The Droid RAZR MAXX is available starting today from Verizon Wireless. The Maxx is basically the same phone as the original Razr with extra battery life. Motorola claims the new 3,300 mAh battery is good for up to 21.5hrs of talk time.

The Droid Maxx is still "impossibly thin" like its predecessor, and is equipped with an 8-megapixel camera, 4G LTE capabilities and a duel-core processor. It ships with Android 2.3.5 but is upgradable to Ice Cream Sandwich.

Smartphones can do a lot of amazing things, but none of them are any good if you don't have any power. Samsung has already promised to make battery life a top priority in 2012, and Motorola has a pretty crazy plan set for next month. According to Engadget, Moto plans to hold a 24-hour marathon battery event for the Droid RAZR Maxx on February 6th.

Nothing has been officially confirmed, but you will probably want to mark these dates on your calendar. January 26th for the launch of the RAZR Maxx, and February 6th to see what kind of event Motorola has planned.

HTC has added the HTC Desire Z, ChaCha, Aria, DROID Incredible, Status, and T-Mobile G2 to their growing list of officially unlocked devices. Some of these devices have already been unlocked by the Android community, but this is an official and safer way to unlock your bootloader.

The HTC Dev program requires five-steps to unlock your device. HTC strongly suggests that you do not unlock the bootloader unless you are confident you understand the risks involved. Unlocking your device could cause damage to your phone that is not covered under the warranty.

The Huawei MediaPad is joining the Asus Transformer Prime as one of the few Android tablets to feature Ice Cream Sandwich. Huawei announced that all new MediaPads will begin shipping with Android 4.0 in 2012.

Huawei also announced their MediaPad color series. The new shadow black, classic brown, and passion pink tablets will run Android 3.2 and will feature high-quality displays (1280 x 800 pixels at 217 PPI), 1080P Full HD video playback and Qualcomm dual-core 1.2 GHz processors.

T-Mobile announced that they will be carrying Samsung's new Galaxy S Blaze 4G sometime "later this year." The details are slim, but the new Galaxy device will have a 1.5GHz dual-core CPU, 42Mbps HSPA+ and a "brilliant Super AMOLED touch screen."

There was no mention of HD, price or an actual release date, but we hope to hear more about the new device during CES later this week.

If you passed on buying an Asus Transformer Prime because it was too hard to find, now is a great time to pick one up. Not only is the tablet back in stock on Amazon, but Asus announced that the Transformer Prime is the world's first Ice Cream Sandwich tablet at CES on Monday.

The OTA updates were supposed to begin on January 12, but lucky Prime owners started receiving them them a few days early. If you have not received the update, you can check for it manually by going to the "Firmware Update" section of your tablet's "About Tablet" settings menu.

Motorola has announced two new additions to the Droid family -- the Droid Razr Maxx and the Droid Razr Purple. Both are the same "impossibly thin" smartphone but the Maxx comes with an extended battery life and 32GB of storage. The Droid Maxx will cost $300 with a new two year contract.

The purple version is $199 and features 16 GB of storage. Both are powered by the Verizon Wireless 4G LTE network and run on Android 2.3.5 Gingerbread. Both devices will be upgraded to Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich in the future. Check out the official press release below.

Glasses free 3D technology made the HTC EVO 3D a very popular smartphone. Making it surprising that there is only one 3D tablet readily available in the world. The Hong-Kong based company Brando is the only retailer that offers this type of device. For $199 you can get the clunky named Gadmei T863 3D.

The Gadmei T863 3D features an 8-inch glasses free 3D capable lenticular display, 0.3-megapixel front-facing camera, and support for a wide variety of 2D and 3D photo and video formats. It runs Android 2.3 (Gingerbread), but only features a 1GHz Arm Cortex A9 processor. Not bad for $200 considering it also offers 8GB of built-in storage, HDMI output, and a micro SDHC slot.

I never understood the white phone thing. It's not like you are going to trade in your black model for the same model in white. I guess it gives new customers a choice, but it's kind of like a slap in the face to previous owners. If white phones are your thing, Samsung has announced the Samsung Galaxy II, Epic 4G Touch in Frost White. It's the same phone as before, but in white. The white version will be available from Sprint starting Jan. 8 for $199.

The Samsung Galaxy Nexus is also getting the white treatment in the UK. It will be available midway through January. A black 32GB HSPA+ model has also been announced for the UK. Once again the white model features the same specs, features and Ice Cream Sandwich like the original model.

The HTC Vivid has been added to the list of 23 other devices that have been officially unlocked by HTCdev.com. HTC's new unlocking tool is an easy and safer way to unlock your bootloader. Make sure you read the FAQ before unlocking any of your devices.

HTC recently added T-Mobile's myTouch 4G Slide and the EVO View 4G to their growing list of unlockable models. You can see a complete list of devices at HTCdev.com.