Review: Moto E (2nd Gen)

Text and photos by Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

For the intended Moto E user, which is someone moving from a feature phone to a smartphone on a pre-paid plan, the Moto E (2nd Gen) will be a huge and empowering step in communicating, accessing the Internet, and running the latest, greatest applications available on Android.

Motorola’s Moto E (2nd Gen) bucks the trend of increasingly expensive smartphones with yearly incremental updates. Designed as a no-contract option, the latest ‘budget’ handset redefines value for money with a nice topping of functionality.

All technology should aim for ubiquity and as features and specifications become more popular, the idea is that they become more affordable and accessible to more people.

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Lenovo: Motorola shipped more that 10 million phones last quarter, generated US $1.9 billion in revenues

 Lenovo Group today announced consensus-beating results for its third fiscal quarter ended December 31, 2014, showing a strong PC business and fast traction in the integration of its Motorola Mobility (Motorola) and former IBM System x, x86 server (System x) investments. Newly acquired Motorola Mobility, which Lenovo bought for $US 2.9 billion a year ago, was reported to have shipped more than 10 million phones and earnied US$1.9 billion in revenues last quarter. Hit jump for all the details.

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CES 2015: Lenovo unveils LTE-capable, dual-SIM A6000

Among Lenovo’s offerings at this year’s CES is a new entry-level device that’s LTE-capable and can carry dual SIM cards. The A6000 is powered by a 64-bit Qualcomm Snapdragon 410 quad-core processor. It’ll have a 5-inch 720p IPS display, 1GB of RAM, 8GB internal storage, as well as an 8-megapixel rear shooter and 2-megapixel front camera. After conversion, it’ll cost around US$169.

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CES 2015: Lenovo introduces wearable with E Ink display

We were expecting more and more wearable devices to make their debut at CES. Throwing their hat into the ring once again, Lenovo just introduced the VIBE Band with E Ink display. This new wearable promises a seven-day battery life. It can display notifications for calls, SMS, Facebook, Twitter, and more but it can show you no more than 150 characters. It also works as a fitness band but it’ll just track the basics like steps and sleep. The VIBE Band will run with both iOS and Android devices running 4.3 and above out of the box. It’ll cost US$89, which is a pretty competitive price. No word yet on availability though.

Source: The Next Web