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"Motorola reportedly doing all Android in 2010 Posted on Wednesday, Jan 20, 2010 by Phil Nickinson Motorola is among the top Android phone manufacturers right now, and it looks like it's going to increase its standing in 2010. CNet Asia spoke with Spiros Nikolakopoulos, VP and GM of Asia Pacific and International Distribution for Moto's Mobile Devices end, who says: Look for 20 to 30 smartphones worldwide in 2010 "and, at this moment, all of them will run Android." (Sorry, Windows Mobile) One-third of Moto's Android engineering team is in the U.S., another third in Korea and another third in China. Now word on how many people that entails. The "Motoroi" brand is specifically for Korea. the Chinese version of the phone will go by a different name. (And we assume the U.S. version, too, if and when it comes here.) Opening up MotoBlur is "on the cards" (sic), but no time frame was given. Between the Droid, Cliq, Backflip and now the Motoroi (or whatever it ends up being called), we're certainly seeing loads of good Motorola fare on our end. And it looks like 2010 may have more in store. [CNet Asia via wmpoweruser]"

Leaked image of the HTC Bravo with optical trackpad reportedly heading to england in late February

1/20/2010 12:48:46 PM

Does any of the Droid and Eris peeps think we'll get android 2.1 tomorrow? January 22 has been the rumored target date for a while.

1/21/2010 5:19:11 PM

I hope so, I want to be able to scream my tweets and e-mails into my phone.

1/21/2010 5:20:27 PM

all i gotta say is it's in their best interest to release 2.1 to the Droid & Eris BEFORE Apple's press-release.

the least they could do is get the Eris up to 2.0

apparently a minor OTA update to the Droid is being released now, but it's not 2.1, fixes some obscure fb issues.
http://androinica.com/2010/01/21/ota-update-currently-rolling-out-for-the-motorola-droid/

[Edited on January 21, 2010 at 6:01 PM. Reason : ,]

1/21/2010 5:59:07 PM

From CES this year:

Motorola ALL android phones in 2010 (posted above)
http://www.androidcentral.com/motorola-reportedly-doing-all-android-2010

Motorola introduces Android-powered home phone (via AAM)
http://androidandme.com/2010/01/news/motorola-introduces-android-powered-home-phone/

Dell announces Android-based tablet (via AndroidGuys)
http://www.androidguys.com/2010/01/08/dell-announces-an-android-powered-tablet-device/

HP Android Slate (Tablet)
http://www.androidguys.com/2010/01/11/hps-android-slate-is-coming/

Nimble brings Android to washers, microwaves, and media hubs
http://androidandme.com/2010/01/news/robot-kitchen-android-ready-to-invade-your-home/

MIPS demo’s Android-based set-top box
http://androinica.com/2010/01/09/mips-debuts-android-based-tv-box-in-video-product-demo/

Inbrics’ media hub & MID's
http://androinica.com/2010/01/10/inbrics-shows-off-impressive-mid-and-mediaphone-hub-ces/

OnStar and Chevy Gives Android Users Mobile Control of Volt
http://www.androidguys.com/2010/01/07/onstar-and-chevy-gives-android-users-mobile-control-of-volt/



Multi-touch on the droid:
http://forum.androidcentral.com/motorola-droid/5885-how-enable-multi-touch-verizon-droid.html

[Edited on January 21, 2010 at 6:38 PM. Reason : ,]

1/21/2010 6:34:26 PM

anyone hear any details about the Droid update tomorrow?

1/21/2010 7:22:50 PM

i just posted it 2 posts up

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"apparently a minor OTA update to the Droid is being released now, but it's not 2.1, fixes some obscure fb issues. http://androinica.com/2010/01/21/ota-update-currently-rolling-out-for-the-motorola-droid/"

1/21/2010 7:56:24 PM

^ that one is old news and has been rolling out for the last 2 weeks, some facebook bug nonsense. im talking about 2.1

1/21/2010 9:18:33 PM

i'd be very surprised.

1/21/2010 10:17:49 PM

More (free??) app recommendations?

