Motorola has confirmed it will close its smartphone factory in Fort Worth, Texas, The Wall Street Journal reports. The plant, which employed 700 staff and was responsible for the assembly of devices customized with Moto Maker, is unsustainable due to weak sales and high costs.
Following the announcement of its latest budget friendly Android-powered smartphone earlier today, Motorola just pushed a new, exclusive application to the Play Store called Moto Alert, which is described as an emergency tracker that ‘alert’s people important to you when you need them.’
Motorola is scheduled to unveil its latest budget friendly Android-powered smartphone, the Moto E, at a press conference in London tomorrow Tuesday, May 13, but it looks like Brazilian retailer Fastshop isn’t too keen on the idea of waiting as its already listed the upcoming handset on its official website.
During the past few weeks, we’ve sneaked a peek and heard an awful lot about the Moto X+1, Motorola’s upcoming successor to its current flagship smartphone, the Moto X, and earlier today the handset reappeared on the company’s official website again, before quickly being removed.
Inspired by Motorola’s excellent Active Display functionality on the Moto X, Peek Notifications in Paranoid Android provide users with a glimpse at outstanding alerts on their lock screen even when their smartphone is locked. All you have to do is lift your phone, and you can see whether you have missed calls, text messages, emails, and other important notifications waiting for you without actually having to wake up your device.
Until now, Peek has been available only with the Paranoid Android custom ROM — but you can now get it as an unofficial standalone app compatible with almost all devices running Android 4.4 KitKat.
