Earlier this month, we finally started to see all the rumors surrounding Motorola's X phone come together to take physical form, upon the discovery of imagery of an "XFON" apparently getting ready for AT&T. Then we saw what appeared to be the same handset hit the FCC as Motorola model XT1058, again showing support for AT&T's network. Since then, there have been signs that the XFON might also be in the works for other carriers, like a CDMA version arriving as model XT1060. Today, we've got yet another XFON contender to look at, with a Motorola model XT1056 for Sprint making its own ...

You don't have to look back very far in time to recall a vastly different mobile market with a wide array of offerings. Smartphones and feature phones alike came in all many different shapes and sizes, and moving parts were in – displays that pivoted, swiveled, and twisted around, or keyboards that clumsily tucked under the display. Back then, a trip to the carrier store was an adventure. I was still a young whippersnapper and had only recently discovered the vast realm of smartphones and mobile data. And back then, I didn't research before buying a new phone, I put no forethought into ...

A little earlier today, a rumor about the Motorola X phone started popping up on various smartphone sites. We love a good rumor so we looked in to where this one was coming from, and once we heard the details of it, couldn't help but be overwhelmed by a sense of déjà vu; isn't this old news? The rumor in question comes from a Chinese analyst who claims that Google has lost interest in the X phone and subsequently returned the model to Motorola, in the hopes that more development time can improve its prospects. That sounds almost identical to something we heard several weeks back. In ...

Sometimes, I worry we're getting too cynical when it comes to smartphones. Just look at the Samsung Galaxy S 4, a powerful, popular, feature-packed Android that's sure to set sales records. Despite all the glitz, we ultimately found the heavily-hyped handset to be just a little lacking. Maybe more than any particular area where it came up short, the whole thing just seemed somewhat uninspired. Right now, I'm finding those same sort of feelings beginning to influence my opinion of the so-called Motorola X phone – a smartphone that's yet to even be officially confirmed, let alone launch. ...

Watch today's Pocketnow Daily as we talk about the Acer Iconia A1 and why it's a device you should consider. Then we talk about the Motorola X Phone, which was recently spotted on AT&T in some tests, and is most likely another ugly phone. Later we move to Nokia as we see the Lumia 928 camera being tested and being quite good. We then move tot he BlackBerry R10, which was also leaked in photos as more of a mid-tiered device. We end today's show talking about Google Games, or the probability that Google is really bringing a Game console in the future that also runs some proprietary ...

Motorola's X phone has been the subject of Android rumors for months, but despite all that talk, we haven't had the opportunity to really see what the handset will look like. There has been the odd render or two, but nothing really compelling to convince us "yes, this is the X phone we're looking at." Today, though, a series of new images arrives that could very well be our first chance to check out the X phone in the flesh. Up top you'll see a nice little array of shots of an unknown Motorola handset in testing for AT&T. On their own, they don't tell us too much, and that case ...

There's a lot of news going around today about anticipated phones showing up in Android benchmark databases. A lot of it is seriously suspicious – models purporting to be the "Google Nexus 4 LTE" seem to be trying just a bit too hard to get us to notice them, and while there's an outside chance they could be legit, the smart money is on someone faking the results. Still, amidst all that mess there is one new model that actually has our attention, identified only as the XT1055. So, what could this guy be? Well, even though there's no manufacturer attached to that model number, the XT- ...

There's been a surge in activity surrounding rumors of upcoming Motorola hardware lately, looking not just to the eagerly-awaited X phone, but also to what might be a little bit beyond that, when Google's influence on Motorola hardware design could really start to be felt. For all that's been said, though, we still don't know a whole lot about any of these devices. Detailed hardware specs continue to elude us, but some new comments out of Google may give us some insight into where priorities lie with the design of these devices. Larry Page just participated in an earnings call with ...