Motorola

It was widely rumored last week that the Verizon Droid (Motorola Droid) would be receiving an OTA (over-the-air) update from Verizon on January 22nd. The update was supposedly being issued to update Motorola Droid phones sold by Verizon which currently run Android 2.0 or Android 2.0.1 (depending on when the phone was purchased). Unfortunately, as noted by Android blog Operation Android, to the dismay of many Droid owners, the update failed to arrive.

The article on Operation Android details how, despite the fact that the 2.1 update brings little in the way of features, many Droid owners are eager to receive the update due to

Beginning today Sprint will be offering Motorola's new MOTORAZR VE20 clamshell phone. The phone runs on Sprint's Mobile Broadband Network and comes with a plethora of entertainment applications including Sprint TV, Radio and Music Store. It also comes with NFL Live Mobile which gives you

access to audio broadcasts of all regular season games. It will also have audio/video streams of eight games beginning this November plus a live stream of the NFL Network, which is good news for fantasy football players. The VE20 also has Sprint Picture MailSM and Video mail. It has a 2.0 megapixel

Motorola introduced its latest phone, the MOTO Z10, at the CES today. The sleek, ergonomic design is fashioned from spun stainless steel with a polished metallic finish and features soft-feel textures. It has 3.5G HSDPA, GSM/GPRS/EDGE and Symbian/IUQ software, see the rest of the specs here. But the key feature of the Z10 is its ability to function as a virtual pocket sized film studio.

The phone is capable of capturing high quality video and editing it, adding scene transitions and even soundtracks. The videos can then, of course, be uploaded directly to YouTube, etc. The 3.2 megapixel

Motorola announced today that it has invested an undisclosed amount in INSIDE Contactless, a world leader in contactless payment chips and near field communications (NFC) technologies for mobile devices. These technologies allow for secure payments and interactive advertising on mobile devices, an important factor in a future that demands greater mobile device versatility.

This kind of technology will allow users to make instant purchases simply by waving their phones near an NFC reader. Managing director of Motorola Ventures Reese Schroeder says "the days of true mobile

Several Razr2 models have been released so far: the V8 was released in July and the Razr2 V9m was released through Sprint on August 22nd and through Verizon on August 29th. The V9 was released on September 1st. Peter Svensson of the Associated Press recently reviewed each of Motorola's Razr2 models and the results were less than stellar.

We'll begin with the price. AT&T sells the phone for $300 with a two year contract while Verizon and Sprint sell it for $50 less. After purchasing the phones Svensson first noticed the size difference. The Razr2 is thinner than the Razr but slightly longer. It also weighs 4.6 ounces, about an ounce