A few days ago, we posted a blog post dedicated to the new Motorola Droid 4. The biggest selling point about this Android smartphone is its built in slide-out keyboard. To further give you insights into the latest Moto Droid, check out the video below by our friends at @pocketnow. This Motorola Droid 4 video focuses mostly on unboxing the devices and showing what you get with it. I found it useful to learn that the Motorola Droid 4 actually has “non-removable” battery (at least Motorola encourages not t0).

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Seeing the new Motorola Droid 4 with its QWERTY inbuilt keyboard, reminded me of how much I enjoyed using my iMate JasJam Windows Mobile phone years ago. Man, has technology changed!

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The last few weeks just may have been this year’s most significant when it comes to smartphone announcements. Earlier this month, after much anticipation, Apple fans were finally handed news of the next generation iPhone which turned out to be a smaller change than what all expected but should have known – the iPhone 4S is basically the iPhone 4 running iOS 5, Siri and slight boosts in hardware. In the Android world, two flagship smartphones were announced which had Android lovers waiting with bated breath; these of course were the Samsung Galaxy Nexus and the child of the newish Google and Motorola marriage, the Motorola RAZR.

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Super short post to let you know that fresh stock of the Motorola DEFY Screen Protector has arrived in our warehouse and ready to ship. If you’ve just scored yourself a new ultra-durable Motorola DEFY we recommend that you also get a screen protector to ensure your screen will remain scratch free.

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Looks like Motorola is back in the smartphone game! Here’s a comparison video by PhoneArena between two of Motorola’s latest devices that have been released by Verizon in the U.S. – Motorola Droid X versus Motorola Droid 2.
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Motorola Aura luxury phone has caused quite a lively discussion on the interwebs when it came out. Not sure how much of that transferred into sales – it is a mighty expensive handset with limited market – but overall reaction was very positive. And Aura wasn’t the only product with interesting design that Motorola was prepping for Luxury/Superluxury market at the time. The other phone it had in the works was Motorola Ivory E18.

Motorola Ivory also had an unusual dual slider design – slide a bit and function keys appear, slide a bit more and you have a full T9 keypad. Other than the unusual narrow luxury design and dual slider, it was a pretty plain feature phone with 3 megapixel camera and other specs similar to Moto Aura.

Alas, even if you like it and have some serious cash to spare, you won’t be able to buy Motorola Ivory anytime soon. It was cancelled due to the lack of interest from operators.

Motorola Ivory E18 Luxury Phone via mobile-review.com

Motorola is pleased to announce Clutch i465, the ultimate choice for quick, easy communications, whether at work or at home. Clutch is a multi-talented communications tool whether you need to talk and have a lengthier conversation, for texting when you need to share private information, or for Push-To-Talk capability when you need an immediate response from an individual or a group.

The Motorola Clutch i465 is a great device for Push-to-Talk users looking for that added functionality of a full QWERTY keyboard for advanced productivity. The Motorola Clutch is a military-style rugged device that combines the Push-to-Talk power with a full QWERTY keyboard making it the ultimate productivity tool for small and medium-sized business users.

Clutch i465 offers immediate connection to team members, either one-to-one or one-to many. At the push of a button, users can stay connected with their team, crew or family by sending and receiving messages, calendar events, pictures, location information and more without interrupting the Push-to-Talk call. And, with Talk around feature, users can communicate via an integrated two-way radio with other enabled users – even when network coverage is unavailable.

With a familiar QWERTY design and solid handling, Motorola Clutch is made to be easily gripped whether you are hard at work or play. Clutch meets military specifications for extreme conditions including shock, vibration, dust, and solar radiation, which means your phone can withstand almost as much as you can.

Motorola Clutch i465 Key Features:

• Push-to-Talk functionality
• Full QWERTY keyboard for easy messaging
• Military tough durability – meeting U.S. 810F Military Specifications
• Threaded messaging with an IM-style format for easy-to-follow conversation flow
• Quick access to messaging, the web and camera with a simple touch
• Bluetooth wireless technology for easy hands-free communications
• Multimedia messaging (MMS) to easily share photos and videos
• GPS enabled for business applications such as Wireless Work Orders
• Web browser with quick access key to Internet-based activities

If you’re looking for a push-to-talk device with rugged military durability, the i465 will be worth a few looks. Bluetooth, GPS, MMS, threaded messaging, and more are all on-board. Oh, and the device is indeed rugged, meeting U.S. 810F Military Specs.

