We all know ProClip USA from their custom in-vehicle mounts and holders. Their high grade ABS plastic (not injection molding),  dashboard vehicle mounts,  charging and non-charging holders for most mobile devices, makes the ProClip solution a quality, self install and professional custom option for your mobile device in your vehicle. But now they have rear seat custom solutions as well.

ProClip already had the tablet holders for the most popular brands. (Apple iPad 1 & 2, Motorola Xoom, BlackBerry PlayBook,  Samsung Galaxy Tab, etc). However these holders are not always a good fit on your dashboard mounts. Many consumers use them in the back seat for entertainment. ProClip just launched their new line of Crash Tested Headrest Mounts for Tablets.

Again this is a two part solution that you can install yourself.

1. One custom locking (Key or Spring stud) Tablet Holder
2. One custom headrest mount to go along for your vehicle

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The Motorola Xoom from Verizon is the first Android tablet with the new Android 3.0 Honeycomb platform. The soon to be released Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 and LG Optimus Tab will be powered with the same Honeycomb platform. The User Interface has been optimized for the tablet s and gives a great new experience. Compared the the fixed layout of the Apple iPad 1 and 2, the Motorola Xoom allows you to customize your 5 different home screens with shortcuts and widgets, similar to the the Android mobile devices.

Technical Specifications

• Price: $599 with a 2 year data plan ($799 without a plan).
• CDMA 800/1900 and with a free upgrade to LTE later this year
• Android 3.0 (Honeycomb)
• 5 MP camera and 2 MP front camera with flash, focus & digital zoom. Pictures and Video’s
• Media enabled, Music & Video on the device or streaming
• close to 9 hrs battery life over 3G and 10 hrs over wifi, standby time is close to 14 days
• Email, Google mail, corporate, pop3/imap
• Google talk
• Bluetooth 2.1
• Wifi 802.11 a/b/g/n
• Data sync via Micro USB port to USB (no Charging)
• GPS
• Headset jack
• Adobe Flash player
• Android Market place (limited in applications optimized for tablets)
• Googl Services, Maps, Talk, Ebooks, YouTube
• Multi touch screen
• Voice Commands
• Live wallpapers
• 10.1 inch WXGA 1280×800 px screen.
• HD 720p
• 730 grams
• 32 GB memory expandable with micro sd card
• 1 GHZ Dual core processor
• Accelerometer, Gyroscope, proximity, ambient light, barometer
• More…..

I was only able to get the experience  of the Verizon Motorola Xoom for a couple of days. I really do like the User Interface a lot. It is really different from the already well know user interface of the Android interface on the mobile phones like HTC, Samsung, LG, Motorola and some others. Those mobile devices don’t give me a “Wow” factor anymore, but these tablets really do. However the lack of optimized applications for the tablets is reducing  really the usability compared to the applications that are currently available for the Apple iPad 1 and 2.

Video Review

Take a better look on the Motorola Xoom in the video below which I made. I forgot to show you the “setting” menu in this video, but it is similar to the phone versions and is easy accessible through tapping on the right bottom  of the screen on the time.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g9V4xaDKCZo

Currently the Motorola Xoom is avaialable at Verizon for $599 with a 2 year data plan or for $799 without any data plans. The word is that a Wifi-only model will be available later this month for around $599.

Verizon and Motorola are bringing you again another Droid Google Android phone. This time it is the Motorola Droid Pro. This Droid compared to the other  has a smaller screen and has a Blackberry style keyboard on the bottom of the device.

The Motorola Droid Pro is a candy bar style phone which feels very well in the palm of your hands. The physical keyboard feels a  little bit squished on the device since the device is slimmer compared to other similar style devices as the Blackberries and the older Motorola Q9 series. But with a little bit of practice you should be able to get the hang of it. Especially since there is no on-screen keyboard on this device.

Features of the DROID PRO include:

• support for Exchange e-mail and Gmail for business
• Corporate directory look up with unified calendar for enterprise and Google Calendar
• Adobe Flash Player 10.1 within the browser
• Multi Touch 3.1 inch screen
• Android 2.2 (Froyo)
• View, edit and share documents, including the Microsoft Office documents.
• Biult-in security features, AuthenTec IPSec multi-headed VPn integration
• Remote wipe device and SD card (encryption available early 2011)
• 3G Mobile HotSpot – up to 5 devices
• Live widgets on Home screen for e-mail
• 5 mega-pixel camera with auto focus and dual LED flash with DVD quality video.
• Wi-Fi enabled DLNA connectivity
• Android market Place
• My Verizon and Backup Assistant support
• Digital Dual Mode (3G RevA, 1x)
• Quad band GSM 850/900/1800/1900 MHz
• Tri-Band UMTS/HSDPA 850/1900/2100
• Supported in more than 220 Countries
• Full specs  here

The Motorola Droid Pro is available at Verizon for $179.99 with a two year contract (including Data) and after a $100 mail-in rebate. Available now online and in the stores on November 18th, 2010.

Unboxing Video

The New Motorola DROID X continues the heavy Droid Marketing with the Verizon network. The Motorola DROID X will be available on Jule 15 with Verizon for $199.99 with a 2 year voice contract including the $29.99 data plan.

