Hello Moto: Razr flip phone gets Android rebirth

MANILA -- Motorola on Thursday revived its Razr line of slim, clam shell phones from the turn of the millennium, transforming it into an Android-powered smartphone.

The 2019 Motorola Razr folds out into a smartphone with a 6.2-inch screen, unlike Samsung's Galaxy Fold and Huawei's Mate X, which are designed as phones that unfold into a tablet computer.

When folded, the Razr looks similar to the older generations, down to the small screen on the top fold, based on images posted on Motorola's US website.

The new Razr runs Android 9 Pie and Qualcomm's midrange Snapdragon 710 with 6GB of RAM and 128GB of internal storage, Motorola said.

It has a 16-megapixel rear camera and a 5 megapixel selfie shooter. It has a 2,510 mAh battery.

There was no immediate word on availability in the Philippines.

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How Lenovo's Motorola is planning to compete in China

BEIJING - Motorola, the mobile handset maker bought by China's Lenovo Group Ltd from Google Inc for $2.9 billion, is optimistic about its prospects in the Chinese market, its president told Reuters.

Lenovo's acquisition, completed three months ago, ended Google's move into the consumer mobile handset business. The deal has turned personal computer-maker Lenovo into a challenger in the higher-end smartphone market, competing with Samsung Electronics and Apple In.

"The (Chinese) market itself is so big here and Motorola has no share today, so we believe that what we’re really going to succeed in doing is hopefully take some share from other people in the market," Rick Osterloh, President of Motorola Mobility told Reuters.

Motorola will compete in China with Apple and Samsung in the premium smartphone market and with the world's third biggest smartphone maker Xiaomi Inc in mid- and mid-high level phones. Lenovo is already the number two smartphone maker in China.

"Our approach is to have global products tailored and customised for local markets," Motorola's Osterloh said. Motorola will also stick to relatively high-end products, he said.

Bryan Ma, a Singapore-based analyst at tech research firm IDC, said Motorola might test the waters with smartphones designed for the Americas, but in the next 12-24 months they could announce more localised products.

"They're trying to introduce themselves to a new group of friends and trying to establish street cred," Ma said. "What they have in their pockets is assets from the U.S."

"The good thing is Lenovo has enough of a strong cash position and local channel presence that they can bankroll Motorola in the country for while," Ma said.

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Microsoft infringes Motorola Mobility patents: ITC judge

WASHINGTON — Microsoft infringed Motorola Mobility’s patents in making its popular Xbox gaming consoles, a judge for the U.S. International Trade Commission ruled on Monday.

ITC Judge David Shaw said that Microsoft infringed four patents and did not infringe on a fifth in the complaint.

The full commission will review the judge’s decision and issue a final ruling in August.

The patents in the complaint are for technology like wireless connections for the Xbox to the Internet and video compression to speed transmission.

Motorola Mobility asked for the infringing devices to be barred from importation into the United States.

Motorola Mobility, which is being acquired by Google Inc, had filed related lawsuits against Microsoft in district courts in Wisconsin and Florida.

The trade commission complaint is related to the larger smartphone patent war between Apple, Microsoft and the mobile phone makers who use Google’s Android software. Motorola Mobility is among them.

Tech companies have spent billions of dollars to buy patent portfolios that they can use defensively or offensively, and still more money litigating in the United States and Europe.

Google’s Android software, which the company lets handset makers like Motorola Mobility use for free, has become the world’s No. 1 smartphone operating system, ahead of Apple Inc’s popular iPhone with its iOS software, according to comScore data released in January.

Microsoft was third, with less than 5 percent market share.

Microsoft said it would press on with the case. “We remain confident the commission will ultimately rule in Microsoft’s favor,” it said in an emailed statement.

Motorola Mobility said it was pleased with the decision. “Microsoft continues to infringe Motorola Mobility’s patent portfolio, and we remain confident in our position,” the company said in a statement. “We look forward to the full commission’s ruling in August.”

The ITC, a U.S. trade panel that investigates patent infringement involving imported goods, is a popular venue for patent lawsuits because it can bar the importation of infringing products and because its cases are ruled on quickly.

source: interaksyon.com