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A snapshot of the last several years in Motorola's history shows a company in flux, culminating last week, when the smartphone manufacturer's sale to Google was finally given the green light. After undergoing governmental scrutiny from the US, China and the EU, the move, priced at around $12.5 billion, seems a logical fit, given the phone maker's push toward a portfolio built nearly exclusively around the search giant's mobile operating system. Of course, it's hard to imagine such a transaction taking place, had the Mobility wing not been spun off from Motorola a year and a half prior.

These are the latest events for a company that has undergone a fair amount of change in its 80-plus-year existence. It's a long and fascinating story -- one likely hazy at best for those who can only remember as far back as the original RAZR or StarTAC. So, before the company embarks on the next chapter of its history, let's take a quick look back, after the break.

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Motorola: a brief history originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 30 May 2012 08:49:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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It turns out that Motorola didn't want to wait until the Google deal closed -- or, for that matter, an American launch -- to undertake a significant revamp of its phone line. A quiet Chinese event last week is now known to have brought us three RAZR-derived, all-touch phones for the three carriers in the Asian country: the XT885 for China Unicom (pictured at left), XT889 for China Telecom (center) and MT887 for China Mobile (right). Other than the network types and pretty bits, you're mostly looking at the same device, where the highlight is an official dip into Android 4.0 waters that drops the physical navigation in favor of more Nexusish on-screen keys. Don't expect a revolution in performance over last fall's roster given that they still have 1.2GHz dual-core processors, eight-megapixel rear cameras and 4.3-inch, 540 x 960 displays. The trio arrives in China on June 2nd; Motorola is likely more worried about popping champagne than giving out US launch details right now, but earlier leaks give us a strong hunch that the MT887 could hit Verizon as the uncannily similar (if still very unofficial) Droid Fighter before too long.

Motorola shows three all-touch Android 4.0 phones in China, we see a possible Verizon model originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 22 May 2012 13:01:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>1.2 ghz1.2Ghzandroidandroid 4.0android 4.0 ice cream sandwichAndroid4.0Android4.0IceCreamSandwichcellphonecellphoneschinachina mobilechina telecomchina unicomChinaMobileChinaTelecomChinaUnicomchinesedroid fighterdroid razrDroidFighterDroidRazrgooglegoogle androidGoogleAndroidIce Cream SandwichIceCreamSandwichmobilepostcrossmotorolamotorola droid fightermotorola droid razrmotorola razrMotorolaDroidFighterMotorolaDroidRazrMotorolaRazrmt887omapqhdrazrsmartphonesmartphonestiti omapTiOmapverizonverizon wirelessVerizonWirelessxt885xt889Tue, 22 May 2012 13:01:00 EST<![CDATA[Refresh Roundup: week of April 16th, 2012]]>http://www.engadget.com/2012/04/22/refresh-roundup-week-of-april-16th-2012/http://www.engadget.com/2012/04/22/refresh-roundup-week-of-april-16th-2012/http://www.engadget.com/2012/04/22/refresh-roundup-week-of-april-16th-2012/#comments Refresh Roundup: week of April 16th, 2012

Your smartphone and / or tablet is just begging for an update. From time to time, these mobile devices are blessed with maintenance refreshes, bug fixes, custom ROMs and anything in between, and so many of them are floating around that it's easy for a sizable chunk to get lost in the mix. To make sure they don't escape without notice, we've gathered every possible update, hack, and other miscellaneous tomfoolery we could find during the last week and crammed them into one convenient roundup. If you find something available for your device, please give us a shout at tips at engadget dawt com and let us know. Enjoy!

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Refresh Roundup: week of April 16th, 2012 originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 22 Apr 2012 21:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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While Stateside folks have been enjoying the thicker, but longer lasting RAZR Maxx for a few months now, those from across the pond have been missing out. Good news is you won't have to wait it out on the sidelines much longer, as Motorola's announced the extra juice-packing Maxx is set to make its Euro and Middle Eastern debut come next month. However, Moto wasn't clear about how much you'll have to shell out to grasp onto this Droid, or which specific countries it'll make the trip toward. Whatever it may be, let's hope it's already been fed that Ice Cream Sandwich we spotted a while back...

