So we have new phones. Motorols ships their new RAZR line, a whopping 4.7″ display with big ol’ battery to match…and last year’s version of Android. Google OWNS Motorola Mobility now. No, seriously, Motorola Mobility is a subsidiary of Google. So why in the actual fuck is any RAZR shipping with other than Jellybean as the OS?
Once again, the maxim holds true: you buy a Nexus phone so you’ll know what next year’s Android phone is.
Meanwhile, Nokia is already catching hell for faking the video for their image-stabilization demo on what is otherwise an impressive-looking piece of kit, the Lumia 920. It’s the world’s first Windows Phone 8 device, and that ain’t hay – WP8 is supposed to be the all-everything competitor to Jellybean and iOS6, and Nokia has always known how to make reliable hardware (the 1100 series is still the gold standard for basic phones and owned the developing world for years) so maybe they’ll puzzle it out. Of course, with the new iPhone right outside the door and no ship date or price info for the Lumia, the odds of jumping much past third place are not too too good.
No announcements today – or lately – from Research In Motion. Actually, they need to change their name, because as far as the Blackberry is concerned, the wheel may be spinning but the hamster’s deceased.