Motorola Mobility Holdings Inc. (MMI) is all set to launch a WiFi-only version of its Xoom tablet in the U.S. on March 27. Rumors have already started  that Xoom can be considered as a competitor to Apple’s iPad. Though Xoom went on sale from February onwards, the dearth of Wi-Fi only model was a matter of concern for many analysts due to the popularity of Wi-Fi...

A new report by Nielsen Company, a market research firm, reports that in the US, Android is the most popular operating system among smartphone users and now accounts for nearly a third (29%) of all active smartphones in a study of 14,701 Americans. In comparison, the R.I.M. BlackBerry platform and Apple’s iOS each account for 27 percent of active smartphones since they...

As they announced their plans at 2011 international CES to bring revolutionary smartphones to the market, AT&T reveals that Motorola Atrix 4G is on the way. Available for pre-order from February 13, the high-end smartphone manufactured by Motorola Mobility is coming with a 2 year service plan with AT&T. Hardly anything could have been a better answer to the launch...

Motorola Mobility Inc. introduced its Xoom tablet, with a 10-inch screen and the first to run on Google’s new Android 3.0 Honeycomb operating system designed for tablets.  Honeycomb comes with full support for Adobe Flash, and of course an operating system designed to work with larger screens, unlike the current version of Android, which Google intended for mobile...

Vizio Inc., the second-largest U.S. television supplier, will introduce a low-cost smartphone and tablet computer using Google Inc.’s Android software to attract consumers who can’t afford Apple Inc.’s devices. It’s also a sign that the market for Android devices will become even more crowded and confusing for consumers in 2011. Vizio–a small, privately...

Nokia has filed patent claims against Apple in the UK, Germany and the Netherlands, for allegedly infringing its patents with technology used in the Apple’s iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch. The legal battle began in October 2009 when Nokia alleged that the iPhone infringes on Nokia’s patents for GSM, UMTS and wireless LAN (WLAN) standards, specifically 10 patents...

Now that the glow of Gingerbread is dawning with new promises on the horizon, we can see that the Android phones have come long way in such a short time. And even as Google has announced its upcoming flagship phone, the Nexus S, we can say that the top Android boxes of today are not going to be run-down by a generation gap in terms of technology very soon. Manufactured...

Following the recent unveiling of Gingerbread, Google makes public the latest tablet-friendly version of Android. Google’s Andy Rubin reveals a Motorola-built tablet running on an upcoming version of Android – Honeycomb. The prototype tablet with Honeycomb is expected to hit the market early next year. The black colored prototype is about 10 inch in size and is powered...

The Android phones have so far had a clean run, given the fact that most of them are mid-to-high range smart phones. But a Droid 2, one of Motorola’s premium Android phones, left a Texas man with a rather scary experience. Aron Embry had just finished a phone call on his brand new Droid 2, bought a couple of days ago, when he heard a loud unusual “pop“....