Cricket inaugurates holiday shopping season early with a handful of free phones

Posted on by Adrian Diaconescu

AT&T prepaid subsidiary Cricket Wireless has gained a reputation as one of the most generous US mobile carriers in recent years, often “selling” decent phones for free despite not demanding a contractual obligation.Naturally, the small operator’s holiday deals are always a sight to behold, this year letting you score no less than four Android and Windows handhelds sans upfront charges, as well as two more at deeply discounted prices.Now, granted, Christmas is still over a month away, and even Thanksgiving Day feels like a sweet but distant dream. You needn’t worry however, as ...

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Motorola brings Android 5.1 to AT&T and US Cellular Moto X, Cricket Moto E

Posted on by Rithvik Rao

Let the Android updates never end! In what feels like the millionth piece of Lollipop update news this week already (and it’s only Wednesday morning!), Motorola has taken to Google+ to talk up some additional new updates. Specifically, these Motorola Android 5.1 updates concern the US Cellular and AT&T Moto X 2014, as well as the second-gen Moto E for Cricket.The bulk of the information is available below, thanks to a Google+ post from Motorola employee David Schuster. It’s all pretty self-explanatory from the information below, organized by device, but one thing you may be ...

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Motorola leak might reveal second-gen Moto E

Posted on by Stephen Schenck

Motorola introduced its extremely affordable Moto E back in the middle of last May, and by the end of the year, we already found ourselves talking about plans for a possible sequel. Word was that the phone would see its screen grow by a tiny amount, and maybe even make the step up from a 200-series Snapdragon SoC to one in the 400 family. However, despite that source claiming that Motorola would launch the new Moto E soon, ...

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Motorola Lollipop update prepared for all 2013 and 2014 phones; coming “really soon”

Posted on by Anton D. Nagy

There is absolutely no need to recap Motorola’s efforts related to the Android 5.0 Lollipop update; instead, we’ll just praise the company for being among the first ones to deliver Google’s latest and greatest to its current devices. However, those who own older models are not enjoying the Lollipop dessert just yet, but the company is getting there, according to Motorola’s Luciano Carvalho who took some details on the progress to his Google+ page (embedded below).According to the post, Carvalho reassures everyone that Motorola is working hard on updating 2014 and ...

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Second-gen Moto E target of latest Motorola rumors

Posted on by Stephen Schenck

We didn’t plan on it, but this is sure turning into one Motorola-packed day at the smartphone news desk. Following the release of an app update that’s getting last year’s Moto G ready for Lollipop, and whispers about a possible high-end phablet due sometime next year, we now find ourselves checking in with the latest rumors about the most budget-friendly of Motorola’s already pretty affordable lineup, as ...

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Cyber Monday deals: the best sales available today

Posted on by Stephen Schenck

After one too many leftover turkey sandwiches, topped-off with near-lethal doses of gravy, Thanksgiving – and the lazy weekend that follows it – is over for another year. If you’re like many shoppers, you took a break from the food on Friday, bundled up against the cold, and headed out to try snagging yourself a Black Friday deal or two. And while all the Black Friday savings may be behind us, there’s one last hurrah to be had, as retailers take one more big stab at getting your holiday ...

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Motorola posts up Lollipop update tracker

Posted on by Rithvik Rao

Android 5.0 Lollipop is on the way, and we know many of you with those fancy new Moto Xs are just itching to use it on your phone. So instead of being inundated with “ETA please!!!” all day long after the source code for the update drops, Motorola is trying to escape the bombardment by setting up a dedicated Motorola Lollipop update tracker for its most recent phones.Motorola, of course, has been almost-godlike in its delivery ...

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Lumia 530 vs Android competitors shown on promo videos

Posted on by Jaime Rivera

As with the Lumia 520, Nokia is trying to prove something with the announcement of its successor, the Lumia 530. This isn’t just your average budget phone, but also a very powerful budget phone that fits perfectly in the hands of those that have never owned a smartphone, and that would like to start conservatively. Still, that doesn’t change the ...

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Motorola bringing Android 4.4.3 to Moto X, Moto G, and Moto E this week

Posted on by Stephen Schenck

Motorola has come a long way since the days of MOTOBLUR and a casual attitude towards Android updates, and its latest family of smartphones hasn’t only offered extremely pared-down, near stock Android experiences, but delivered platform updates with speed rivaling even what we get from straight-up Nexus devices. Today we see the latest proof of just how nimble Motorola has become when it’s time for a new update to arrive, as it gets started updating its own phones to Android 4.4.3 just one day after the build saw ...

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Does the Moto E threaten Lumia on the low-end?

Posted on by Adam Doud

Motorola made some waves the other day when it announced its Moto E smartphone. This phone started at a low price of just $129 and was targeted at a global market out shopping for a durable phone. A phone that doesn’t necessarily have to be powerful. A phone that does the basics very well. In other words, a phone that’s cheap and low-end. Well the intersection of Cheap Street and Low-End Lane has had an occupant for some time now. The Lumia 520 is the very definition of cheap and low-end. There are some similar specifications here, but the main difference is Windows Phone versus ...

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How much is fifty dollars worth?

Posted on by Adam Doud

If you listened to the Weekly last week, you heard that I was on, so therefore it was awesome. Actually, it’s awesome all the time but it bubbles over when I…never mind. On the weekly last week we took some time to discuss the latest Moto Phone to delve the depths of the smartphone price ocean. The Moto E is the latest low-end smartphone to hit the market that might just be worth looking at. As a ...

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Motorola Moto E review: you get what you pay for

Posted on by Michael Fisher

This review’s subtitle is an axiom known to parents, financial advisors, and other dispensers of wisdom far and wide – but it’s important to note that it’s not necessarily a condemnation. The newest product out of Motorola Mobility has an awful lot going for it precisely because of its bargain-basement price tag. With the Moto E, Motorola aims to provide an easier upgrade path to the 70% of global mobile users still stuck on feature phones, to convert smartphone ownership from a privilege to a right. But to coin another adage, “you don’t get something for ...

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Moto E bootloader can now be unlocked officially through Motorola

Posted on by Rithvik Rao

Because of its rock-bottom price tag, it’s inevitable that many Android enthusiasts will purchase a Moto E just to use as a device to test custom ROMs — although, some of Motorola’s bootloaders have been hard to crack in the past, making it a pain to customize the affected devices more than Motorola intends. Fortunately, the Moto E will be entirely free, as Motorola has officially added the ...

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Pocketnow Weekly 096: phone lasers, remixes, and the false promise of “Prime”

Posted on by Michael Fisher

What exactly qualifies as a “remix?” How deluded do you have to be to believe in all these “Prime” rumors? Why are we so transfixed by the notion of lasers on smartphones, and so easily taken in by a smartphone commercial, if it’s shot like a trailer for Inception? We tackle these questions, and the biggest announcement section in the history of the podcast, in episode 096 of the Pocketnow Weekly. No, that’s not bragging – it’s just an unavoidable symptom of a month packed with unboxings, hands-ons, product launches, and reviews (both ...

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Moto E vs Moto G: how much will you sacrifice for $50?

Posted on by Michael Fisher

Motorola’s made a quick stop on the road to crafting the so-called “$50 smartphone,” releasing a $129 miniature handset called the Moto E in the process. We went hands-on with the Moto E in New York City earlier this week before showing you

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