What I have downloaded (excluding games I've downloaded simply to see if they're worth a damn. Have yet to find any):
movies (flixter)
retro clock widget
where
craigsphone*
battery widget*
snaptell
shopsavvy, and barcode scanner
phonalyzer*
flickr searchr
my tracks
swift
mosquito sound and soundgrenade
google sky map
meebo
google voice
fartdroid (btw, it has a fart version of 'Jingle Bells' )

[Edited on January 22, 2010 at 10:54 PM. Reason : *: Z recommended]

This is the list of apps I'm looking into before downloading:
Backgrounds
facebook for android
open home
fresh face
contact owner
steel
phonebook
calorie counter
weather bug/weather channel
GPS status
locale
Google Nav
Car Mode
handcent
workitout
calwidget
pdanet
app killer app
wifinder
ATRackdog
PdaNet
Contacts Clean-Up
SMS Backup
wavesecure
sherpa
iMap Weather/some weather apps

[Edited on January 22, 2010 at 10:58 PM. Reason : as]

[Edited on January 22, 2010 at 11:02 PM. Reason : sdf]

1/22/2010 10:53:14 PM

T-Mobile is going to get the MOTOROI (Sholes Tablet) which is basically a droid without the slideout qwerty

i actually rarely use the slider on my droid but i definitely have to type lengthwise because otherwise the letters are too close together

http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/24/motorola-motoroi-almost-certainly-bound-for-t-mobile-thanks-fc/

1/24/2010 12:06:09 PM

Did you guys hear CSC 216 (java II) is doing projects involving writing apps for the droid?


Jealousy ensues

1/24/2010 12:37:17 PM

damn that's pretty cool. we didn't do any cool shit like that back when i was in class.

1/24/2010 2:29:58 PM

Us either

1/24/2010 6:29:42 PM

i got a droid yesterday. love it so far.

1/25/2010 11:39:32 AM

Welcome to the dark side. Guess you're still with verizon.

1/25/2010 11:49:28 AM

03/02/2010 can not get here soon enough.... that's my "new every two" upgrade date.

1/25/2010 11:53:43 AM

ha. I'm glad I already upgrade cause the choice would be a little difficult. Droid v Pre Plus and then more rumors of an announcement of AT&T's iphone exclusivity agreement ending at Apple's press event.

1/25/2010 12:03:43 PM

i don't have much choice but to stick with verizon. it's the only one with decent service in the bumfuck places i frequent.

i do miss my more reasonably-priced alltel plans and my somewhat better alltel customer service

1/25/2010 5:56:39 PM

Quote :

"Google: Nexus One 3G issues result of poor coverage, bugs; patch possibly within a week By Chris Ziegler posted Jan 25th 2010 at 6:01PM Looks like Google's investigation into the crappy 3G claims on the Nexus One are winding down, and it's a one-two combo of good news and bad news. First, the bad: preliminary findings suggest that poor 3G coverage factors into it, at least in part -- a believable story considering that T-Mobile has the smallest 3G footprint of the four US nationals. Now, the good: there's a software component to the problem, too, and the company says that it's already testing a fix. So far, testing is looking good -- so good, in fact, that an over-the-air update could be available "in the next week or so." It sucks that this partly boils down to crappy coverage, but we'll have to see where things stand after the patch gets rolled out -- and hopefully this'll serve as a high-profile reminder to T-Mobile that it needs to step on the gas (and to Google that it might want to expand its horizons)."

lol. even google says Tmobile has crappy coverage.

1/25/2010 6:05:48 PM

Yeah, nice to see a decent bit of competition and alternatives to the iPhone. I look forward to next batch of Android phones and the 4.0 software release/next iPhone.

1/25/2010 6:29:19 PM

yea, the nexus one on T-mobile was a joke. thank goodness it's coming to Verizon.

VZW now has:

Palm Pre Plus (webOS)
Palm Pixi Plus (webOS)
Motorola Droid
HTC Droid Eris
and Nexus One (soon)

probably the best lineup of 3G smartphones sans iPhone.

