Friday 18 November 2011

Motorola RAZR gets priced at Rs. 33,990, available for Preorder

So there’s good news for those of you wanting to get your hands on the astonishingly thin Motorola RAZR. Flipkart has given the MRP it's selling the phone at, along with mentioning that it will release approximately in the third week of November, which is barely a few days away. The 1.2GHz dual core RAZR XT910 has been priced at Rs. 33,990.

The Motorola RAZR XT910
The Motorola RAZR XT910


Here are the specifications of the device: 

  • 4.3-inch super AMOLED qHD touchscreen with a 540 x 960 pixel resolution
  • Scratch-resistant Gorilla Glass
  • 3G, EDGE/GPRS, Wi-Fi with Hot Spot creation, DLNA
  • GPS with A-GPS support
  • Bluetooth 4.0 with LE+ EDR and USB 2.0
  • 8 Megapixel AF camera with LED flash and 1080p video recording
  • Front facing 1.3MP camera
  • FM radio with RDS
  • 16GB internal with 32GB microSD card support
  • 3.5 mm handsfree socket
  • HDMI-Out

Since LTE is currently unavailable in India, we can pretty much assume that the RAZR to be launched here, will come without support for LTE. Flipkart haven’t mentioned LTE in their specs list either.  So, at 33,990, is it worth your money?

Motorola Mobility stockholders happy with Google merger, 9 out of 10 dentists agree

The people have spoken, and they're pleased. Said people, of course, are Motorola Mobility's shareholders, who have given a seal of overwhelming approval to the company's merger with Google. The company confirmed this sentiment in a statement issued yesterday, declaring that a full 99 percent of shareholders gave a thumbs up to Big G's acquisition at a recent meeting that comprised 74 percent of all outstanding shares. It's likely that much of this optimism was fueled by a rosier Q3 earnings report (not to mention the relatively favorable conditions upon which the acquisition was determined), but Googorola isn't entirely out of the woods, as the federal government must still give the deal its final approval. Motorola Mobility says that should happen by early next year, though it acknowledges the potential for delay. Read the full statement, after the break.

Motorola Mobility Stockholders Approve Merger with Google

Nov. 17, 2011


LIBERTYVILLE, Ill. – Nov. 17, 2011 – Motorola Mobility Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: MMI) ("Motorola Mobility") today announced that at the Company's Special Meeting of Stockholders held today, stockholders voted overwhelmingly to approve the proposed merger with Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) ("Google").


Approximately 99 percent of the shares voting at today's Special Meeting of Stockholders voted in favor of the adoption of the merger agreement, which represented approximately 74 percent of Motorola Mobility's total outstanding shares of common stock as of the October 11, 2011 record date for the Special Meeting.


Sanjay Jha, chairman and CEO of Motorola Mobility, said, "We are pleased and gratified by the strong support we have received from our stockholders, with more than 99 percent of the voting shares voting in support of the transaction. We look forward to working with Google to realize the significant value this combination will bring to our stockholders and all the new opportunities it will provide our dedicated employees, customers, and partners."


As previously announced on August 15, 2011, Motorola Mobility and Google entered into a definitive agreement for Google to acquire Motorola Mobility for $40.00 per share in cash, or a total of approximately $12.5 billion. The Company previously disclosed that it expected the merger to close by the end of 2011 or early 2012. While the Company continues to work to complete the transaction as expeditiously as possible, given the schedule of regulatory filings, it currently believes that the close is expected to occur in early 2012. It is important to note however, that the merger is subject to various closing conditions, and it is possible that the failure to timely meet such conditions or other factors outside of the Company's control could delay or prevent the Company from completing the merger altogether.