You don’t have to wait until Black Friday to get the best deal on a new smartphone. In fact, you can get the DROID RAZR MAXX 4G for just $50, which is a significant savings from the regular price of $749.00.

Not surprisingly, the RAZR MAXX 4G can only be had for the $49.99 asking price if you sign up for a qualifying two-year service agreement with Verizon Wireless. As far as specs, you get a 4.3-inch AMOLED display, 4G LTE capabilities, dual core 1.2GHz processor, and a massive 3300mAh battery that they say will provide up to 21 hours of talk time and up to 380 hours of standby.

Other key features include the 8MP camera with 1080p video, Bluetooth stereo music, 16GB storage, microSD expansion slot, front-facing camera, GPS, and MOTOPRINT for wireless printing to any postscript printer via Wi-Fi. And yes, it’s compatible with the Lapdock 100 for a 10.1-inch netbook-esque experience too, but that’s an optional additional purchase.

You can get the Motorola DROID RAZR MAXX 4G on Amazon for $49.99. If you want to go a little bigger, they also have the Motorola DROID RAZR MAXX HD for $199.99 on contract, giving you a 4.7-inch 720p display and Android 4.0 ICS.

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It seems that Motorola has now released information on its timetable for ICS updates to its smartphones and tablets. Wondering when your update is coming? Wonder no longer. It seems that ICS rollouts will be broken out into three categories – those rolling out in Q2 of this year, those in Q3, and those that will have “further details follow”.

For Q2 we have the Xoom Wi-Fi only, RAZR, Xoom Family Edition, MT917 and XT928. In the third quarter ICS will make its way over to the Atrix 2, Atrix 4G, Photon 4G, Xoom 2, Xoom 2 Media Edition, Xyboard 8.2, and Xyboard 10.1.

Finally, the Droid 4, Droid Bionic, Droid RAZR, and Droid RAZR MAXX fall under the “further details to follow”. What exactly does that mean? That could be anyone’s guess. I find it somewhat out that the Droid series is the only devices being kept in the dark on solid ICS information, though.

Late is better than never, I suppose.

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Ever wanted to see a showdown between voice assistants? You can do just that by taking a peek at the video (posted below) which has been released by Motorola. It shows the duel between Siri on the iPhone 4S and Google Voice Actions on the Droid RAZR.

The reason behind Droid Razr’s better performance might be the device’s LTE connectivity. As you might know, an internet connection is needed for both the voice command systems to function. A remote server processes the voice commands that you give and sends the “translated” commands back to your device. The faster the connection, the better the performance will be. But we are unable to tell whether the devices in the video are having good coverage because of the clip’s low resolution.

We do know that both the voice assistants are doing a good job. The difference is that Siri is taking a bit more time to execute commands and also pulls up Google search instead of the Motorola website in the last test. But that’s not so bad, right? And we wonder how Siri’s sister will perform in a similar combat.

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Earlier this month amid the sea of Droid-related news (such as the rumors of  a Droid 4), we first got wind of the new Droid RAZR MAXX. Despite the time that has passed we have yet to see it on the store shelves, though rumors seem to suggest that January 26^th might be the release date.

A new promotional video, showing Motorola taking to the streets to show off the MAXX may suggest that the release is nearly imminent.  For those that don’t know, the MAXX is an updated version of the existing Droid RAZR but boasts one major improvement: a battery that supposedly can provide up to 21 hours of talk time. This should prove great for those that don’t want to be teetered to the charging cord everyday or simply want to leave 4G LTE on all the time while constantly streaming content.

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Motorola’s Droid 4 has been getting a lot of attention recently, especially for a device that hasn’t even officially been announced. It started with information surrounding leaked specs for the device and now has escalated with Techno Buffalo managing to get their hands on a Droid 4 demo unit.

While the device isn’t a working unit, it does give us a much better idea of how the phone will look and feel.

If rumor proves correct, the Droid 4 will feature a 4” display with a 960×540 resolution, a 1.2GHz dual-core processor, 1GB of RAM, 16GB internal storage, microSD expansion, an 8MP rear camera, an HD front facing camera, HDMI output, and a 1,785mAh battery.

Droid 4 cases and even a Droid 4 photo appeared on Best Buy for a Reward Zone promotion. If Verizon doesn’t get their 4G LTE issues sorted out before its launch, it could be a hairy launch for the RAZR look-a-like.

For now, this is all just speculation, though its starting to look more and more like solid fact. I wouldn’t be surprised if an official announcement and launch date comes around near 2012 CES in a few days.

