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DROID RAZR & DROID RAZR MAXX by Motorola receive Android™ 4.1 Jelly Bean

March 7, 2013 : BY Motorola

We’re happy to announce today that the Android™ 4.1 Jelly Bean upgrade is rolling out to DROID RAZR and DROID RAZR MAXX by Motorola owners in phases. Android™ 4.1 Jelly Bean offers new features and apps that make your life simpler. With features like Google Now, Voice Search and expanded notifications, all of your key information is at your fingertips.

  • Google Now – We could all use a good planner to keep track of our busy lives. With Google Now you get notifications generated automatically and in real-time even before you ask. Now your DROID RAZR and DROID RAZR MAXX  can deliver sports scores, stock updates, weather reports and traffic updates so you have all the information you want even before you’ve had your morning coffee.
  • Expanded Notifications – You should be able to call or text someone back right from your missed call notification. With Android™ 4.1 Jelly Bean you have the ability to do that and more. When you get a reminder about a meeting you can either tap once to snooze or even email participants to say you’re running late.
  • Voice Search – Ask a question and get back the answer you’re looking for, ranging from “When is the next bus?” to “Where can I find a great Mexican restaurant?” You’ll either get a spoken response back or search results that answer your query.

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Please visit our brand new Android upgrade page for information on our Global Android upgrade schedule. You can search by device, country and these pages will be updated when new information is available.  You can learn more about Android™ 4.1 Jelly Bean here. Also, keep in touch with us on Facebook, Twitter and Google+ as we will notify users when the upgrade is available to be manually installed.

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Software & Apps

Make your content mobile with Google Play & Motorola

March 6, 2013 : BY Motorola

Getting your music and other media and non-media files from your computer to your DROID RAZR HD and DROID RAZR MAXX HD by Motorola has never been easier. With the free Google Play Music and Google Drive apps in the Play Store, it’s as simple as downloading and syncing.

Once you have your associated Gmail account attached to your mobile device, it is a seamless experience that let’s you add new music to your desktop or other computer, and it will automatically be added to your phone, and vice-versa.

Now you can have all your music, photos, videos and other entertainment choices right at your fingertips, and can even save them for offline use when there isn’t an internet connection.
And for those times when you’re at the basketball game and your co-worker texts a desperate plea for the latest version of that spreadsheet for the client presentation tomorrow, you can go into your Google Drive app and share right from court-side. Crisis averted.

When you purchase shows or movies from Google Play Movies and TV, they’re automatically saved to your My Movies & TV library, ready to play whenever you are. And if you plan on being away from civilization and internet connections for a while, no problem. You can download your movies or TV shows to watch anytime on your Motorola phones.

Check out this video on how to get your content mobile:

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Tagged as: droid razr hd, droid razr maxx hd, manage content, motorola, verizon

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Software & Apps

Voice Typing on the DROID RAZR MAXX HD by Motorola

March 4, 2013 : BY Motorola

With the voice typing capabilities on your DROID RAZR MAXX HD by Motorola, you can accomplish all sorts of activities without needing to type them out on your keyboard.

Whether it’s pulling up maps or sending emails, your voice is your command. To send an email to someone in your Gmail contacts, simply say “Send email to Jane Public” and then dictate the message, even including exclamation points if desired. A preview will show on your screen and then hit send. Text messages are easy to compose as well. You can also check for turn by turn directions simply by saying “Navigate to” and then add the address.

Another great feature is offline Voice Typing for when you’re not connected to the internet. It might already be installed, but if not, follow these steps.

  1. Open system settings.
  2. Go to Language & input.
  3. Tap on Voice Search.
  4. Tap on Download offline speech recognition.
  5. Select English (US), and begin the download.

Check out this video to see some voice typing commands in action:

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Features

Motorola at Mobile World Congress: 3D Art

March 1, 2013 : BY Motorola

Didn’t get a chance to visit Barcelona and attend Mobile World Congress this week? Let us share some of our favorite moments with images from the Motorola Mobility booth where Joe Hill, renowned 3D pavement artist, was in residence.

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Software & Apps

Android™ 4.1 Jelly Bean on Motorola: Things you might not know

February 27, 2013 : BY Motorola

With the Android™ 4.1 Jelly Bean upgrade on your eligible Motorola devices, you get a whole lot of new features, some which you might not even know about.

We all love to search. How do I make crab cakes? Where is the closest theater showing that new blockbuster movie? What kind of saw should I use for my upcoming project? The problem is, our lives are so hectic, we often start things with a search, but forget to follow through because we closed the tab or it just got lost in the shuffle. Well with some of the cards available on Google Now with Android™ 4.1 Jelly Bean, your Google searches will pop up within a day or so to jog that memory back into place.

Besides the very helpful appointment, flight, public transit and many other info cards on your Google Now page, you can also enable the Movies, Research and Real Estate cards. After learning what you’re looking for based on your searches, the Google Now cards will act like your own personal assistant by reminding you about the things you’re already interested in. The cards will also offer additional recommendations that are related to your searches, like other recipes, because you can’t eat crab cakes every day.

And now your recently snapped photos will be ready for instant share to your connected  Google+ account in the expanded notifications menu. If you don’t want to share, simply swipe them away and they will be removed from notifications.

These are just a few of the enhancements available. Please visit the Jelly Bean tab on our new Android™ landing page.

