Motorola CLIQ 2 Release Date and Yes it’s On T-Mobile Network

Jan 052011
 

Motorola CLIQ 2 is coming to T-Mobile and release date is on January 19th. This Motorola CLIQ 2 has some power under the hood too:

  • 4G
  • 5 MP Camera
  • 1Ghz Processor
  • Android 2.2 (will be upgraded to Android 2.3)

 

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Press Release:

 

LAS VEGAS – CES – Jan. 5, 2011 — Motorola Mobility, Inc., (NYSE: MMI), and T-Mobile USA today announced the upcoming availability of Motorola CLIQ 2™ with MOTOBLUR™, a 3.7-inch touch-screen smartphone with a slide-out keypad that allows users to play hard and work hard. CLIQ 2 is the latest example of the powerful devices you can expect from Motorola that combine Android™ software and MOTOBLUR social connectivity, with the addition of new business-ready functionality.

“Smartphone users are constantly looking for a device that suits all of their needs, whether they’re in the office or at home with their families. CLIQ 2 is what these consumers are looking for, delivering on what it means to truly stay connected on their terms,” said Alain Mutricy, senior vice president, portfolio and device product management, Motorola Mobility, Inc. “With business-ready features and robust entertainment options, CLIQ 2 users will be able to make the most of every moment.”

CLIQ 2 is a 3G smartphone that benefits from faster speeds at no additional cost on the T-Mobile 4G network.* Paired with an ultra-fast 1GHz processor, CLIQ 2 is designed to keep up with the busiest careers and social lives. An intelligently designed slide-out keypad shortens the distance between keys and increases key size for fast text entry. Wi-Fi calling capabilities enable users to make calls over work or home wireless networks. CLIQ 2 helps users stay connected to their home, work and weekend lives. In addition, it helps manage them with three sets of customizable home screens that provide access to the applications, shortcuts and widgets they want, when they need them.

“We are excited to build upon the success of the original CLIQ, bringing the powerful combination of Android and social connectivity to our customers,” said Paul Cole, vice president, product management, T-Mobile USA. “With the addition of new business-ready features, the Motorola CLIQ 2 offers peace of mind with the ability to balance home and work life.”

Powered by Android 2.2, users will experience rich web content with Adobe® Flash® Player. Combined with easy access to more than 100,000 applications and games from Android Market™, the latest movie hits from the pre-loaded BLOCKBUSTER® ONDEMAND application, and favorite reads via the pre-loaded Amazon Kindle application, users can turn CLIQ 2 into an entertainment hub. CLIQ 2’s high-resolution 3.7–inch touch-screen display stretches from edge-to-edge to maximize media playback and web browsing. Share media on an even larger screen, as CLIQ 2 is DLNA-enabled, allowing users to stream and share content on other DLNA-enabled devices. In addition, customers can easily frame the moments captured on CLIQ 2 with the Print to Retail feature, which allows copies to be made at a local photo retailer.

For busy professionals, CLIQ 2 offers serious business functionality. Stay on time with robust calendar capabilities, which include the ability to propose new meeting times, reply and reply-all to groups, forward meeting notices and even check meeting participant availability. Stay connected with co-workers through the corporate directory, or network after hours by importing LinkedIn connections into the contact list. Users can work remotely on CLIQ 2 using Quickoffice® to view and edit important documents right on their phones. Even connect a laptop or other device to the Internet using CLIQ 2 as a 3G mobile hotspot or through Wi-Fi Sharing. Plus, IT departments will rest easy with advanced security features like remote locate and SD card wipe. Additional security features such as device and SD card encryption are expected to be available in early 2011.

CLIQ 2 also provides a helping hand with communication overload. MOTOBLUR helps manage email and social networking services right from the home screen without separately accessing Facebook® and Twitter®, among others. And, time won’t be wasted because customizable filters allow consumers to control the types of messages and updates displayed in their home-screen widgets.

Availability

Offered in a titanium hue with a smoke gray finish, Motorola CLIQ 2 with MOTOBLUR will be available exclusively to T-Mobile USA customers on Jan. 19 at T-Mobile retail stores, select dealers and online at http://www.t-mobile.com/cliq2-android-phone. To view images, please visit here

Motorola XOOM Dual-Core Tablet With 4G

Jan 052011
 

This year CES can’t get any better! Dual-Core smartphones, and now Motorola XOOM Dual-Core tablet with 4G capability is coming to Verizon soon. First I will get the Droid BIONIC because I need new phone ASAP and then I’ll get this bad boy below!

