Neowin News Feed for: Motorola

Full ITC panel prevents Microsoft's Xbox 360 from being hit with import ban

John Callaham — Fri, 24 May 2013 09:42:54 +0100

The full panel of the US International Trade Commission has decided not to overrule a previous decision by an ITC judge, who ruled Microsoft's Xbox 360 can continue to be imported into the country. Read more...

Motorola 'X Phone' pics and info leak

Tim Schiesser — Fri, 03 May 2013 06:30:00 +0100

New photos of the Motorola X Phone have popped up courtesy of @EvLeaks, and while they don't show much of the device, PhoneArena have chipped in some additional info on the upcoming flagship Read more...

Nokia beats Apple, Samsung, HTC in customer satisfaction, according to survey

Max Slater-Robins — Sat, 27 Apr 2013 13:25:05 +0100

Nokia have scored another customer satisfactory victory today across two thirds of major U.S carriers. Customers using Nokia's on Verizon and AT&T reported higher satisfaction than iPhone users. Read more...

Judge rules that Motorola's patents aren't worth $4 billion a year from Microsoft

Harry Tucker — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 09:09:19 +0100

A judge has finally ruled that Microsoft no longer has to pay $4 billion a year to Motorola for patents, instead deeming them to be Standard Essential patents licensed at a non-discriminatory rate. Read more...

Motorola loses German appeal on Microsoft patent injunction

John Callaham — Thu, 25 Apr 2013 17:18:43 +0100

Google subsidiary Motorola has lost an appeal on the injunction that was placed on the company by a court in Germany in 2012 over a patent owned by Microsoft concerning multi-part text messages. Read more...

Google's Eric Schmidt: 1.5 million Android activations per day

John Callaham — Tue, 16 Apr 2013 17:44:42 +0100

Google chairman Eric Schmidt said today that the company is now seeing 1.5 million activations of new Android devices per day and the total number could reach one billion units by the end of 2013. Read more...

iOS wins the OS adoption war, Samsung wins the hardware war, according to report

Max Slater-Robins — Sun, 07 Apr 2013 19:42:54 +0100

Unity, a game engine provider whose userbase is in the hundreds of millions, have published a report profiling the version usage of iOS and Android, as well as the hardware usage of each. Read more...

40 years after first mobile phone call, it's still a neat idea

John Callaham — Wed, 03 Apr 2013 20:48:58 +0100

Today is the 40th anniversary of the first private handheld mobile phone call, made on a Motorola DynaTAC prototype, and after all this time calling people on mobile phone still seems cool. Read more...

ITC strikes down Motorola's import ban on the Xbox 360

Christopher White — Fri, 22 Mar 2013 23:31:49 +0000

An ITC judge struck down a lawsuit by Motorola that looked to ban the Xbox 360 console from being imported into the United States due to patents on short-range wireless technology. Read more...

Is Motorola preparing a 'built-to-order' Android flagship phone?

Andy Weir — Fri, 22 Mar 2013 10:46:25 +0000

Rumours have been swirling that Motorola plans to launch a phone with specs and options that users can fully customize, and a post from Motorola/Google adviser Guy Kawasaki may have just confirmed it. Read more...

Google possibly about to disrupt the carrier cell phone model with Motorola X Phone

Brad Sams — Fri, 15 Mar 2013 20:31:04 +0000

A slightly plausible rumor is surfacing today that indicates Google is about to attack the traditional cell-phone carrier model by offering low cost, contract free devices. Read more...

Mysterious Motorola phone leaks, probably not the 'X' Phone

Max Slater-Robins — Wed, 13 Mar 2013 18:14:54 +0000

A mysterious Motorola phone has appeared online, which shows a possible candidate for the "X Phone" which is rumoured to be coming out soon. The phone includes stock Android and high-end specs. Read more...

New rumors about Google and Motorola's X-Phone pop up

John Callaham — Mon, 11 Mar 2013 18:36:17 +0000

A new rumor claims to have some hardware specs for the "X-Phone", the mysterious next smartphone from Google's Motorola Mobility division that could have the next major version of Android inside. Read more...

Motorola Mobility hit with 1,200 more job cuts by Google

John Callaham — Fri, 08 Mar 2013 21:40:34 +0000

Google has confirmed it will be laying off 1,200 more jobs at its Motorola Mobility division, or about 10 percent of the smartphone subsidiary's total workforce. Read more...

Study finds iPhone to be most reliable smartphone, beats Lumia and Galaxy

Max Slater-Robins — Sat, 23 Feb 2013 13:46:04 +0000

FixYa, a community troubleshooting site, have released their "smartphone reliability report" which ranks smartphone manufactures. Apple came in first, followed by Samsung, then Nokia, then Motorola. Read more...

iTunes + Apple accessories now make more money than major phone manufactures

Max Slater-Robins — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 17:25:33 +0000

Apple's iTunes + Accessories divisions now generate more revenue than Nokia, RIM, LG, HTC, Motorola and Sony do on their phone divisions and the revenue is expected to grow this year. Read more...

Smartphone highest in U.S. user satisfaction is ... Motorola Atrix HD?

John Callaham — Mon, 11 Feb 2013 21:33:00 +0000

The Motorola Atrix HD was ranked as having the highest in user satisfaction for U.S. smartphone owners, according to a new survey, with the iPhone 5 ranked fifth in the same survey. Read more...

Microsoft: Google's FTC settlment should end Motorola legal fight

John Callaham — Mon, 07 Jan 2013 20:42:12 +0000

In a new filing with the U.S. International Trade Commission, Microsoft claims that Google's settlement with the FTC last week should mean that Microsoft's legal fight with Motorola should end. Read more...

What does Google's FTC settlement mean for Microsoft?

John Callaham — Thu, 03 Jan 2013 23:30:44 +0000

As expected, the Federal Trade Commission has announced a settlement with Google over antitrust allegations, and this action could affect how Google interacts with Microsoft in the future. Read more...

Google employees getting free hardware for Christmas

John Callaham — Sat, 22 Dec 2012 02:47:17 +0000

Google employees are getting a nice Christmas present from their bosses, allowing them to choose between a free Chromebook, a Motorola RAZR M or a Nexus 7 tablet. Read more...