Lenovo folds smartphone unit under Motorola

Motorola's President Rick Osterloh will lead Lenovo's mobile charge under the Motorola brand

Lenovo announced today that it will shift all of its smartphone operations, including design and manufacturing under the Motorola banner. Lenovo acquired Motorola Mobility from Google last year for US $2.1 billion and 3,500 employees were retained. This made Lenovo the third largest smartphone maker at the time.

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Motorola sends out invitations to London launch event

There are new Motorola products coming and they will be launched on July 28th in London. Motorola just sent out media invitations to the event, which will be live streamed. Go to motorola.ca/hellomoto for more details. The whole theme for the event is 'Your relationship status is about to change,' which is the teaser on the invitation.

Continuing to the event link, Motorola points out that  regarding to our phones, "We feel lost without it. We trust them with our most personal questions, photos, stories and secrets. They never leave our side. But shouldn’t all that care and devotion you show be returned?" and, in bold, A Better Mobile Relationship is On the Way. Hit jump for more details on the event an what it means.

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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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Review: Google Nexus 6

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

One of the most confounding products to come out of Google’s Nexus program, the Nexus 6 leapfrogs the Nexus 5 in terms of size, weight and pricing, while serving as the second official vessel of Google’s next generation Android Lollipop OS. 

There was a time when purchasing a Nexus device meant getting the very latest software and hardware on an affordable yet high-spec device. Buying into the Google Nexus ecosystem was like purchasing the future months before it happened and I, like thousands of other phone enthusiasts, often bought first and asked questions later when it came to these Nexus branded smartphones.

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