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Scientific Test: The Most Accurate Smartphone Touchscreen

11:36PM March 25, 2010 | Jesus Diaz

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Some people said that Moto Development Group’s original touchscreen accuracy tests were unreliable because there were done by a human. Their solution? Use an industrial robot with precise constant pressure and speed. And the winner is… More »


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Smartphone Touchscreen Analysis Tests Finger Fidelity

9:00AM January 10, 2010 | Kyle VanHemert

MOTO Development Labs devised a simple method of analysing capacitive touch screens using drawing programs. They put the iPhone, the Nexus One, the Droid and the Droid Eris through the paces and proved not all touchscreens are created equal. More »


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Motorola Calgary Is Verizon’s Other Android Phone: Cheap, Blur(r)y

6:00AM October 21, 2009 | Matt Buchanan

Motorola’s other Android phone for Verizon ain’t no Droid, but it’s gonna be cheaper (targeted at fickle teenagers) and run Motorola’s Blur interface from the Cliq. It’s also a QWERTY slider, with a 3MP camera and oh yes, Wi-Fi. [BGR] More »


Motorola Phone Sales Down By Half, No Sign Of Fight Or Flight Response

10:18PM July 30, 2009 | Brian Lam

This is the opposite of surprising if you know what a good, modern mobile phone is but Motorola sold about half of the mobile phones this year that they did in Q2 last year. That’s still 14.8 million handsets, but we know where that trendline is going if you chart it out a few quarters. On a positive note, Moto handsets have always had some astounding voice quality going on, if calling’s still your thing. [Frommerville]


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Is This Motorola’s First Android Phone?

9:25PM June 22, 2009 | John Herrman

The first alleged spy pics of Motorola’s long-rumored Android phone, the T-Mobile-branded “Morrison,” have filtered their way online, and hint that the company could be taking Google’s mobile OS in a new, decidedly mainstream direction. More »