Check out the pictures and all the details in the press release below, let us know what your thoughts are in the commenting section below.

 

 

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Press Release:

 

LAS VEGAS and BASKING RIDGE, N.J. – CES –Jan. 5, 2011 – Verizon Wireless and Motorola Mobility, Inc. (NYSE: MMI), today unveiled the innovative new tablet Motorola XOOM™ − the first device on Google’s new Android 3.0 Honeycomb operating system designed from the ground up for tablets. The Honeycomb user experience improves on Android favorites such as widgets, multi-tasking, browsing, notifications and customization and features the latest Google Mobile innovations. Boasting a dual core processor with each core running at 1 GHz, delivering up to two GHz of processing power, and 10.1-inch widescreen HD display, Motorola XOOM gives Verizon Wireless customers a new type of mobile computing experience on a stylishly thin device that is 4G LTE upgradeable.

Motorola XOOM redefines the tablet device category by providing more ways to have fun, connect with friends and stay productive on the go. It allows consumers to experience HD content right on the device, supports 1080p HD video and HDMI output to display content on larger HD screens, and plays video and other rich web content seamlessly with Adobe® Flash® Player. Motorola XOOM features a front-facing 2-megapixel camera for video chats over Wi-Fi or 3G/4G LTE, as well as a rear-facing 5-megapixel camera that captures video in 720p HD. It delivers console-like gaming performance on its 1280×800 display, and features a built-in gyroscope, barometer, e-compass, accelerometer and adaptive lighting for new types of applications. It also features Google Maps 5.0 with 3D interaction and delivers access to over 3 million Google eBooks and thousands of apps from Android Market™.

For working on the go, Motorola XOOM provides constant connectivity − including connecting to Gmail or Exchange email; opening and editing documents, spreadsheets and presentations; and viewing calendars and sending out appointments or meeting notices – with mobile broadband speeds. Its mobile hotspot capability provides an online connection for up to five other Wi-Fi-enabled devices.

“Motorola XOOM is a powerful addition to Verizon’s product lineup and builds on our combined leadership with Motorola to deliver innovative mobile devices and service on the Android platform,” said Marni Walden, vice president and chief marketing officer for Verizon Wireless. “Motorola XOOM gives consumers complete access and control of their favorite personal content and work files whether through our nationwide 3G network, or through our lightning-fast 4G LTE network as it rolls out around the country.”

“Light, powerful and fundamentally different than anything else on the market, Motorola XOOM leverages the very best technology available today to redefine what a tablet experience can be,” said Bill Ogle, chief marketing officer of Motorola Mobility. “The first device to feature software designed specifically for tablets, Motorola XOOM goes everywhere you do and delivers everything you need.”

The Motorola XOOM device will launch as a 3G/Wi-Fi-enabled device in Q1 2011 with an upgrade to 4G LTE in Q2. Starting in Q2 2011 the Motorola XOOM will be a 4G LTE/Wi-Fi- enabled device.

For more information about Verizon Wireless at CES please visit www.verizonwireless.com/ces or follow us on twitter at www.twitter.com/verizonwireless. For more information about the Motorola XOOM please visit www.verizonwireless.com/xoom.

Honeycomb Requiring Dual-Core Processor Does Not Make Any Sense!

Jan 052011
 

Rumors are floating around that Android 3.0 a.k.a Honeycomb will require dual-core processor , but that make’s no sense. This year many portable devices will have dual-core processor (Tegra 2) but most of those devices will be Tablets and not smartphones.

If Honeycomb truly requires dual-core processor in order to run correctly, does that mean that all Droid SmartPhones, Samsung Galaxy’s and the rest of the 1Ghz smartphones will stuck with Android 2.2, Android 2.3 OS?

That would make no sense, unless they develop some strip down Honeycomb OS for Smartphones, I do not believe that Android 3.0 will require dual-core processors.

Anyway, I will leave that topic alone until later this year. I know that Android 2.0+ required faster processors than 500mhz to run “ok”, yet people still hacked their phones with Cynogen and ran Android 2.1 on 256mhz!

HTC Thunderbolt Pictures Leaked: Coming To Verizon

Dec 292010
 

HTC Thunderbolt pictures leaked this morning. As it looks like HTC Thunderbolt that should be announced at CES is coming to Verizon very soon. Looking at the pictures more closely HTC Thunderbolt looks like HTC EVO 4G that is on Sprint network therefore we can assume that HTC Thunderbolt should have…

  • At least 1GHz Processor (Dual would be preferred)
  • 8MP rear Camera
  • 1.3 (VGA) front Camera
  • Android 2.3 (a.k.a Gingerbread)
  • 4.3 Inch Display (Super AMOLED would be preferred)

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For now all we can do is wait until January 6th 2011 for the HTC Thunderbolt announcement at the CES.

