April 2012

Features

Motorola : A history of firsts – DynaTAC

April 18, 2012 : BY Motorola

Motorola has a long history of firsts. If you read our recent post about the world’s first commercial portable cellular phone, the Motorola DynaTAC 8000x, you already know this cell phone is remarkable.

Over the 15 years before it went public, the company invested more than US$100 million in cellular technology research and development.

Before it was available for purchase in 1984, a prototype of the same device was used to make cellular telephone calls. On April 3, 1973, Motorola publicly demonstrated a portable cellular telephone and system, just outside of the Hilton New York.

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How To

Your DROID 4 by Motorola is more than a smartphone. With the available multi-device compatible HD dock or HD station, your device can become an entertainment hub.

Watch this video to see how to get started.

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Features, Software & Apps

Unwind with Motorola

April 16, 2012 : BY Motorola

Today is National Stress Awareness Day and Motorola wants to help you keep your stress in check. For days that are too-hectic-to-handle, we’ve pulled together the perfect destressers that will restore your sanity and help you find your happy place.

Start lowering your stress levels today by downloading these apps to your Motorola smartphone!

Whether it’s compiling to-do lists, making last minute dinner reservations, reading the news or managing bills, get these apps and find some peace of mind.

1. The perfect to-do list App: Astrid

Get the personal assistant you’ve always wanted. With Astrid, stay organized and never miss a deadline through fun reminders. You can also collaborate on to-do lists with family and friends so everything gets done!

2. For that last minute-dinner reservation app: Open Table

Forgot to make that dinner reservation? Fear not. Open Table lets you make a reservation at 15,000+ participating restaurants by using your current location to find availability nearby.

3. Catching up on your latest reading: Read It Later

Don’t have time to read that lengthy article or video? With Read It Later, you can instantly save any web page or video from your phone or tablet and read at your leisure.

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Features

Photos on Motorola Devices from our employees

April 13, 2012 : BY Motorola

We’ll admit, we’re proud of the many different devices we have put out over the years. At Motorola we make the technology that captures the important moments of your life – from first birthdays to graduation photos, we connect you to the people and places you care about the most.

With that in mind, we wanted to show some of the photos from the people who bring you the devices that capture those special moments in time. Check out these photos from Motorola Mobility employees, all shot with our devices ranging from the original DROID by Motorola to the Motorola ATRIX 2.

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Software & Apps

Serious moviegoers know that summer is blockbuster season.  Movie critics are saying that this summer’s sequels and trilogies could make this the biggest summer for movies ever.

Overwhelmed by the number of movies hitting theaters? Don’t fret – we’ve got the perfect apps to help you decide what movies are a must see and which can wait for Redbox. The best part, all these apps are free. So, go ahead and treat yourself to some over-priced popcorn.

Movies by Flixster

With Movies by Flixster, browsing the top box office flicks, looking up show times and getting critic reviews from Rotten Tomatoes is right in the palm of your hand. Plus, you can create your own “Want to See” list and manage your Netflix queue.

IMDb

IMDb allows you to view quotes, trivia and goofs about movies and celebrities as well as look up artists, DVD and Blu-ray titles by scanning barcodes or taking a picture of cover art.

Fandango

Skip the long line and purchase your ticket in a flash with Fandango. Participating theaters allow you to go straight to the ticket-taker and get your “Mobile Ticket” scanned from your DROID RAZR.

With these essential movie apps on your Motorola device, you’ll experience the movies in style.

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Features, Products

Motorola Milestones: Paging past innovations

April 11, 2012 : BY Motorola

“Page me!”

In 1986, Motorola introduced the Bravo Numeric Pager, which became the world’s best-selling pager. If you were digital minded in the 80s and 90s, you probably sent pages with “911” to get a fast response!

Flash forward to 1995. Motorola introduces the world’s first two-way pager – the Tango Two-Way Personal Messaging Pager. The Tango connected users and allowed them to receive text messages, e-mail, and to reply with a standard response. If you’re a text messaging pro, the two-way pager got America ready with some heavy thumb conditioning.

Pagers were so hot in 90s that even the family pet got in on the action. Were you a former pager owner? Still have one today? Let us know in the comments and visit our Motorola history site to see more of our heritage.

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Video Solutions

Motorola: TV Beyond the TV

April 10, 2012 : BY Motorola

At Motorola, we know your content should be able to follow you everywhere you go. Consumers aren’t tied to a single screen or a single location anymore. They stream content to their PCs and gaming consoles, and watch movies and TV shows on their smart phones and tablets during their morning commute. TV Beyond the TV frees your content from the broadcast box and sends it out into the big, wide, multi-screen world. Watch the video below and please visit the Motorola Video Solutions pages to see what’s in store for you and your content.

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Features, Software & Apps

With music festival season kicking off this weekend, it’s time to get in the mood to camp, rock out or just plain chill. To help you have the best experience, check out the Google Play Music app which lets you store all of your purchases and up to 20,000 songs from your personal files, for free. And you can listen to them on the web or your mobile device without the hassle of wires. You can also choose from millions of songs to buy on Google Play, and browse hundreds of free songs to download too! To get started with Google Music, click here.

And once you’ve gotten all the best tunes, grab the DROID RAZR MAXX by Motorola so you have a smartphone that delivers fist-pumping from the polo grounds for longer than the competition. With the RAZR MAXX battery life, you can listen to music 23% longer than on the iPhone 4S and 38% longer than the Samsung Galaxy Nexus. Because as we all know, the last thing you want in the middle of your dance party is to have the music stop.

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Features

Life By Your Android’s Google Calendar

April 6, 2012 : BY Motorola

When you have deadlines to meet and multiple responsibilities to fulfill, your calendar can be your best friend. But only if you know how to use it. Even the most organized person could sharpen their calendar skills. Schedule a few minutes to read through these tips and make the most out of your Motorola device.

Multiple calendars:

You’ve got a lot going on at home and work. We all do. Using your Android device’s Google calendar, keep tabs on everything that happening in your busy life. Got to run from a meeting at work to your trivia team’s championship matchup? Set a calendar reminder and know exactly when it’s time to shift your brain into trivia mode and bolt for the door.

Meeting functionality

You’re on-the-go. A lot. So you need your calendar that tells you exactly where you need to be, when you need to be there, and who you need to call. Never get lost and show up late to a meeting again by using turn-by-turn directions with Google Maps. If you’re rocking a DROID 4 by Motorola, don’t worry about punching in that 1000-digit conference code. Call directly into GoToMeetings, right from your calendar.

Shared calendars

You forgot to pick your dog up from doggy day care again, didn’t you? Create a shared calendar to organized shared tasks! You can divide and conquer the dreaded dishes or just figure out your utility bills schedule so no one ever forgets.

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Software & Apps

The smell of fresh-cut grass, the roar of the crowd, the sound of a ball popping in a catcher’s leather mitt. It’s time to get your peanuts ready, throw the hotdogs on the grill, grab your scorecard and hit one out of the park with your Motorola smartphone or Motorola tablet with this week’s featured APPy Hour app – the new and improved MLB At Bat 12! ( free and paid versions available at Google Play ).

Listen to live radio broadcasts, follow batter-by-batter action, check interactive rosters and get customized breaking news and alerts. Plus, you can check in to games and get rewarded when you’re at the ballpark rooting for your favorite team.

What are your predictions for this upcoming season? Use the comments section below to tell us who you think will win MVP and take the pennant!

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