Well, it has a 600MHz processor and weighs just 35 grams for one thing. MOTOACTV combines a GPS-enabled touchscreen watch with a smart music player. Those looking for a watch to workout to should like the fact that it learns songs that will make you exercise harder and it plays those songs more often. (This is where the ACTV part comes into play. Get it?)

There’s also a built-in heart rate monitor and it will give you performance stats like duration, distance, avg. pace, calories burned, and avg. heart rate through a Bluetooth headset. It also has an FM radio built in, and will peer with your smartphone to allow your to answer calls or read texts from the watch display.

It will track your running, walking and cycling stats outside, and treadmill and step machine stats indoors. If you like, you can access your stats via a web browser as well at motoactv.com. So yeah, basically this is a smart-Nano for fitness geeks. MOTOACTV will be available on November 6th, with an 8GB version costing $249.99 (USD) and a 16GB model for $299.99.

[via TechCrunch]

For now, the Motorola Photon 4G and Motorola Atrix are the only smartphones that will work with the Lapdock 100, but that’s better than the older models which each had a different dock. It’s a bit chubbier than previous models, weighing about 2.2 pounds, and offers a 10.1″ screen. It’s a nice concept, but I doubt that the current crop of phones are truly fast enough to replace a decent laptop.

For now, the pricing of the new Lapdock hasn’t been announced, but the outgoing models sold for around $500 (USD). It will need to be a lot cheaper than that for more people to adopt it, especially when you can pick up decent netbooks for under $300.

[via Ubergizmo]

The phone has only been out for a few weeks now and when it landed, the price was about $180. As of today, Amazon has discounted the smartphone significantly. The phone sells for $149.99 and then you get a $50 gift card as well. That makes the total cost under $100 for one of the coolest Android smartphones around. Of course, you’ll need to activate a service contract with Verizon to get the deal.

If you aren’t familiar the Droid Bionic runs Android 2.3, has 4G connectivity, a 4.3-inch qHD screen, GPS, WiFi and a lot more. The phone rocks a 1GHz dual-core processor and can be used as a hotspot on the go. Internal storage is 16GB and the phone has a 16GB microSD card too.

Motorola was one of the largest companies in the smartphone market with some of the most popular Android smartphones around. The deal will cost Google $40 per share at a cost that works out to to about $40 billion. That’s a 63% premium on the street price over Motorola Mobility share prices at the close of last week. The transaction has been approved by the board at Google and at Motorola.

The purchase still needs to be approved by the shareholders at Motorola. The purchase is also subject to regulatory approval and other closing conditions. Google hopes to have the purchase wrapped up by late 2011 or early 2012. Google will continue to make Android an open platform and Motorola Mobility will be a separately operated company.

Some pics of displays for the Xoom at Sam’s have surface with the WiFi only tablet priced at $539. That makes the Xoom only about $50 more than the entry-level iPad 2. I guess that $40 difference will certainly make a lot of tablet shoppers take pause as they consider what to buy.

The official price mentioned only a few weeks back by Motorola’s CEO was $599. If the $539 price at Sam’s isn’t short term or sale pricing, perhaps Motorola realized that pricing the Xoom $100 higher than the iPad 2 wouldn’t be a good thing for sales.

[via DroidLife]

The iPad 2 starts out at $499 (USD), but that’s just for the base model. The 64GB 3G+WiFi version will set you back a cool $829. Apple’s main advantage is that this is the second generation of their tablet so they’ve had time to polish the device even further. The competition is just playing catch-up.

Will you get an iPad 2? I might since I don’t have one, but I don’t like how closed iOS is. I prefer to be able to do what I want with my computers, not have Apple decide what I can install.

The most significant part of the teardown is the fact that they found an dummy PCI board that’s dedicated to “future upgrades” – likely to come in the form of a 4G LTE wireless card. Contrary to Apple’s approach, this makes the Xoom much closer to the ethos of a PC because of the upgrade possibility.

Most tablets are closed technology, meaning that if you buy one your stuck with it until you replace it. It allows the manufacturers to entice you with their newly released models every year. If the Xoom could actually be upgraded, that could definitely give it an edge over other tablets.

[via iFixIt]

The dock also serves as the remote’s charger and as you can see, it also has a digital clock. The dock can get its power from an outlet or via USB.

I’m not sure if the Motorola R331 Easy Find remote control is already on sale though. Check out Motorola’s website for more info.

[via Newlaunches via Slippery Brick via The Red Ferret]

The XOOM is the first to use Google’s tablet-optimized Android, which should bring “widgets, multi-tasking, browsing, notifications and customization and features the latest Google Mobile innovations” to tablet devices. A couple of the Google apps that will be on the tablet are Google Maps 5.0 and Google eBooks.