To see more pictures of HTC Thunderbolt please visit our friends at Droid Life.

Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 Might Appear at CES 2011

Dec 282010
 

Samsung Galaxy Tab that just got released has some good sales going on, but gues what? Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 according to Korea Times might show up at CES 2011!

This is good news for those that have not buy tablet yet, but it is bad news for those that own Samsung Galaxy Tab! Imagine that you buy brand new HDTV which is latest model, and then 2 months later you find out that for the same price you get lets say more MHz and 3D with it, well that’s how Samsung Galaxy Tab owners will feel after January 9th 2011.

Apparently the Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 should come with Android 2.3 and Tegra 2 chip which is dual-core processor. We also heard that Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 will upgrade rear camera to 5MP which is now 3.2pm (I wondered why they didn’t do that on the first Gen?)

Anyway, these are all unconfirmed news regarding Samsung Galaxy Tab, I guess will find out about it more on January 6th through 9th at the CES 2011.

Source: Korea Times

CES 2011 Predictions

Dec 272010
 

This morning looking at my RSS feeds, many reported about the future devices we might see at CES 2011 on January 6-9th, so I just wanted to bundle all those rumors up for you.

New Dell Tablet 7 inch showed up on FCC and according to some sources online it is rumored that it’s coming to T-Mobile/ATT. This might be possible 7 inch tablet with Tegra 2 (Dual Core) Processor.

Next rumor does not surprise me at all, but some sources are saying that Apple will announce CDMA iPhone which you will be able to use it on Verizon Network with Skype Video calling feature. I personally don’t believe in that rumor(s) at all. It’s not the way Apple represents their *future* devices.

Samsung Galaxy Player should appear at CES which is basically Samsung Galaxy S without calling features just like iPod Touch.

Samsung SH100 should be also shown at CES 2011 and I am really not sure whets the whole fuss about it. Its just a digital camera with maybe few extra features from digital cameras that you can already buy at stores today. But then again, CES can be full of surprises and I am sure SH100 will have one too. 3D LCD? :)

Skype new features might be the biggest thing that will happen at CES. Now that Android 2.3 with more video capability is out, you might be able to Video chat with your friends on Skype via Nexus S or even iPhone 4?

Well that’s about it for today CES rumors , I am sure we will see much more in next few weeks.

Notion Ink Adam Tablet Is Ready For Pre-Order

Dec 092010
 

Notion Ink Adam Tablet which is one of the tablets that might succeed among competitors such as iPad and Samsung Galaxy Tab is going to be ready for Pre-Order today at 1:30PM EST

Notion Ink Tablet will come with Android 2.2 and Tegra Dual Core 250 Processor. Notion Ink also mentioned that they incorporated some features from Android 2.3 and also will work on Android 3.0 upgrade later.

NIA Pre-Order

You will be able to pre-order Notion Ink Adam today for $379.99 Wi-Fi version and $499 for 3Gversion which is about $100-$200  cheaper than iPad or Samsung Galaxy Tab. But if you want Transflective Pixel Qi model than you will be able to have it for $499 Wi-Fi and $549.99 for 3G Version.

 

As I said above, they are going to mix some Android 2.3 and Android 3.0 features into Notion Ink Adam and here is what they say:

