Blass: Moto X becoming Moto Z

When a company’s brand, based on a alphanumeric character, becomes too old, it can replace it with another one. After all, there are 35 other options to choose from.So, as the Moto X moniker comes out of its third product cycle, we’re learning from VentureBeat’s Evan Blass that this year’s flagship smartphones from Lenovo subsidiary Motorola may primarily be branded as the “Moto Z”.In relation to ...

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Blass specs out two Moto X 2016 phones with more evidence they’re Project Tango fruits

Looks like “modular” is in fact the buzzword of the year.At least, we can see a continuation of the trend if we trust VentureBeat‘s Evan Blass with some more information about this year’s Moto X (or Moto Xs?). This follows on from the renders we saw of the devices along with a potential DROID Turbo 3 from HellomotoHK earlier.“A person who was briefed on the plans” said ...

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OnePlus One review, Fire Phone hands-on, Microsoft’s future and more | Pocketnow Weekly podcast 105 (Hangout)

Update: Edited podcast with download links has been added below the YouTube embed, courtesy of our excellent podcast editor, Jules Wang! Get to downloadin’, folks!The big guys have enough time in the limelight. It seems every week we’re spending 80% of the podcast talking about the huge players in the mobile space, along with their commensurately huge smartphone and tablet offerings. While we’re not ignoring those established forces in this episode, we are devoting a bit more time to newcomers: from Amazon to ...

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