Gadgetory

future Android phones will be awaiting your command I'm Bridget Carey and this is your cnet update Motorola's new flagship smartphone the Moto X will be listening to you and awaiting your voice command even when you're not touching it at least that's one of the features mentioned an elite promo video about the upcoming smartphone the video was made by the Canadian telecom provider Rogers and in it a woman shows how to pull up weather information without touching the phone on her desk she simply says ok Google now what's the forecast for today and the phone responds this video also mentions a new camera feature to turn on the camera users will twist their wrist twice and the camera app will be activated a photo can then be snapped by tapping anywhere on the screen this phone has not even been officially unveiled yet by motorola the leaked video was posted on someone's Google+ page and it was first reported by the Australian Android blog Austrade but this isn't the only sneak peek we've gotten of the mysterious Moto X Google's executive chairman Eric Schmidt was seen last week using it in public at a media conference this will be the first smartphone released by motorola mobility since the company was acquired by google and we're expecting the Moto X to be launched sometime in the summer the rumors about smartwatches continue to roll in among the latest reports Microsoft is putting its surface tablet team in charge of crafting a SmartWatch and that the Xbox accessories team was previously trying to develop a prototype watch that would come with a heart rate monitor that's according to the verge and as for Apple the Financial Times reports Apple has gone on a hiring spree to bring in more talent to create an iWatch apparently the iWatch team is up against some difficult engineering challenges and it may pay to order car service on the uber app if you can share a ride with your friends because now the applets users split the cost of a ride among multiple passengers as long as everyone has the uber app sometimes it pays to not be the first to buy a gadget Microsoft has cut the prices of its surface tablets now the entry level 32 gig model without a keyboard costs 300 and fifty dollars it used to cost five hundred dollars looks like Microsoft is hoping the lower price will win over back-to-school shoppers the surface is also discounted for schools and universities Microsoft is leading these institutions by the tablets for as low as 200 dollars each and blackberrys flagship smartphone the z10 it's also discounted it originally sold for two hundred dollars with a contract but AT&T and Verizon are selling it for a hundred dollars and you can even find it for fifty bucks at amazon and best buy that's your tech news update you can find more details at cnet com / update and follow along on Twitter from our studios in New York I'm Bridget Carey