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As the video above mentions, hardware-wise the XOOM is a powerhouse – 1GHZ dual core CPU, 10.1″ HD 1280 x 800 screen, a 5mp rear-facing camera that can capture 720p video, and a 2mp front-facing camera that can be used for video conferencing. The Xoom also has lots of sensors, such as “built-in gyroscope, barometer, e-compass, accelerometer and adaptive lighting”. The XOOM also supports Flash 10.1, so watching videos online should be no problem for the tablet. Below is a video shot by CNET at CES 2011, featuring a Motorola rep cautiously showing off the XOOM.

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The final ace up the XOOM’s proverbial sleeve is the promise of LTE. The device will be under Verizon’s 3G network when it comes out on the first quarter of this year, but the telecom company promises that XOOM will be able to upgrade to a faster LTE network in the second quarter.

What do you guys think? As someone who has yet to purchase a tablet device I’m actually very interested with the XOOM, but I think I’ll wait for the Notion Ink ADAM to come out, and of course the iPad 2 before I make my decision.

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To quote the ad:

…And most importantly, it comes with a double antenna design. The kind that allows you to hold the phone any way you like and use it just about anywhere to make crystal clear calls. You have a voice. And you deserve to be heard.

All kidding aside, from what I’ve seen and heard, the Droid X looks like a really nice phone. I like the fact that it’s got an 8MP camera, a big screen, and, of course, double antennas. I wouldn’t want to hold my phone wrong and get my calls dropped. Of course, it doesn’t run iMovie…

[via BGR via Ubergizmo]

Aside from the conventional calling & (IM-style) texting over a cellular network, the Clutch also has push-to-talk (PTT) capability and email. The Clutch is also equipped with a 1.79″ 64k color TFT display, Bluetooth, and a camera with 4x zoom that can take 300k resolution (VGA) pictures as well as record video in H.263 format. It can also play MIDI, WAV & mp3 audio files.

As you can see, the Clutch also sports a rugged casing. According to Motorola, “Clutch meets military-specs for extreme conditions including shock, vibration, dust, and solar radiation. And it can fight – and win – in 5 different weight classes.”

The Clutch i465 is due 2nd Quarter of this year. Watch out phones, this one might knock you out. Like a champion.

[via krunker]

So why is the SPPS200 200 Wh Portable Power Station the BMW M6 of battery packs? Because its little brothers, the 118 Wh and 130 Wh models, are the BMW of battery packs, that’s why. So why are they the BMWs of battery packs? Because they’re expensive. So why are they expensive? Because they can power your laptop, for up to 30 hours. Vrooom.

The SPPS 200 can power PC laptops for 20-30 hours, while MacBooks owners can expect 16 hours of extra runtime. BMW of runtimes if you ask me.

And that’s not all: As you may have guessed from the picture, you can adjust the output voltage of the PPS so that aside from giving your laptop the BMW of battery lives, it can also power and recharge your cellphone, your PDA, your PSP, your iPhone, your iPod and other mp3 players.

And that’s not all: You don’t even need to bring the chargers for any of those devices because the PPS comes with adapters that will fit with your gadget. You can check out the link to Battery Geek below for the BMW of supported laptops and mobile devices. And that’s not all: while Macbooks are supported, Battery Geek charges an extra $20 for the Macbook/Macbook Pro adapter. G4 and Powerbook adapters are already included with the PPS.

And that’s not all: The PPS weighs only 4.4 lbs. and is just over an inch thick. What’s the catch? The BMW M6 of battery pack prices, of course. The list price of the SPPS 200 is $800 (USD). Fortunately, you can buy it straight from Battery Geek for the BMW of discounted prices of $500. And that’s not all: when you buy the SPPS 200, you’ll get the BMW of freebies, a free leather & canvas travel case.

And that’s not all: Here are the BMWs of introductory videos for battery packs:

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Now you know the BMWs and the BMW M6s of the tech world. Next time we’ll take a look at the Scot Pollard of rap.

Update: a couple of commenters have pointed out that the spps200 may in fact be the Ford Edsel of battery packs. Apparently Battery Geek also has poor service. Caveat emptor.

While the end result is pretty fugly from the phone side of things, it looks pretty convincing from the outside.

Normally, I’d say the strangest thing in this picture would be a guy talking into an NES controller, but what’s with the cheeseburger hat?

[via Digg]

Product RED incorporates special products and services from a variety of major corporations including American Express, Converse, Armani, Motorola, Gap and Apple. What’s truly special here is that a fairly significant percentage of the proceeds of sales go to The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria .

Initial products include a special RED watch from Emporio Armani, Motorola RED RAZR and SLVR phones and a new RED iPod Nano among others. Additional products and services will be rolled out in the future.

So the next time you’re in the market for a gift or a gadget for yourself, always be sure to check the Product RED website first. You might be able to make a difference while you’re indulging yourself.