Obtain Root access on Moto X on any carrier, Droid Ultra, Maxx and Mini

It was few weeks ago when Motorola announced Droid Lineup's three new handsets for Verizon: Droid Maxx, Ultra and Mini. Moto X was announced couple of days later the announcement of these phones. A developer from XDA, Justin Case comes with a solution has found the way to achieve root access on these phones, and it is easy to do. Let's have a brief look on the story.

Justin Case has designed an app named PwnMyMoto. This app makes the device rooted. It is sideloaded to the phone using the Android Debugging Bridge or ADB. From there, it gets automatically installed. When on opening, it shows a screen prompting to acquire root access. Tap "Setup" and device reboots. After the reboot, you will see your device is rooted. It is a pretty simple way to have root access on your Droid and Moto X. Do you want to check if your phone is rooted or not (not only these 4 phones, but any phone) you can use this nifty utility: Root Checker.

Android Police guys have provided a step by step guide to do the process. If you are noob in his field then you can also have a video tutorial below on this article. Have a look on all of these links. All of them have approx same content. 

• How to obtain Root on Moto X and Droid series [XDA]
• Root Moto X for all carriers [XDA]
• Root Droid Ultra, Maxx and Mini

What's the good thing is, this process can root Moto X on any carrier. That means you will be no more be bounded to carrier. However, the bootloader remains unlocked so you can't install custom ROMs, but we expect to bootloader unlocker coming soon on XDA. 

Verizon Droid DNA receives 4.2 Jelly Bean update with HTC Sense 5

Verizon recently announced upgrade rollout for its Droid lineup's member Droid DNA. The telecom network provider has updated its support page of Droid DNA. It is not a clear page where one can easily get the details. According to this page, Droid DNA will receive Android 4.2 Jelly Bean along with HTC Sense 5. This upgrade will rollout updated People, Calendar, Gallery and a new kind of dialer apps. Moreover, Blinkfeed, the famous feed reader app of HTC One is going to join Droid DNA. However, Zoe, the three second video animation clips of HTC are not the part of this upgrade, but the upgrade package has still a lot features to rejoice.

Nokia was already testing Android on Lumia phones before acquisition

Nokia's devices group was recently acquired by Software giant Microsoft for around $5 billion. Microsoft will sell and distribute hardware devices that will be made by Nokia's employees. It will (hopely) make Microsoft distribute Windows Phone to more and more devices. Nokia before acquisition fully switched itself to Windows Phone. So, it looks like a good deal for both the companies as together. 

However, some Nokia sources told New York Times that before acquisition, Nokia was testing Android on its Lumia phones. Sources say that if Microsoft hadn't purchased Nokia then we could see a "Android Lumia" phone by 2014. If Nokia had transitioned towards Android then it could have helped the company to earn the same reputation and market value as it had before the arrival of Android phones. Sources also claim that Microsoft's executives also had information about this project of Nokia. Nokia is the number 1 manufacturer among Windows Phone manufacturers and thus Microsoft got afraid of losing its biggest supporter. So the deal was made.

Well, former Nokia executives have founded Newkia, a company that will make Android phones. We expect them to deliver something innovative, and also which can remind us of earlier mobile phone giant.

Moto X "Lazy Phone" ads are interesting to watch

Motorola is getting praises for it's Moto X. The technology they introduced to the mobile phone market which includes X 8 CPU chipset, touchless controls etc. plus the feature that attracts everyone is the customization option. Moto X can be customized upto 504 different combinations. 

Motorola has announced Moto X for AT&T and recently for T-mobile. Google owned Motorola is also airing advertisements on YouTube. These ads emphasie the features of Moto X about how it makes your daily life easy with enjoyment. The motto of these ads is showing that actually you're not incapable of doing something, it's your phone. You're not lazy; your phone is lazy.

1) Moto X "Lazy Phone" Ad -- Quick Capture

2) Moto X "Lazy Phone" Ad -- Active Display

3) Moto X "Lazy Phone" Ad -- Touchless Control

Motorola announces Moto X for T-mobile

Are you a T-mobile subscriber? If yes, then there's a good news for you. Motorola has announced Moto X for T-Mobile. It is even available for sale. Initially woven black model with 16 GB storage edition is listed on the website. Althoguh Motorola says woven white model will come soon. This phone can be bought for $599.99. The customization option through Motomaker.com is available only for AT&T, so there are only white and black models. 

Currently Motorola's official page says that phone is out of stock but the official blog says that you can have Moto X directly from T-mobile. However, there's no word about when will Moto X come to retail stores. 

