Motorola Driving Assist Allows Hands-Free SMS Reply
Motorola Driving Assist got a nifty little update for you folks rocking the new Moto phones today. When utilizing the Driving Assist before when getting a text message, your phone could only read out the message you received, but all you could do is nod to yourself when responding to that message. Now you are able to reply to that said text message with your beautiful singing voice you are using to belt out your favorite song playing on your car stereo.
If you are one of the lucky ones to be able to use this new feature, check the Play Store for the update if you haven’t received it already. Just remember, you can only download it it if you are using one of the new Moto DROID phones, or the Moto X. The rest of you have to frown to the fact that you can’t use this feature, but shop around. You might find something to your liking.
With Motorola Assist’s latest update, you can now reply to texts with your voice while driving
Motorola Assist, the contextually aware app that lets you set triggers and actions for a wide variety of tasks, is smart enough to determine when you’re driving, sleeping, in a meeting or in other situations. In that first scenario, however, the app was only able to read texts out loud to you as you drove, leaving you without a way to respond aside from pulling over and doing it manually. The latest update to the app fixes that, as it promises to let you reply to incoming messages using your vocal cords. Additionally, Assist can also launch your music app of choice as soon as you begin driving. Assist is available on the Moto X and the trio of Verizon’s latest Droid devices, so text-happy drivers should check it out post-haste.
Filed under: Cellphones, Wireless, Mobile, Google
Via: Android Central
Source: Play Store
How would you change Motorola’s Droid RAZR M?
Before it became the cuddly face of Google’s handset business, Motorola had a knack of knocking out sweet hardware at low prices. The RAZR M, for instance, combined a svelte body, 4.3-inch display and a nippy Snapdragon S4. When you factor in the $99 price point, you can see that, while it won’t have excited spec-hounds, mainstream users would find much to like in the package — kinda like the Moto X in that regard. When we reviewed it, we showered it with praise for those reasons, but now that you’ve had some time to get to know this handset, were we right? Share your experiences on the forum.
Motorola announces January 14th event in UK, hints at Moto X in the invite
UK residents that liked the Moto G, but wanted the Moto X might not have to wait long. In middle of untold CES-based emails, rants and schedule updates, Motorola tells us that it’ll be holding a London event for a “new addition” to the Motorola family. Oh look, there’s a Moto X right in the photo. You can join the dots, right?
Filed under: Cellphones, Mobile, Google
Verizon intros $99 prepaid Moto G
Verizon Wireless on Thursday announced that the Moto G smartphone will be available starting from January 9, 2014. Priced at a mere $99, the phone runs Android 4.3 Jelly Bean with a guaranteed update to at least Android 4.4 KitKat. You’ll be able to pick one of these through Verizon’s website next week followed by a retail presence in the coming weeks.
Customers will be able to pair the Moto G with rate plans that start at $60 per month for unlimited talk, text, and 2GB data. Should you need more data, a $70 plan offers 4GB per month.
It’s pretty darn ridiculous the amount of phone you’re getting here for the money. With nary a contract in sight, it’s nearly impossible to resist. Hardware features include a 4.5-inch HD display, 5-megapixel camera and a Qualcomm Snapdragon quad-core processor.
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Moto G comes to Boost Mobile prepaid plans for as low as $100
Motorola is starting off the new year right. Yesterday we got word that the Moto G is coming to Verizon as a $100 prepaid device, and today Boost Mobile announced that it’s also going to be selling the budget-friendly smartphone through multiple channels. The most eager fans can grab one of their very own today through HSN, which is selling the G for $100 after a $30 mail-in rebate; it’ll also be available for $130 on Boost’s website starting January 14th and brick-and-mortar stores on the 20th. If you’re trying to get a solid Android device and don’t mind the 3G speeds, you can’t get much better than this.
Filed under: Cellphones, Wireless, Mobile, Google
Boost Mobile announces $129 Moto G
The Moto G is the first Motorola smartphone at Boost Mobile since 2011
Boost Mobile on Thursday announced that the Moto G will be offered online on Tuesday, January 14, 2014. The carrier’s retail stores will pick up the Motorola smartphone on the following week, starting January 20. For those of you who simply cannot wait that long to pair the Moto G with Boost Mobile’s rate plans, you can score one on HSN.com and HSN mobile today.
Indeed, the Moto G is the same model only recently introduced; Android 4.3 Jelly Bean (4.4 KitKat guaranteed), a quad-core 1.2GHz Snapdragon processor, a 5-megapixel rear camera, and 2070mAh battery.
Priced at a crazy affordable $129, the Moto G works with Boost Mobile’s $55 Monthly Unlimited plan with shrinking bills. Pay your bill on time for six months and the rate drops by $5. Repeat until you get all the way down to $40 per month.
Boost Mobile Reunites with Motorola to launch Smart and Stylish Moto G with NextRadio
Irvine, Calif.—Jan. 2, 2014—Boost Mobile, a leader in the no-contract wireless industry with its exclusive Monthly Unlimited plan with Shrinking Payments, will debut Moto G, by Motorola, a Google Company, on the HSN, HSN.com and HSN mobile today, Jan. 2. The Moto G will be available Tuesday, Jan. 14 at www.boostmobile.com and select Boost Mobile exclusive retail stores nationwide starting Jan. 20. This represents the first Motorola handset on Boost Mobile since 2011.
