Motorola RAZR now selling at Rs. 29,990

Motorola’s flagship Android smartphone, the RAZR has got a price cut and is now selling at Rs. 29,990. Online retail store, Flipkart is currently selling it at that price and as of today, the product is available and can be delivered within 5 -7 business days. We did compare it with the Samsung Galaxy S II in one of our earlier articles, and they both went neck to neck in almost all the comparison tests, but the RAZR did come out as the eventual winner.
 here is a quick look at the specifications of the Motorola RAZR:

• Android 2.3.5, Gingerbread
• 1.2GHz Dual Core Processor
• 1GB RAM
• Dimensions are 130.70mm x 68.90mm x 7.1mm
• 127g weight
• 4.3-inch Super AMOLED Advanced display with a resolution of 540 x 960
• 8 Megapixel rear camera
• 1.3 Megapixel front facing camera for video calling
• 1080p HD video recording with image stabilization 
• Bluetooth 2.0, HDMI, USB 2.0, Wi-Fi 802.11b, 802.11g, 802.11n
• 3.5mm audio jack
• 16GB internal memory, 16GB microSD card pre-installed
• 1780 mAh battery

However, in our in-depth smartphone camera test, the RAZR performed extremely poorly. It came nowhere close to phones that were priced both above and below its budget. For example, both the Sensation XE and the Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc S performed much better in the camera department. True, it’s got an 8 megapixel camera, but megapixels haven’t really told the actual story ever.IAn early ICS ROM for Motorola RAZR has already been leaked

Previous owners’ data found on 100 Motorola Xoom tablets sold online

Motorola’s Xoom may have been a pioneer in the Honeycomb tablet market but failed to make a big enough dent that left an impression. The company recently decided to sell the Xoom, well refurbished devices anyway, online at discounted prices. A total of about 6,200 Xoom tablets went up for sale through Woot.com. While the prices may have been a been a good bargain for new owners looking to invest in an Android tablet, it proved be slightly distressful for the devices’ previous owners.

Out of the 6200 odd that were on sale around 100 of them that were sold still seemed to have previous owners’ data. Although the exact details were not revealed, it is quite possible that it could have included highly personal and sensitive information such as photos, videos, email messages, passwords, chat logs, banking details and so on.

 Motorola has admitted this and apologized for the inconvenience caused to the customers. The company said “Motorola is committed to rigorous data protection practices in order to protect its customers, and will continue to take the necessary steps to achieve this objective.”

Motorola would like to get back the 100 affected tablets sold between October and December 2011. To reduce the risk, the company is offering two years of Experian ProtectMyID Alert to those who returned the tablet anywhere between the period.

This mishap is a warning to those who return or sell their smartphones and tablets to dealers or anyone else. A simple thing to do before exchanging or reselling your handset/tablet etc. is to make sure you perform a factory data reset which erases all the sensitive information on the device and clears up the internal memory. If you’re giving away your memory card along with the device, make sure you format it and double-check to see if it’s empty. You could be in great risk should your personal data get into the wrong hands. This is something that you should keep in kind mind irrespective of the operating system, but do make sure to back up your data either on the cloud or a recommended PC suite.