Not to be outdone by Sprint’s Amazon sale today, all of the Motorola DROID phones are on sale, some even going down to the low low price of $.01. For new activations, you can get the DROID RAZR MAXX for $149.99 and the original RAZR for $49.99, both packing 32GB of internal storage. If a keyboard is more your thing, the DROID 4 is also $49.99 but if you don’t want the 4G the DROID 3 is only one cent. 

Most people can’t justify spending $300+ for Motorola’s LapDock 500. It’s a device and feature that has potential, but until Motorola adds some polish, that price may not be worth it. But what if you could score one for $149? Would that be worth it? If you game Verizon’s accessory system a tad, you can have it for that price today. The instructions below will walk you how to purchase the accessory by choosing the DROID 4, but according to Motorola, the RAZR and RAZR MAXX are also compatible with it. 

The DROID 4 has had an interesting early life. We handed out the first ever pictures of the device all the way back in October of last year followed by a weekend of D4 info overload that gave you every single detail that you could ever want to know about it. We fully expected this phone to launch in December, but for an unknown reason, it was pushed back and finally released this month. You can grab it now for $199 on 2-year contract in hopes that it can last you the life of a contract. Can it? We are pretty sure that it is up to the task, but let’s talk details for a few minutes. Then you can decide.  

For Valentine’s Day, Motorola wants to hand out 20 (twenty) DROID 4s to die-hard Android fans. All they are asking that you do is submit a picture of yourself with the Android cupid picture below at their Facebook page. That is it. Any interested in the first dual-core 4G LTE device on Verizon with a slide-out keyboard? Check out our unboxing of the device here.  

If you love Motorola phones and were looking for reasons to buy the DROID 4 over the RAZR, consider wireless charging one of them. Since the DROID 4′s back cover can be removed in order to give you access to SIM card and microSD slots, Moto has gone ahead and created an “inductive” or wireless charging cover for it. Just remember that in order to charge wirelessly, you will need to fork out $40 for the cover and then anywhere from $50 to $100 for the pad to charge it on. I know it’s not much of a bonus, but there are a handful of companies looking to make wireless charging the way of the future. Think about having the ability to charge your phone while it sits down on a bar next to your Manhattan. We could see it, some day.

Buy.

Cheers Digital Dan Hook!

The iFixit team performed their standard teardown of the DROID 4 today, revealing the guts of Verizon’s latest 4G LTE phone. You will find an 8MP camera, the 4″ display, and a non-removable battery – again, the usual. But one thing that stood out was the Qualcomm MDM6600 radio which supports HSPA+. Confused? As you know, the DROID 4 is a CDMA/LTE device that runs on Verizon’s network only. Now, we were told at CES that this phone would eventually be given global capabilities, but we found it odd that Motorola removed any mention of a GSM/HSPA radio on their MotoDev site last week. That’s not say that this info won’t be added back later when Big Red gives it the thumbs up to cruise the globe. Again, just thought it was odd.

Don’t forget to check out our hands-on with the DROID 4.

Via:  iFixit

Cheers Tony!

Holding off from purchasing the DROID 4 because you were under the impression that it could not be rooted? Fear not, the work has been done. If you own a Windows computer, you can simply plug in your phone, download the file from below, unzip and then run it to gain root acces. Don’t forget to tick on USB Debugging though.

Download:  motofail_windows.zip

Enjoy!

Via:  Dan Rosenberg

Cheers FAL_fan, Shurikenv and everyone else!

This week was a whole lot of fun for Android fans. Google launched the Chrome beta for Android and Verizon launched the much anticipated DROID 4. We wrote up a couple of special themes and even gave you a new ROM to play with over the weekend. Here are the highlights in case you missed anything:

• Droid 4 now available from Verizon, with double data.
• Our DROID 4 unboxing and quick hands-on.
• Google’s Chrome hits Android.
• New HTC device with Incredible 2 styling leaks with 4G LTE and running Ice Cream Sandwich.
• The ultimate video guide to the DROID 4.
• Details on HTC’s plans for the rollout of ICS hits Facebook.
• DROID RAZR and RAZR MAXX receiving updates.
• Samsung: No press conference at this year’s Mobile World Congress.
• Custom Theme Friday: Liquid Smooth for the Galaxy Nexus.
• Custom Theme Tuesday: Un-blacked out by Bgill55.
• DROID Bionic update rolling out to users now.
• Both XYBOARD tablets also have updates rolling out.

Have a great weekend, everybody!