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Moto Z Review: Four Phones In One

The Moto Z is unlike any other smartphone you can buy today, with a frame barely 5mm thick and slap-on “mods” that give it crazy capabilities. It also carries a fascinating legacy. In 2013, Motorola introduced a small, modest mobile that tried to redefine what a smartphone should be, and it called it the “Moto X.” The next few years would see the company gradually abandon most of the principles it laid down with that first phone, making the X bigger and more powerful to better battle the Galaxy-class competition from Samsung. For 2016 Motorola (having been sold by Google to Lenovo and renamed “Moto”) has taken its flagship smartphone so far afield of its origins that it isn’t even an “X” anymore – a move equal parts promotion and demotion. I’m Michael Fisher, and this is MrMobile’s Moto Z Droid Edition Review.... Read More | Share it now!

Nokia McLaren: The Windows Phone That Never Was

Once upon a time, Windows Phone was a family of trailblazing smartphones with a style you couldn’t find anywhere else – and the device in this video is the last remnant of that bold era. Fans would have called it the Lumia 1030, perhaps, but when it was canceled in July 2014 it hadn’t even gotten past the codename phase. This is the Windows Phone that never was: the Nokia McLaren. Join Michael Fisher [MrMobile] for his Nokia McLaren hands-on … and then check out the deep dive Nokia McLaren review at Windows Central!... Read More | Share it now!

The Best Gadget Bag [Is Sometimes No Bag At All]

Last week, I took you on a tour of MrMobile’s Everyday Carry … but I failed to mention how I tote all that tech around town. So what’s the best gadget bag for packing all that loot? Well, sometimes -and especially in the summer- the best gadget bag is no bag at all. I put together a four-piece summer ensemble from SCOTTeVEST, the pocket-obsessed clothier, and tried my best to go sans-bag for a whole week. Join MrMobile to see how that experiment went down.... Read More | Share it now!