Motorola Updates Android 2.1 Timeline, Very Little Change

Motorola’s Owners’ Forum has posted a revised timeline for their Android-based handsets waiting for the coveted Android 2.1 update.  Not much has changed since the last time we checked in.  In fact, the droid and Milestone are the only phones that differ – the droid is all done with getting 2.1 while the Milestone (Canada) is in the midst of a rollout.  Everything else is still on pace for previously announced timelines.  We spoke with a member of the MOTODEV team at Google I/O and reminded them that the Q2 window is drawing ever closer to and end.  We we assured that the Cliq and Cliq XT were still going to come in on time.

Rumor: Motorola May Be Bringing Us A Square ‘Droid With MOTOBLUR

Many of us have been wondering what Motorola’s next move would be. After the Motorola Cliq, their flagship Droid, the underwhelming Devour, and the quirky Backflip on AT&T, we’re patiently awaiting a new phone announcement. The wait might be over soon, though, with the latest funky looking picture to come splashing out of the rumor mill. Read the rest of this entry »

Motorola DROID updated to Android 2.1 Now

The newly launched DROID by Motorola gets updated to Android 2.1 Operating System. However, you can even manually upgrade the particular Motorola mobile phone to original version of Android 2.1 OS. Read the rest of this entry »

Motorola deploys Search Engine Bing on Android phones in China

With Google’s future in China uncertain, Motorola and Microsoft cut a deal to put the software giant’s Bing search engine on Android handsets in China.

In a statement late Wednesday, Motorola and Microsoft announced a deal to put Bing on handsets. Bing will first launch in China in the first quarter via an over-the-air update for existing handsets. New Android devices will have Bing preloaded. Read the rest of this entry »

5 Key Highlights About Motorola Android Devour

Motorola DEVOUR

With 20-plus smartphones on tap for 2010, Motorola has a busy year ahead. Its first 2010 release: the Devour, a Google Android-powered handset that will launch on Verizon Wireless in mid-March. Like Motorola’s Droid and Cliq phones, the Devour melds a touch-screen with a physical Qwerty keyboard. But the Devour differs from its siblings in a few key ways: Read the rest of this entry »

AT&T is to offer the 1st Android phone Motorola Backflip

Motorola Backflip

AT&T, the exclusive provider of the iPhone in the U.S., is going to provide its first Android Phone from Motorola. 

The Motorola Backflip will be added next month to the variety of phones AT&T sells online and in its stores. Offering the Android phone side-by-side with the latest iPhone, which is double the price, will provide customers an opportunity to immediately compare the smartphones. Read the rest of this entry »

Android Phone: Motorola Cliq XT Lands on T-Mobile

If you’re an Android fan, the network to be on in the US is clearly T-Mobile. At the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain, Motorola revealed its eighth Android phone, the Motorola Cliq XT (as it will be known stateside) or Quench (its name everywhere else). The Cliq XT will land on T-Mobile next month. Pricing hasn’t been confirmed.

Motorola Cliq XT

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Motorola Launches Android Phone ‘Quench’ At MWC 2010

Motorola expands its lineup of smartphones powered by Google’s Android OS at Mobile World Congress (MWC) with the touch-screen Quench.

Handset maker Motorola announced at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain, the release of Quench, its latest handset powered by Google’s Android open-source operating system.

Motorola Quench

The touch-screen smartphone, which offers capabilities such as pinch and zoom and a touch pad, also features Motoblur, Motorola’s Android-powered content delivery service, which organizes messages and synchronizes contacts. The handset also includes Adobe Flash Lite support. It will be available in the first quarter of 2010 in the United States, the company said, where it will be known as the Cliq XT and offered through T-Mobile USA.

Motorola DROID is coming with Android 2.1

According to Motorola’s Facebook page, the DROID smartphone will be getting the Android 2.1 update this week. Motorola will be sending the upgrade over-the-air, similar to the 2.0.1 update.

Motorola dynamically adapts to its users With Motoblur services suite

Motoblur is an applications and services suite that is developed by Motorola in-house. Notably absent on the popular Droid smartphone, Motoblur comes pre-loaded on the Cliq, Backflip and several other coming smartphones.

Motorola Motoblur

Though it initially appears as such, Motoblur isn’t just a skin to the existing Google Android platform — it’s a separate service that requires you to sign up for an account with a unique username and password.

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