    • OpenGL works better on NVidia’s Tegra than on anything else in this space – because of their expertise on graphics, their implementation on the built-in GPU of the Tegra 250 SoC is exhaustive and highly accelerated. OpenSL support is something which will come as an update soon (we love Open SL because we love graphical visualizations for audio, which need really fast Fast Fourier Transforms)
    • SIP/VOIP. Implementations of SIP and VOIP already exist. With the newly announced official support, programmers can port much more confidently to the Adam.
    • Multi-touch keyboard. When we were working on Office Application, we realised how important “Ctrl+z” was, and then decided to design a multi-touch keyboard. Well it seems it is also coming on Android 2.3 and 3.0. Adam comes 2 special keyboard designs, both of which are multi-touch enabled. In our usability studies it was clear that touch keyboard will have annoyingly high error rates. One of the observations made during those tests was, that if you get rid of the lines or space which exist between the keys, users become much more focused on their typing, experienced users had far better word counts and error rates reduced drastically. The other version is a split keyboard which you can use when you are holding your device with both your hands. We have added quick access keys and all your keys can have 2 functions (hence the multi-touch requirement – take a look at the keyboard in the end)
    • Better Copy, cut and paste. Now, this already existed since long in the Office environment, and the native implementation is also there.
    • Android 2.3 comes with Kernel version 2.6.35. The latest which NVidia Tegra works with is 2.6.36! ;) http://android.git.kernel.org/?p=kernel/tegra.git;a=summary (Please see the details on this new kernel online, and you’d know the reason behind that smiley)
    • Honeycomb: In layman’s term “Support of Views within views”. That’s what we have done in the Eden. The Panel system allows for 100s of panel instances, which are views within views (in further simpler words independent windows on-screen). When you’ll install any native application, you will get the feel and UI of the new Android (we are extremely happy that there is far less gloss and web 2.0 designs now). Memory management is something we have spoken about earlier, and was expected in 3.0 as well.

I must say that I am very impressed. For more information please visit their website and their latest blog post. Here and Here

Nexus One Gets Android 2.3 OS Update

Dec 082010
 

Since Nexus S is coming out with Android 2.3 on December 16th. Google today pushed Android OS 2.3 upgrade to Nexus One as well. Many Nexus One owners , developers and also one of my android twitter friends @Agent_M waited for this OS update for long, long time.

Now that Android 2.3 is rolled out OTA (Over the air) to Nexus One, there are some cool features that will be included this time:

  • Better Performance on UI (User Interface)
  • Better Gaming experience
  • One touch word selection for copy and paste
  • Better Battery performance and management
  • Internet Calling (Rumors say: that Google Chat will have Video Integration as well)

For more Android 2.3 features please visit Android Developers press release.

Android 2.3 GingerBread Is Now Available

Dec 062010
 

Long waited Androd 2.3 Gingerbread has been released to public and SDK tool has been updated too. As soon as Nexus S news was released by Samsung, Android  immediately followed up with the press release.

Highlights:

Enhancements for game development: To improve overall responsiveness, we’ve added a new concurrent garbage collector and optimized the platform’s overall event handling. We’ve also given developers native access to more parts of the system by exposing a broad set of native APIs. From native code, applications can now access input and sensor events, EGL/OpenGL ES, OpenSL ES, and assets, as well a new framework for managing lifecycle and windows. For precise motion processing, developers can use several new sensor types, including gyroscope.

Rich multimedia: To provide a great multimedia environment for games and other applications, we’ve added support for the new video formats VP8 and WebM, as well as support for AAC and AMR-wideband encoding. The platform also provides new audio effects such as reverb, equalization, headphone virtualization, and bass boost.

New forms of communication: The platform now includes support for front-facing camera, SIP/VOIP, and Near Field Communications (NFC), to let developers include new capabilities in their applications.

More:

  • One-touch word selection and copy/paste
  • Improved power management
  • Control over applications
  • New ways of communicating

You can read more about it here and here.

What Would Be Your Perfect Android SmartPhone?

Dec 022010
 

@T-Mobile just asked on Twitter: “If I could design the perfect Android phone, it would be able to ___?”  I answered that question before to many that asked, but here it goes again just for @T-Mobile since I am their long term customer.

Dear T-Mobile,

My perfect Android smarthpone would have 4 inch display so I don’t have to go and cry why other friends have 7 inch tablets when my smartphone is just 3 inches smaller.  Since I get to review at least 5 android powered phones a month, I am sick of looking at Android 2.1, but Android OS 2.2 so far is good . Don’t get me wrong, I am still waiting for some Gingerbread too! (Android 2.3).

I love taking photos and I think having DSLR with me or point and shoot camera at all times does not make any sense.

I would really love to have a smartphone that has at least 8MP camera WITH Flash, Carl Zeiss lens and should be able to take 720p-1080p HD videos.

So far your competitor that I will not mention has smartphone called Droid X Smile ,has almost all of those features, yet I am still customer for the 5th year.

Update: And just to mention, perfect phone could also have front facing camera that has capability to take upon your new HSPA+ network. Tegra 2 is out, that could be nice to have in “perfect” phone, but then again I think that kind of perfect phone I am asking for will not come out for at least 2 years.

Now my questions:

Is there anything like perfect phone? –Personally I don’t think so you have millions of customers and satisfying at least 40% of them is enough, remember the old G1 days? Smile