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How Heavy Is A Phone That Promises Up To 21.5 Hours Of Continuous Talk Time?
By Chris Morran on January 12, 2012 7:06 PM
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Earlier this week at the Consumer Electronics Show, Motorola unveiled the latest member of its RAZR family of cellphones, the Droid RAZR Maxx, which the company says can deliver up to a whopping 21.5 hours of continuous talk time. More »
This 19" Portable TV Was 'The Supreme Achievement Of The Television Age' In 1959
By Laura Northrup on January 6, 2012 8:00 AM
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Imagine a portable TV with a 19" screen that has a fuel cell that recharges from your wall outlet, and can be disguised as a weirdly heavy briefcase. Not impressed? Maybe you would have been if it were still 1959, when Motorola introduced this amazing television with its futuristic rechargeable "energy cell" (sold separately.) More »
Motorola Wins Patent Battle And Potential For Injunction Against Apple In Germany
By Mary Beth Quirk on December 9, 2011 11:00 AM
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Apple is having a tough go of it over in Europe, as they're involved in various lawsuits in several countries, including one they just lost. Motorola Mobility just scored a big hit against Apple, winning a patent infringement suit against them in Germany. More »
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25 CEOs Who Made More Than Their Companies Paid In Income Taxes
By Chris Morran on August 31, 2011 2:00 PM
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The Institute for Policy Studies has just released its 18th annual review of U.S. executive compensation and found that 25 out of the country's 100 highest-paid chief executives actually earned more in 2010 than their companies paid out in corporate income taxes. More »
T-Mobile Keeps Replacing Defective Phone With More Defective Phones
By Laura Northrup on August 31, 2011 8:00 AM
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Some months ago, Elliot upgraded the phone on his T-Mobile plan. He chose the Motorola Defy, which turned out to be a poor choice. At least, it was for Elliot, who enjoys having a phone that actually works. T-Mobile has cast him into smartphone replacement purgatory, where he will be stuck until he gives up and changes carriers, or his warranty expires and he pays for a new phone. More »
Photos: Behind The Scenes At CES 2011
By Chris Morran on January 5, 2011 5:37 PM
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While most of the reporters here spent this day before the official launch of CES 2011 going from press conference to press conference, I managed to convince a security guard that it was perfectly okay for me to walk around taking photos of the big booths being constructed. More »
Report: "Exploding" Droid 2 Might Not Have Exploded After All
By Chris Morran on December 10, 2010 3:30 PM
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Last week, the internet was abuzz with the story of a man who claimed his Droid 2 shattered when he held it up to his ear. However, a new report claims the phone was already damaged before the incident. More »
Defective Droid Sends Reader To Verizon Smartphone Replacement Hell
By Laura Northrup on December 9, 2010 10:30 AM
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Maybe we need to turn "Tales of Verizon Smartphone Replacement Hell" into a recurring series. In today's installment, an Android update breaks Brian's Motorola Droid, and he goes through five replacement phones in just over three months. Oh, and a free screen protector, which belonged to the previous owner of his "Certified Like New Replacement" phone. More »
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Motorola Droid 2 Screen Shatters In Man's Ear, Blood Everywhere
By Ben Popken on December 3, 2010 1:00 PM
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A Texas man showed up at the hospital with blood streaming down his ear after his Motorola Droid 2 screen shattered in his ear. More »
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10 Companies That Were Once Great But Now Kinda Suck
By Chris Morran on August 19, 2010 2:30 PM
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There was a time when many of us got our videos at Blockbuster after shopping for a Sony Discman at Sears, all while talking on our Motorola phone. All of these companies have had their glory days, but now they're on the U.S. News & World Report's list of 10 Companies That Have Lost Their Edge. More »
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Watch Out, iPhone 4: Droid X Sells Out Online After First Day
By Mary Beth Quirk on July 18, 2010 2:11 PM
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Apparently, these are the droids consumers have been looking for: Early numbers indicate that the new Motorola Droid X, carried by Verizon Wireless, has been a big hit, selling out online and in many stores since its debut on Thursday. Time to get scared, iPhone 4. More »
Consumer Reports Video Faceoff: Droid X vs. iPhone 4
By Ben Popken on June 30, 2010 3:00 PM
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Playing like a polite re-enactment of a gadget blog comments section flame war, two Consumer Reports journalists pit the features of the iPhone 4 against the new Droid X in this video thunderdome. Who will win? Will the iPhone's Retina blind the Droid's amber oculus? Or will the Droid's tapered top-knob bash the iPhone into shards? "Two phones enter... one phone leaves..." More »
Verizon And Motorola Won't Replace My Busted Droid
By Phil Villarreal on April 19, 2010 10:00 AM
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Chantell bought a Droid and has been stuck in a hamster wheel of hell trying to get a phone that works. Her original Droid didn't work, and that was replaced with an issue-plagued refurb. Now she either has to buy a new Droid or give up her phone while she awaits another replacement. More »
Target Is Out Of PrePaid AT&T Cards, So How About Some WalkieTalkies?
By Meg Marco on December 29, 2009 2:57 PM
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Reader David spotted this odd suggestion on Christmas Eve at his local Target. Not the most practical idea they've ever had, but then again: Target is crazy. More »
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This Verizon Store Provides Weird Repair Services
When they left, Chris had a sticker stuck to the back of his Droid, and his girlfriend was told to stop wearing makeup because makeup ruins the enV Touch. More »
By Chris Walters on December 21, 2009 7:48 PM
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Some Motorola Droid phones are having problems with the battery cover coming off too easily. That's what was happening to Chris' Droid, so he and his girlfriend brought it into a Verizon store in Pleasant Hill, CA. His girlfriend brought along her defective enV Touch for service as well. When they left, Chris had a sticker stuck to the back of his Droid, and his girlfriend was told to stop wearing makeup because makeup ruins the enV Touch. More »
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Recent Class Action Settlement Roundup
By Laura Northrup on December 13, 2009 6:00 PM
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Motorola handsets, cell phone ringtones, BP propane, Sony VAIO laptops, and the hormone replacement medication Estratest: if you purchased any of these items, you could be eligible for some recently settled class actions. Are you? Well, there's only one way to find out. More »
New Droid Ad Goes For iPhone Jugular, Misses
By Ben Popken on December 8, 2009 12:42 PM
107 Comments
A new ad for the Verizon Motorola Droid tries to savage the iPhone for being more concerned with looking good than working great. Does it work?
Cheap Package Design Tricks People Into Dropping Motorola Droid On Floor
By Chris Walters on November 23, 2009 1:48 PM
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—>The Motorola Droid is a sweet phone, but the box it comes in is a case study in bad package design. Where every other gadget these days comes in boxes with lids, or boxes designed to be opened in a specific manner, the Droid box can easily be opened so that the brand new phone falls to the floor. More »
Chart Compares Total Cost Of Ownership For Popular Smartphones
By Chris Walters on October 30, 2009 7:24 PM
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—>You may think that buying an iPhone with AT&T service is an expensive commitment, and you'd be right. But as this chart from BillShrink shows, your total cost of ownership (TCO) for any of the latest smartphones is going to exceed 2 grand over a 24-month period. In fact, the highly-praised new Motorola Droid on Verizon works out to exactly the same TCO as the latest iPhone. More »
Meet the DROID, the Latest Chance For Verizon Owners To Express Their iPhone Envy
By Phil Villarreal on October 29, 2009 3:16 PM
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—>Motorola and Verizon revealed the mystery device behind its iCan't ad campaign — the DROID, a 3G phone with a 5 megapixel camera, its own app store, a 16gb memory card packed in and a QWERTY keyboard. More »
