| Verizon Moto X will get MotoMaker customization later this year Aug 2nd 2013, 18:14, by Cory Gunther After all the excitement (or disappointment) about the Moto X launch and all those custom features we’ve learned some good news from Verizon. Motorola themselves confirmed that other carriers aside from AT&T would be getting the customization options, and now Verizon has reassured us this is true by tweeting the news. 
Original leaks and rumors about the Moto X being highly customizable had many potential buyers extremely excited. Being able to choose up to 16 different custom colors, 7 different trim colors, and eventually even wood backs and more sure sounded nice. Then yesterday Moto revealed the phone, and confirmed that initially AT&T would have an exclusive on the customization options. If you were excited, but sadly are on Verizon, don’t worry because all those options are coming soon. It’s too bad because if you want to snag a Moto X on launch day or week, you won’t get the free custom options. However, later this year Verizon will be adding that to their list of options, and eventually other carriers will follow suite. 
The online site “MotoMaker” will be your one-stop shop for the Moto X, and we saw some neat videos about the service last night. We don’t know how long AT&T will have the exclusive, but we do know for sure that Verizon will have the same free service coming “later this year.” |  | Android Device Manager arriving this month to locate a misplaced device Aug 2nd 2013, 18:03, by Robert Nelson Google has announced an upcoming security feature for Android. This one will be called Android Device Manager and it is expected to arrive sometime “later this month.” While there are a few aspects to the device manager setup, this is all about helping you locate and track a missing phone or tablet. 
The Android Device Manager will do a few things. To begin with, it will help you locate a misplaced device. Think about how nice it would be to fire up an app and be able to see your phone is at home, or alternatively, at the restaurant you just left. And for times like this, you can remotely make the phone ring. The other aspect here is for stolen phones. This will allow you to track a stolen phone, though we would advice some caution if you plan on confronting the thief. That being said, the Android Device Manager will also come in handy for times when your phone is not going to come back to the rightful owner. For these times you can also remotely wipe the data. Google has said the device wipes will be both quick and secure. As mentioned earlier, this is set to arrive later in the month. Further details point towards it arriving for devices with Android 2.2 or later. There will also be an Android app available, which should come in handy for those times when you lose a device and you either have another on-hand or have a friend also carrying something with Android. That all being said, this is far the the first remote location setup we have seen for Android. In fact, the Sony “my Xperia” remote security solution recently graduated from beta. Not to mention, there is Lookout. The Lookout app may be better known for the antivirus side, however they also offer a similar remote location service. Bottom line here, while there are quality third party solutions available, it is nice to see Google addressing this — especially considering how many Android devices are out in the wild now. SOURCE: Official Android Blog | | Verizon XOOM 4G LTE getting Android 4.2 Jelly Bean Aug 2nd 2013, 17:19, by Robert Nelson The Motorola XOOM 4G LTE is far from the newest tablet available at the moment. In fact, at this point it is probably more accurately described as being one of the oldest. But even with that, it looks like the updates will continue. In this case we are looking towards those who happen to sporting the Verizon branded XOOM 4G LTE. 
It seems Verizon has approved an update to Android 4.2 Jelly Bean. More to the point, Big Red has detailed the update on the support pages. Those sporting a Verizon XOOM 4G LTE will want to be on the lookout for an update notification to arrive, but otherwise — here is what can be expected. The update will arrive as Android 4.2 with build JZO54M. 
