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Republic Wireless To Customers: "It's Not OK To Root Your Phone"

Posted by in Motorola, News, Republic Wireless

Just like subscribers to any other phone service provider, advanced users of the hybrid 3G/WiFi mobile virtual network Republic Wireless are eager to customize and modify their phones - probably more so, in fact. That's why we posted a rooting guide for the only Republic phone available, the Motorola Defy XT.  But in a message to the Republic subscriber base, an employee clarified the company's position on rooting, custom ROMs and other modifications to the Android hardware it provides to its customers. In a nutshell, Republic will not look kindly upon root or modification of any kind.

We've seen a flurry of questions and comments recently, and we wanted to provide some answers and a bit of context.

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Dec
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Google To Sell Motorola's Set Top Box / Modem "Home" Division To Arris Group For $2.35 Billion

Posted by in Motorola, News

Telecom equipment manufacturer Arris Group has just announced that it will acquire the Home division of Motorola from Google, for a total of $2.35 billion in cash and stock. The sale of the division had been predicted from basically the day Google announced its purchase of Moto, and in recent weeks was all but confirmed.

As part of the deal, Google will gain a 15.7% share of Arris Group. The Motorola Home division encompasses products like set top boxes, broadband modems, landline phones, and (apparently) baby monitors.

While some have criticized Google's decision to sell off Moto's modem and TV manufacturing arm, it makes complete sense: even a wide expansion of Google Fiber wouldn't require a $2 billion+ set top box business, and I doubt Google has any interest in manufacturing modems for the likes of Comcast or Verizon.

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Dec
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Millenial Media: Samsung Ad Impressions Market Share Doubled In Last Year While HTC And Motorola Halved

Posted by in Android OS, News

If you needed any clearer indication that Samsung basically owns the Android world while HTC and Motorola are in trouble, maybe this will help. According to Millenial Media, a mobile advertising firm, ad impressions on its platform from Samsung handsets shot up from 23% to 46% in the last year. Meanwhile, HTC plummeted from 32% to 16%, while Moto dropped from 22% to 11%. This is a massive change.

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Now, before we go getting bent out of shape over this, let's clarify a couple things. First off, this is coming from ad impressions. What that means is that it has no tangible relationship to units sold or profits made by a company.

18
Dec
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Samsung Drops All Bids For Injunctions Against Apple Products In Europe

Posted by in Legal, News, Samsung

Samsung has officially sought to end all of its claims requesting bans of Apple products in Europe, according to a company official. The decision comes on continued probing by the European Union's anti-trust body, on allegations that Samsung is abusing its standards-essential patents by seeking product bans for their infringement. Note that this does not mean Samsung has dropped its lawsuits - merely the injunction demands involved in them.

Standards-essential patents have played a pretty important role in the mobile patent wars to date, though that role has been one which is increasingly under question. SEPs are patents on technologies that are used across broad parts of an industry (such as the underpinnings of 3G connectivity, for example), and because of their value as technological standards, are required to be licensed on a reasonable and non-discriminatory basis to anyone seeking such a license.

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Dec
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[The Weekend Poll And News Roundup] What Twitter App Are You Using?

Posted by in Applications, News, Polls, Week In Review

Welcome to the Android Police Weekend Poll and News Roundup. For last week's poll and roundup, see Do You Put Your Phone In A Case, Skin, Bumper, Or Go Bare? For this week's podcast, Episode 40, head here.

If you're looking for a Twitter client on Android, you won't be pressed for a lack of choices (just look at the poll options below). But what you may be pressed for is equivalent functionality, speed, and features across those various options. Everyone has specific needs when it comes to social media, and this has led to a rather large 3rd party Twitter client ecosystem.

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Dec
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50 Best (And 1 WTF) New Android Apps And Live Wallpapers From The Last 3 Weeks (11/21/12 - 12/14/12)

Posted by in Applications, Best Apps/Games/LWPs Of The Week, News

Welcome to the roundup of the best new Android applications, games, and live wallpapers that went live in the Play Store or were spotted by us in the previous 3 weeks or so.

This is the app roundup. The game roundup from this week can be found here.

Please wait for this page to load in full in order to see the AppBrain widgets, which include ratings and pricing info.

Looking for the previous roundup editions? Find them here.

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Photo Wall FX - Live Wallpaper

Today's app roundup is sponsored by the Photo Wall FX live wallpaper by Handy Apps.

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Dec
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Android 4.1 Now Rolling Out To The Motorola Atrix HD On AT&T

Posted by in AT&T, ATRIX HD, News

As of late, it's been apparent that Motorola has been trying to make good on its promises of offering more timely updates. The RAZR M was the first to get its bump to Jelly Bean, and was followed by the RAZR/MAXX HD. Now, it's the Atrix HD's turn.

Beginning today, AT&T and Motorola are pushing the Android 4.1 OTA to the device, which brings a handful of improvements over ICS, including Google Now, Project Butter for speed improvements, and enhanced notifications. Of course, Motorola has thrown some tweaks of its own into the mix, as well - like Drive Smart, Quick Settings, and more.

13
Dec
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[Android Police Holiday Giveaway #2] Win One Of Twenty (Yes, 20) Awesome Android Phones From Sprint

Posted by in Contests / Giveaways, Galaxy Victory (SPH-L300), Mach, Optimus G, Photon Q, Sprint
Last Updated: December 27th, 2012

Winners have been selected. Congrats to:
  • Adam M.
  • Jonathon G.
  • Jesus T.
  • Troy C.
  • Mohd F.
  • Mike S.
  • Dan Z.
  • Anthony F.
  • Travis F.
  • Steven D.
  • Rocco
  • TesterInOaks
  • Melanie T.
  • Geoff J.
  • Russell S.
  • Felipe P.
  • Dough K.
  • Jessica K.
  • Matthew R.
  • Juan C.

We'll be in touch with the winners shortly.

We started off Android Police's holiday giveaway series yesterday with some great phones and other gadgets from RadioShack - today we're upping the ante. Can you say twenty Sprint smartphones? Because that's how many we're giving away, thanks to the awesome people at Sprint.

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As a friendly reminder, Sprint's Buy One Galaxy, Get One Free promotion is going on right now - you can buy one of three Galaxy smartphones (Galaxy S III, Galaxy S II, and Galaxy Victory), and get a second one free.

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Dec
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[Android Police Holiday Giveaway #1] Win A DROID RAZR M, Galaxy S III, HTC One V, And More From RadioShack

Posted by in Contests / Giveaways
Last Updated: December 27th, 2012

Winners have been selected. Congrats to:
  • Andrew E.
  • Jake J.
  • Rami A.
  • Jason P.

We'll be in touch shortly.

It's that time of the year again - Android Police's holiday giveaway series is back, and better than ever. This time, we're giving away even more awesome prizes, and we plan on keeping this party going all the way until (and maybe past) the end of the year. Get excited.

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First up on our giveaway list are the awesome folks at RadioShack, who have provided a great combo-pack of phones, RC toys, and audio gear to get us rolling on the free stuff train.

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Dec
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Republic Wireless' Dual-Band Motorola Defy XT Now Shipping

Posted by in Motorola, News, Republic Wireless

We've talked about Republic Wireless a few times 'round here at AP. From when it was first announced, to several milestones along the way - we've followed along with what's happening at RW somewhat closely.

For months, the company was in a private beta of sorts, with would-be customers signing up for their invite, and RW sending them out in waves. In November, however, the company opened its figurative doors to the world - no more waves, no beta invites. Since then, you've been able to sign up for service, order your phone, and away you go. The $19-a-month cellular service was yours.

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