Moto G India launch details to be announced on February 5 Motorola

Motorola, putting an end to speculation about the Moto Gs India launch, has confirmed it will announce the budget smartphone for the country on February 5.

Motorola confirmed the news on Twitter and said, "Moto G launch details for India will be announced on February 5. Stay tuned!" Unfortunately, the Google-owned company has revealed no details about the pricing of the Moto G for the Indian market.

Motorola officially unveiled the Moto G smartphone at an event in Sao Paulo, Brazil in November last year. The Motorola Moto G has been said to be available in at least 30 countries with 60 Google partners by 2014.

The Moto G is currently on sale in Brazil, Mexico, Chile, Argentina, Peru, UK, Germany, France, and Canada and is now also available in selective countries in Latin America, Europe and Asia.

(Also see: Moto G review)

The Motorola Moto G is available with no contract, no SIM lock and an unlockable bootloader at $179 (Rs. 11,300 approximately) for the 8GB storage model in US, while the 16GB variant is available at $199 (Rs. 12,600 approximately). Notably, there is no option for expandable storage available.

Recently, Motorolas chief executive Dennis Woodside on price strategy was quoted saying, "There will be different phones at different price points but were going to be very aggressive there."

An earlier report has already indicated that Motorola will launch a dual-SIM variant of the Moto G in India.

Motorola announced the Android 4.4.2 KitKat update over-the-air (OTA) for its Moto G budget smartphone in December last year.

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Geeksphone details Revolution dual boot Android and Firefox OS phone

Geekphone, the Spain-based phone manufacturer, which announced Revolution, a smartphone capable of running Android as well as the Firefox OS smartphone operating systems last year, has now revealed details about the smartphone. However, the company has still not revealed pricing and availability details of the Revolution phone.

The company has posted the first product images of the Revolution, and has also revealed details about switching between the Googles Android OS (no word on the version) and Firefox OS. The company claims that Geeksphones MultiOS technology will allow users to switch between Android, which will be running on top of Revolution phone by default, and Boot2Gecko by Mozilla, or any other community-supported OS. Geeksphone has also revealed that users will be offered regular updates via a 1-click OTA system.

Its worth pointing out that Geeksphone cannot use the name Firefox OS for the software powering its phone, as that is reserved for OEMs that have tie-ups with carriers. It uses the Boot2Gecko name, the project title for the Firefox OS during development.

According to the Geeksphones official site, the Revolution phone will feature a 4.7-inch qHD (540x960) IPS display. The smartphone is powered by a 1.6GHz dual-core Intel Atom Z2560 processor alongside 1GB of RAM. The Revolution phone sports an 8-megapixel rear camera with an LED flash, while there is also a 2-megapixel front-facing camera onboard. It comes with 4GB of inbuilt storage, which can be expanded up to 32GB with the help of microSD card. It packs a 2000mAh battery. The Revolution phone supports Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, A-GPS, Micro-USB and 3G connectivity.

Earlier this month, Geeksphone, along with Silent Circle, an encrypted communications firm, announced it would introduce a smartphone at the upcoming Mobile World Congress 2014 event in Barcelona, focused only on the privacy of the users. The company calls the device the Blackphone.

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