That being said, aside from the perks of Jelly Bean, the changelog isn’t all that long. This means goodies such as Google Now and Notifications. More to the point with those notifications, they are actionable. That means users are table to take direct action from the drop down notification shade with things such as email and text messages. You can also expand these notifications to get additional details. Otherwise, aside from the Google Now and Notifications mentions there were only a few items mentioned under the “device improvements and fixes” category. Those items are as follows; - Voice Search speed has been improved
- Keyboard adapts over time and predicts user's next word
- Settings application has been revised for clearer options
- "Accounts & Sync" has been moved from the Personal group to an independent group called "Accounts"
- Enhancements to modem stability to improve data connectivity
- Search Option has been added in YouTube Application
Perhaps more important here is the history. While the XOOM 4G LTE is probably not a tablet that many will call wonderful — it is hard to deny that it is one that seems to have been taken care of. With this Android 4.2 update, that means XOOM users have gone through two major system upgrades. After all, if you remember back, the tablet received Ice Cream Sandwich back in June 2012. SOURCE: Verizon Wireless | | Vivo X3 "world's thinnest smartphone" tipped to launch later this month Aug 2nd 2013, 17:03, by Cory Gunther You probably have never heard of the smartphone manufacturer BBK, but they’re a popular Chinese company that has been delivering some top-tier and cutting edge smartphones for quite some time. And coming this month they look to dethrone Huawei and their record-holding Ascend P6 smartphone of the “world’s thinnest smartphone” title. BBK is aiming to launch their new Vivo X3 soon, and it makes phones like the Galaxy S4 or iPhone 5 look fat. 
As you can see above, it certainly is one extremely thin phone. There’s no question about that. However, unlike the Ascend P6 the Vivo X3 still has a slight hump for that camera, which takes away some of the appeal. That aside, it’s the thinnest smartphone in the world coming in at 6mm flat. As a comparison, the Huawei Ascend P6 (see our hands-on) comes in around 6.18mm thin, rocks an 8 megapixel camera, and dropped the battery down to 2,000 mAh just to make everything fit. So while we don’t have any exact specs at this time on the BBK Vivo X3, it’ll likely have to sacrifice similar specs. That camera might end up being 13 megapixel, based on the size of it. Here’s a comparison next to the iPhone 5, just to give you an idea on how sleek this phone is. 
There’s no other details on this ultra-thin device at the moment, as far as specs, but a few tipsters have claimed that the company is aiming to host a launch party and announce the device on August 22nd. At least according to the popular site Weibo. The X3 will likely come with Android 4.2.2 out of the box as well, but we’ll confirm the details once it launches later this month.    VIA: TalkAndroid | | CyanogenMod device support expands to include several from Motorola Aug 2nd 2013, 16:37, by Robert Nelson CyanogenMod 10.1 is the current stable build at the moment, however work has already begun on CM10.2. We have seen some nightly builds released for those looking to begin playing with Android 4.3 (CM10.2) but it looks like that is not the only work coming from the CyanogenMod team at the moment. In short, they have just announced some additional device support. 
The officially supported list has been expanded to include a few additional Samsung smartphones as well as a handful of Motorola smartphones. The interesting part here, these aren’t all brand new devices. In fact, it was said that some of these devices have been a “work in progress for quite some time.” The handset being referred to with that comment was the Samsung Galaxy S Relay 4G (apexqtmo) which was first teased back in October 2012. That aside, the other Samsung handset is the C Spire branded Galaxy S 4 (jfltecsp). Shifting over to the Motorola handsets and we find the following; - Motorola Atrix HD (mb886)
- Motorola Photon Q (GSM xt897)
- Motorola Photon Q (CDMA xt897c)
- Motorola DROID RAZR M (xt907)
- Motorola RAZR HD (GSM xt925)
- Motorola DROID RAZR HD (CDMA xt926)
The additional device support will likely be welcomed by users sporting any of these handsets and it looks like there is still more to come. Details coming from the CyanogenMod team also go on to mention how this is “only the first wave” and the will have “more in the near future.” Further good news for these handsets mention how they are all (with the exception of the C Spire Galaxy S 4) set and in line with CM10.2. As always, those looking for CyanogenMod will be able to download the ROMs by heading to the get.cm website. Once there it is just a matter of choosing whether you want release candidate, M snapshot, nightly, experiments or stable and then finding your handset in the list. SOURCE: Google+ | |
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