[Edited on January 25, 2010 at 6:46 PM. Reason : /]

1/25/2010 6:46:03 PM

3/02/2010 05/09/2011 can not get here soon enough.... that's my "new every two" upgrade contract expiration date.

1/25/2010 6:55:12 PM

Quote :

"probably the best lineup of 3G smartphones sans iPhone."

And there's apparently a possibility of that before years end.

http://www.mobitweak.com/content/10-more-confirmation-iphone-coming-verizon-sprint-thinks-so.html

Played with the Pre Plus today for about 45min or so and I don't think I'm returning the droid to get it. It won't really perform any better than the Sprint Pre to the average user even with twice the storage and memory, touchstone battery cover from the factory, touch sensitive home button instead of the ball, and a few hardware adjustments to the slider and keyboard. WebOS is nice but the cards are still kind of slow loading and the sliding mechanism for the keyboard snaps open and closed a little to easy for my taste and makes me wonder about the durability of it. For $149 it isn't bad but no way in hell I'd pay the $599 full retail on it.

1/25/2010 7:36:28 PM

WOW!!!

Looks like you may be able to eventually get the Nexus One at Walmart... pop in your SIM from any smart phone from Sprint, Verizon, AT&T and TMobile....

game changer!

http://walmart.letstalk.com/product/product.htm?prId=36582&search=nexus+one

1/26/2010 8:22:02 AM

^ Verizon nor sprint use sim cards except in the world phones and even then the sim isn't used on the us networks. Wonder if it'll be a cdma/gsm phone or if they have 2 different ones. A device that would give you 3G on any network would probably do well.

Quote :

"Expandable microSD (up to 32MB)"

lol. someone made a boo-boo. Should be 32GB.

1/26/2010 9:11:38 AM

^ Their bands (Verizon and Sprint) are listed... and weird that 32MB/GB is wrong in one place and correct in another. Odd. Regardless, I still call this a game changer.

1/26/2010 9:31:27 AM

Quote :

"WOW!!! Looks like you may be able to eventually get the Nexus One at Walmart... pop in your SIM from any smart phone from Sprint, Verizon, AT&T and TMobile.... game changer!"

they'll have to make some new phones before that can happen...and yeah Sprint and Verizon don't use SIM cards

they only have a GSM phone right now, and it can't even use AT&T's 3G network, so in our area at least, for the time being, T-Mobile is it for the Nexus.

ntm who's gonna walk into wal-mart and pay $579 for a phone

Quote :

"Their bands (Verizon and Sprint) are listed"

Where?

1/26/2010 9:35:18 AM

Quote :

"^ Their bands (Verizon and Sprint) are listed... "

yeah but you wouldn't be able to stick a sim in and go. You'd have to activate it like any other sprint/verizon phone.

Quote :

"Technology GSM/GPRS/EDGE 850/900/1800/1900 Voice Frequencies 850/900/1800/1900 Data Technology 850/1900 MHz, 1xRTT + 1xEvDO, integrated Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g, Bluetooth® 2.0 Data Frequencies Tri Band UMTS/HSDPA (850/1900/2100 MHz)"

850/1900 MHz, 1xRTT + 1xEvDO should be verizon and sprint. The Tri-band UMTS/HSDPA should allow for 3G on tmobile and at&t.

[Edited on January 26, 2010 at 9:52 AM. Reason : ]

1/26/2010 9:45:04 AM

ha, now the FCC is after google.

Quote :

"FCC expands ETF inquiry, fires off letters to AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile, and Google By Chris Ziegler posted Jan 26th 2010 3:26PM Breaking News Verizon might be getting picked on for introducing its whopper $350 "advanced device" ETF, but the FCC has decided that it wants answers from everyone on concerns that "there is no standard framework for structuring and applying ETFs throughout the wireless industry." The commission has sent letters (via fancy certified mail, in case you're wondering) to all of the other biggies -- AT&T, Sprint, and T-Mobile -- along with Google, asking a series of questions probing how each carrier's ETFs are determined and applied. Google gets roped in for its nasty equipment recovery fee, but all of the recipients share a common dubious distinction: the frickin' FCC -- a bureaucracy filled to the brim with lawyers and... well, bureaucrats -- can't figure out terms that everyday customers are expected to understand. Of course, most customers don't have the distinction of being able to send a certified letter to their carrier probing fees and require a prompt and complete response, so we're happy to see the feds get to the bottom of this. Sure, ETFs may ultimately prove to be completely justified in their current form considering the expense that carriers put up to subsidize hot hardware, it's true -- but regardless, it's in everyone's best interest to make sure they're spelled out in ways even FCC commissioners (and Engadget editors) can appreciate. "

