It has taken good nine months but it is finally official – Motorola Mobility is now a part of Google Inc. Google is yet to reveal the future plans but has confirmed that Sanjay Jha will step down as CEO and Dennis Woodside will take his place instead.

Back in August, Google bought the Motorola spin-off for $12.5 billion or $40 per share. Google is expected to run Motorola as a separate unit.

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Google has started rolling out its latest Ice Cream Sandwich update for Samsung’s Nexus devices and Motorola’s Xoom. The Android 4.0.4 will be available to Galaxy Nexus, Nexus S and Motorola Xoom Wi-Fi users in the coming weeks as an OTA update that will bring improved stability along with better camera performance, smoother screen rotation, improved phone number recognition etc.

Disappointingly, CDMA-based Nexus S and Galaxy Nexus users will have to wait since this update applies only for GSM devices.

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Motorola’s much-talked RAZR phone comes to town. For an asking price of Rs. 33,990 (which will obviously be lower in the market), users can get the svelte 7.1mm phone featuring Android 2.3 OS and 4.3-inch Super AMOLED display.

RAZR is equipped with a dual-core 1.2GHz processor, 1GB RAM and comes with a KEVLAR fiber body along with Corning Gorilla Glass to give the best protection. Additionally, the phone has an 8MP camera with full HD video recording, 720p front-facing camera, Wi-Fi, GPS, Bluetooth, microSD card slot and 1780mAh battery.

Motorola has finally announced the successor(s) of its first Xoom tablet. The Xoom 2 and Xoom 2 Media Edition tablets go for a different set of crowds with the Xoom 2 going for the suits whereas Xoom 2 Media Edition targeted at consumers for leisure activities.

However, despite this little segregation both tablets are packed with features like Android 3.2 Honeycomb OS, 1.2GHz dual-core processor, 1GB RAM, 16GB internal storage and 1.3MP and 5MP HD cameras with autofocus. The differentiations begin from the screen size with Xoom 2 matching Xoom’s 10.1-inch whereas Xoom 2 Media Edition measuring 8.2-inches. Both are HD-supporting displays but Media Edition’s display is better suited for wide viewing angles. Also, the Xoom 2 is heavier than the Media Edition that weighs 113g more and 4 hours of extra battery life than Media Edition’s 6 hours.

Motorola will release the Wi-Fi-only variant of both the tablets in UK from mid-November.

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In addition to unveiling the sleek and sexy Moto RAZR, Motorola also announced a new lifestyle device that combines fitness tracking and music player in one. Dubbed as MOTOACTV, the device is reminiscent to Apple’s iPod nano but comes with a belt that allows wearing on a wrist.

MOTOACTV is equipped with AccuSense and GPS that tracks exact time, distance, speed, heart rate and calories burned which then can be uploaded on motoactv.com.

As for its music prowess, MOTOACTV comes in capacity of 8 or 16GB that can store up to 4,000 songs and has a smart music player that learns what tracks motivate the user by measuring the performance against the music. Moreover, there’s FM Radio as well, in case a user does not want to hear the loaded music.

Other features include a 1.6-inch touchscreen display with Gorilla Glass, Bluetooth 4.0, Android device sync support to receive incoming calls and messages and up to 10 hours of battery life.

MOTOACTV is currently on pre-order for $249 (8GB) and $299 (16GB) respectively and will be available from November 6.

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Motorola has officially announced the new RAZR phone for the global market as well as United States. Just like previous RAZR devices that emphasized on the sleek form factor, the new Android-running RAZR too is thin, which measures just 7.1mm.

The phone is sculpted using KEVLAR coupled with Corning Gorilla Glass that gives the ultimate protection. On the features front, the phone runs Android 2.3.5 and comes with a 4.3-inch Super AMOLED display, 1.2GHz dual-core processor, 1GB RAM, 8MP camera supporting full HD video recording, front-facing HD camera for video chat, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 4.0, 16GB internal memory, microSD card slot and 1780mAh battery.

The phone will be launched globally later next month whereas US consumers will be able to pick it up via Verizon as DROID RAZR in early Nov for $299.99 on contract.

Motorola has inadvertently spilled an image of their upcoming Droid phone. Motorola was teasing the device on their site but disclosed the phone in all its glory. Dubbed as Droid RAZR, the phone looks to be one of the slimmest LTE Droids around. We’re still light on the full specs but it seems the phone has a big screen (possibly 4-inches) with two cameras that support HD video recording and the usual touch-sensitive Android buttons.

Motorola will unveil the phone today.

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Motorola has announced two new affordable phones for Indian consumers. First up is the Fire XT that runs the latest Android 2.3 Gingerbread OS and features a 3.5-inch display, Moto Switch UI, 3G, 5MP camera, GPS, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, microSD card slot, Swype text input and FM Radio. Fire XT will sell for a price of around Rs.12,990.

Motorola Fire on the other hand, adopts a touch and type form factor with a full physical QWERTY and 2.8-inch touchscreen display. Fire features a 3MP camera, 3G support, Wi-Fi, GPS, FM Radio, Bluetooth and more. Motorola Fire will be available for Rs.9,490.

U.S. Cellular has introduced a new smartphone in its lineup – the Motorola Electrify. The Android-based smartphone is packed with features yet will go for a modest price tag of $199 after $100 mail-in rebate. Amongst the features, Electrify is powered by a 1GHz dual-core processor, 4.3-inch display with qHD resolution support, 8MP camera with dual-LED flash, HDMI, Wi-Fi, GPS, 16GB internal memory, microSD card slot.

Moreover, just like the latest Motorola range of high-end devices, Electrify also supports webtop application that allows users to use a full-fledged Firefox browser.

The phone will be available later this month.

After a series of leaks, Motorola’s power packed Droid Bionic has got official. Scheduled to go on sale from Sep 8, Droid Bionic is Verizon’s first smartphone to boast 4G LTE connectivity along with a 1GHz dual-core processor and 1GB RAM.

The phone promises to give LTE download speeds up to 12Mbps and upload speeds up to 5Mbps and comes with a 4.3-inch qHD display, 8MP camera with full HD video recording, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and microSD card slot.

Just like the Atrix, Droid Bionic is complemented with a number of accessories and supports Webtop application.

It will sell for $299.99 with a two-year agreement.

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