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It has been announced that Verizon “hopes” to launch the new RAZR smartphone “by November 10″ at the latest, though it’s possible that you could get the new Droid some time before that. Pre-orders started a while back already, so the assumption is that those folks would get first dibs. Verizon has priced the Droid RAZR at $299 on a two-year contract.

To my knowledge, there’s still no firm launch date with Rogers in Canada, but they did say that it would say it would launch “in time for the holidays.” As a quick refresher, this Android superphone boasts LTE, a dual core 1.2GHz processor, 4.3-inch Super AMOLED advanced qHD display, 1GB RAM, 8MP camera, Gorilla Glass, and laser-cut woven Kevlar fiber. This is the first Android handset to come out of the Motorola stable since the big G stepped in. We have high expectations for it, stay tuned.

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As it turns out, the soon-to-be released Motorola Droid RAZR isn’t going to be stuck in Gingerbread territory for the rest of its life. Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich is reportedly being ported over to the device and it’ll be available as an update some time in Q1 2012. That’s really not that far away, considering that the RAZR itself won’t be launching until November anyhow.

Does this mean you’ll have some redundant hardware buttons? Yes. The Droid RAZR still has the four touch-sensitive “buttons” on the lower part of the phone and Ice Cream Sandwich uses “soft” keys on the touchscreen instead. I’m wondering if there is something in the options that would fix that, giving back some screen real estate and re-instating the use of the separate touch buttons.

The transition will take some time, as Motorola wants to make sure that features like Motocast and Smart Actions are suitably ported over to the Ice Cream Sandwich platform.

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On the surface, this will look much like any other Android smartphone out there. The specs include a dual core 1.2GHz processor, 4.3-inch Super AMOLED advanced qHD display, 1GB RAM, 8MP rear camera with 1080p video support, 4G LTE support, and Android 2.3.5 Gingerbread. The 1780mAh battery is said to be good for 12.5 hours of 3G talk time and 8.9 hours of video playback. And yes, it is the first smartphone capable of streaming Netflix in HD.

Just as the original RAZR was meant to be a fashion statement as much as a functional piece of technology, its smarter counterpart is much the same. Motorola has fashioned this phone with diamond-cut aluminium accents, stainless steel core, and laser-cut woven Kevlar fiber, along with Gorilla Glass for added protection. There’s also an iCloud fighter called MotoCast that will sync your multimedia on your PC.

In the United States, they’ll be selling it as the Droid RAZR through Verizon and that kicks off next month for $299 on a two-year contract. The rest of the world will refer to the phone simply as the Motorola RAZR, making things terribly confusing when comparing this phone with the original thin flip phone. Rogers Wireless hasn’t announced pricing, but they’re saying they’ll have the phone “in time for the holidays.”

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I wouldn’t go so far as to say that these specs are official, but the feature list uncovered by BGR appears to be “confirmed” in one way or another. For starters, it may not necessarily be known as the Droid RAZR. The names Droid Spyder and Droid HD have also been tossed around.

Aside from the name, it sounds like the new Android smartphone from Motorola will boast a 4.3-inch display that’s in line with something like the Droid X. Given the possible RAZR moniker, we’re also hearing that this phone will be thinner than the newly launched iPhone 4S. The 1.2GHz dual core processor and 1GB of RAM should also make it faster, along with the embedded 4G LTE connectivity. It might have Ice Cream Sandwich, but I’m guessing Gingerbread is still more likely, at least initially.

In any case, we’ll know for sure when Motorola holds its event on October 18. That’s only a few days away, though I have a feeling it may be overshadowed by Samsung and Google’s pending unveiling of the Nexus Prime (or Nexus Galaxy, depending on who you ask).

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We’ve already seen the release of RAZR-like phones in recent history, especially if you include the handsets as part of the KRZR, SLVR, and RIZR lines. Even so, the boys and gals at Motorola feel there is still a viable demographic out there who want a new RAZR phone and thus, they created the Motorola RAZR V13.

Also known more simply as the Motorola V13, this phone was once thought to be cancelled and off the shelf. We even heard about it through its Motorola Ruby codename for a while. Well, it’s back and it’s been approved by the Bluetooth SIG yesterday.

The basic specs include a 2.2-inch QVGA internal display, 2.0-inch QVGA external touchscreen display, CDMA/EV-DO connectivity, Bluetooth, and a 5-megapixel autofocus camera with flash. Should we be expecting this through Telus, Verizon, and Bell? Maybe.

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