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Motorola Droid RAZR Maxx set to hit Europe and Middle East in May originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 03 Apr 2012 18:27:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Conversion kit lets you push your RAZR to the Maxx for $110 originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 29 Mar 2012 13:13:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Refresh Roundup: week of March 19th, 2012 originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 25 Mar 2012 19:14:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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[Thanks, Michael]

Motorola announces RAZR Developer Edition with unlocked bootloader for Europe, US variant on the way originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 29 Jan 2012 22:15:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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White Droid RAZR available now on Verizon for $299 on contract originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 15 Dec 2011 11:19:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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White Droid RAZR, Xyboard 10.1 and 8.2 tablets to hit Verizon stores this month originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 06 Dec 2011 11:16:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Gallery: LapDock 500 in the FCC

Lapdock 500 goes through the FCC, its pre-launch gutting ritual shown off to the public originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 10 Nov 2011 18:16:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Motorola RAZR open for unlocked bootloader business, if the carrier says so originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 24 Oct 2011 15:09:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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We here at Engadget Mobile tend to spend a lot of way too much time poring over the latest FCC filings, be it on the net or directly on the ol' Federal Communications Commission's site. Since we couldn't possibly (want to) cover all the stuff that goes down there, we've gathered up all the raw info you may want (but probably don't need). Enjoy!

Phones

Read - Fujitsu F03D
Read - Motorola RAZR
Read - NEC Casio XGU3296
Read - Samsung GT-I8350
Read - Samsung GT-S5368
Read - Samsung SGH-T679M
Read - Samsung SHV-E120S
Read - Sharp 101SH
Read - Sony Ericsson SOY05 (KDDI)
Read - ZTE GS516
Read - ZTE Movistar One

Tablets and peripherals

Read - Coby Kyros MID1125
Read - Huawei MediaPad 301W
Read - Motorola wireless keyboard

FCC Fridays: October 21, 2011 originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 21 Oct 2011 10:17:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Motorola RAZR to get updated to Ice Cream Sandwich in early 2012 originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 19 Oct 2011 09:55:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Motorola locks Droid RAZR bootloader, angers ROM-happy lovers of anorexic handsets originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 18 Oct 2011 17:44:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Just how thin is 7.1mm? Well, we could tell you (been there, done that), or we can show you. And what better way to really drive the point home than with some head-to-head shots? We busted out our trusty iPhone 4 and the lead brick that is the first-generation Motorola Droid for good measure. And heck, we had the LG Marquee and Droid Incredible 2 floating around, so we threw those into the mix, as well. So, who's the thinnest of them all? Find out in the gallery below.

Gallery: Motorola Droid RAZR comparison shots


Zach Honig contributed to this report.

Droid RAZR vs. Droid vs. iPhone 4... fight! originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 18 Oct 2011 13:58:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>appleapple iphoneAppleIphonedroiddroid razrDroidRazrfightiphonemotorolamotorola droidmotorola droid razrmotorola razrMotorolaDroidMotorolaDroidRazrMotorolaRazrrazrTue, 18 Oct 2011 13:58:00 EST<![CDATA[Motorola's Faster. Thinner. Smarter. Stronger. event liveblog!]]>http://www.engadget.com/2011/10/18/motorolas-faster-thinner-smarter-stronger-event-liveblog/http://www.engadget.com/2011/10/18/motorolas-faster-thinner-smarter-stronger-event-liveblog/http://www.engadget.com/2011/10/18/motorolas-faster-thinner-smarter-stronger-event-liveblog/#comments The countdown is almost at an end. And that means it's time for some serious Daft Punk-referencing Motorola action. What can we expect today? The Spyder / Droid RAZR handset? The sequel to the Xoom? Perhaps an early taste of Ice Cream Sandwich? All of these answers and more will be revealed at 12PM ET.

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Photos by Zach Honig.

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Motorola's Faster. Thinner. Smarter. Stronger. event liveblog! originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 18 Oct 2011 11:40:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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The iPhone was indeed the handset to supplant the well-loved RAZR as America's favorite, but we're not so sure its messaging interface ever made it onto Motorola's slim clamshell. That hasn't stopped Fox's Traffic Light from rewriting history, however, as last night's episode featured a RAZR receiving a "smiley-faced emoticon" text message encased in an all-too-familiar grey speech bubble. Catch this crazy new invention on video after the break.