Motorola Clutch i465 Fact Sheet

It might not be the most exciting new handset to come to light this year, or this month, or even today, but Motorola has just added a new piece to the ROKR puzzle. The Moto ROKR ZN50. For the time being it looks like this gadget will be confined to South Korea but availability in other markets is likely at some point down the road.

It is about time Motorola delivered a stand-out touchscreen handset. We haven’t been hearing too much in the way of new products from Motorola in a minute, so it’s good to see the RAZR-maker still alive and kicking. It has a full widget-ized touchscreen interface.

The feature set is as good as any musicphone available today. The Motorola ZN50 sports a 3.2-inch touchscreen, 3.2-megapixel camera, SRS WOW HD sound system with equalizer, GPS, 3G data (HSDPA 7.2Mbps), Bluetooth 2.0 and 3.5mm headphone jack. And, because this is a Korea-bound handset, the Motorola ROKR ZN50 features a T-DMB TV tuner.

The Moto ROKR ZN50’s custom touch-based interface seems good enough, but let’s all remember that Motorola’s other feature-phone operating systems consistently failed to deliver a usable UI in the many years since the blockbuster RAZR was launched. It would be interesting to see elements of the ROKR ZN50’s widget-based UI making it to Motorola’s future Android handsets.

Features of the Moto ROKR ZN50:

• WCDMA 2100/HSDPA 7.2 Mbps, tri-band GSM 900/1800/1900
• Dimensions: 108.9mm x 54mm x 14.3mm
• Weight: 143g
• Display: widescreen touch-sensitive 3.2-inch, TFT, 240×427 pixels resolution, 262k colors
• Camera: 3.2 megapixels with auto-focus
• Bluetooth v2.1 + EDR
• “SRS WOW HD” sound system
• GPS
• microSDHC support
• Battery: 900 mAh
• Other applications: Alarm clock, calendar, calculator, units converter, world time

At the right price and in the right markets, we can see the ROKR ZN50 shining to some extent. Rumor suggests it will drop near the end of the year and will come with free access to a music download service of some kind.

Motorola ROKR ZN50 via unwiredview.com

The company wants to woo developers to create Motorola-specific Android applications to help it differentiate from the competition.

Motorola has been pressing hard to get developers to create content specifically for its upcoming line of Android devices.

The world’s fourth-largest cell phone maker has been sputtering lately, as it is recording massive losses, cutting thousands of jobs, and seeing embarrassing court disputes with former employees. One of the main issues for Motorola is that it has never been able to come up with successful follow-ups to the extremely popular Razr handset.

The company has not officially introduced any Android devices yet, but it said it will have multiple handsets that cater to casual and enterprise users. Motorola said some handsets will be focused on multimedia and messages, and the devices will range from mid-range to high-end.

Motorola hasn’t announced when its handsets will be released, but one is expected to be available by the end of the year. The company will be facing some stiff competition though, as Google expects at least 18 handset manufacturers to release an Android phone this year. By establishing a tight relationship with app creators, Motorola is trying to differentiate itself from the likes of HTC, Samsung, and other Android phone makers.

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Is it just me or is the image of Motorola’s first Google Android phone, the Motorola Calgary, too futuristic to be considered an actual photo? If it is indeed the Motorola Calgary, it will make the iPhone look prehistoric. Not that looks are everything of course.

News and information is still sketchy but it looks like it will be available as soon as Q2 next year.

I’m already not liking the counter-intuitive placement of menu buttons which will result in covering parts the screen while selecting options. Moto, if you’re going to copy the iPhone UI at least do it properly!?

Will keep you posted as the smoke clears.

Interested in your thoughts and opinion on this. Please comment below.

Via Boy Genius Report