Priced at only $129.99, Moto G packs the features consumers want at a price that won’t break the bank, all without an annual contract. The affordable 3G smartphone comes with an impressive and highly durable 4.5-inch HD screen made with scratch-resistant Corning® Gorilla® Glass and sports a super-fast 1.2 GHz Qualcomm® Snapdragon™ quad-core processor. Moto G is loaded with Android 4.3 Jellybean with a guaranteed upgrade to Android 4.4 KitKat expected as early as February, making the Moto G the most up-to-date Android of any phone in its class. Customers also have the freedom to express themselves with a variety of colorful interchangeable backs, available from Motoroladirectly.
Moto G will come preloaded with the free interactive FM radio application NextRadio®. With NextRadio, listening to FM radio on smartphones is a new type of interactive radio listening experience. When compared with streaming, NextRadio consumes about three times less battery life than other music apps. That’s because the audio is coming through a built-in FM tuner instead of over the Internet.
For extra protection, Moto G has a water-repellent coating on the outside, meaning that a little rain won’t get in the way when taking a call. In addition, customers get an extra 50GB of Google Drive storage for two years and, as with all Android devices, Moto G owners have access to more than 1 million apps and content in the Google Play Store.
Additional key features of the Moto G include:
- 5MP-enhanced camera with panoramic and continuous shot
- All-day battery, 2070 mAh
- Stereo Bluetooth 4.0 capable
To entice consumers to switch to Boost Mobile, Moto G is offered on Boost’s no-contract $55 Monthly Unlimited plan. Boost Mobile rewards its customers for simply making on-time payments. Unique from the competition, for every six on-time payments, the cost of the Boost Mobile Monthly Unlimited plan shrinks by $5 to as low as $40 per month for unlimited nationwide talk, text and data[1]. Payments do not need to be consecutive to qualify for the next savings milestone.
For more information on Moto G from Boost Mobile visit: www.boostmobile.com/motog
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You can now get the Moto X for $399.99 Off Contract!
I was doing the normal trolling of Google+ this morning, and came across an interesting post from Guy Kawasaki. The Moto X is now $399.99 off contract, for everyone! The last time we saw the phone at a price close to this it sold like crazy, and that was during Black Friday. Though this deal is only available in the US (for now?), it’s still a very good deal. There are some devices that launch at $299 on contract, and for an extra $100 (not the $300-400 normally charged), you can get this amazing device off contract.
Motorola says they listened to us, and that’s why the decision was made. See the below quote from their blog.
When we launched Moto X, our goal was to solve real consumer problems and give people refreshing new choices in the sea of smartphone sameness.
We heard from people that they wanted more control in how their phones looked, so we introduced the Moto Maker customization tool and made it available on all major carriers. That enabled our customers to choose from hundreds of color combinations and, for the first time, real bamboo backs. We heard that battery life was a major pain point, so we engineered Moto X to go all day long. And we heard that having the most current software was really important to our owners, so we made sure that Moto X was the first smartphone to upgrade to Android 4.4 KitKat.
But we’re not stopping there.
We’ve been hearing a lot recently from people who want a new premium smartphone at a reasonable price without having to wait for a contract upgrade. That came through especially loud and clear during our holiday flash sales.
So from today forward we’re offering Moto X at an everyday starting price of just $399 on any major US carrier, without a contract. This includes customized devices.
Today several wireless carriers offer good month-to-month or prepaid service plans that cost much less than the contract plans that come with subsidized devices. Combine one of those plans with our new $399 everyday pricing and you could save hundreds of dollars over two years while keeping the freedom to change service providers when you feel like it. We can even help you finance your purchase* so you pay monthly for your contract-free Moto X.
Because you should have the freedom to buy a great device when you want, without chaining yourself down.
Happy new year!
Rick Osterloh
Senior Vice President – Product Management
Does this intrigue you? Will you be swinging by the Moto Maker and picking up a shiny new Moto X to play with for the new year? We want to know! Let us know in the comments!
Source: Google+
Via: Motorola
Moto G for Verizon now on sale at Best Buy for $100 contract-free
When Motorola said that a CDMA version of the Moto G would reach the US in January, it was being overly cautious. Best Buy has confirmed that it’s already selling the Verizon edition of the budget smartphone in its retail stores; as soon as a store has inventory, you can pick one up. And it’s cheap, too. At $100 off-contract, Verizon’s Moto G is less expensive than both its GSM equivalent and many slower, smaller devices. You won’t get to pick up the handset until after New Year’s Day, but we have a hunch that it will be worth the wait.
Filed under: Cellphones, Mobile, Google, Verizon
Via: CNET
Source: LA Times
Motorola lowers price of Moto X to $399
Motorola on Wednesday dropped the price of the Moto X smartphone to $399, with no limited time promos or vouchers to worry about.
Today several wireless carriers offer good month-to-month or prepaid service plans that cost much less than the contract plans that come with subsidized devices. Combine one of those plans with our new $399 everyday pricing and you could save hundreds of dollars over two years while keeping the freedom to change service providers when you feel like it.
After following up the tremendous success of the $350 Cyber Monday promo price with another, similar discount, we got the sense that Motorola was feeling out a lower price point. Indeed, that may have been the case as now all carrier-supported versions of the Moto X are at a much more affordable cost.
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