The Video below is a first impression when I took it out of the box. I didn’t have all the technical information at hand while shooting this video. The Motorola User Interface gives a little dull coloring theme on the icons, but the specs are amazing.(still Android 2.1 though) In short; 8 mega pixel camera, HD video, create your own 3G Wi-Fi hotspot to connect up to five devices like a MIFI, HDMI output and more…

Take a look at the video below. The size and specifications of the Motorola Droid X can be compared with the HTC HD2 (Windows Phone), Samsung Galaxy S, Sony Ericsson Xperia 10 and the HTC EVO 4G.

Specifications

• 3G
• Android 2.1
• CDMA (Verizon)
• Touch Screen
• Google Services (Calendar, Contacts, Maps, E-mail, Maps Navigation, etc)
• Haptic feedback
• Bluetooth 2.1
• WiFi 802.11 N
• Cooperate email
• Phone and text messaging of course
• 1540 mAh Li Ion battery
• Standby up to 220 hrs
• 8 mp camera with Flash
• Image editing tools
• HD video capture
• Android Marketplace
• See all specifications

The Verizon Droid X will be available with Verizon on July 15th for $199.99 with a 2 year voice contract including the $29.99 data plan.

Come back soon for more video reviews of the Verizon Motorola Droid X.

Motorola just released their new phone the Motorola DEVOUR based on the android system with Verizon. This is Motorola’s 2nd android phone after the successful Motorola Droid.

The Motorola DEVOUR is available through Best Buy Mobile Online for $99 with Nationwide Talk or Nationwide Talk & Text plan and a Data Package for smartphones. These plans start at $39.99/month and a $29.99/month extra for the data plan. If you want to wait and get them from your own Verizon store you can put yourself on the list here.

We received a review sample today and I made an unboxing video with my first impressions.

The Motorola DEVOUR has also their own active video tour here showing off all possibilities.

Technical Specifications

• 3G
• Android Platform 1.6 (hmmm strange since 2.1 is out)
• CDMA 800/1900 EVDO rec A
• Slider Qwerty keyboard
• 3 MP Camera
• Continues Zoom
• Fixed Focus
• Image Editing Tools
• MOTOBLUR Enabled (syncs multiple personal,work  and social media information together)
• Widgets for Happenings, RSS feed, etc
• Music and Video Player (AAC, AMR, H.263, H.264, MP3, MPEG-4, WAV, WMA, WMV, MIDI, AAC+)
• Streaming Media
• 1400 mAh Li ion Battery (389 min continues usage, 443 hrs standby)
• Texting and MMS
• E-mail (Exchange, Pop, IMAP with HTML view and composing)
• IM (AOL, MSN, Yahoo, Google Talk)
• Visual VoiceMail
• Web Browser with Adobe Flash Lite
• Bluetooth (A2DP,HSP, HFP)
• WIFI 802.11 B/G
• Micro USB with storage connection availability.
• GPS
• Headset Jack 3.5 mm
• Android Market
• Speakerphone
• Verizon Media applications including VZ Navigator and Google Maps Navigator
• See all specifications here.

The Verizon Motorola Droid phone running on the Google Android platform is going to be available on November 6 to Verizon customers. We are lucky to receive a review unit just before the launch. Below is a short video unboxing the DROID.

In the mean time I have been playing with this phone for a couple of hours and it is growing on me. The interface is very easy to use. I only had to move the Phone Icon to the home page for easier and quick access to the phone. Reaction time between switching screens, application and Landscape orientation is really, really fast.

The android platform is indeed a very customizable platform which gives me with each screen new surprise possible actions.

The Verizon Motorola DROID will be available to Verizon Customers on November 6, 2009 for $199.99 with a 2 year contract.

The specifications are all available at the Motorola website, But here are some key specifications:

• CDMA 1X 800/1900, EVDO rev.A
• Slider keyboard
• 5 MP camera with image stabilization, 4x zoom, automatic focus and Flash
• Music and Video functionalities, recording at DVD quality.
• 1400 mAh Li Ion up to 385 min. in continuous use  with 270 hours standby
• E-mail and corporate E-mail synchronization
• MMS, SMS and IM(instant Messaging)
• Bluetoothv2.1 +EDR (many profiles supported)
• Synchronization with Gmail accounts, corporate accounts and Facebook
• WIFI 82.11 b.g
• Internal GPS with Google Maps Navigation
• Web Browser
• Google Mobile services
• O yes, it is a phone as well.

Take a look at the interactive Verizon Motorola DROID website outlining all the features as well.

I was lucky last week to get my hands on the Samsung Propel Pro by AT&T last week. I mentioned in my other reviews that I still prefer the Non-Touch Windows Smart Phones over the Touchversions.  I really still like my Motorola Q9h a lot due to the form factor and feel of the keyboard and of course being a world phone. (HSDPA/3G across the globe).

The latest Windows non-Touch Phones that were released in recent months are the :

• Pantech Matrix Pro 
• Samsung Jack
• HTC Snap
• and The Samsung Propel

Below is my quick video and my impressions on the Samsung Propel Pro. ( I am working on a new camera with better close-up  focus. The Flip HD isn’t doing it).

All in all, I really like the slider function and the increased screen estate. The Samsung Propel Pro would definitely be a device I would carry around.

Any suggestions on a camera that would improve my picture ?