Check out this how to video for Google Now on Motorola devices:

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Tagged as: android 4.1, google now, jelly bean, motorola

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Features

MOTOROLA ATRIX™HD: #LifeInHD contest

February 25, 2013 : BY Motorola

We think everything is better in HD! Snap a pic and share on Instagram with hashtag #LifeInHD for a chance to win a MOTOROLA ATRIX™ HD. The Motorola #LifeInHD contest starts today, February 25, 2013 and ends on March 1, 2013 at 11:59 PM EST. Check out the rules here: http://moto.ly/lifeinhd

The MOTOROLA ATRIX™ HD with a huge 4.5-inch HD ColorBoost™ display that’s made of scratch-resistant Corning® Gorilla® Glass, has more vibrant colors and sports 50 percent more pixels than the leading smartphone for higher resolution, greater detail and sharper, clearer images that look more true to life.

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Features

Martin Cooper receives Draper Award

February 20, 2013 : BY Motorola

Motorola legend Martin Cooper, the leader of our team that developed the first mobile phone, has been named a recipient of the National Academy of Engineerings’ (NAE) Charles Stark Draper Prize, which is their highest honor. Mr. Cooper and a small group of other highly regarded engineers, were recognized in Washington DC for their groundbreaking research in cellular phone technology. This research led to the current era of mobile communications and mobile computing.

Iqbal Arshad, SVP, Global Product Development, Motorola Mobility had this to say:

Long before we messaged people in real-time, had instant maps for anywhere, or streamed movies on our smartphones, Martin Cooper and his team laid the foundations of mobile phone technology. When we look at everything that’s been accomplished thanks to the hard work of Martin and his team, we can’t think of anyone more deserving of this honor.

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Here’s the backstory on Marty Cooper and his mark on mobile history:

On April 3, 1973, Cooper cemented his place in history by becoming the first person to successfully make a handheld cellphone call in public. At the time, Cooper was general manager of Motorola’s Communications Systems Division and leader of a team of engineers that had been working on mobile communication technologies. Standing on Sixth Avenue in New York City, before going into a press conference, Cooper famously placed this groundbreaking call using a Motorola DynaTAC – a device that weighed 2.2 lbs., had 35 minutes of talk-time and a battery life of 20 minutes, all of which was revolutionary at the time.

Widely regarded as the Nobel Prize for engineering, the Charles Stark Draper Prize was established and endowed by Draper Laboratory in 1988 to honor its founder, Dr. Charles Stark Draper, who pioneered inertial navigation. The award recognizes those who have contributed to the advancement of engineering and aims to help improve public awareness of the importance of engineering and technology.

Tagged as: cell phone inventor, draper award, martin cooper, marty cooper, motorola, nae

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Features

EPA Names Motorola Mobility to Top 20 Tech and Telecom Green Power List

February 18, 2013 : BY Motorola

We’re proud to once again be recognized by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for being one of the leaders in their Green Power Partnership Program. Motorola placed seventh on the Top 20 Tech and Telecom Green Power list for purchasing 80,000,000 (kWh) of green power, which equals 66% of our total U.S. electricity use coming from wind power.

Here’s a description of the program from the EPA website:

The Green Power Partnership works with a wide variety of leading organizations — from Fortune 500® companies to local, state and federal governments, and a growing number of colleges and universities. The following Top Partner Rankings highlight the annual green power use of leading Green Power Partners within the United States and across individual industry sectors.

Using green power helps reduce the environmental impacts of electricity use and supports the development of new renewable generation capacity nationwide. Usage amounts reflect U.S. operations only and are sourced from U.S.-based green power resources. Organizations can meet EPA Partnership requirements using any combination of three different product options: (1) Renewable Energy Certificates, (2) On-site generation, and (3) Utility green power products.

Our use of wind power is part of several steps we take to reduce our environmental footprint, including using encouraging product recycling and occupying buildings with LEED certification where practical.

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Motorola Mobility receives WindMade Certification

February 13, 2013 : BY Motorola

Mother Nature is alive and well, and we’re proud to have taken the pledge and exceeded our expectations in joining the WindMade organization. Our goal is to greatly increase our use of wind and solar resources, to maximize energy efficiency.

From our Director of Sustainability Bill Olson:

“Our reliance on wind power underscores our company-wide commitment to obtaining energy from clean and renewable sources and supports our energy and greenhouse gas reduction goals. WindMade certification validates our sustainability efforts and helps to distinguish our company and its products.”

WindMade certification, which is approved by the Global Wind Energy Council and the United National Global Compact, requires participants to have 25 percent of operations’ power consumption from wind energy in order to qualify for the consumer label. Motorola has 66 percent of the electricity used in U.S. operations coming from wind power.

Tagged as: eco, environment, environmental, green initiative, motorola.windmade, wind energy

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Products

Roses are red, violets are blue, DROID RAZR M by Motorola in Pink looks great with you

February 8, 2013 : BY Motorola

You’re looking for the perfect Valentine’s Day gift and need something truly outstanding for that special someone. What better gift than a smartphone?

If you want a gift to truly stand out from the smarpthone crowd, the DROID RAZR M by Motorola is it. The big 4.3-inch display spans edge-to-edge, yet still fits perfectly in the palm of your hand, making this one impossibly compact device. And with advanced camera technology built in, taking high quality photos on the go has never been easier. Take vibrantly colored HDR photos, razor-sharp HD 1080p video, panorama, multi-shot, slow-motion, and much more. You’ll be ready to capture the perfect shot every time.

And featuring Android™ 4.1 Jelly Bean with features such as Google Now, the only question you’ll have is whether or not to deliver pink roses with the DROID RAZR M in pink.

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