Motorola Defy+

   I know that the big news from Yesterday that Google has bought the Motorola Mobility is the news of the year and has decided the bright future of Android I believe. However Motorola has announced the same day their new upgraded version of Defy. The processor is faster and from a newest generation but also the device itself is stronger and more resistant to water, dust and scratch through the IP67 certification. Main specification are:

-- DISPLAY: 3.7-inch capacitive touch 854 x 480 pixels screen

-- CPU:  TI OMAP 1 GHz processor.

-- MEMORY:  512 MB RAM.

-- STORAGE:  2 GB for internal, microSD card slot up to 32GB.

-- CAMERA:  5 MP camera, auto-focus flash, video recording up to 720p.

-- CONNECTIVITY:  3G/4G, HSDPA, HSUPA, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth 2.1 with A2DP, micro-USB, 3.5 mm headphone jack, A-GPS.

-- SENSORS:  Accelerometer, Proximity, Digital Compass.

-- BATTERY:  Li-Po 1700 mAh

-- MULTIMEDIA:  touch sensitive buttons.

-- OS:  Android 2.3 Gingerbread, Adobe Flash, MOTOBLUR UI.

-- APPLICATIONS:  Google Apps, social networking, Motorola Media Link, CardioTrainer, Zinio.

   The new Defy+ comes with some pre-installed applications like CardioTrainer for running monitoring and Zinio for reading e-magazines. The Motorola Media Link allows you to share and stream live music or videos with home devices. The price is expected to be around 270 EUR - which is a great one - and should be in stores starting with September.

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Motorola XT316

   Motorola has made public their new XT316 smartphone which is a QWERTY keyboard and touch screen Android. They say is fashion, fun, functional and budget friendly. I agree with all except the fashion part as the design makes me think of people who are working in construction field or engineers. The most important technical details are:

-- DISPLAY: 2.8 inches QVGA capacitive multitouch, 16M colors

-- CPU:  ARM 11 600 MHz.

-- GPU:  Adreno 200.

-- MEMORY:  256 MB RAM.

-- STORAGE:  521 MB for ROM, microSD card slot up to 32GB.

-- CAMERA:  3MP.

-- CONNECTIVITY:  3G, HSDPA, HSUPA, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth 2.1 with A2DP, micro-USB port, 3.5 mm headphone jack, A-GPS.

-- SENSORS:  Accelerometer, Proximity, Digital Compass.

-- MULTIMEDIA:  QWERTY keyboard.

-- BATTERY:  Li-Po 1420 mAh.

-- OS:  Android 2.2 Froyo upgradable to Gingerbread.

-- APPLICATIONS:  Google apps, social networking.

   The announcement mentions an amazing battery life with performance of 27 days for stand-by - that is if it`s a reality. The XT316 is a main competitor for those other QWERTY smartphones from BlackBerry, Nokia, Samsung and HTC. Of course is great for users who like touch screen devices but prefer a physical keyboard to type quickly and simple.

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Motorola Droid 3

   Motorola has announced the other days their new Droid 3. This is available only in US through Verizon for now but perhaps we will see the Europe version. The main technical details are:

-- DISPLAY: 4-inch capacitive touch qHD 540 x 960 pixels TFT screen

-- CPU:  Texas Instruments OMAP 4 dual-core 1 GHz processor.

-- MEMORY:  512 MB RAM.

-- STORAGE:  16 GB for internal, microSD card slot up to 32GB.

-- CAMERA:  8 MP camera, LED, video recording up to 1080p.

Secondary - VGA, video chat, video calling.

-- CONNECTIVITY:  3G/4G, HSDPA, HSUPA, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth 2.1 with A2DP, micro-USB, HDMI, DLNA, OTA, 3.5 mm headphone jack, A-GPS.

-- SENSORS:  Accelerometer, Proximity, Ambient Light Sensor.

-- BATTERY:  Li-Po 1520 mAh

-- MULTIMEDIA: QWERTY keyboard slider.