Xbox music comes to Android and iOS, web app also updated

Today Microsoft's music streaming service Xbox music made a debut on two popular mobile platforms: Android and iOS. Xbox music was launched about a year ago, just before Windows 8. Xbox music will get competition by already stable players such as Pandora, Spotify, Rdio and Google's own Play Music All Access and Apple's iTunes Radio.

Microsoft is giving 6 month ad-free subscription of it's music streaming service. With Xbox music you can access your favorite music from any place, just login to your account and you are able to stream your content available synced on your Xbox account. These apps require Xbox music pass to play your music. Microsoft also updated web app to free, ad-supported version for all browsers which was earlier available to only Xbox music subscription pass holders. Currently the app is available only on iTunes Store and coming soon to Google Play.

To access these apps on your Android as well as iOS device, you need a Xbox Music subscription. With it, you can add songs to your account, create and edit playlists that will be synced across your logged in devices such as PC, Xbox 360, Xbox One, TV, tablet, phone and web. You can also listen to artist-based radio stations. 

Although these apps do not feature offline streaming so you can't enjoy your songs without connected to internet. Well, Microsoft says that it will update the app every four to six weeks and will add offline playback option soon. 

Sony officially announces Xperia Z1 with 20.7 MP camera and camera enhanced apps

During an event in IFA 2013 in Berlin, Sony officially wrapped off its Xperia Z1. This is the phone which was rumored to have name "Honami". With release of Xperia Z1, Sony is competing with Nokia Lumia 1020 and thus showing he world that it's not behind anyone when talk comes about technology.

So lets have a brief look at Xperia Z1. As being a member of Xperia Z family tree, this phone is also full waterproof. It has some similar design to other members of the family. It has 5 inch Sony's Triluminous display, with a full HD 1080 resolution with 441 pixels per inch. Sony has fully focused on camera: Xperia Z1 is packed with 20.7 MP camera that has a 1/2.3-inch Exmor RS for Mobile camera sensor, a BIONZ image processor engine and Sony's G branded lens. Although It is not capable of shooting 4K videos which was being rumoured from a long time. While having a super camera at the rear, Sony's flagship has only 2 MP camera at the front. 

Touch screen display supports 10 fingers multi-touch operation. Xperia Z1 houses 2 GB RAM and a powerful quad-core 2.2 GHz Snapdragon 800 CPU and Adreno 330 GPU. What's special with the camera of this phone is that it can zoom upto 3X without zero loss in image quality. While having such specs, Xperia Z1 weighs only 170 g. It is packed with a 3,000 mAh battery which is quite good. This smartphone is really smar, it can be connected to 62 Sony's NFC accessories.

Xperia Z1 is among those initial phones which run on Android 4.3. Sony has also added some camera software for better image capturing. Info eye gives information about the subject you are capturing, somehow like Google goggles. A superior burst shoot mode gives user ability to capture 61 images in just 2 seconds. All of the images are automatically sorted and are stored on Sony's cloud "PlayMemories" and storage space is unlimited for US users and some places in Europe. AR effects is helpful in adding funny elements in your images while taking the picture, like dinosaurs. 

To attract more and more users Sony is providing 60 days of free "Music Unlimited" access, 10 free PlayStation Mobile games, and 6 "blockbuster" movies. This total stuff costs 118 euro. However, there's no official word on price and release date, but as being a quick global release, we think Sony will release it in October 2013.

Android's next version will be Kitkat with version 4.4, not 5.0 Key Lime Pie

After returning from a "whirlwind trip from Asia" to visit Android manufacturer partners, Sundar Pichai, Vice President of Chrome and Android, confirmed that next version of Android will be named Kikat. This is the name of Chocolate manufactured by Nestle. It will be the version 4.4. Google ended the rumours that next version will be Android 5.0 "Key Lime Pie". With Kitkat, Google is following the name of introducing Android versions in alphabetical order, on the names of desserts. 

With the announcement of name of Android Kitkat, Google also listed on official Android website. They have also added the timeline of all Android versions which you can see here. This is the first time when Google unveiled the name before the launch of platform. Director of Android partnership John Lagerling told BBC that Google actually planned name of next Android platform will be Key Lime Pie, but actually very few people actually know the taste of Key Lime Pie. So company decided to change the name to something which is people's favourite and also unexpected. 

Are you thinking about using a copyrighted name? Well, don't worry, your favourite OS manufacturer made a deal with Nestle within 24 hours of announcement. And what's more amazing is, 50 million Kitkat bars will be sold in 19 countries promoting Android 4.4 and will also give buyers the chance to win Nexus 7 and Google Play Gift cards. There are also 500 specially prepared Kikats which have the shape and look of new Android. This announcement is also shared by Official Android Google+ page.

