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Droid 4, Bionic, RAZR, MAXX & Xoom Jelly Bean Updates Promised Atrix HD 12/12

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Motorola Updates

Motorola UpdatesMotorola has updated its Android software update page.  After excluding the Motorola Atrix 4G, earlier this year, they have updated some details of the planned Android updates for the end of this year and beyond.

The first good news is that the Motorla Atrix HD rollout to Android 4.1 Jelly Bean will begin in December of this year. Popular Verizon Wireless models to that will be upgraded to Android 4.1 Jelly Bean will be the Droid RAZR, Droid RAZR/MAXX, Droid 4 and Droid Bionic. Some of these models appear in the best smartphones of 2012 Review of Reviews from WiMo News.

There is also good news for Motorola Xoom (3G/LTE) tablet owners there will be update in the first quarter of 2013.

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Best Smartphones Round 2 DT-HTC 8X/One, Samsung Galaxy S III, RAZR & More

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Best Smartphones 2012 Review of Review Reviews

Best Smartphones 2012 Review of Review ReviewsWiMo News is continuing its round-up of distilling the review sources for the year of 2012. Our ginormous database is crunching out numbers with the help of human formulas that reveals some trends and surprises.  So far Consumer Reports gave higher ranking to LG and Motorola, there were few if any keyboarded winners and sales figures from Canaccord Genuity do not reflect the reviews.  Today we look at Digital Trends that really likes Windows Phones.

Our data includes all the smartphones throughout the year.  We prorated their figures to be in similar context as other technical reviews. These figures are entered into the master file and will be incorporated into final results.

Digital Trends  passed over the recently released Sony Xperia TL, other choices were similar to other tech media outlets.  Like last year, DT rated Windows Phones highly with the HTC 8X one of its best rated devices. Smartphone makers that achieved the top scores were HTC with highest scores followed by Samsung, Motorola, Apple, LG and Nokia.

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Droid RAZR MAXX HD & RAZR HD Update to Android 4.1 JB Live

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Droid RAZR M update

Droid RAZR M updateThe well-reviewed Droid RAZR HD and Droid RAZR MAXX HD are getting an update to Android 4.1.1 Jelly Bean Over-the-Air. The update is being pushed out over time and should be available later  for manual download. Typically Verizon starts sending updates out slowly and then increases the push over time.

Verizon spokesman Albert Aydin announced on  last Friday(November 30)  that the update would start his week.  In general stronger pushes of the update start on Thursday and are increased over the weekend. We've several reports of users getting updates Over-the-Air today.

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Best Smartphones of 2012 Round 1 CR: LG Optimus G, Samsung Galaxy S III, Droid RAZR MAXX HD & iPhone 5

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Consumer Reports is one of the few publications and organizations that does not accept advertising.  Consumer Reports claims that this makes their ranking impartial.  We reviewed Consumer Reports ratings for smartphones this year and found some surprises as well as similarities with technology media reviewers.

Update 12/18/2012 - We've rounded-up the 2012 results for best smartphone for T-Mobile, DT, HTC, LG, Droid , Motorola, Sprint, AT&T, Verizon, trends, sales figures and the best for 2012.

Some things that Consumer Reports hold important are call quality, ability to play Flash, ability to create Microsoft Word and Excel documents, ability to use voice/data at the same time, ease of use, separate call buttons and removable batteries.

In previous years, Consumer Reports reviews were months behind online reviews.  The company has improved its speed of testing. This year we see only a few omissions of  newly released smartphones such as the Nokia Lumia 920, HTC 8X and Nexus 4.

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