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Aug

3

2010

Video: Froyo on a Motorola DROID X

by Dustin Karnes
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While there was an announcement last week that the Motorola DROID (original) would be receiving Android 2.2, there has been a strange lack of news as to wether or not it would come to the DROID X. Well, it looks like there’s some evidence now that would point to it coming to the X… either [...]

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Aug

3

2010

South Korea proud owner of Motorola Glam

by Dustin Karnes
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Motorola has continued it’s release of one of their new devices in the Asian market by bringing it to South Korea. Dubbed the “Glam”, it would probably be safe to assume that we may never see this device stateside, but that doesn’t mean some of our friend to the east would mind terribly having it. [...]

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Aug

2

2010

DROID 2 now on Verizon’s list of advanced devices

by Dustin Karnes
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Verizon has a list, dubbed the “Advanced Device List” (available here), that basically lays down all of their smartphones and netbooks that have a high ETF (Early Termination Fee) of $350, compared to the standard almost $180. According to a tipster, the Motorola Droid 2 is now on said list, while Verizon has yet to [...]

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Jul

30

2010

Motorola Droid to receive Android 2.2 next week

by Dustin Karnes
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According to an article over at engadget, they have received official word from Verizon that Froyo will be headed to the original Motorola Droid next week. It’s entirely possible that this could be a hasty response to HTC’s notice that the Evo will also be getting 2.2 (officially) on 8/3, but however it came about, [...]

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Jul

20

2010

Motorola Milestone XT720 comes to the UK unlocked

by Dustin Karnes
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Well folks, it looks the Motorola Milestone XT720 has hit the UK market… without a carrier. The phone is available through a couple different retailers: Play for £359.99 ($550 USD) and Clove for £381.88 ($583 USD). It’s sporting all the usual specs: Android 2.1 ARM Cortex-A8 processor 3.7-inch display 480 x 854 resolution 8 MP [...]

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Jul

16

2010

Motorola speaks out about eFuse, says Droid X will not brick or explode

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You may have heard about the eFuse software built into the new Motorola Droid X phone. there’s been a lot of talk about how the software is there to keep anyone from modding the phone in any way, and there has been speculation as to the fact that if you do any hacking, your phone [...]

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