Operating Systems, Tablets, Motorola, Verizon Wireless, Google, XOOM, Android 4.0
The Verizon Motorola XOOM was the very first tablet to get Android 3 Honeycomb. Sadly, that is still what runs on the device. However, rumor has it that an Ice Cream Sandwich update for the XOOM is right around the corner.

Cell Phones, Operating Systems, Motorola, Google, DROID RAZR, Android 4.0, DROID RAZR MAXX
Motorola is finally getting ready to unleash Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich on its Droid Razr line of devices.

A series of videos released today from Motorola Japan show off the new OS running on a Droid Razr device.

Motorola provided its own skin for Ice Cream Sandwich, replacing most of...

Cell Phones, Operating Systems, Motorola, Google, Android 2.3, DROID X2, DROID 3, Android 4.0
Motorola recently updated its Android release timeline and revealed that certain devices will remain on Android 2.3 rather than receiving an upgrade to Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich. The handsets in question are both modern and more than capable of running the latest Android operating system, however...

Cell Phones, Operating Systems, Motorola, Google, Android 4.0
Last week, a Motorola engineer's Picasa album all but confirmed the existence of the Motorola Droid RAZR HD. And while we can't say

Cell Phones, Operating Systems, Motorola, Google, DROID RAZR, Android 4.0
We reported last week that the Droid RAZR soak test was not going to include Android 4.0 – Ice Cream Sandwich. Today, the story got more complicated. A tipster speaking to Droid-Life suggested that ICS was inserted at a late date into the soak test. Apparently, the admin of the Motorola soak test forum...

Cell Phones, Operating Systems, HTC, Motorola, Google, Rezound, Android 4.0, RAZR
Droid-Life got ahold of an internal employee memo Best Buy sent out yesterday, updating employees on the status of Ice Cream Sandwich updates for some of Verizon’s most popular phones. First, Best Buy told employees what we already reported to you – that the updates headed to the Droid RAZR and RAZR...

Cell Phones, Operating Systems, Motorola, Google, PRO+, Android 4.0, MOTOLUXE
A month ago Motorola unveiled its Android 4.0 upgrade plans without mentioning two of its devices – Motoluxe and Motorola Pro+, the second one being a pretty solid choice for BlackBerry converts who can’t live without a physical QWERTY keyboard.

Cell Phones, Operating Systems, Motorola, Verizon Wireless, Google, DROID X2, Android 4.0
Verizon Wireless has begun distributing an update for the Motorola DROID X2 smartphone. The update fixes a handful of bugs in the device's software and patches a security hole. Unfortunately it does not update the DROID X2 to Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich, and Motorola has not announced plans to do...

Operating Systems, Motorola, Google, Android
Motorola Droid RAZR fans were left out in the cold when Google decided to pull the wraps off its revamped content hub. The new Play Store app didn't seem to bond too well with Motorola's Blur OS skin, leaving phones scanning desperately for a non-existent Android Market and trapping users out of the...

Operating Systems, Motorola, Google, Android
When Google announced it was to acquire Motorola, it was obvious it wanted patents but unclear how Android and Motorola would interact in the future. According to Andy Rubin, who heads up Android, there's going to be zero communication.

Speaking to The Verge at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona,...

Operating Systems, Motorola, Google, Android 4.0
Motorola was kind enough to reveal the list of devices that will get the Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich updates. As far as we can tell, pretty much all phones and tablets with a dual-core processor are on the list, which is a good thing. On the other hand, it’s not clear when most devices will get their...

Cell Phones, Operating Systems, Motorola, Google, Android, ATRIX 4G
Motorola has started rolling out a small firmware update for its Atrix smartphone. Firmware version 4.5.141 brings several improvements, including:

Latest Google Android security fixes

Improvements to memory function as it relates to media applications and ability to prevent need for re-booting...

Operating Systems, Motorola, Google, Android 4.0
Last month at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Intel got up on stage and said that they’ve signed two hardware partners to use their new Medfield smartphone platform. What made us actually care about this announcement instead of just rolling our eyes, because Intel has been promising to enter...

Operating Systems, Motorola, Google, Android
This seems like a strange claim, and we're not even sure that we believe what Motorola is saying, but it seems that Motorola executive Christy Wyatt believes that the Nexus hardware which is to blame for the slow updates from manufacturers.

Wyatt is the senior VP and general manager of Motorola's...

Cell Phones, Operating Systems, Motorola, Google, Android 4.0, RAZR
There may be many different Android devices in the world today but there are still only a handful of decent custom user interfaces available. While we prefer stock Android over anything else, HTC’s Sense UI has been a favorite for many people for a while now. However, one thing we’ve never heard before...