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The Motorola DROID RAZR is being touted as the latest flagship phone from Verizon, and for good reason. The company is claiming that it is the thinnest smartphone to date, and we can't argue with that. This thing is wafer-thin, but that does not slow down its performance or features. In fact, this sucker is very robust, durable and just plain cool.

The DROID RAZR is a descendant from the RAZR family introduced back in 2004. But this ain't your grandmother's phone. It runs Android 2.3 (Gingerbread) with lightning speed, has a very good battery life, and if you drop it, the Kevlar back panel will protect its internals.

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Cost: $111 to $299 on contract
Where to Buy: Amazon, Verizon

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In case you didn't get what you wanted this holiday season, give yourself the gift of one of the hottest smartphones of the season – Motorola's DROID RAZR – in a cool white color.

Available at Verizon Wireless, DROID RAZR by Motorola in white is the thinnest 4G LTE smartphone available today, packing in a dual-core 1.2 Ghz processor, 1 GB RAM, 8-megapixel rear camera with 1080p HD video capture, front-facing HD camera, 32 GB memory (16 GB on board and 16 GB microSD card pre-installed), and Bluetooth 4.0. It touts a 4.3-inch Corning Gorilla Glass display and is also the first smartphone capable of streaming movies and TV shows through Netflix with (up to) HD resolution.

It includes MotoCast - a free Motorola solution that lets you stream or download your music, pics and more from your home or work PC to your phone –anytime, anywhere. And the phone's Smart Actions app helps extend battery life so you don't have to worry about being caught without a charge. Plus, it will be upgraded to Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich soon!

DROID RAZR by Motorola in white is available in Verizon Wireless Stores and online at www.verizonwireless.com for $299.99 with a new two-year customer agreement.

There are two new tablets from Motorola coming to Verizon Wireless - the DROID XYBOARD 10.1 and DROID XYBOARD 8.2. Both 4G LTE tablets boast dual-core 1.2 GHz processors, 1 GB of RAM and MotoCast for remote access to non DRM-protected music, pictures, videos and documents stored on work or home computers' hard drives.

The tablets feature Android 3.2 Honeycomb (upgradeable to Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich) and are Business Ready with enterprise-grade security and apps such as Quickoffice HD, Citrix GoToMeeting and Google Talk for video conferencing.

The DROID XYBOARD 10.1 also includes a stylus for taking notes and offers 2.1 adaptive virtual surround sound.

Tablets will be one of the hottest devices this holiday season, with Amazon's 7-inch Kindle Fire (in all probability) leading the pack. But Verizon Wireless wants you to know that the Kindle Fire isn't your only option for a $199 tablet. The company just announced that on Black Friday they're giving the Fire some competition, offering the Motorola XOOM 4G LTE – which features a larger 10.1" screen – for just $199.

Want a tablet even cheaper than that? Verizon will also offer the 7-inch Samsung Galaxy Tab 4G LTE for just $149 (after $50 mail-in rebate). Both these devices will be equipped with Verizon's 4G LTE, so you can be connected anywhere, anytime. Plus, these devices use Google web-browsing and have full access to the Android market's 500,000+ available apps, (which the Kindle Fire does not offer).

Additional Black Friday discounts:

• 4G Pantech Breakout - $49*
• 4G LG Revolution - $49*
• 4G Novatel 4510 WiFi - $29*
• 4G Novatel 551L USB modem – FREE*
• 4G CPO Novatel 4510 WiFi – FREE

Before smartphones came into existence, there was the Motorola RAZR. Well, the RAZR is back, but this time as the world's thinnest 4G LTE Android smartphone.

Boasting a Super-AMOLED display and dual-core 1.2 Ghz processor, the DROID RAZR measures just 7.1 mm thin and is made with KEVLAR fiber for strength and Corning Gorilla Glass for scratch resistance. It has a 4.3-inch hyper-vibrant display, and is the first smartphone capable of streaming movies and TV shows through Netflix with up to HD resolution. And, for all you football fans, NFL Mobile is included at no additional charge for 4G LTE customers for the remainder of the 2011 season. The phone also comes loaded with MotoCast - a Motorola app that allows you to stream or download content from your PC straight to your device. Read more

Motorola has a new XOOM tablet, available exclusively at Best Buy. Dubbed the Motorola XOOM Family Edition, this HD tablet was built with features for your entire family.

Running Android 3.1, the XOOM Family Edition boasts a 10.1-inch widescreen HD display with capacitive multi-touch, 1GHz dual-core processor, 16GB built-in memory, 5MP back camera with flash and front facing 720p video webcam. It comes loaded with almost $40 worth of applications, including the Kid Mode by Zoodles application, which locks the home button and lets your children access ONLY the content you think is acceptable, such as educational games and kid-friendly movies.

Motorola XOOM Family Edition is not just for kids though; you can get work done too thanks to email access, document editing capabilities with Quickoffice Pro HD, and the preloaded MotoPrint app, which allows you to print straight from the Web browser. Speaking of the Web, surfing the Internet looks just like surfing on your PC, with tabbed browsing and Adobe Flash Player. In addition, when your work is done, it comes preloaded with fun games like Asphalt 6 from Gameloft and SIM City Deluxe. Battery life is good too – offering up to 10 hours for video playback and Web browsing.Read more

AT&T this week unveiled not one, but five new smartphones - the Motorola ATRIX 2, Samsung Captivate Glide, Samsung DoubleTime, Pantech Pocket and the AT&T Avail, a new smartphone option for prepaid customers. The addition of these smartphones will up AT&T's 2011 Android lineup to 19, with more planned to follow.

Motorola ATRIX 2
The Motorola ATRIX 2 boasts a 4.3-inch qHD display, 1 GHz dual core processor and access to 4G speeds. Video can be captured in 1080p HD and displayed on your HD monitor with an HDMI cable using Mirror mode. Motorola's webtop application also allows you to browse the web with a full Firefox browser.

It also features device and microSD card encryption, enterprise-grade VPN, enhanced Exchange options and personal information management and remote wipe. It comes with the new free ZumoCast app for easy access to music, playlists, pictures and videos stored on a computer as well. Read more

The next DROID smartphone – the long-awaited DROID BIONIC - will be hitting Verizon Wireless stores tomorrow, September 8th.

The company's first 4G LTE smartphone to include dual-core 1 GHz processors, it comes packed with 1 GB of RAM, 32 GB memory (16 GB on board and 16 GB microSD card pre-installed), an 8-megapixel autofocus camera with flash, and a front-facing camera for video chat. The DROID BIONIC can record 1080p HD video, which can be viewed on the phone's 4.3-inch qHD display. It boasts 4G LTE download speeds of 5 to 12 Mbps/upload speeds of 2 to 5 Mbps, giving you just what you need for fast web browsing and much more. It also happens to be the thinnest 4G LTE smartphone offered from Verizon to date.

But more than a smartphone, this Android-powered (2.3.4 Gingerbread) DROID BIONIC can be turned into a multimedia hub. ZumoCast by Motorola is an application that lets you bring the videos, music, pictures and documents stored on your computer to your handset via remote access. And its Webtop application, DROID BIONIC can beam a full-featured Firefox Web browser 4.0, email or documents to a TV or monitor.Read more