We twitted several weeks ago that Google selected MOTOPAD as the first device to run Android 3.0 (Honeycomb). Andy Rubin showed this product at All Things D conference. The 7-inch model resembles iPad from Apple. We have not tested the commercial versions of the product. To call a long story short, its features are close to those of Samsung Galaxy Tab, while the retail price will be considerably lower. The announcement time is unknown with the sales starting in the 1st quarter of 2011.

You will probably remember the Motorola tablet device Andy Rubin was flashing around just last week. Well today it had its first proper leak thanks to everyone's favourite photographer Mr Blurrycam.

Its a 10 inch beast running Honeycomb, the version of Android due for release after Gingerbread. The chap who sent the pictures into Engadget was not 100% sure of the name of the device, perhaps Stingray, perhaps Everest or even 'Trygon'.

Anyhoo the specs are what people want to hear about more than a name. The device will be powered by a 1 GHz Tegra 2 T20, feature a gyroscope, 512 MB of RAM, 32 GB of internal memory and a 1280x800 resolution multi-touch enabled screen. There should also be micro-USB support and the ability to use microSD cards up to 32 GB. The device also sports a HDMI out slot and a standard 3.5mm jack.

At this rate there will not be much left for Motorola to announce when they eventually get round to unveiling their new tablet. The latest batch of leaked photos confirms that the Android Honeycomb-running slate will pack a front-facing camera and will be headed to Verizon.

The leak source confirms the rumored 1GHz Tegra 2 CPU and the 10-inch 1280 x 800 pixels resolution. The available RAM will be 512 MB and there will be 32GB of internal storage (expandable by another 32GB thought the microSD slot).

A standard micro-USB jack, a mini-HDMI port and a 3.5mm standard audio jack also got verified.

Just a few evenings ago, Motorola pushed out a software update to around 10,000 Verizon Droid X handsets or, at least, they tried to. You see, they sent out the update under the shadows of the night in hopes that it would keep their servers from getting hammered quite so hard once word of the update got out. The only problem? As part of a built-in, late-night battery saving practice, the Droid X stops doing not-so-urgent stuff like checking for updates once the sun goes down. As a result, far fewer people got the update than what was intended.

Today, Motorola trying again but this time, its a free-for-all. No stealthy late night pushes; no hoping that you are in the limited sample group. Just pop into Settings > About Phone > System, then tap the update button.

The update, packs a few little gems. You will get beefed up stability throughout the OS, a new Data Widget for your homescreen, improved ActiveSync and Visual Voice Mail support, and Adobe Flash comes auto-installed.

Motorola does well two things making customers angry by not releasing software updates for its handsets on time or at all and designing mobile phones. Indeed, the recently unveiled Motorola XT800+ is among the best looking Android phones launched this year. Oh, and it is smart, too.

The adorable Motorola XT800 GLAM has not made it to the Europe yet but apparently it never will its successor, the Motorola XT800+ has just showed up.

The hottie has inherited lots of its predecessor features but brings along a handful of new things too. It looks even sexier now, with a tanned chocolate brown body, golden metallic frame and leather back cover.

While the 3.7-inch capacitive touchscreen of WVGA resolution (480 x 854 pixels) and the 5MP autofocus camera with 720p HD video recording, the 512MB RAM and most of the other goodies remained untouched but there is one major improvement the XT800+ arrives with a fast 1GHz processor replacing the old 550MHz one.