-- OS:  Android 2.3 Gingerbread.

-- APPLICATIONS:  Google Apps, social networking, QuickOffice, Citrix GoToMeeting, Citrix Receiver.

   The phone is business dedicated, and not just with the QWERTY keyboard, but has encryption capabilities for internal memory and for SD card and virtual meetings application from Cisco. It seems to be an ATRIX with physical keyboard.

Motorola Triumph

   The Triumph is another smartphone announced the other days by Motorola. This has a super slim design at less than 0.4 inches thick but in the rest looks like a brick and does not have a special message for the users. More than that Triumph arrives with Android 2.2 Froyo as you will see below:

-- DISPLAY: 4.1-inch capacitive touch WVGA 800 x 480 pixels screen

-- CPU:  Qualcomm Scorpion 1 GHz processor.

-- GPU: Adreno 205

-- MEMORY:  512 MB RAM.

-- STORAGE:  2 GB for internal, microSD card slot up to 32GB.

-- CAMERA:  5 MP camera, video recording up to 720p.

Secondary - VGA, video chat, video calling.

-- CONNECTIVITY:  3G/4G, HSDPA, HSUPA, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth 2.1 with A2DP, micro-USB, HDMI, 3.5 mm headphone jack, A-GPS.

-- SENSORS:  Accelerometer, Proximity, Ambient Light Sensor, Gyro Sensor, G-Sensor, Digital Compass.

-- BATTERY:  Li-Po 1400 mAh

-- MULTIMEDIA:  touch sensitive buttons.

-- OS:  Android 2.2 Froyo.

-- APPLICATIONS:  Google Apps, social networking, Virgin Mobile Live 2.0.

   As I mentioned earlier this does not look very good in design and I do not understand why will nor arrive with Android 2.3 Gingerbread on board. For now, will be sold exclusively by Virgin Mobile USA and there is no information regarding the European version. I am not sure why but I do not find this device interesting.

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Motorola Photon 4G - video

Motorola Photon 4G

   Motorola has announced yesterday their latest and most advanced phone so far. This is the Photon 4G and it`s the first Motorola device with qHD display and built-in kickstand for hands-free viewing. The specifications are making it a main competitor for top smartphones made by HTC, Samsung, Sony Ericsson and LG. Most important technical details are below:

-- DISPLAY: 4.3-inch capacitive touch qHD 960 x 540 pixels screen

-- CPU:  Dual-core nVidia Tegra 2 1 GHz processor.

-- MEMORY:  1 GB DDR2 RAM.

-- STORAGE:  16 GB for internal, microSD card slot up to 32GB.

-- CAMERA:  Primary - 8MP dual-led flash camera, video recording up to 720p.

Secondary - VGA, video chat, video calling.

-- CONNECTIVITY:  3G/4G, HSDPA, HSUPA, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth 2.1 with A2DP, micro-USB, HDMI, 3.5 mm headphone jack, A-GPS.

-- SENSORS:  Accelerometer, Proximity, Ambient Light Sensor, Gyro Sensor, G-Sensor, Digital Compass.

-- BATTERY:  Li-Po 1700 mAh

-- MULTIMEDIA:  touch sensitive buttons.

-- OS:  Android 2.3 Gingerbread.

-- APPLICATIONS:  Google Apps, social networking, Mozilla Firefox, Motorola webtop.

   I noticed that battery is a powerful one so the stand-by time should be a great one or above other top smartphones. But this also depends of display type as in the announcement is not specified to be S-LCD or S-AMOLED. The same as ATRIX this smartphone can be used with a Motorola dock and has enterprise security included. It will be available only for Sprint in US this summer but I hope to see the European version as well. Some details are missing so this is the only thing I can criticize for the moment (except that does not record videos at 1080p). 

