December 2012

Products

24 Hour Records and the DROID RAZR HD by Motorola

December 31, 2012 : BY Motorola

No matter what we do, our days are 24 hours, and hopefully we are making the most of every minute, even when we’re sleeping. The DROID RAZR HD by Motorola, with its’ 24 hours of mixed use battery life, is there for us to make sure we do. Whether the phone is keeping our days on track by shutting off during meetings at work with Smartactions, showing us the latest weather, traffic and transit news on our Google Now screen, or keeping out unwanted calls and texts while we’re sleeping, this phone has you covered all day and night.

But what other 24 hour events might be helped by the DROID RAZR HD ? We checked out some of the 24 hour world records, and thought that they could benefit from this phone as well, especially with its rugged construction of Dupont Kevlar®, Corning® Gorilla Glass® and water-repellent nanocoating.

Most concerts in 24 hours: The Flaming Lips played in 8 cities: Memphis, Tennessee, Clarkesdale, Mississippi, Oxford, MS, Jackson, MS, Hattiesburg, MS, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and New Orleans, LA. August 27-28 2012

Greatest distance walked in 24 hours on a tightrope: 9.74 miles by Joey Kelly (Germany) at MMC studios in Hurth, Germany

Furthest distance on a pogo stick in 24 hours: 23.22 miles by James Roumeliotis (USA) at Pogopalooza 9, in Costa Mesa, California, USA,  July 26, 2012.

The most pull ups in 24 hours: 4,020 by Stephen Hyland (UK) at his personal gym in Stoneleigh, UK, on July 23 2011.

The greatest number of different roller coasters ridden in a 24 hours:  74, by Philip A Guarno, Adam Spivak, John R Kirkwood and Aaron Monroe Rye (USA) on August 9 2001. The foursome rode coasters in 10 parks in four US states, and used helicopters to travel between them.

Check out this video to see the DROID RAZR HD in action.

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Software & Apps

Google Now on MOTOROLA ATRIX™ HD: Your personal travel guide

December 28, 2012 : BY Motorola

Traveling during the holidays sure can be a hassle. From packing and getting to the airport on time, to dealing with gate changes and delays. Fortunately, with the recent update to Google Now on the MOTOROLA ATRIX™ HD, you’ll be ready to go, with cards featuring boarding information, weather at your destination and more. Its just one of the amazing new features you will find in the Android™ 4.1 Jelly Bean update now available for multiple Motorola devices.

If you’re flying United Airlines, Google Now can pull up a card with your boarding pass and information on your departure time as well as departure gate. And just so you don’t end up arriving to the airport for a delayed flight, you’ll see the flight status on the card as well. You’ll even get a prompt to navigate to the airport from wherever you are at, with a traffic report that gives you an estimate of when you should leave. About the only thing Google Now won’t do for you is give an estimate of how long the line is at airport security.

Before you set off for the airport though, you probably want some help in wondering what to pack. Google Now provides the weather for your upcoming destination so you know whether to bring a rain coat, winter coat or flip flops and shorts. All of this comes from pulling flight details directly from your Gmail account. Depending on what permissions you give to the app, you can get cards with restaurant and hotel reservations, translation help, currency conversions and even local attraction recommendations.

Google Now provides so much detail that you can leave the guide books at home and ditch the tour guide in that exotic locale. So whether you’re traveling over the holidays or planning for that next getaway, make sure to take your MOTOROLA ATRIX™ HD with you to enjoy all the benefits of Google Now on the go.

Tagged as: android 4.1, ATRIX HD, jelly bean, motorola

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Software & Apps

Motorola APPy Hour: Kids Apps

December 27, 2012 : BY Motorola

Kids are always in need of engagement, and unfortunately, a lot of them choose to watch TV or play mindless games that don’t seem to serve any purpose but to prove their thumbs can move really quickly. Parents want young children to spend their time productively and safely, but too often, the hecticness of their busy schedules gives way to letting the kids just watch cartoons or play games that don’t have any educational value. And while parents keep a close eye on their kids, and take plenty of pictures and videos, that content gets lost in the shuffle of life and hard drives, sd cards, wall posts, etc. If only there was a way to let the kids be engaged, have fun and learn, and for the parents to get an organized digital record of their fleeting childhood, all at the same time. Well that’s what today’s APPy Hour is all about. With these apps, all available in the Google Play Store and ready to go on your DROID RAZR HD by Motorola, parents can feel good that their kids are spending their time productively and having fun. Meanwhile with the Kidfolio App, parents are getting a timeline of their childs’ life that can be shared and stored seamlessly in the cloud. And for new parents, the Kidfolio app can send a new article every day with info on child development and other helpful tips.