It's our goal with Android KitKat to make an amazing Android experience available for everybody.

With all of this information, Sundar Pichai also reported on Google+ that Android activations have crossed 1 billion. This figure is double of that Google reported in September 2012, when they said Android activations have crossed 500 million. Also adding here, Google mentioned in its annual event that there are 900 million devices running on Android and Larry Page in Q2 earnings call, shared that 1.5 million Android devices are activated daily. 

Google said "It's our goal with Android KitKat to make an amazing Android experience available for everybody." It may be possible that upcoming smartphones such as Nexus 5 and others, smartwatches, gaming consoles and even laptops will run on Kitkat. 

android.com/kitkat

Acer announces Full HD Liquid S2 with 4K video shooting capability

Whoa !! This is awesome. A lot of manufactures are launching mobile phones are launching their phones ahead of upcoming largest Mobile Phone conference. After the announcement of LG G Pad 8.3, and the confirmed announcement of flagship devices by Sony and Samsung soon, today we are bringing you with the latest announcement of Acer Liquid S2. Did you find something already heard? Well, it is a successor to Acer Liquid S1. Lets know more about it.

Liquid S2 is a phone among the full HD brigade. Yes, this is one more phone having 1920 x 1080p display. But what's different is Liquid S2 is capable of recording 4K videos using its 13 MP camera. Yes !! it's true. This phone is loaded with a 13 MP camera that shoots videos of resolution 3840 x 2160. Also in addition to it, four LED ring flash for "low-light and macro capturing". It also features ability to capture 27 MP panorama pictures, slow motion video capture, best shot image feature. Front camera is of 2 MP but what's special that it can capture 88 degree wide angle shots. 

Other key specs are 2.2 GHz quad core Snapdragon CPU, 2 GB RAM, 16 GB internal memory. Display size is of 6 inches. Additionally it supports MicroSD card, so you can expand storage upto 64 GB. Phone is capable of 4G LTE, connectivity options are Bluetooth 4.0, Wi-fi ac/a/b/g/n and 3G. 3,300 mAh battery juices the device. Device dimensions are 166 mm x 86 mm x 8.99 mm. Liquid S2 runs on Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean. 

Acer will sell this smartphone in Europe and not in US, currently. It will be launched at the end of October and will be displayed in IFA 2013 in Berlin, on September 9.

Google+ user demonstrates transparent version of Google Now, which is actually more beautiful

Hello folks. We all love Google Now. And we bet that you can't stay without impressed with what it had done with our lives, making ease of access a more easy. Well there's a Google+ user, Bhaskar Dhar who was playing with his phone and he designed something that adds more beauty to Google Now. He made a transparent version of Now. He actually used Zooper widgets and Lightning launcher to get this awesome combination  Nice job Bhaskar, Keep going. Google may use your design in future. Here are some pics of Dhar's creation and here's his post on Google+. 

PS: I also shared his pics on Google+ community. 

LG officially announces 8.3" G Pad ahead of IFA 2013

And so, we are here with the new from LG's stable. Ahead of IFA 2013 that's going to be held in Berlin this September, LG has officially announced its awaited and rumored tablet, G Pad 8.3. This is the revamped version of Optimus Pad which LG released in 2011. Optimus Pad didn't received customer attraction, it was actually a fail.

So, let us quickly count the specs of the tablet. G Pad is covered with a 8.3 inch 1920 x 1080p WXUGA (Widescreen Ultra Extended Graphics Array) display that holds 273 pixels per inch (ppi). It is the first 8 inch tablet having a Full HD display, making it a quite good competitor to Nexus 7 2013 version. The tablet is powered by 1.7 GHz quad core Snapdragon 600 CPU with 2 GB of RAM. G Pad runs on Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean and has Optimus UI featured on G2. It has design and bezels quite similar to G2. It is juiced by 4,600 mAH battery and weighs 338 gm. On board memory is 16 GB and color schemes are Black and white. Front camera is 1.3 MP while the rear one is 5 MP. 

On he Software side, it has KnockOn to wake the device by knocking the screen twice. Additional software features are QPair and QSlide. Qpair lets user receive message and calls from any Android device running on Jelly Bean. QSlide provides multitasking; users can open three apps at once on the same screen. LG will make G Pad available worldwide this year Quarter 4. There's no official word on price.

LG G Pad quick specs

• 8.3 inch 1920 x 1080p WXUGA display, 273 ppi
• 1.7 GHz quad core Snapdragon 600 CPU
• 2 GB LPDDR2 RAM
• 16 GB internal memory
• 338 gm
• 216.8 x 126.5 x 8.3mm
• Android 4.2.2
• 4,600 mAH battery