Black Moto X available tomorrow, Bamboo model and Moto 360 coming to TELUS on October 31

The new Moto X will be available in black exclusively to TELUS starting tomorrow for for $100 with a two-year SharePlus plan or $600 outright. This stunning new flagship smartphone brings a whole lot of updates and features. Read our review here.

Thos looking for the Moto X in bamboo finish as well as the Moto 360 smart watch, those objects of desire will be available at TELUS on October 31. Check out their product page for more info.

Review: Moto 360

Text and photos by Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

Motorola presents the most cohesive concept of what an Android smartwatch could be today by offering a high-degree of customization, some variety in finishes, as well as useful health tracking features. 

A progenitor of many of today’s health-trackers and smart watches, Motorola’s MotoACTV was launched in 2011 to lukewarm interest. Fast-forward to 2013 and Motorola, now in transition between Google and new owner Lenovo, has taken the Motoactvs four-year old processor and built one of the most compelling smart watch offerings around it.

Android Wear is a new fork of the Android ecosystem, one that’s very much in its infancy and while features of the new OS are limited to push notifications from Google Now as well as a handful of third party apps, the potential is huge.

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Review: Moto X (2014)

Text and photos by Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

I have no doubt that this year’s Moto X can tussle with any of the leading smartphones we have today and match or even surpass them in the common functions, running apps, surfing the web, multitasking, and even starting the camera and taking burst-mode photos, which are all a huge improvement over last year’s model.

Last year’s most surprising smartphone was the Google-owned Motorola Moto X. A mid-range smartphone in terms of specs, it innovated various areas and became a favourite of many reviewers as well as loyal fans who preferred it to the Nexus 5 as the closest thing to a Pure Android device.

Great design, touchless control, gesture-enabled camera and for lucky US-based users, a fully customizable palette of colours, textures, capacities and even startup screens. The Moto X was the blueprint that was used to create the Moto G (Moto’s white knight) and the Moto E; the original Moto X remains one of 2013’s best non-superphone devices. Let's find out how the new one fares.

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New Moto X is a study in refinement

Text and photos by Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

Chicago, Il: Motorola gave select tech press a deep-dive into the design, process and creation of it's recently announced devices the new Moto X, the new Moto G, the Moto 360 wearable and the Motorola Hint (ear wearable). I received a walkthrough of Motorola's design, testing and production processes that resulted in their second generation Moto X.

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