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Google Play Books on the DROID RAZR HD by Motorola featuring Android™ 4.1 Jelly Bean

January 15, 2013 : BY Motorola

A good book can make the long commute home on the train or a cross-country plane flight go by so much quicker. The DROID RAZR HD by Motorola offers an amazing reading experience with a 4.7” HD display featuring a higher resoultion that makes every page easier on the eyes. Looking at images from content on Google Play Books means you get richer colors and more true-to-life visuals.

With Android™ 4.1, Google Play Books offers multiple new features to enhance your reading experience:

  • Embedded audio tracks and videos can now be easily streamed directly within the book you’re reading.
  • You can now add bookmarks to remember important information for later or pick up where you left off reading.
  • Play Books now offers fixed layout books, optimized for tablet-reading of books with beautifully designed graphics and layouts, like children’s books and comic books.
  • For visually impaired users, automatic text-to-speech settings have been enabled.

So whether you’re reading a guidebook for building your new piece of furniture or cozying up to a thrilling mystery during a rainy day, DROID RAZR HD and Google Play Books have you covered. Let us know what your favorite book is in the comments below.

Tagged as: 4g lte, android 4.1, droid razr hd, google play books, jelly bean, motorola, razr, razr hd, verzion

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NFC sharing on the DROID RAZR MAXX HD by Motorola

January 9, 2013 : BY Motorola

There are a lot of ways to share data with your circles. You can email them, share on Google Drive, use a flash drive, etc. But with many of the latest Android phones coming with NFC capabilities, you can now easily share contacts, web pages, directions, apps and more with a simple touch and tap. Near field communication (NFC) technology makes it all possible. Just touch your DROID RAZR MAXX HD to another NFC-enabled Android device, then tap the screen to beam the content from your phone to another. With a future upgrade, you’ll be able to use NFC to make purchases at participating store registers.

Check out this video to see more on NFC sharing.

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Tagged as: 4g lte, android 4.1, android beam, droid razr maxx hd, jelly bean, motorola, near field technology, nfc, sharing, verizon

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Using the new and improved Google+ for Android on the DROID RAZR MAXX HD by Motorola

January 4, 2013 : BY Motorola

Don’t you hate it when the mobile version of your favorite site or app leaves you feeling frustrated and wondering why they even bothered. With all the enhancements on the Google+ for Android app, the mobile experience is now something to enjoy when doing the things you love to do.

One of the new improvements is all about images. When using Google’s instant upload feature, you can now store up to 5 GB of full-sized photos for free. No more paying monthly fees from some of those other services to store your precious snapshots. The 5 GB is in addition to the already included unlimited uploads for 2048-pixel photos. Plus, GIF images are also now supported in your mobile news feed, making for a richer media experience in which to show your flair.

If you’ve always wanted to try a Hangout on your DROID RAZR MAXX HD or other compatible Motorola phone, now the Google+ app lets you have a smoother experience. Supporting bandwith connections as low as 150kb, and video chat with up to 9 friends, using mobile Hangouts is the way to keep your posse together.

Google+ Events are now more interactive with the ability to send messages to specific guests and to know who’s opened your invitations, so you know if your ‘dear old friend’ is fibbing when they say they never got your invite. You can also copy and paste the event url into an email or chat box, and have a running total of the invite list by letting invitees check their status.

Photos can be shared automatically to an Event with Party Mode. And if you want to see what’s going on in the world or right around you, you can see trending topics and nearby public conversations.

With these and other improvements, the Google+ mobile experience will leave you wondering why you ever needed a desktop computer in the first place. Check out the free app in the Google Play Store where you can see screenshots, a video and more.

Tagged as: android, android app, droid razr maxx hd, google, google plus, maxx hd, motorola, razr maxx hd

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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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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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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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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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MOTOROLA ATRIX™ HD gets Android™ 4.1 Jelly Bean

December 15, 2012 : BY Motorola

The slimmer, stronger, smarter smartphone gets even better with an Android 4.1 Jelly Bean upgrade, now available.

Jelly Bean’s best features like Google Now, and improved notifications, will come through super sharp on your ColorBoost™ display—making your HD experience that much more brilliant. With just one swipe, Google Now gets you helpful info right away by using contextual data from your phone, and other Google services, to keep you one step ahead of your day. And Google Voice Search lets you speak your question and receive a spoken answer back for nearly hands-free searching.

Experience more of Jelly Bean’s sweet features that complement the detail and clarity of your HD display.

Check out this video comparing Voice Search on the MOTOROLA ATRIX HD to Siri on the Apple iPhone 5, both running on the AT&T 4G network.

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Tagged as: android 4.1, apple, ATRIX HD, att, iphone 5, jelly bean, motorola, siri, voice search

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Motorola APPy Hour: Holidays made easy

December 13, 2012 : BY Motorola

Some people are just good planners. They get their holiday shopping done early, plot out their parties well in advance and make sure every detail is covered. And then there’s the rest of us. No worries, we have you covered with today’s recommended apps to make sure your generosity, preparedness, and ability to add life to the party are all on full display during the holidays.

With so many shopping sites and a plethora of retailers vying for your attention, it’s hard to know what a good deal really is. With Google Offers, now available in many cities* coast to coast, you can discover, buy and redeem great deals from your DROID RAZR HD by Motorola, and other Motorola Smartphones. From food to fun, Google Offers connects you with great deals every day in your city. There are hundreds of offers you can purchase in advance and thousands of free offers that you can use instantly or save for later. Either way, when you are ready to use your offer, simply open your Google Offers app at the business and show your offer! Google Offers has partnered with dozens of deal sites and thousands of local businesses to bring you great offers across many categories. Our app notification will alert you of great featured offers so you don’t miss a great chance to save money. Enjoy the convenience of browsing, buying and redeeming offers near you on-the-go. Easily redeem your offers without having to print your vouchers.

For those on your list that love watching the latest hit movies and tv shows, head on over to Google Play Movies & TV Google Play Movies & TV allows you to watch movies and TV shows purchased on Google Play. You can stream instantly on your Android phone or tablet, or download so you can watch from anywhere, even when you’re not connected. Also, get quick access to your personal video collection, including those taken on your phone or tablet.
Note: TV shows are currently available in the United States only.

And if your fellow revelers attempt to get a round of caroling started but can’t get through the first line or two without lyric amnesia setting in, the Christmas Carols app will save the day.

And finally, when it’s time to veg out after overeating, or if you just needing a break from all the chaos, Bubble Blast Holiday provides a nice relaxing diversion to lose yourself in.

*Cities available (US only): Atlanta, Austin, Baltimore, Boston, Brooklyn, Charlotte, Chicago, Columbus, Dallas, Denver, Detroit, Fort Worth, Houston, Indianapolis, Kansas City, Long Beach, Los Angeles, Miami, Milwaukee, Minneapolis, NYC, Philadelphia, Phoenix, Pittsburgh, Portland, Oakland / East Bay, Oklahoma City, Omaha, Orlando, Sacramento, Salt Lake City, San Antonio, San Diego, San Francisco, San Jose, Seattle, St. Paul, St. Louis, Tampa and Washington D.C.

Tagged as: apps, appy hour, bubble blast holidays, christmas carols, google movies tv, google offers, motorola

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