Kidfolio (Requires Android 2.0 and up)

Kidfolio is a social network and digital scrapbook for parents. It’s the simplest way for parents to capture and share their child’s precious first memories. Parents can automatically create a timeline of memories, learn something new each day about your child’s developmental milestones, and get recommendations from a community of parents.
DIGITAL SCRAPBOOK
Automatically create a timeline of your child’s magical moments, Seamlessly, safely store and backup photos and videos to the cloud, capture special milestones such as First Walk with custom badges, customize photos with special filters and effects,
A Social network for parents, private family groups: safely share with only family, a community of parents like you to exchange recommendations, advice and support
DAILY AGE AND STAGE PARENTING INFO
Daily and Weekly parenting information to help you learn something new about your child’s development and being a parent each day and over 300 weekly parenting articles from birth to age 6

Kid Mode: Free Games + Lock (Requires Android 2.2 and up)

Fun, educational games for kids 8 and under. All your child’s favorite Android apps in one place. With our Child Lock feature, kids stay safely in Kid Mode! No more accidental in-app purchases, deleted texts, or confusing ad clicks.
Winner of 10 awards & trusted by millions of kids & parents!
Fun games & videos customized for every child’s age, All your child’s favorite apps in one safe place!, Child Lock feature protects your phone & keeps your kids in-app, Kids can’t click through on ads or make in-app purchases, An art studio where kids can paint, color, & draw!, Illustrated storybooks that family members can read & record, Weekly activity emails on what your kids have been playing & learning, Powerful parental controls w/ optional Premium Membership

BEFORE INSTALLING, PLEASE NOTE:
You need Adobe Flash to get the games in our app.
To help us customize Kid Mode for your child, you’ll need to create a free account.
You have to enable our Child Lock feature in the Parent Dashboard.

Kids Numbers and Math Lite (Requires Android 2.2 and up)

A fun way for kids to learn numbers and build basic math skills.
Wouldn’t it be just wonderful if there was a simple game for preschoolers that made learning numbers and basic math skills enjoyable? There is! It’s called Kids Numbers and Math.
Numbers are spoken in kid-friendly English. The paid version enables the number ranges to be set, with numbers going up to 20.
Your child will love playing Kids Numbers and Math, and you’ll be able to relax, knowing your child is learning while having great fun.
nsight into your child’s learning and progress on their favorite YogiPlay-boosted apps
Custom recommendations for fun learning apps from YogiPlay’s educational experts based on your child’s preferences, and
Fun ways to motivate your child’s learning
Kids can tap the YogiWorld button to get fun animals to customize using learning tokens acquired by progressing through YogiPlay enabled apps!

Kids Paint Free (Requires Android 2.1 and up)

Draw beautiful art with random color! Shake the device to clear screen. You can also take pictures, import photos, and save the drawing to the photo gallery!
Perform operations using menu or the following shortcuts: shake or tap call button to clear screen, press back button to undo last step, press search button to import photo

Tagged as: apps, appy hour, kidfolio, kids apps, motorola

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Features

Happy Holidays from Motorola

December 25, 2012 : BY Motorola

Wishing you and yours a Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays from the Motorola family.

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Features

Holiday scenes captured on the DROID RAZR HD by Motorola

December 24, 2012 : BY Motorola

Before and after Clark Griswold lit up his 250 strands of 25,000 lights in 1980s movie history (Google it), the tradition of decking out the family abode with a blaze of glory has been going strong. We thought we’d take a peek around town and see what some of today’s electrical artists are up to and share them with you. With the DROID RAZR HD and its advanced camera features in hand, we snapped the following pics to showcase our favorite Christmas scenes and maybe inspire you to get creative next year.

For more Christmas lights, check out the Motorola Google+ page here.

Tagged as: 4g lte, christmas lights, droid razr hd, motorola, verizon

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Features, Products

DROID RAZR M By Motorola: The perfect stocking stuffer

December 21, 2012 : BY Motorola

Mobile phones have always come with user manuals, FAQs, tutorials and other self-serve help options, trying to answer the question: how the heck do I use this new device. Being the proud and sentient beings that we are, these are oten options we tend to ignore, and instead choose to learn by trial and error. It’s just a phone, of course I can figure it out on my own. But this isn’t your father’s phone, and with the power and features of a sophisticated computer from several years ago, there’s a lot you might be missing by leaving it all to your intuition. One of the reasons people have resisted these helpful tools in the past is the burdensome way that they were written, difficult to find, or the need to go back and forth between your phone and the manual, losing track of which page has which feature, etc.,etc.

