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DROID XYBOARD 10.1 and 8.2 in stores today at some Verizon locations

Chris Burns, Dec 9th 2011 Discuss [6]

Though earlier today the word was that the online and pre-order sales for the newest Motorola tablet by the name of XYBOARD were the only thing starting today, with in-store sales starting Monday (the 12th), we’ve now come to find that in some stores across the USA the slates are already in stores ready for sales right this minute! This tablet line comes in two sizes, 8.2-inches and 10.1-inches, the latter providing a next generation for the original Honeycomb tablet in the Motorola XOOOM. These tablets are priced at $429.99 for the 8.2 and $529.99 for the 10.1 both on contract, with various other prices in place for different memory and contractual agreements.

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Motorola scores Apple iPhone/iPad injunction in Germany [Updated]

Chris Davies, Dec 9th 2011 Discuss [61]

Motorola Mobility has won a wireless patent case against Apple in Germany this morning, meaning – unless Apple can secure a stay until an appeal can be heard – the iPhone and iPad could be blocked from sale in the country. A Germany court ruled that Apple’s cellularly-enabled devices infringe European Patent 1010336, detailing a “method for performing a countdown function during a mobile-originated transfer for a packet radio system” FOSS Patents reports, and deemed an essential component of the GPRS data standard. Motorola will have to cough up a €100m bond if it wants to chase a sales injunction, however.

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Verizon DROID XYBOARD 10.1 and 8.2 go on sale

Chris Davies, Dec 9th 2011 Discuss [5]

Verizon has thrown the DROID XYBOARD 10.1 and 8.2 tablets up for sale, offering Android Honeycomb on a 1.2GHz dual-core in a choice of sizes, though there are questions around whether the carrier has again overpriced its slates. Announced earlier this week as the 4G LTE versions of the Motorola XOOM 2, and rumored not to hit shelves until next week, the two DROID XYBOARD models are priced from $429.99 for the 8.2-inch model and $529.99 for the 10.1-inch model, both demanding a two-year data agreement. Read The Full Story

White DROID RAZR arrives for the holidays

Chris Davies, Dec 6th 2011 Discuss [5]

It's not just the DROID XYBOARD tablets which Verizon has for us this morning: the carrier also revealed a white version of the DROID RAZR which will go on sale later this month. Priced at $299.99, the white RAZR is functionally identical to the existing black model we reviewed last month aside from the snow-white casing. Read The Full Story

Verizon DROID XYBOARD 8.2 and 10.1 official

Chris Davies, Dec 6th 2011 Discuss [2]

Verizon has made the DROID XYBOARD Android tablets official, the 4G LTE versions of Motorola’s XOOM 2 and XOOM 2 Media Edition slates. The 10.1-inch and 8.2-inch tablets each have a 1280 x 800 IPS display, 5-megapixel main camera and 1.3-megapixel front-facing camera, along with WiFi a/b/g/n and that all important EVDO Rev.A/LTE. An upgrade to Ice Cream Sandwich is expected in the new year.

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Motorola Droid RAZRMAX may tout larger battery

Rue Liu, Dec 2nd 2011 Discuss [7]

Motorola may be preparing a follow up to its ultra-thin DROID RAZR LTE smartphone with a new device called the DROID RAZRMAX. This move may be due to battery life concerns with the current model, like what we've experienced in our full review. This new iteration is expected to be slightly thicker and will sport a larger battery to fuel the power-hungry LTE device. Read The Full Story

Motorola DROID 4 dual-core LTE QWERTY slider revealed semi-officially

Chris Burns, Dec 2nd 2011 Discuss [6]

When it comes to the DROID line as carried by Verizon, there's no knowing which manufacturer is going to get to have their hardware graced with the name, but usually it's Motorola - and here in the DROID 4, the trend continues. What you're going to get in this several-times half-leaked device is a slide-out QWERTY keyboard, the newest version of Motorola's custom user interface over Android 2.3 Gingerbread, and a dual-core processor clocked at 1.2GHz. This device is of course also running on Verizon's 4G LTE network. Read The Full Story

Droid 4 may launch on December 8th alongside Galaxy Nexus

Paul Fang, Nov 23rd 2011 Discuss [2]

Verizon, could it really be? According to a leaked screenshot from the carrier's inventory system, December 8th may not only be the rumored release date of Samsung's highly anticipated Galaxy Nexus, but also the potential launch date for Motorola's Droid 4. Well, the 8th may become the most popular launch party date of the month after all, for all of you potential owners out there. December is certainly gearing up to be an exciting month for smartphone releases on the Android platform. Read The Full Story

Xoom 2 contract pricing surfaces

Shane McGlaun, Nov 23rd 2011 Discuss [5]

If you liked what you saw the last time we talked a bit about the coming 8-inch Xoom 2/Xyboard tablet, we have a bit more information today. The pricing for the Xoom 2 in 8-inch and 10-inch flavors has leaked and the tablet isn't cheap. The minimum advertised pricing is what you will pay on a contract for the devices apparently. Read The Full Story

HP $99 TouchPad edges out Android in non-iPad tablet sales

Chris Davies, Nov 22nd 2011 Discuss [7]

HP's TouchPad fire-sale scored the company the second place in US tablet sales, market stats have shown, with the $99 webOS slate edging ahead of Samsung's entire Galaxy Tab line-up. The Korean firm slipped to third place - behind Apple, in first, and HP, in second - with 16-percent of retail tablet sales between January and October 2011, the NPD Group found, while HP managed 17-percent thanks no doubt to its aggressive discounting. Total non-Apple tablet sales amounted to more than 1.2m units the analysts suggest. Read The Full Story

Motorola DROID XYBOARD 8.2 press photo leaked, name appears official

Chris Burns, Nov 18th 2011 Discuss [5]

Verizon appear very much to be getting ready to release the next generation of Motorola tablets, one to replace the original XOOM, this time titled XYBOARD and looking to be situated in portrait position rather than the landscape we saw with the original. This device is set to have an 8.2-inch display, unique to the tablet world, may well have a quad-core processor by the time it's released more than likely inside 2012, and by the looks of it, this is going to by just as heavy duty as the original and more - look at that fabulous aluminum plate! But let's talk about the name for a minute - that name is just… interesting. Read The Full Story

Motorola Anti-iCloud patent suit success tipped for 2012

Chris Davies, Nov 18th 2011 Discuss [16]

Apple's iCloud and MobileMe services are under fire in German courts, with each looking likely to fall foul of a Motorola Mobility patent. The European patent, "multiple pager status synchronization system and method," is said to be infringed by Apple's cloud services, FOSSPatents reports, with Motorola securing a February 2012 hearing with a court that apparently seems indisposed to hearing Apple's arguments that its rival hasn't been specific enough in claims. Read The Full Story