It is hard to believe we are on the 4th generation of famous Motorola Droid. Today Verizon and Motorola have announced the Droid 4. The Droid is one of the best devices for users coming from a BlackBerry or any other device with a physical keyboard. Sadly it is powered by Android 2.3.5 (Gingerbread) but will receive an update to ICS, Android 4.0, sometime in the future.
As expected the device has Verizon 4G LTC service, 4.0 inch qHD display, 8-megapixel camera with 1080P hd video capture, and both front and rear facing camera’s for Skype calling. Verizon / Motorola / Google are highlighting the government grade encryptions support giving users yet another reason to leave the once dominate BlackBerry.
The Droid 4 will be $199 with a 2 year agreement and have and optional Laptop Dock for $300. You can start buying on Feb 10 2010.
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Even though I am Windows Phone guy, I do see some android phones that I find interesting with one of them being the Samsung Galaxy Note. This Android phone has a massive 5.3-inch Super AMOLED HD screen. The Galaxy Note will be available on February 19 for $299.99 with a two-year contract.
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Surely one of my favorite features of the Samsung Galaxy Nexus is the ability to show your data usage over a monthly cycle. In the data usage area, accessed via Settings | Data Usage, you can set a mobile data limit and track your data usage by application. While the Data usage feature is not an exact measurement, it does give you a good idea how close you are to your data cap. This is a feature of the Ice Cream Sandwich version of Android (4.0), and will be available regardless of your carrier once you upgrade.
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Verizon not only announced the availability of the BlackBerry Cure 9370 but they are also announcing their newest 4G LTE Android Device the Spectrum by LG. This device is a 4.5-inch Android Phone with a 1.5GHz dual processor. Although the Spectrum by LG will ship with Android 2.3.5 Gingerbread, it will be upgradeable to Ice Cream Sandwich.
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HTC, which has been supporting their developers for some time by creating a developer site which can unlock the phones bootloader and more devices have been added to the list. While carriers are more inclined to keep Android Phones from being modified, it has not stopped the desire for advanced users and developers from wanting to tinker with their phones. The method usually used to protect the phone from being modified is to lock the bootloader however, HTC allows some of their devices to be unlocked.
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While the Galaxy Nexus is considered one of the top Android Devices out today it is apparently being plagued with some random reboot issues. We have seen a similar issue before where every time a text message was sent the phone would reboot. Google has taken note of the issue and is investigating it which we are sure an answer and update will come soon. Hopefully the new Galaxy Nexus 4G going to Sprint has no issues.
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The DROID RAZR Maxx is an Android device announced at CES however, there was no talk to the release date. On Motorola’s website, a mistake was made and the date of 1/26 was printed, which would be a good indicator of a release date. If you go to the site now it says coming soon but I would expect January 26 to be a solid date.
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With LG signing a patent agreement with Microsoft for Android devices, they now have 70% of smartphone devices covered in the US. One of the side stories of Android Smartphones is the fact that Microsoft feels that the operating system infringes on their patents. To remedy the situation Microsoft has been signing agreements with Android manufactures to license the patents and LG is the latest to sign on.
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Looks like AT&T was not the Only carrier more 4G LTE phones as Sprint announced they are getting the Galaxy Nexus. Sprints LTE Network is not up yet but they are expecting the fist cities to be Dallas, Atlanta, Houston and San Antonio.
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I recently acquired the Samsung Galaxy Nexus, the first phone to come with Google’s new Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) operating system. I have been putting the phone through its paces, and thus far, speech-to-text really stands out. It is arguably the best speech-to-text system offered on a smartphone.
As good as speech-to-text is, voice dialing, on the other hand, is atrociously bad. What baffles me is how speech-to-text on the Galaxy Nexus can be so accurate and easy to use, yet, voice dialing be so abysmal. For two features that are seemingly related using them is like a virtual Dr. Jeckyll and Mr. Hyde.
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