U.S. Cellular Having a Smartphone Sale

By Ed Hardy | 1/22/2012

The regional wireless phone company U.S. Cellular is having a sale -- for a short time, all of its smartphones will be $100 off their regular cost, bringing the price for some of them down to just a penny, with a service contract.

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Verizon Prepping Less Expensive Version of the Motorola Droid RAZR

By Ed Hardy | 1/20/2012

The super-slim Motorola Droid RAZR debuted in November at $300 with a two-year contract. A new version of this Android smartphone with less storage capacity will soon be available at a significantly lower price.

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Samsung Galaxy Nexus vs. Motorola Droid RAZR: Battle of the Flagship Smartphones

By Adama D. Brown | 1/16/2012

The Motorola Droid RAZR had just become Verizon's flagship smartphone when the Samsung Galaxy Nexus was released. Now, Verizon hosts two cutting-edge Android phones. See how they stack up head-to-head!

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What's Wrong with CES? Plenty

By Ed Hardy | 1/15/2012

The Consumer Electronics Show is a week-long annual celebration of technology in all its forms. It's a venue where over a hundred thousand digerati show up to see the latest and greatest from a huge number of companies. It also has some horrible flaws.

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Motorola Droid RAZR MAXX Might Launch Next Week

By Ed Hardy | 1/15/2012

Motorola has accidentally revealed the launch date for the Droid RAZR MAXX -- so named because of its super-high-capacity battery. The wait for this high-end Android device apparently isn't going to be very long.

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Intel's Smartphone Designers Step Up, Finally Score a Hit

By Andy Patrizio | 1/13/2012

Several times in the past, Intel has shown off a prototype smartphone running an Atom processor and said the company was in discussions with handset makers, and then nothing ever came of it. This year is different.

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Price for Verizon's Motorola Droid 4 May Have Leaked Out

By Ryan Punzalan | 1/12/2012

Motorola's most recently-announced high-end Android smartphone for Verizon Wireless, the Droid 4, may have just had its price leaked out.

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CES 2012: Day Two Notes from the Tradeshow Floor

By Ed Hardy | 1/11/2012

Yesterday was the second day of the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. The Brighthand editors and staff spent the day looking at new smartphones and accessories as fast as we could, and we're bringing you the best of them.

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CES2012: Verizon Introduces the Droid RAZR MAXX, Boosting Battery Life in Smartphones

By Valerie Sarnataro | 1/10/2012

While Verizon and Motorola introduced the fourth-generation Droid handset at CES earlier, the partners added another device to the Droid family: the RAZR MAXX, a smartphone nicknamed "the overachiever" thanks to its impressive battery life.

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CES 2012: Day One Notes from the Tradeshow Floor

By Ed Hardy | 1/10/2012

The annual Consumer Electronics Show is in full swing in Las Vegas. The first day bright a range of smartphone announcements, as well as a number of events where companies were showing off new products to journalists.

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CES 2012: Verizon Wireless and Motorola Unveil the Droid 4

By Ryan Punzalan | 1/10/2012

At CES 2012, Verizon Wireless and Motorola are showing off what they claim will be the thinnest and most powerful 4G LTE QWERTY smartphone: The Droid 4. Like its predecessors, this is going to have both a large touchscreen and an equally large sliding keyboard.

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Motorola Droid RAZR vs. Motorola Droid X2: Battle of the Droids

By Adama D. Brown | 1/8/2012

Verizon's Motorola Droid RAZR and Motorola Droid X2 were both designed to appeal to a very similar market: those looking for a fast, sleek-looking Android phone. So is the RAZR that much better that it justifies its bleeding-edge pricetag?

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