MasHD Blog

Whether it’s the Nexus 5 or the X Phone, we have plenty of rumors for those devices these days, and it’s now time to look at some new codenames that seem to describe new Motorola handsets, the “Yeti” and “Sasquatch,” both reportedly coming to AT&T, and the “Ghost” that’s heading to all carriers. So what kind of devices are they? Are they new RAZR models? Do they include a new Nexus version? Or ar they  Google X Phones? A few days ago we showed you not one, but two reports that claimed that the X Phone will become an entire smartphone family, meant to take on the Galaxy line, but also everyone else in the process. One of those reports said that the Motorola handset we spotted in Vietnam just before the Galaxy S4 launch, the XT912A, is apparently a first X Phone prototype. And what do you know, the Motorola Ghost seems to be that XT912A model, according to a GLBenchmark test for the AT&T Ghost version. The Ghost will reportedly offer a 1.7GHz quad-core Qualcomm Sna...

Nokia’s CEO Stephen Elop says he isn’t worried about Microsoft making its own Windows Phone 8 hardware. In fact, Elop says that Nokia encourages all other companies, including its competitors, to make Windows Phone devices, and that a Microsoft-made WP8 Surface smartphone would be “a stimulant to the ecosystem.” Though Microsoft has yet to announce plans to make any phone hardware, there are rumors that Redmond will get into the smartphone hardware market. In an investor call on Thursday, Elop appeared to welcome the potential of a Surface smartphone, which would share a brand name with Microsoft’s Surface tablet. The Nokia CEO made his statement in response to questions about whether a Surface phone would be seen as a competitor. “We’re encouraging of HTC and Samsung and Microsoft or whomever to have devices in the market and to be making whatever investments that helps spur the ecosystem on,” Elop responded. Nokia is Microsoft’s most committed partner when it comes to Window...