozen over. Yesterday, Google CEO Eric Schmidt sent a tweet hinting at something most people probably never expected to see: a Google Super Bowl ad. But the contents of the ad, and even the product it would be promoting, remained a mystery. Moments ago some 90 million Americans watched … Read More
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