Quick Review of Motorola Smartphone : Defy

Motorola's new smartphone, the Defy, is built tough. When all its protective covers are securely closed, this device is dust-proof as well as scratch and water resistant.

"The Defy was designed to protect it from life's little challenges such as a sudden rain shower or a drop in the sand," the company said in a statement.

Powered by Android 2.1, the smartphone weighs 118g and has a 3.7in touchscreen that is ideal for viewing pictures, videos and websites.

The Defy supports the full suite of Google services such as Google Docs for working on documents on the go.

The phone, which has a 5-megapixel camera, also features CrystalTalk plus, a noise reduction filter that allows users to hear their callers clearly even in loud environments.

The phone can also stream files such as photos and videos to a device that supports DLNA (Digital Living Network Alliance) such as HDTVs.

Music lovers will appreciate the phone's Connected Music Player feature which can automatically download lyrics to their favourite tunes.

Defy can also double up as a portable wireless hotspot and allows up to five other devices to connect to it to surf the Internet via 3G.

More applications for the phone can be downloaded from the Android Market online. However, currently only free applications are available for download.

Motorola launch more Android

FlipOut

Motorola is on an Android roll lately and the latest in the line from the company are the Charm and the FlipOut, both of which are messaging-centric phones with Qwerty keypads.

Both the Charm and FlipOut share similar features such as a 2.8in (320 x 240-pixel) QVGA TFT screen, FM radio receiver, Bluetooth 2.1, WiFi, USB 2.0, 3-megapixel digital camera, 512MB ROM, 512MB RAM, aGPS, digital compass and a MicroSD slot with a 2GB card included.

Both run Android 2.1 and come with all the usual applications, including a WebKit-based browser, access to e-mail, Google Search, Google Maps and the GoogleTalk client.

The capacitive screens on both phones also support multi-touch gestures.

Charm

The biggest difference between the Charm and the FlipOut is the way the Qwerty keypad is designed - while the Charm is a candybar phone with a keypad integrated below the screen, the FlipOut has a unique keypad design that rotates out from under the screen when you need it.

The Motorola FlipOut is available for RM1,299 while the Charm will go for RM1,399.

However, Maxis is an exclusive partner for the phones and you can get the the FlipOut for RM649 and RM799 for the Charm with any Maxis Value Plus or Data plan.

Quick Review : Motorola Milestone XT Running on Google's Android OS

Milestone XT

Motorola has launched a couple of new smartphones that run on Google's Android operating system.

Backflip

The first is the Motorola Milestone XT, a 3.5G phone featuring a Cortex A8 ARM-based processor, a 3.7in (854 x 480-pixels) display, microSD slot, GPS, WiFi, Bluetooth and an 8-megapixel digital camera that is also capable of shooting 720p videos.

The Motorola Milestone XT has a recommended retail price of RM1,799.

The other model is the Motorola Backflip, a smartphone that comes with a flip-around keypad and a touchpad.

The Backflip's Qwerty keypad not only rotates around the back of the screen, but can also be used as a stand to angle the screen towards you when it is set down on a table.

The 3.1in screen has a resolution of 640 x 240-pixels and while it supports touch input, the Backflip has a unique touchpad located behind the screen.

The logic for the unusual location of the touchpad is that it allows the user to scroll around in webpages and photos without obscuring the screen as you normally would when touching directly on the screen.

Other than the keyboard and the touchpad, the Backflip features a microSD slot, a 5-megapixel camera, Bluetooth and WiFi.

UNIQUE: The Backflip comes with a flip-around keypad and a touchpad.

The Motorola Backflip has a recommended retail price of RM1,699.

Since both phones are Android-based, they come pre-installed with a suite of Google applications, including Google Maps, Google Talk, Gmail and YouTube.

Google`s mobile browser ready to smoke Iphone

The new google mobile web browsing engine seems to show their best performance ever in December. Although Android still trails the iPhone in absolute share of the web with just 0.05 percent versus Apple’s 0.44 percent, it grew a much faster 54.8 percent versus just 20.1 percent for Apple’s platform. The BlackBerry too had a better month at 22.2 percent growth while the only major platforms below them are Symbian (19 percent growth) and Java ME (15.6 percent).

In Desktop site also represented a major if symbolic victory for Chrome, which for the first time in the analysis has overtaken Safari for share on the web. The browser jumped exactly 0.7 points to 4.63 percent, or enough to pass Apple; even though it continued to grow, Safari grew only modestly versus November and topped out at 4.46 percent. Firefox saw a rare decline in use to 24.61 percent, while Internet Explorer continued its long descent and reached 62.69 percent.

While the rise of Chrome is explained through both the launch of Chrome for Mac in beta form as well as extensions becoming available for Windows, Android’s efforts are more complex. It was helped both by a wider overall shift to mobile as well as the launch of key phones like the Motorola Droid that have fueled Android market share with runaway sales.

Proof of the downturn for desktop browsing comes through desktop operating system share. Despite sustained availability of Windows 7, Microsoft’s combined OS share dropped to 92.21 percent while the Mac dropped a hundredth of a point to 92.11 percent. Linux was the only desktop platform to see a gain as it edged forward slightly to 1.02 percent. The iPod touch is broken out separately from iPhone share and claims 0.09 percent.

Web bowser share

source : NetApplication study

Motorola vs Aruba - Patent infringement

Last year somewhere in August 2007, Motorola and his subsidiaries Symbol and Wireless Valley sues Aruba Networks for alleged patent infringement. Then last two months somewhere in September 2008, Aruba files patent infringement countersuit against Motorola, Symbol, and Wireless Valley. The battle still not ended yet. For me, as an end-users who have experience with Motorola-Symbol technology and Aruba technology... a secured wireless technology always synonym to Aruba enterprise solution. Even if we compare to another wireless leader in the market such as Cisco, they have to admit that Aruba technology offers a total solution for secure wireless environment. they offer wireless firewall, VPN etc in one box.


I consider, it is a weird story to hear Motorola also has the capability to offer better wireless solution. As far as I’m concern, the most well known wireless leader being debated among the wireless administrator is between Cisco and Aruba. I don’t agree if someone said that, Motorola-Symbol is another competitor in the wireless market share. Solution from Trapeze, 3Com, Meru or Orinoco which I can considered much better compared to Motorola-Symbol solution. For me, it is a wired story when Motorola sues Aruba for alleged patent infringement. My favorite wireless products rank is listed as below according to its best features offered to the end-users.

1. Aruba
2. Cisco
3. Trapeze/3Com
4. Meru
5. Orinoco
6. Motorola
7. Belkin
8. Colubris
9. Linksys