and looks like no wally-world nexus one for the time being

Quote :

""Due to a technical error, this item erroneously was displayed on our site. We're working with our partner Let's Talk to have it removed as quickly as possible. We have no plans to carry Nexus One in Walmart stores or online at Walmart.com at this time.""

[Edited on January 26, 2010 at 4:30 PM. Reason : ]

1/26/2010 4:25:03 PM

the charger that comes with the droid is too damn short. i can just get a usb extension or something like that, right?

1/26/2010 7:39:22 PM

yeah, you can just buy a longer micro-usb cable and use that one instead.

[Edited on January 26, 2010 at 7:49 PM. Reason : ]

1/26/2010 7:48:56 PM

I really really hate micro usb conenctors, They are too easy to force the cables in backwards, get bent easily and the little plastic thing int he middle breaks off easily.

Mini USB are way more secure.

1/27/2010 10:55:02 AM

the mini usb on my old htc phone was not secure at all. you had to get it held just right for it to charge and the slightest movements while tethering would cause me to have to reconnect. the micro usb on my droid is a lot tighter. maybe that was just the phone and/or cable i had.

1/29/2010 8:35:18 AM

I got dat DROID

1/29/2010 11:29:35 AM

Thinking about getting a Droid...what should push me over the top? I'd probably hold out for an iPhone on Verizon if I thought it would be out this year.

1/29/2010 12:04:08 PM

Don't think, just go get one.

1/29/2010 12:47:43 PM

Honestly I'd get a Droid Eris instead of a Droid. Save yourself some money.

1/29/2010 12:52:27 PM

i'm gonna guess that a verizon package with 500'ish minutes, unlimited text and unlimited internet is going to be about the same as at&t's $99 w/the iphone.. correct?

really tired of paying 100 every month for a cell phone but i'm not finding many other decent options

[Edited on January 29, 2010 at 12:57 PM. Reason : yea their 29.99 for unlimited internet is pretty high..dammit.]

1/29/2010 12:54:23 PM

I don't see how that's high

1/29/2010 1:02:07 PM

closest plan is the 450 text/talk for 59.99 + 29.99 for data so 89.98 before taxes, fees and other options

1/29/2010 1:10:02 PM

Just get the cheapest minute plan + Unlimited text + Unlimited data. Who actually talks on a phone these days anyway?

1/29/2010 1:17:24 PM

That would be the cheapest plan verizon offers.

1/29/2010 1:18:49 PM

yeahh, i remember the days of $19.95 for unlimited internet/texting

1/29/2010 1:20:18 PM

Quote :

"I don't see how that's high"

considering that I pay $10 more for 1200 minutes and unlimited everything else... I see how $100 for 500 minutes is high

1/29/2010 1:51:45 PM

Quote :

"the charger that comes with the droid is too da short. i can just get a usb extension or somethi ike that, right?"

Yea. Its short as fuck.

I love my Droid by the way. Just figured out copy and paste with this post. Been playing way too much robo defense on the crapper though.

1/29/2010 3:33:56 PM

copy and paste is a pain in the ass unless you're in a text box.

1/29/2010 7:11:14 PM

Just bought the Droid. It's awesome.

1/29/2010 9:13:43 PM

Has anybody here who has a DROID spent more than a few minutes with an iPhone 3GS?

1/29/2010 10:20:59 PM

Alright so this is my first smartphone so I'm trying to take care of it as best I can...does it really need a case, or will it last without one?

1/30/2010 12:28:45 AM