Motorola News

T-Mobile today announced the Motorola Cliq 2, a mid-tier 4G smartphone with a 3.7-inch touch screen display and slide-out keyboard, beefing up its range of high-speed devices to entice data-hungry consumers.

Motorola today announced the Droid Bionic, the first smartphone to run on Verizon's new 4G network.

AT&T today unveiled the Motorola Atrix, one of its first 4G smartphones, featuring a 1-gigahertz dual-core chip, 1-gigabytes of RAM and Android 2.2 software, for PC-like performance in a pocket.

Verizon plans to unveil several Android-based smartphones for its new 4G network, highlighting the continued importance of the carrier's relationship with Google amid mounting reports of an iPhone launch later this year.

Motorola today acquired Zecter, a startup that provides music and photo streaming and cloud services to mobile devices, as the handset maker continues its push into mobile services to differentiate its smartphones.

Verizon will sell a Motorola smartphone to run on its new, high-speed 4G network next year, the carrier's chief operating officer, John Stratton, said in an interview.

Smartphone makers like Research in Motion, Nokia, HTC and Motorola are now focusing making less-expensive devices, which offer a broader mid-range market, after largely failing to compete against high-end rivals Apple and Google.

A 30-year-old man was taken to the hospital after his two-day old Motorola Droid 2 allegedly exploded in his ear, in an incident that Motorola is currently investigating.

Motorola today said that it plans to release 4G phones in the new year, in addition to 7.0- and 10.0-inch tablets in the "not-to-distant future," in a move to challenge Apple's iPhone and iPad devices.

Motorola plans to introduce a product next year that will stream video to mobile devices such as smartphones and tablets, as the company looks for new ways to differentiate itself from an increasingly-crowded market.

Motorola is planning to spin off its handset unit, splitting its operations into two separate companies, as soon as January.

A Motorola subsidiary has filed suit against Microsoft on Wednesday over alleged patent infringement issues, only one day after Microsoft filed its second lawsuit against Motorola.

Microsoft has filed a claim against Motorola, alleging that the handset maker is seeking excessive royalties for patents that Microsoft uses in its Xbox game console.

Apple's iPhone is the most reliable smartphone, edging out Android devices, but also the most damage-prone, according to a recent study.

Verizon today said it has started taking pre-orders of the Droid Pro, Motorola's first Android-based smartphone for business, for $180 with a two-year contract, before arriving in stores on November 18.