Not to worry. With the DROID RAZR M by Motorola, help is just a button away. With everything from how-to videos, easy to navigate FAQs, and support contact info at your fingertips, you won’t be wasting time, you’ll be answering questions quickly and easily. Organized into easy-scroll pages, you’ll find everything you need to understand the settings on your phone. How to do messaging and calendar setup, to find your apps and get new ones easily, to show you how to use new features that come with software updates, and how to reset your phone and contact support. We’re not just talking about passive help here. When you click on many of the items in the support menu, your DROID RAZR M will actually take you on a test run of your new topic. If you want to learn how to ignore an incoming phone call, the Help app will send a fake call to your phone and give you onscreen directions on how to swipe left to end it. If you don’t get it right the first time, the app will coach you until you get it right, and then flash a ‘tutorial completed’ message.

If you need help directly from us, there’s one click access to the Motorola Support Forums, our support phone numbers and email address. You’ll never feel stranded on the tech-support highway again. You probably won’t need it, but rest easy knowing we’ve got your back if you do.

Check out more screenshots of the Help app on the Motorola Google+ page here.

Tagged as: 4g lte, android 4.1, droid razr m, jelly bean, m, motorola, razr m, smartphone, verizon

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Features

DROID RAZR MAXX HD by Motorola: Santa’s Google+ Hangout on Air

December 20, 2012 : BY Motorola

Want to send your questions to Santa Claus for today? Check out our Google+ Hangout on Air on YouTube, Google+ or watch the video embedded below to see how Santa has switched to the DROID RAZR MAXX HD by Motorola:

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Software & Apps

Google Currents on the DROID RAZR HD by Motorola

December 19, 2012 : BY Motorola

Solitaire and other mobile games can be great time fillers, but you can only move so many cards, or kill so many falling stars, before your brain yearns for something more.

Enter Google Currents, the one stop shop for everything you could want to read, watch, and enjoy in a mobile experience. There are breaking stories, sports, science and tech, entertainment, business, lifestyle, and the ability to customize all these categories to suit your unique tastes. Publishers such as Forbes, The Guardian, TechCrunch, PBS, Saveur, and more have produced hundreds of editions including full length, in-depth articles, videos, fine photography, and slideshows. And with the 4.7″ high resolution HD display delivering vibrant visual clarity on your DROID RAZR HD by Motorola, you’ll be doing your eyes a favor too.

In the latest update, the user experience has gotten even better, with a fast scan navigation mode that lets you quickly swipe vertically to discover unread stories within an edition, swipe horizontally to move to the next edition within a category. Or, use the “sidebar” to jump ahead to a specific edition. If you see a story you find fascinating, but don’t have the time to read now, simply “Star” it, and it will be saved for later reading in you personal saved stories edition. And on top of all the great content built in, you can add your favorite blogs and feeds, to make Google Currents, Your Currents, all with the look and feel of a beautifully produced magazine.

Each edition is available for high speed offline reading as well, and has quick-touch sharing, so your friends can be as enthralled as you were reading about the twin NASA probes readying for a Moon crash Monday on Space.com. Google Currents self-adapts to differently sized phones and tablets, with subscriptions synchronized across devices.

Google Currents – a reading experience not to be missed. No wonder it was named a top ten Android app by the New York Times, The Next Web, SlashGear and others.

Visit the Motorola Google+ page here to see more.

Tagged as: droid razr hd, google currents, motorola, razr hd

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Software & Apps

Google Now Transit Cards on the DROID RAZR HD by Motorola

December 18, 2012 : BY Motorola

Ready, set, cards! If your day isn’t starting out with Google Now cards, you may be heading out unprepared and about to be a victim of traffic jams, fast approaching storms, and worst of all, a route into work that has you bumper to bumper instead of humming along. Suddenly that express bus isn’t looking so swift after all. You could spend your precious morning minutes going online to check on the weather, then the traffic, then seeing what alternate options you might find on your local transit website. Or you could just wake up, open Google Now on your DROID RAZR HD by Motorola, and everything is brought right to your homescreen.

With the Weather card showing rain, causing the traffic jam as reflected on your Traffic card, that bus is out, and it’s off to the train. The Transit card pops up with the schedule for nearby buses and trains. You see the next train is in 6 minutes, perfect timing. And then if your train is delayed by mechanical difficulties on the tracks ahead and just sitting there at the station, once again, the transit card on Google Now will show you all the alternate buses and trains nearby. No more standing by like all the lemmings waiting for further instructions. You can easily set up the cards you want to see, when you want to see them. Google Now let’s you be the maestro of your morning commute.

Please visit the Motorola Google+ page here to see more examples of the Google Now Transit Cards in action.

Tagged as: commute app, google now, google now transit, motorola, transit card

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