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Motorola WILDER Sizzle Promo - video

Motorola WILDER - pictures

Motorola WILDER

   Motorola has announced Today a new interesting phone - WILDER. It appears that this was designed for users who want to not worry about what happens with their phone no matter what they are doing. This is why Wilder has a splash and dust-resistant touch screen and is a resistive touch 2.8 inches display. The different part is the little secondary OLED 0.7 screen showing most important notifications regarding missed calls, messages, music playback information and others.

   The most important specifications are targeting a low-cost device with 2 MP camera, only 5 MB internal storage expandable up to 32 GB through a micro-SD card, FM radio and music playback, social networking integration, HTML web browsing, Bluetooth 2.0, micro-USB charger and 3.5 mm headphone jack. The battery should last up to 255 hours of stand-by time.

   Intriguing is that there are no details regarding the mobile operating system. Certainly from pictures does not appear to arrive with Android or Windows Phone so I wonder cant it be Brew? I guess we will see in July when this will be released in UK for only 49.95 GBP.

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Motorola XOOM - In the room video

Motorola Atrix - Teaser TV video

Motorola XOOM

   It appears that Motorola had the best mobile devices presented at CES. The XOOM is the most powerful Tablet PC with Android. This comes in premiere as the first product which runs Google Android 3.0 (Honeycomb). This is an Atrix 4G with a larger screen and acting like a tablet pc.

   So it has the nVidia Tegra 2 dual-core CPU at 1 GHz with 1 GB RAM memory, 32 GB as SSD internal storage which can be extended with and SD card (and not microSD). The HD screen has 10.1 inches with a 1280 x 800 resolution - I believe is excellent for reading ebooks. This tablet has a 2 MP front camera for video conference or chat and a 5 MP camera on the back assisted by a dual-led flash and with 720p video recording capability. For connectivity it has Wi-Fi, bluetooth, 3G (and 4G for the future) and a HDMI port. 

   The XOOM is a full HD decoding capable, can run the Adobe Flash Player 10.1 and the battery is not bad either with the 10 hours video playback performance. I like that there are some great accessories for this product like standard dock, speaker dock, wireless keyboard or protective gel case. 

   Motorola could have done better than this if this tablet would have had 8 MP back camera and NFC. But the tablet PCs are just starting to evolve. This is serious competition for iPad and if HTC will not lunch a product with at least the same features I believe the XOOM will be the first tablet PC that I will buy.

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Motorola Atrix 4G

   Now this device has the features I was expecting to see and to have this year on a smartphone. This is the most powerful phone ever and has a great design also. Is definitely not a tablet but acts like a computer especially when you are using it with the 'webtop' application and if is connected to 'Motorola Laptop Dock' or to a HD TV through the HDMI port.

   What I like about this smartphone is not necessarily that arrives with a NVIDIA Tegra 2 1GHz dual core processor, but the fact that has 1 GB of RAM. Enough memory for all mobile applications you want. Internal storage is not so bad either - 16 GB, and you can add a microSD card to that up to 32 GB. The display is a 4 inches touch capacitive with Gorilla Glass and is the world`s first qHD (Quarter High Definition) with 24-bit color feature. In terms of connectivity - there is no 'world`s first' here - just a normal Bluetooth 2.1, Wi-Fi with DLNA, HSDPA, HSUPA, 3.5 mm audio jack and micro USB. Camera is a 5MP with Led flash and records video in 720p@30 fps and the 2nd VGA front one is for chat or video conference.

   Other 2 important things that I like at this phone are: the active noise cancellation and biometric fingerprint reader (I would love to see how that works) as great security protection. Regarding the software, Atrix 4G runs Froyo upgradeable to Gingerbread (and other future versions with that 1GB of RAM) included with the MOTOBLUR user interface (has live widgets) and HTML5 capability.

   In conclusion this is a great device. Is just that I see 2 things missing. One is the 8MP back camera, but the most important is the NFC (Near Field Communications) capability which can allow users to exchange contact data (like a poken device) or to pay with the phone. So this Motorola does not have it all as you perhaps thought. But I really would like to see this in my hands :).

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