It’s back — the RAZR. However, with some helpful Verizon branding, it’s now the DROID RAZR. It sports a dual-core 1.2Ghz processor, a 4.3-inch Super AMOLED “Splash Guard” qHD screen, has a Stainless steel core, Kevlar back, 8 megapixel camera with 1080p HD video recording, is the “world’s thinnest smartphone” at 7.1mm thin, 1GB of RAM, Android 2.3 Gingerbread, Verizon 4G LTE, LapDock support, 32GB of memory including 16GB of on-board storage and a 16GB microSD card, Bluetooth 4.0, front-facing “HD” camera, and a massive 1800mah battery with 12.5 hours of talk time and 8.9 hours of video playback. The DROID RAZR’s interior boards are also protected against splashes, including its 4.3-inch Gorilla Glass screen.
One interesting point Motorola has mentioned about the DROID RAZR is Smart Actions, which does things like disable Bluetooth and GPS when you’re connected to your home WiFi network. Another feature is MotoCast, like iCloud or Dropbox It manages files on your devices and allows you to easily control all of them. Also included is government-level enterprise support, video calling and so on — meaning that the DROID RAZR could be used by any company who wants its files kept secret or secured.
Another great feature: linking the MOTOACTV watch to the DROID RAZR to get calls and texts without checking your phone. And to come to the inevitable question of pricing: $299.99 on 2-year agreement with Verizon Wireless, with pre-orders starting October 27th and availability worldwide in November (in countries other than the U.S. it will only be known as the RAZR).
Editor’s Note: I find the DROID RAZR very impressive, but considering the next great Nexus phone is (most likely) launching tonight, with a 95% chance it will launch with the new version of Android (Ice Cream Sandwich), I find it iffy that a great device like this won’t be up to par with something like a possible Galaxy Nexus.
PR after the break.
First of all, the update contains a Camera for Touchpad app, the ability to answer calls from non-webOS phones, a “streamlined” Bluetooth experience (especially with keyboards), support for Ogg Vorbis music files, and online / offline messaging status support, and what HP calls “better performance” and “user interface improvements,” as well as a number of other enhancements and “more robust Skype video calling”. So, they basically made the Touchpad, much, much better. Via:
Apple just sent out a press release without much to gloat about. After all, they only sold 4 million iPhone 4S models in a weekend, despite all the disappointment that it’s not an “iPhone 5″ (and considering people are disappointed about not seeing a product that isn’t even announced yet). On the other side of this major win in Apple’s regard, 25 million customers are already using iOS 5, and over 20 million have signed up for iCloud. And all of these numbers only account for the 7 countries that the iPhone 4S is available in: a larger launch is planned in 90 more countries by the end of the year. Presser after the break. 
The Motorola XOOM Family Edition tablet runs Android 32 Honeycomb, has a 10.1-inch screen, and a 5 megapixel camera with 720p HD video recording. What makes it so different from the original Xoom is that one, it contains $40 worth of apps, including Kid Zone, Asphalt 6, Sim City Deluxe, Netflix, and Quickoffice Pro HD. Secondly, it has the low price tag of $379 for the one and only 16GB storage model, and otherwise looks a lot like the first XOOM. The press release from Motorola published on Friday is seen after the break.
It’s done. Via an iTunes update, you can get a hold of iOS 5, which among several of its amazing features include OTA updating. The update is available for iTunes 10.5 users with an iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4, iPod touch 3rd / 4th generations, and both iPads (1 and 2). Get busy downloading and enjoying the new version of the world’s most popular mobile operating system — iOS 5.
