After the success with the Droid, Motorola has announced that the phone maker plans to release between 20 and 30 phones powered by the Android operating system. However, this number includes almost identical phones which will be released in different markets, so don’t expect any more than 10 phones to be released in North America, 10 in Europe and 10 in Asia. But still, it’s a lot of phones.

Motorola Motoroi is the latest Android 2.0 smart phone of Motorola, which has been launched in Korea as the first Android phone of Moto in the country. During the launch in Korea, Moto Korea head honcho Rick Wolochatiuk also confirmed the handset would be launched in other markets around the world. And now, it’s been confirmed that the Motoroi will hit the US shelves in March. More of this gadget »

So today we’re talking about the Motorola Crush, and admittedly, this is a nice phone, even if the layout is a little confusing.

The Motorola Crush  is a slider-style cell phone with a battery capable of two hundred sixty minutes of talk time, Bluetooth connectivity, a standard size headset jack, MP3 Player, a two megapixel camera, sixteen gigs of removable memory, a phone book capable of storing a thousand name and number records, and a touch screen.

I definitely like that touch screen, and there are plenty of nice features on this phone, but I did have a problem at first figuring out where everything was.  Now, this didn’t exactly take long to correct, but until I got used to everything, it was a bit confusing.

Aside from that, though–once you have this thing finally figured out, you should be very happy with it.

The Good

Lots of great features

Nice touch screen

Compact and easy to handle

The Bad

Slight learning curve in the beginning

Score 7 / 10

Motorola Europe has revealed plans of updating the Android OS to version 2.1 on the very popular Milestone, but first, the device will receive a 2.01 update of the OS, which would hit in a few weeks, while the 2.1 update is two months away, according to Motorola.

Just one month after the release of the Motorola Droid, the first software patch has arrived. Verizon has just begun distributing the OTA update – so if you aren’t seeing the update alert already, you should be seeing it before too long.

First things first, make sure your device is up to at least a 40% charge (or 20%, if it’s currently plugged into a power source), as you won’t be able to upgrade otherwise. After that, it’s just a matter of waiting around for the update to land on your device – or if you’re feelin’ antsy, try manually updating (”Home” > “Menu” > “Settings” > “About phone” > “System updates”).

Check after the jump for the change log.
 

Whats new:

x OS stability is improved.
x Battery life is improved.
x Camera auto focus functionality is improved, and time between shots is reduced.
x Enhancements for three-way calling.
x Audio for incoming calls is improved.
x When receiving a call on call waiting, the speakerphone now remains on.
x Bluetooth® functionality is improved; background echo is eliminated. x Improved Bluetooth phone book transfer of contacts to in-vehicle
Bluetooth solutions.
x After closing a GPS application, the GPS icon will now automatically be removed from the notification panel.
x Users can now receive SMS and MMS messages after an EMS message is received.
x SMS and MMS may now be sent to seven-digit addresses. x Google® contact merging has been updated to accommodate
seven-digit numbers. x Visual Voice Mail notices now arrive instantaneously. • The corporate calendar widget user interface is updated.

The Motorola Droid may be making the iPhone sweat in the U.S., but in China OPhone is the name Apple will be most wary about. So when Moto has recently announced its liking for OPhone, the mobile world better listen. Introducing the Motorola MT710, the company’s first OPhone mobile. In case you haven’t heard, OPhone is China’s open mobile operating system, based on Google’s Android. Lenovo phones were the first one to use. We’ll be glad to fill you up on the more expert details of the OPhone but, frankly, this is the first time we were genuinely interested with this OS.

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MetroPCS will be adding (in Q4) a new rugged handset in its offering – the Motorola  Quantico, which BTW is already available on other smaller carrier – US Cellular. The mil-spec 810F compliance that’s included in-box means Moto’s baby can resist water dunks, heat and dust, all while providing users with a 3G connectivity (EV-DO) over 800 and 1900 MHz frequencies. Rest of the specs (aside from the mentioned 3G radio) includes a low-end 1.3-megapixel camera, Bluetooth connectivity support, GPS and a microSD memory card slot. More of this gadget »

Motorola has announced a new special cellphone named Quantigo. It is special because it is ruggedized, and also due to the material used on the outside which is rubber-coated with texture so it becomes easier to grip.

The clamshell type of phone has another special feature, which is being able to withstand a couple of different scenarios, be it 30-minute under water, or extreme pressures, or high/low temperatures, and even dust or blowing rain. The Motorola Quantico will become available later this year at Cricket Wireless, MetroPCs and other carriers. In terms of normal specs for a cellphone it includes GPS, bluetooth, and a 2.5mm headset jack.

Whenever a Moto with triband HSPA hits the FCC, we’re naturally going to end up scouring the documentation — what can we say, it’s in our blood — and today we’ve found a model claiming to be the rumored Motus. As a refresher, this is a device we’d heard would rock the Android midrange with a 5 megapixel AF cam, 3.1-inch QVGA display, and HSPA for a Q1 ‘10 release, so it’s not much more than a tweaked CLIQ as far as we’re concerned — More of this gadget »