Motorola Releases New Moto X Phone Ad

The next couple months are going to get really exciting here in the Android Community. With Android 4.3, and the infamous Moto X Phone getting closer to release, we are watching the news feeds carefully for anything we can hear about the both of them. Today, Motorola released a new ad that should get some of you pretty excited.

In the ad you see above, what really grabbed my attention was the part where it says, “The first smartphone you can design yourself.” That almost leads me to believe that ridiculous rumor that circulated about being able to change the shell of the phone. Would be a pretty cool little bonus to make Android more customizable. They mention that this is only the beginning, so hopefully the wow factor will be in full effect in the coming years. Let us know what you guys think about this.

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DROID ULTRA Landing Page Pops Up at Motorola Site, Provides Handful of Details

Last week, @evleaks reported that Motorola and Verizon had partnered up to release a new line of DROID phones with a similar naming scheme to last year’s RAZR HD and RAZR M pairing. Instead of RAZR though, sources of ours claim that Moto and Big Red had chosen the name “Ultra” this time around, but would still release regular and MAXX editions along with a smaller M model. While details outside of the name were scarce, tonight a reader of ours stumbled upon a landing page that is publicly displayed on Motorola’s site that seems to confirm the existence of the ULTRA line of phones. 

No photos are a part of the page (since it appears to be a work in progress), but there is a paragraph (pictured below) that tells us to “Think Thin.” It also says that the “DROID ULTRA” will be available in a “bunch of glossy colors” and a “DuPont Kevlar body” that is thinner than previous models yet still “tough as steel.”

The landing page lists an entire spec list as well, but it matches up identically to the RAZR M and is liking a cut-and-paste job as they continue to prepare the page for launch.

So that’s all we know for now. The idea that there will be multiple colors to choose from does match up to earlier reports that the new Motorola phones may end up being customizable. The focus on thinness is a bit surprising, though.

I’m starting to wonder – is the Moto X variant for Verizon this “ULTRA M,” with the regular ULTRA and ULTRA MAXX falling in line as the new “hero” devices that CEO Dennis Woodside spoke of a few weeks back?

Update:  We should point out that @evleaks provided some new info over the weekend through another Tweet, saying:

Coming to Verizon, all from Motorola: DROID Ultra in black/white/red, DROID Mini (b/w), DROID MAXX (& Moto X in b/w)

Via:  Motorola

Cheers Jamison!

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Motorola Ad Talks Moto X, USA Assembled, and Customized by You

Get ready for it, the new Motorola is coming, and it’s bringing with it a USA assembled, customizable phone known as the Moto X. In an advertisement expected to run in newspapers tomorrow, Motorola talks about their new project and how no one thought they could do what they are about to do. 

The Moto X was first announced (if you can call it that) on May 29 by new Motorola CEO Dennis Woodside. He said at the time that they planned to assemble the device (which he dubbed a “hero” device”) in Texas, something no other company currently does. He also mentioned that the phone would use advanced sensors to predict your needs, is “unlike other things out there,” would arrive later this summer, and will be widely distributed amongst carriers.

In this advertisement that will be published tomorrow – can see it in New York Times, USA Today, Wall Street Journal and Washington Post - Motorola introduces another new feature to the Moto X, maybe the most significant. The phone will be the first that “you can design yourself,” the ad reads. We aren’t exactly sure what that means, but your mind can probably come up with a few ideas immediately. Are we talking the appearance of it or are we talking internal hardware choices too? Both? We’ve heard rumors in the past that suggest color choices (maybe up to 20), but will the look be the only thing you can customize?

Motorola’s VP-global brand and product marketing Brian Wallace said in an interview to Ad Age that smartphones are like shoes or a watch in that you carry them everywhere with you. People even judge a person based on their smartphone. “Yet, it’s the one thing you carry that’s the least customizable.” They are going to change that.

We should also point out that Guy Kawasaki – one of Moto’s new champions – asked his G+ followers back in March if they’d like to be able to personalize their phones like Porsche allows with their Exclusive program. We assumed at the time he was talking about a program similar to what we’re about to see. I guess those thoughts were right. How exciting.

View the entire ad below.

Via:  Ad Age | The Verge

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Rumor: Verizon to launch Droid RAZR Ultra and RAZR M Ultra from Motorola

Just a little while ago, we saw a leaked shot of an Android smartphone by Motorola, which is probably the Motorola X Phone, but still it is not 100% confirmed. Now @evleaks on Twitter tweeted that “Coming to Verizon: Droid RAZR Ultra, RAZR M Ultra, from Motorola“. This is the first time we have heard about these new Droids, and @evleaks is one of the most legit sources around. They have made such rumored statements in past as well, and they turned out to be true.

Maybe, the Droid RAZR Ultra is the name of Motorola X for Verizon Wireless, but of course I can be wrong as well. Anyway, that’s what we have for now. Tell us what do you think about it in the comment box below.

Source: @evleaks

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Rumored Motorola DVX created for emerging markets

According to recent rumors, Google and Motorola may have a brand new device in the works. The mystery device has been code-named the DVX, which is slated to follow the Moto X and be an extremely cheap device aimed at emerging markets. This means no Snapdragon 800 CPU with a 4k screen, however don’t let that fool you. If all goes as planned, the DVX could be what is missing in such a tech-savvy world.

Sources for Phone Arena don’t have a lot of information about the DVX quite yet, but they say that it is planned for release later this year, and would be ultra low-cost option for those in the world who don’t have (or can’t afford) smartphones that are currently on the market. In all honesty this really is a smart move for Google. The more people that have smartphones and internet access, the more people are going to bring in money through Google’s ad services. In all honesty, it’s a win-win situation.

This is all we know for now. As soon as we receive any more info on the rumored DVX we will be sure to update you.

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Motorola, now Holo-themed!

It looks as though Google is making some much needed changes to the Motorola logo, bringing their Holo colors to surround the Original “M” symbol and updating the font and case of the company name. The now all lower-case will be followed by the new tag-line “a Google company.”

I’m not a huge fan of Motorola hardware, but this new logo is attractive and I hope that it’s indicative of a revamped design style for their hardware.

What do you guys think? Could this be in preparation for the release of the fabled XFON?

Let us know in the comments below!

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