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No Jacket Required Motorola Droid X Aggresively advertising attenagate
Jul 28th
In a creative piece that would be just about equivocal to Exxon running an ad saying “Hey we didn’t spill the oil this time” Motorola ran a full page ad to promote the Motorola Droid X (exclusively carried on Verizon) touting “No Jacket Required”. This great piece of advertising collateral speaks directly to the Iphone 4 and it’s “Antennagate” problems.
What’s even more impressive about this ad is that Motorola talks specifically about the features that prevent the Droid X from having the Antennagate issues.
I wanted to go ahead and check the Antennagate issue for myself so here is my video of the Droid X exploring Antenna Gate, please note the lighting and sound arent that great. I did this video quickly and on my Nexus 1
So there you have it no Antenna Gate with the Motorola Droid X on Verizon Wireless.. They’re right “No Jacket Required” <-- wasn't that a phil collins record?
The original Android phone, the T-Mobile G1, enters retirement
Jul 28th
It was introduced way back in September of 2008 to much fanfare. Despite the fact that it was clunky, as was Android at the time, for quite a while it was the only Android phone, and as Android improved so did the devices it ran on.
The G1 ushered in the era of the Android phone, and now we have such markedly improved hardware as the Evo 4G, the Droid X, the Samsung Galaxy S, and still more coming down the pipe in various form factors. An, and then there’s Froyo …
At any rate, we have to bid adieu to the G1. It was fun while it lasted, and the device lasted long enough to even see custom (not official) 2.1 ROMs for rooted vesions. Farewell, old friend.
Droid X screen issues reported by some customers
Jul 21st
The complaints are coming into forums (1, 2, 3). It’s unclear how many have been affected by the issue, but at least Motorola hasn’t said it’s an industry-wide problem.
Here are some videos showing the issue. Comment below if you are seeing it as well.
Motorola Droid X Having Screen Issues
Jul 20th
Recently we heard about some problems in the latest Apple iPhone 4 which really effected the image of the Apple because it was hard for lot of people to believe that a Apple’s Phone can also have problems. Now their is a big news about the Smartphone by Motorola Droid X that it is having some screen issues. When Motorola Droid X was launched few days ago it got great ovation and lot of sales as well. Many Stores got its shortage due to huge Sales in US.
Gadgeteer on Droid X
Jul 14th
The Gadgeteer gives a quick review of the Motorola Droid X. It doesn’t tell me much about how useful this would be for music, but it does sound like a good device.
Droid X Bootloader is Locked
Jul 12th
from Android Phone Fans by Quentyn Kennemer
Droid X Bootloader is Locked: ”
As we’ve always suspected, Motorola’s looking to apply a nasty (in the eyes of developers like the ones from XDA) trend to their latest handsets, and the Motorola Droid X is no exception. The bootloader’s a necessary component in being able to jump into a phone’s recovery to flash custom ROMs. While root may still be possible (some devices can attain root without having to jump into the bootloader), it would only be good for using some of those root-only applications in the Android market (which isn’t the worst thing in the world.)
Now, only time will tell if the Droid X proves to be as difficult to crack as the Motorola Milestone – the international version of the original Droid which is still being worked on as of today.
[Twitter via AndroidPolice]
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Droid X Bootloader is Locked
Jul 12th
from Android Phone Fans by Quentyn Kennemer
Droid X Bootloader is Locked: ”
As we’ve always suspected, Motorola’s looking to apply a nasty (in the eyes of developers like the ones from XDA) trend to their latest handsets, and the Motorola Droid X is no exception. The bootloader’s a necessary component in being able to jump into a phone’s recovery to flash custom ROMs. While root may still be possible (some devices can attain root without having to jump into the bootloader), it would only be good for using some of those root-only applications in the Android market (which isn’t the worst thing in the world.)
Now, only time will tell if the Droid X proves to be as difficult to crack as the Motorola Milestone – the international version of the original Droid which is still being worked on as of today.
[Twitter via AndroidPolice]
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Official Droid X Scavenger Hunt in full swing
Jul 9th
At 4:35PM Eastern Time the first Droix X literally out in the wild was recovered on Pier 66 In New York City. This message was tweeted right after the find:
Stop searching! Droid X designate #4 was recovered today at 4:35 on Pier 66 in NYC. Congratulations Francis Choung
If you haven’t heard Verizon is giving away 21 now make that 20 more Droid X’s across the country. They’ve escaped and need to be captured. The Official Twitter account for the contest is @droidlanding and it has been tweeting clues as to location and then GPS coordinates so you can find the EXACT location within the city. The contest runs through the 15th Droid X Launch Day and now someone in New York is happy with their brand new shiny Droid X.
If you didn’t know the coordinates will tell you where to find a certificate for the device and from there you can follow the instructions for redemption. There have been other “wanna be” or “Fake” scavenger hunt twitter id’s like @droidxlanding the official twitter is @droidlanding so follow that twitter account for your chance to win.
Thinking of sitting this one out and just getting it on launch day? Verizon corporate stores across the country will open at 8am local time to sell you the brand new Motorola Droid X. Thedroidguy.com has some other hot exclusive tips about scoring a Droid X that we will reveal in due time.
Video: HTC EVO 4G vs Motorola Droid X
Jul 7th
This is a head to head smackdown between Motorola Droid X (Verizon) vs HTC EVO 4G (Sprint), and the WINNER is?
Part 1
Part2
Flash 10.1 Running on Droid X Showed by Adobe
Jul 6th
We already told you few days ago in a past that Motorola Droid X and amazing Smartphone that will be running with Android 2.2 operating system will launch at end of 2010. There is already lot of Debate and Excitement about Motorola Droid X and a another big news which will increase the excitement even more is that Droid X will come with support of Adobe Flash 10.1.
Adobe is also making the arrangements to launch Flash 10.1 for many other Mobile Devices. However nothing is said by Adobe yet about the release date of it. But we can hope that the day is very near. I hope that my post was useful for all.