Motorola's Sooner. Thinner. Smarter. Stronger. Event Liveblog!

Motorola's Sooner. Thinner. Smarter. Stronger. Event Liveblog!

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The countdown is nearly at an finish. And that means it's time for some critical Daft Punk-referencing Motorola action. What can we count on as we speak? The Spyder / Droid RAZR handset? The sequel to the Xoom ? Perhaps an early taste of Ice Cream Sandwich ? All of those answers and extra shall be revealed at 12PM ET.
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Pictures by Zach Honig.
12:44PM Appears prefer it's palms-on time. We'll have impressions in a bit!
12:44PM And that is the occasion, RAZR and MOTOACTV. Xooms? Sorry youngsters.
12:44PM Droid RAZR by Motorola is the US identify. Motorola RAZR is the title internationally. Can be accessible globally in November.
12:41PM Jha lost his phone for a minute. Too bad there isn't an app for that.
12:41PM Looks like the date earlier was just for the occasion, man, Motorola is a tease.
12:40PM Pre-orders are beginning on October 27.
12:40PM All proper, we're talking about how massive Verizon's LTE is - it will likely be in 178 markets by the tip of the 12 months and blanketing the nation by 2013. Watch out children, 4G is coming for you and your households.
12:39PM "Networks matter," says the woman from Verizon. It's fast and reliable - she's a fan.
12:37PM Are all Androids "Droid?" No, says Marni. True story. Don't call all of them Droids, children.
12:37PM It is Verizon time. Marni Walden, the service's chief advertising officer is taking the stage, to provide us the lowdown on 4G.
12:36PM It is manner faster than the iPhone 4S, according to Jha.
12:35PM And we've got 4G LTE on Verizon for the factor - it's thin and quick.
12:35PM The RAZR has a bunch of accessories (no surprise). Bluetooth headsets, two Lapdocks, transportable energy, HD docking stations, a smart controller, a wireless keyboard-and the checklist goes on.
12:34PM Ah, now we're talking enterprise performance. No shock here - Android is going business. Does corporate e mail and doc enhancing. It has remote wipe and information encryption. Also Citrix Receiver is inbuilt for remote access. "Enterprise is getting consumerized," persons are using their private phones for work. Too true.
12:32PM The content will seamless sync to cellular units, so you possibly can have pictures of different folks's devices on lots of devices. The point right here is that the content goes to your units, so you're much less reliant on the cloud.
12:31PM All proper, he is taking video of all of our pretty faces on the RAZR now and importing the image to his LAPTOP. "Should take 20, 25 seconds."
12:30PM Jha is exhibiting us a Powerpoint presentation of his marathon plan. Dude goes to be match by the point the Droid RAZR II comes out.
12:30PM The PC has gone offline. "Why do the demo gods hate me." But Moto's received a back up, don't be concerned.
12:29PM Now he is showing pictures of another person's kid. Okay, seems to be prefer it's not his cellphone, in any case. Utilizing an HDMI cable, you can present photographs on an HDTV - as long as they're of someone else's youngsters, apparently.
12:28PM What are the odds that that is from Jha's actual music library? Going to say eighty percent. He loves him some Fiddy.
12:28PM Jha is going to stream some 50 Cent for us from his iTunes. Prepare.
12:27PM MotoCast lets folks entry their content in a "private cloud," securely. You join the cellphone to a LAPTOP with a USB cable, create a secure account, and select the files you want to share - like music and images.
12:25PM Solely about 15 percent of individuals retailer their content material in the cloud, according to Jha. The solution? MotoCast.
12:25PM He is talking up Sensible Actions now, to automatically shut off purposes and performance, to save lots of your battery life when your property or the battery is dying. You may stand up to 30 % extra battery life utilizing the characteristic.
12:24PM You possibly can dock the phone to a dock for web browsers and electronic mail, while charging the thing. Motorola loves its docks, in spite of everything.
12:23PM A twin core 1.2GHz processor inside, plus 1GB of RAM. Fairly good, Motorola. The RAZR ought to provide you with 12.5 hours of discuss time and 8.9 hours of video playback.
12:22PM Apparently the factor is super sturdy, in spite of its dimension. Makes use of a nanotechnology called Motorola Splash Guard, the first telephone to use that know-how.
