Last week when Google announced plans to purchase Motorola Mobility and its 17,000 patents, many expected backlash against Apple. Today an unlikely ally appeared when Microsoft opened a case in front of the United States International Trade Commission (ITC) which attempts to block sales of the Motorola Droid 2, Droid X, Cliq XT, Devour and Backflip smartphones. The Redmond legal team alleges that Motorola Mobility is infringing on seven of its patents.
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We’ve had our own fair share of problems with smartphones, but we’d never imagine they’d lead to our phone exploding in our ear. According to Aron Embry from Dallas Texas, his Motorola Droid 2 did exactly just that — it exploded, leaving a bloody mess and a hospital visit requiring four stitches.
The Motorola Droid 2, the successor to the Motorola Droid (aka Motorola Milestone), has officially broken cover on Verizon in the US after teasing us for months in shaky-handed rumour pics. With Android 2.2 Froyo onboard, the Motorola Droid 2 packs in a 3.7in touchscreen and sliding qwerty keyboard. But what else can we expect from the next generation Droid? Read more
It seems that the Motorola Droid 2 is on the way. The first pic (suitably blurry) of what appears to be the Droid’s successor has been spotted online – and it seems to be a different smartphone to the Motorola Droid Shadow first outed a few weeks back.