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Google keeps Project Ara after selling off Motorola

Out of nowhere Google is sold off its Motorola Mobility to Lenovo for a deal worth close to 3 billion USD earlier today. The almost 3 billion USD sale doesn’t include the Advanced Technology and Projects group led by former DARPA director Regina Dugan. The Verge was able to confirm this and according to the sources, the team will be integrated with Google’s Android team which is headed by Sundar Pichai. Regina Dugan will reportedly report to Sundar Pichai, but is expected to maintain an individual role.

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Google makes it official: sells Motorola to Lenovo for $2.91bn, retains patents

Hot on the heels of the news that Google might be planning to offload Motorola to Lenovo comes the official announcement. Google today revealed that Lenovo plans to acquire the Motorola Mobility smartphone business for $2.91 billion. Google had acquired Motorola for a whopping 12.5 billion dollars which makes the sale price seem suspiciously low. That said, Google will retain control of Motorola Mobility’s patent portfolio which seems to have been the intention all along. Lenovo will receive a license to get access to this patent portfolio. It remains unclear if this will be an exclusive license however, Lenovo will also receive over 2,000 patent assets as well as the brand and trademark portfolio for Motorola Mobility. Continue reading “Google makes it official: sells Motorola to Lenovo for $2.91bn, retains patents”

Moto G India launch details to be announced on February 5th, says Motorola

Motorola Moto G was expected to be launched in India later this month, now Motorola has officially announced that India launch details would be unveiled on February 5th 2014. At the Moto G launch back in November, Motorola announced that the Moto G would be available in India early January 2014, but it didn’t happen. Continue reading “Moto G India launch details to be announced on February 5th, says Motorola”

Motorola Moto G Dual SIM launched in Malaysia and Australia

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Motorola has launched the dual SIM version of the Moto G in Australia and Malaysia. The phone has appeared on the official Motorola Australia website and Motorola has officially launched the Dual SIM smartphone in Malaysia, in partnership with local carrier Brightstar.Moto G is expected to launch in India in the last week of this month, which is next week. We already know that Dual SIM Moto G would launch in India this year, but it is not clear if we can expect Dual SIM or single SIM variant of Moto G in India. Continue reading “Motorola Moto G Dual SIM launched in Malaysia and Australia”

Motorola starts selling Grip shells for Moto G in the US

While the tech industry is eagerly awaiting the launch of pocket and wallet friendly Motorola Moto G in India, Motorola has made the Grip shells available for Moto G in the US where the phone is already on sale. Motorola Moto G will be the first Motorola smartphone in India in a long time and it plans to take on the mid-range smartphone market that is currently dominated by likes of Indian manufacturers like Micromax, Karbonn, Xolo and others.

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Moto G India launch rumored for last week of January

The Moto G has been expected to launch in India sometime in the first quarter of 2014 but now thanks to a report published by the Times of India, we can get a more specific time frame. The report states that the Moto G launch in India has been scheduled for the last week of January. India is slated to get the dual SIM variant of budget Android device alongside Brazil. Expected to be priced very competitively, the phone brings modest specifications in the form of a 1.2Ghz Snapdragon 400 processor, 1GB RAM and a 720p 4.5 inch display. Continue reading “Moto G India launch rumored for last week of January”

Motorola Moto G Android 4.4.2 KitKat update starts rolling out in Europe

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Motorola released the Android 4.4 KitKat update for the Moto G last month starting from the US, now the update has started rolling out in European countries including UK. The new update brings Android KitKat features such as restyled status and navigation bars, full-screen mode, color emoji, smarter power use, new camera features, including the most expected manual focus and exposure control. Continue reading “Motorola Moto G Android 4.4.2 KitKat update starts rolling out in Europe”

Motorola Moto G India launch expected in the last week of January

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At the Moto G launch back in November, Motorola announced that the Moto G would be available in India early January 2014, but it didn’t happen. Motorola would launch Moto G, the company’s latest affordable Android smartphone in India in the last week of this month, according to a latest report from TOI. The Moto G has a 4.5-inch (1280 x 720 pixels) edge-to-edge display at 329 ppi with Corning Gorilla Glass protection, powered by a 1.2 GHz quad-core Snapdragon processor and run on Android 4.3 (Jelly Bean) and the update to Android 4.4.2 (KitKat) has already started rolling out in the U.S and Europe gradually starting from last month. Continue reading “Motorola Moto G India launch expected in the last week of January”