12:21PM It could possibly obtain HD films from Netflix for that fancy four.3 inch display.
12:20PM The cellphone is 7.1mm skinny. Looks like thin is in for Motorola again. They're calling it "the world's thinnest smartphone." Can we get a reality checker in here?
12:19PM Stainless-steel, Gorilla Glass, Kevlar, 1.2GHz processor, 4.three inch show, 8MP digital camera, and prolonged battery life on this thing. Looking good.
12:18PM The Droid RAZR by Motorola is the official name. Bye bye Spyder.
12:18PM Alright: thinness, durability? test and examine. It may be fast and have a hi-res show. He's just teasing us now.
12:17PM Okay, it is smartphone time. Get ready. Jha is talking about how vital the look and feel is for a phone. is it RAZR time?
12:17PM Shall be out there November sixth. 8GB is $249 and 16GB is $299.
12:16PM Bob is going to assist Sanjay lose a few kilos, so stay up for that after the present.
12:16PM The machine can gauge which songs you're employed out the hardest to and build a playlist, so you do not have to look on an embarrassing reality present. Undoubtedly a plus.
12:15PM It really looks like a big Dick Tracy watch for people who are in better form than you.
12:14PM Now it's Bob Hopper from "The Greatest Loser." He is talking about what a loser he's, compared to Dean, oh, and the weight loss facet of the machine. This is going offer you motivation, says Bob.
12:13PM This explains all of the sleeveless dudes working round.
12:12PM The headset also does calls, clearly, so trying forward to plenty of, "can't speak, working" calls within the close to future.
12:12PM Information from the machine is auto uploaded while you get within your WiFi community, so you don't have to sweat throughout your computer, as a result of nobody desires that.
12:11PM Dean is absolutely excited about the wireless headset that may additionally take your pulse. It's extra comfy than a coronary heart rate monitor, in order that's somethiing.
12:10PM Jha is bringing marathon runner Dean Karnazas on the stage to make all of use doughy geeks to feel bad about ourselves.
12:09PM is being launched as nicely, so you may log all your information, and, you recognize, work out in the cloud. Additionally, you can put information on Facebook and Twitter - really looking ahead to seeing elliptical tweets. Thanks Moto.
12:08PM It's sweat proof, too - positively a plus for any piece of exercise tools.
12:08PM Motorola is providing up two Bluetooth headsets, the SF700 and SF500 to go together with the thing.
12:07PM It has a 600MHz processor, runs Android and weighs 35 grams. Tracks running, walking and biking statistics. Has GPS to track routes. It displays your coronary heart price. Seems like a Nike+ killer.
12:05PM It is a music player that performs the songs that push you probably the most. It tracks miles and calories and has a rugged design. Looks very iPod Nano-y.
12:04PM Introducing "Motoactv." Merges fitness and music like nothing else.
12:04PM He is talking about understanding now and all the stuff you need to carry. "We have now the know-how to boost how you work out."
12:03PM One in 4 persons are extra prepared to share their toothbrush than their smartphone, in accordance with Jha.
12:03PM The smartphone is the last thing we see at evening and the first thing we see within the morning. "It's a unhappy state of our lives." Three quarters of people use their smartphones in the rest room.
12:02PM We will discuss smartphones right now, and how they've changed our lives
12:01PM It is go time. Sanjay Jha is taking the stage.
12:01PM Schmidt is sitting a number of seats down. No large deal.
eleven:58AM "Life M Powered" appears to be the slogan of the show. Appears like we've got good puns popping out us in the present day.
11:56AM He's looking far much less stressed with this entire CEO thing behind him - simply hanging out. we're guessing he popped by just to take heed to some of these candy jams.
eleven:52AM Bumped into Eric Schmidt within the hallway - no joke. Seems like we could be getting a taste of Ice Cream Sandwich as we speak, after all.
11:48AM Some guy in the front is filming us with a giant digital camera. Search for us on the evening information tonight.
11:45AM Now it is "Stronger" by Kayne. Guessing this means we're about ready to roll on this bad boy. No one has shown up in Daft Punk helmets...yet...
11:43AM And we are inside. They're enjoying MGMT and there are a bunch of sleeveless dudes standing around, waiting to point out off gadgets. Motoparty up in here.
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