It's time. You no doubt already know Motorola has brought back the RAZR brand, this time as the Motorola Droid RAZR and chances are you read our complete review if you were in anyway interested in this device and if not — you really should. Now though, is the time to get your own. The Motorola Droid RAZR is now available on the Verizon Wireless website and ready to be shipped to you.
You can pick up a Droid RAZR for $300 on a new 2-year contract or $650 with no contract at all. If you're not really feeling that price, Amazon Wireless will gladly help you out with the costs assiciated by offering it for $111.11 to new Verizon Wireless customers. Getting one? Let us know in the Android Central forums.
Verizon Wireless will launch the new Droid Razr for $299.99 in its stores on Friday, which has the date 11-11-11, marking the event with a later opening at 11:11 a.m.
Motorola’s Droid Razr made quite the splash yesterday thanks in part to its impressive hardware, but the Android build that it runs seems bit quaint now thanks to Ice Cream Sandwich. No worries, though: if you pick up a Droid Razr when it ships in November, you should be getting the Android 4.0 update in early 2012.
News of the Ice Cream Sandwich release window came courtesy of Alain Mutricy, Motorola Mobility’s SVP of Portfolio and Product Management. He seemed to be very forthcoming while speaking at a Berlin press conference, mentioning that Droid Razr users will receive the update sometime in Q1 2012, and that Motorola is working to get the Droid Razr’s hallmark features working in Ice Cream Sandwich.
Among those features is Motocast, a nifty way to directly stream media and content from your PC to your Droid Razr. And who could forget Smart Actions, the context-sensitive app that manages device settings according to user-defined situations? The Droid Razr wouldn’t be the Droid Razr without them, so a little extra time to get things working is to be expected.
It’s a bummer for those who wanted (or hoped) to see Motorola’s hardware combined with Google’s latest-and-greatest OS, but at least the Droid faithful have something to look forward to.
Word on the street tonight/this morning is that the latest update to the Motorola Droid X2 on Verizon is now available for download. That's the update that brings the following:
Device Features
Keyboard remains visible during text input.
Input characters are properly displayed during text entry.
Device will no longer lockup or reset when using the keyboard.
Charging indicator will display only when the device is plugged into a charger.
Home key functions correctly while the device is in the desktop cradle.
Successfully use the camera after unlocking the device.
Video quality has been improved for video recording and playback.
Mobile Hotspot password can now exceed 63 characters.
Improvement to the device stability limits resets and lockups.
The Magic Smoke live wallpaper animation now works properly.
Enjoy improved audio when streaming music.
Applications & Widgets
When playing MP3s through the Music App, songs will not skip.
Avoid YouTube video lockup while viewing.
Desktop cradle application starts correctly.
That's quite the laundry list, indeed. Head on into your phone's settings to download the update now.
As if the entire Droid Bionic saga wasn’t exciting enough, we’ve finally got officially official video confirmation that the Bionic’s release date is Sept. 8. A date you’ve probably heard once or twice or five times. Like Costco getting it then, or other, independent retailers getting it then, too.
This is on TV, so you know it’s real now. And in case you missed it, the Droid Bionic is coming out on September 8. Did everyone get that?
A tipster that’s "close to the matter" was able to send us this blurrycam shot of a slide shown at the end of the Verizon earnings report, and it includes a few Motorola Droid Bionic details. This basically confirms the laptop dock, full Bluetooth keyboard, and HD webtop dock with IR remote ability. There’s no word if any of these docking accessories that already are available for the Motorola Atrix 4G are compatible, but we’re not holding our breath. It also shows off the chrome banding around the edge of the device, which lends that extra bit of design to an otherwise generic black slab. Of course the news we all really want to know — the release date — is nowhere to be seen.
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