[Thanks, OMGitsShan]

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Screen Grabs: iPhone messaging app spotted on a RAZR in Traffic Light originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 13 Apr 2011 18:33:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>applecomedyfailfoxfunnyiphonemessagingmotorolamotorola razrMotorolaRazrphotoshopquirkyrazrscreen grabsScreenGrabstexttextingtraffic lightTrafficLightvideoWed, 13 Apr 2011 18:33:00 EST<![CDATA[Motorola sues Huawei and several former employees for stealing wireless trade secrets]]>http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/21/motorola-sues-huawei-and-several-former-employees-for-stealing-w/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/21/motorola-sues-huawei-and-several-former-employees-for-stealing-w/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/21/motorola-sues-huawei-and-several-former-employees-for-stealing-w/#comments Man, if you thought the lawsuit action in the mobile space was crazy before, well, you ain't seen nothing yet -- Motorola just sued Huawei and over a dozen former employees for conspiring to steal its wireless trade secrets and other proprietary technology over a period of years starting in 2001. Yeah, it's crazy. The lawsuit was originally filed in 2008 against four former Motorola engineers and a company called Lemko, all of whom Motorola accused of conspiring to stealing trade secrets related to wireless technology. After years of discovery in the case, it appears that Motorola realized the conspiracy went much deeper than it originally thought, leading the company to file a new complaint on July 16th, in which it named Huawei and nine additional former employees, who allegedly schemed to steal plans for a 3G base station called the SC300.

According to the complaint, part of the scheme was ultimately blown up when one of the employees was arrested by Customs at O'Hare airport en route to China with $30,000 in cash and over 1,000 pages of documentation regarding Motorola's various communications networking tech, while another employee was caught buying Motorola phones in bulk and sending unlock codes and dump files to Lemko for reverse engineering purposes. Motorola also says that it doesn't yet know the exact relationship between Lemko, Huawei and some of the former employees because "file destruction software" was installed and run on computers before they were turned over as evidence, but the company claims that Huawei was aware it was receiving proprietary Motorola information the entire time it was in contact with the former employees. Yes, it's all very juicy -- we'll be watching this one closely.

Motorola sues Huawei and several former employees for stealing wireless trade secrets originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 21 Jul 2010 20:45:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>espionage fictionEspionageFictionhuaweiHuawei U8220HuaweiU8220industrial espionageIndustrialEspionagelawsuit settlementLawsuitSettlementlegal newsLegalNewslemkomisappropriationmotorolaMotorola RAZRMotorolaRazrTheFlamingLipstrade secrettrade secretsTradeSecretTradeSecretsWed, 21 Jul 2010 20:45:00 EST<![CDATA[Motorola RAZR3 comes back from the dead for a very special hands-on video]]>http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/30/motorola-razr3-comes-back-from-the-dead-for-a-very-special-hands/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/30/motorola-razr3-comes-back-from-the-dead-for-a-very-special-hands/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/30/motorola-razr3-comes-back-from-the-dead-for-a-very-special-hands/#comments
While you're still trying to decide whether or not we've entered the post-Moto era (maybe recent sales numbers were but a mere hiccup) might we interest you in a hands-on of Motorola's doomed RAZR3 (aka Ruby)? Featuring an improved interface, GPS, FM radio, and a touchscreen, this would have been the phone to beat -- in 2006. For a closer look at the dumphone that almost was, check out the video after the break.

Update: Of course, if you're in South Korea you can buy one of these beauts -- there it is called the KLASSIC, of all things. How did we forget to mention that? Maybe because it's South Korea. Or maybe because it's a RAZR? Yeah, probably the second one. As an Engadget reader who actually worked on the phone pointed out, the handset "is a joy to use. In the end it received a 5MP autofocus camera, which takes great pictures, and the camera application has more 'knobs' and F-stop and ISO adjustments than I know what to do with. I used it quite a bit in for shooting closeup pictures of small failed components in my day-to-day business work. It is pretty neat to be able to navigate much of the phone from the outside screen." Thanks for the tip, Dan!

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Motorola RAZR3 comes back from the dead for a very special hands-on video originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 30 Apr 2010 16:41:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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