Motorola Moto G Google Play Edition announced

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In somewhat of a bizarre announcement, Google just made the Moto G Google Play edition available in the US and several other countries’ Play Stores. Unfortunately, it says “not available in your country” for India, so we might have to wait a bit longer to get the Moto G here. But here’s the thing, Google has just announced a Play Edition of a device that already got fast updates and has a stock interface. From our understanding, the Moto G Google Play Edition will not carry any of Motorola’s additions(which are few already) and will get updates at the same time as other Play Edition devices. These are the only two things that are possibly different with the Google Play Edition of the super “value for money” Moto G. It is available for order on the Play Store for a price of $179, unlocked and the 16GB version costs $199.

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Motorola drops Moto X price to $399 off contract

Motorola Moto X is one of the popular phones in US and as a new year gift to its new customers, Motorola has reduced the price of Moto X to 399$ off contract. Motorola Moto X was announced sometime in August and it was priced at 550$ off contract at the time of launch.

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Motorola Moto G retailer pack leaked, coming to Verizon for just $100 off contract

Google announced Motorola’s next budget smartphone device – Motorola Moto G sometime back and it is scheduled to arrive in India during January 2014. Moto G is budget minded mid-range smartphone that makes little compromise on the specifications as it sports a 4.5inch 720p display, has a quad-core processor and is fueled by a 2070mAh battery and India is likely to receive a dual-SIM variant.

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Motorola Moto G gets the Android 4.4.2 KitKat update

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Motorola has started rolling out the Android 4.4 KitKat update for the Moto G earlier than expected. Moto G gets the Android 4.4.2 update directly, skipping the Android 4.4.1 update. The new update brings Android KitKat features such as restyled status and navigation bars, full-screen mode, color emoji, smarter power use and more. In our Moto G review we felt the camera was too plain and lacked some important features. This update finally brings new camera features, including the most expected manual focus and exposure control. Continue reading “Motorola Moto G gets the Android 4.4.2 KitKat update”

Motorola releases open source kernel files for the Moto G

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Motorola released the Moto G, the company’s latest budget phone last month, that would launch in India in January 2014. The company has released the Android 4.3 kernel files for the Moto G. We have already seen companies releasing kernel sources for their high-end device, but Motorola has released the open source kernel files for their budget smartphone. Continue reading “Motorola releases open source kernel files for the Moto G”

Motorola Moto G Review

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Motorola unveiled the Moto G, the company’s latest budget smartphone at an event on November 13th. We already brought you the unboxing, benchmarks, photo gallery, camera samples, and also cleared your doubts about the device in a live chat. Here we have the complete review of the device. The Motorola Moto X that was launched back in August is only available in the U.S, but the Moto G is already available in range of countries and would also launch in India early January. The Moto G would be the first smartphone from the smartphone maker to launch in India after almost one and half years. The Razr Maxx that was launched in India back in June 2012 was one of the popular smartphones from the company, known for its marathon battery. The Moto G starts at $179, which is definitely great pricing based on the specifications. Did it live up to its expectations? Should you get the phone once it launches in India? Let us find out in the detailed review. Continue reading “Motorola Moto G Review”

Motorola Moto G Live Chat and Discussion

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We are back with a new live chat and discussion for this week. This week’s askFA product for discussion is Motorola Moto G, the company’s latest affordable smartphone that was unveiled earlier this month. We have already published the unboxing, benchmarks, photo gallery and the camera samples. The Motorola Moto G is priced at $179 (Rs. 11200 approx.) for the 8GB version and the 16GB version costs $199 (Rs. 12,400 approx.). Motorola has already confirmed that the phone would launch in India early January 2014, including a dual SIM variant. Remember, the final price of the device might be more when it launches in India due to extra taxes. Continue reading “Motorola Moto G Live Chat and Discussion”