Moto 360 (2nd gen) and Moto 360 Sport sold by Best Buy with free $50 gift cards

We don’t know what’s gotten into Motorola and its US retail partners lately, but you won’t hear any complaints from professional bargain hunters. How could you when both the Moto X Pure Edition and Moto G (3rd gen) are available at new all-time record low prices for the next 24 to 48 hours?Meanwhile, you probably have a little more time to ponder Best Buy’s latest

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Buy a 64GB Moto X Pure Edition today, and net a free Moto 360 (1st gen)

Motorola seems to want to kill two birds with one stone as part of its latest US-only online bundle deal, boosting presumably lagging sales of both the 64GB Moto X Pure Edition and outdated first-generation Moto 360.Most buyers of the X Pure Edition, aka X Style smartphone probably go for the “entry-level”, 16GB model, priced at just $400 unlocked, and always capable of easily expanding the internal storage space with up to 128 gigs more via microSD.But if a grand total of 144GB digital hoarding room is ...

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Flipkart celebrates two years of Indian Motorola sales with smartphone and smartwatch deals

Western Motorola buffs already have reason to envy their India-based counterparts, as Marshmallow updates are coming left and right in the latter market, including for the regional Moto G Turbo Edition and, most recently, the standard G second-gen.But now nation-leading online retailer Flipkart takes things to the next level, also offering a slew of discounts on Moto gear to honor the second ...

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Moto 360, Sony Smartwatch 3 pruned from Google Store

For every device comes its time to go. For these two Android Wear smartwatches, they’ve had their time around.The original Moto 360 from Motorola is now nearly 18 months old while the Sony Smartwatch 3 is about a month younger. The Google Store has determined that it’s about time that the two were discontinued from ...

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Motorola offers deals on Moto 360, Moto G (3rd gen), and Moto X Pure Edition for Valentine’s Day

If the BlackBerry Priv and Passport really don’t sound like fitting Valentine’s Day presents for your loved ones, perhaps Motorola can interest you in time-limited discounts for its top three gadgets right now.First up, the second-generation Moto 360 smartwatch is available with a gratis leather band if you choose to receive it strapped by a metal one out the box. The greatest thing about the Android Wear ...

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Moto 360 Sport finally available stateside from its manufacturer

Unveiled way back in September alongside a standard, non-GPS-packing but slightly more stylish version, the Motorola Moto 360 Sport was inexplicably kept on the sidelines for all this time. At long last, it expanded from Europe to America’s largest wireless carrier yesterday, and now it’s up for grabs through the manufacturer’s ...

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Motorola offers solid discounts on Moto X Pure Edition + Moto 360 bundles

Interested in Motorola’s newest flagship smartphone and the company’s second-generation smartwatch? Stop pining for yesteryear’s Black Friday and Cyber Monday deals, and pony up at least $600 before 10:59 am CT, on January 12.The six Benjamins will get you both the unlocked Moto X Style, aka X Pure Edition, and 2015 Moto 360, obviously in entry-level ...

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Cyber Monday 2015 deal roundup: there is life after Black Friday

They say holiday shopping is a marathon, not a sprint. They don’t? Well, they should, and we do. Especially nowadays, with many an electronics merchant hell-bent on taking your money before Thanksgiving, as soon as you wrap up your Turkey Day feast, days after, and then on and around Christmas.Forget the biggest shopping day of the year, as stores, chiefly online, are taken by storm practically throughout November and December. Still, December 1, 2014 was responsible all by its lonesome for a record-breaking ...

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Motorola unveils trio of upcoming Cyber Monday deals

Never too fond of Black Friday, Lenovo daughter company Motorola always saved the biggest discounts for the Monday after Thanksgiving, colloquially known as Cyber Monday. This year is no exception, although you’re actually looking at “Cyber Week” deals on two of the three Moto items on sale, which are good from November 30 all the way through December 7.But it’s the 24-hour second-gen Moto G blowout that should make the most headlines, given last year’s budget champion will go for a super-palatable $100, 80 bucks ...

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The Pocketnow Holiday Shopping Guide 2015

Step back from the food court, I repeat, step back from the food court. Move away from the deals. Seriously, though, you might be on a sales safari come this weekend or a cyber chase on Monday. If you’re the type of person to give away phones and smartwatches for the holidays, though, it helps to actually consider what you’re getting and how it fits the person you’re getting it for.Like a sommelier does with wine, we’re given you our suggestions on what phones to look for when you’re talking about your dorky cousin Jane or your stylish uncle Jebidiah. Well, at ...

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Google drops first-gen Moto 360 to a seriously tempting low price

You can’t talk about smartwatches without talking about the Moto 360. One of the two Android Wear launch devices, the 360 wowed us not just because of the platform on which it ran, but also because of that at-the-time unparalleled circular display. Sure, we’ve seen the arrival of plenty of round smartwatches since, and Motorola itself has moved on to sales of its second-gen models, but the Moto 360 still holds a special place in our smartwatch-loving hearts. If you think there’s room for one ...

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Where does the Microsoft Band 2 fit in with the competition?

There’s no question Microsoft checked almost every box it needed to for its highly anticipated Windows 10-centric event to be deemed an overall success, but not all new devices showcased on Tuesday looked like blockbusters in the ...

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Using Android Wear on iOS: though this be madness…

Whether you call it blasphemy or simply Google showing up Apple, using a smartwatch powered by Android Wear on an iPhone just doesn’t seem natural or “right”, but it’s very much possible, though somewhat limited.A fortnight ago I gave up my Nexus 6 for an iPhone running iOS 9 – though only for a week. The experience wasn’t nearly as miserable as I thought it would be – Google made sure I had most of the apps I was familiar with on the competing platform. After I set ...

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Moto 360 (2nd Generation): unboxing and wrist-on

Unlike its rival Huawei, Motorola didn’t necessarily strive to redefine product presentation with its new smartwatch – but that doesn’t mean it skimped. The Moto 360 2nd Generation unboxing experience is a rich one, its cylindrical retail container featuring the Moto 360 front and center under a glossy plastic dome, braced with packing material that also snugly accommodates a wall plug and an included wireless charging pedestal. It’s a very sharp, very smart box that should also catch some ...

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Revamped Moto 360 gets the Android Wear ball rolling in China

When one of Lenovo’s posters for a September 8 announcement leaked out online, very clearly showing a 2015 Moto 360 photo and disclosing the event’s venue as China, we automatically assumed the upgraded smartwatch could snub Berlin’s IFA last week, and instead go official today in the manufacturer’s homeland.That obviously wasn’t the case, but following a global introduction almost ...

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