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How Does the Moto X Stack Up Against Apple's iPhone 5 and Samsung's Galaxy S4?
After months of teases, full-page ads and leaked details, Motorola’s new smartphone, the Moto X, is finally, officially here. The new flagship phone is the first one Motorola has built entirely from...
View ArticleDiving Into Moto X With Motorola's SVP of Product Management (Video)
You’ve heard a lot about the Moto X smartphone today. Now you can check it out in action. We had the opportunity to sit with Rick Osterloh, Motorola’s senior vice president of product management, at...
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The Moto X Works on T-Mobile's Network, but Won't Be Sold in Its Stores -- At...
The Moto X may work with all the major U.S. carriers, but their level of enthusiasm appears to vary quite a bit. While AT&T and Sprint issued bold press releases talking about the Moto X and the...
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ATD Week in Review: Microsoft Partner Woes and Samsung's Steroid Specs
In case you missed anything, here’s a quick roundup of some of the news that powered AllThingsD this week: Starbucks said it would bring wireless cellphone charging to 10 of its coffee shops in Silicon...
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Motorola's Dennis Woodside Says Moto X Has Top Performance Where It Matters
While the Moto X may not be the highest-end device in every regard, Motorola CEO Dennis Woodside says the phone delivers the kind of performance that matters to real customers. “We made some different...
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Motorola Chief Dennis Woodside on Intel, Quicker Android Upgrades and More
Motorola CEO Dennis Woodside is hoping that lots of people buy the Moto X. But he also hopes that the product sends a strong signal of where the Google-owned company is going. “We spent the last year...
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Motorola Gives Friends and Family a Free Moto X to Test Online Configuration...
Motorola is offering workers a chance to reward friends and family with a discount on the Moto X if they agree to test the online Moto Maker configuration system. The Google-owned hardware company is...
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Motorola Mobility's Moto X Offers Customized Colors and More
[ See post to watch video ] Most modern smartphones can respond in a limited way to spoken questions and commands, and can alert users with words or icons when messages arrive or events occur. But you...
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Appeals Court Revives Apple's Multitouch Patent Case Against Google's Motorola
Apple’s good fortunes with the International Trade Commission continued this week as a federal appeals court revived a lawsuit that the company had brought against Google’s Motorola over the use of...
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Why Is My Phone Giving Me Amber Alerts, What Bezos Should Do With the WaPo...
Many Californians were jolted out of bed last Monday to an unusual siren sound emanating from their smartphone, followed by an Amber Alert about a suspected kidnapper. While the mobile phone warning...
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Motorola Creates Newfangled Way to Securely "Skip" the Password
For years, the tech industry has talked about ways of replacing the password. But it’s mostly been that. Talk. Motorola on Friday announced the Motorola Skip, a wearable fob that pairs with the Moto X...
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Teardown Reveals Google's Moto X Costs $221 to Build
As the first smartphone to be completely designed since Google’s acquisition of Motorola Mobility, there are a lot of expectations riding on the Moto X. The phone, now considered the flagship of the...
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Microsoft Wants to Keep Licensing Windows Phone to Others, Post-Nokia Deal
While Microsoft will clearly be the largest maker of Windows Phones once its deal to buy Nokia’s device business is complete, the company says it still hopes to license the software to others. Asa...
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Motorola Keeps Those "Lazy Phone" Ads Coming
Motorola continues to play up the notion that phones that don’t have its touchless controls are just plain lazy. In its latest “Lazy Phone” spot, the Google subsidiary shows a guy in his car who...
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Lenovo Drops Intel for Qualcomm in Latest K-Series Phone
Intel has had a tough time convincing big-name phone makers to use its chips in their Android devices. The Lenovo K900 And the path to acceptance appears to be getting bumpier. One of the company’s few...
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Google "Closing In" on Unified Product Experience, Says Soon-to-Be MIA Larry...
The takeaway from Google’s satisfactory/meets expectations third-quarter financial results, full as it was of details about traffic acquisition cost bumps and amortization expenses, was actually about...
View ArticleWith Project Ara's Modular Hardware, Future Motorola Phones May Look Like...
Motorola said on Monday night that it hopes to divide up future phones into component modules. The Google-owned company’s new Project Ara will be a modular hardware platform developed in the open in...
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Moto X Price Drops to $99 as Moto Maker Customization Comes to All Major...
Motorola is hoping to capture a greater share of holiday sales by dropping the contract price of its phone to $99.99 and bringing its Moto Maker customizing option to all four major carriers. “Your...
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Motorola CEO Dennis Woodside on How the $179 Moto G Can Change the Low-End...
At first sight, Motorola’s new Moto G looks a lot like the Moto X. The biggest difference is one you can’t see: The price. The Moto G is designed to sell for $179 or less without a contract, hundreds...
View ArticleMotorola: KitKat Coming to Moto X on Verizon Today, Others Soon
Google’s Motorola unit said Tuesday that the KitKat version of Android is being made available for Moto X phones running on Verizon’s network, with other carriers and countries coming soon. “Our...
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Motorola Taps 3D Systems to Help Make "Project Ara" Customizable Phone a Reality
Motorola is looking to a 3-D printing company to help the company’s effort to make mobile phones out of a series of customizable parts. The Google unit is partnering with 3D Systems to help manufacture...
View ArticleMotorola Launches a Low-Priced Phone for the Holidays
Motorola launched the Moto G in the U.S. on Tuesday. A relatively low-priced smartphone that will soon run the latest version of Android (KitKat), it costs $180 for the eight gigabyte version, and $200...
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Motorola Hits Redial After Website Glitches Hang Up $349 Moto X Cyber Monday...
Google’s Motorola unit thought it had a winner on its hands with a Cyber Monday deal offering its flagship Moto X for $349, unlocked and without a contract, via the company’s Moto Maker customization...
View ArticleCalling Overseas on Wi-Fi
Q: If I bought the Republic Wireless phone you reviewed last week, would I be able to make calls overseas without paying the usual exorbitant roaming fees the big carriers charge, as long as I was in...
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Motorola’s Moto G Might Stand for “Great” Budget Phone
Sometimes you feel like a $300 smartphone under contract. Sometimes you don’t. The Moto G from Motorola is a new option for those who don’t. Starting at $179 without a contract, it’s far less expensive...
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