Inside story of the Moto X

Quote: "Motorola’s Moto X, the first smartphone fully assembled in the United States".

Congratulations to Google for this! I respect all nations, but we have to take care of business here too and grow our own economy.

What is to stop someone from shouting "Ok Google Now" on a bus or in a crowded room?

I'm curious how the "always listening" will fly. This is another example of technology that is far ahead of the sociological issues which will take a while to resolve.

(On that note, I feel like every day our newest technologies stretch farther and farther away from regular people, and it will become a major issue of our generation.)

I am personally most excited by quick access to the camera. I'm curious what 10 megapixels will look like, but typically this is total BS, and a waste of pixels, you can usually reduce phone photos to 70% of their original size, which means throwing away 1/2 the pixels (and file size).

Now, my biggest issue: upgrade my terribly creaking Nexus S to a Nexus 4 right now, or wait a month or so for this swanky new Moto X?

I wonder how many Google developers were pulled into this project or is this mostly done by Moto developers. If it's the Google developers that gave this phone the software edge, it could mean that Android becomes a half open half close platform. If you deem the OS running on Moto X as a whole system, part of it is open to all manufacturers, while the other part of UX was implemented in a way with liberty of controlling both software and hardware design, the same kind of liberty Apple has with iPhone.

This is something new. and I can see that Moto wants this boundary between the open part of this OS and the closed part shifting towards the close end while the rest of the industry wants the opposite - demanding Android project include all the cool features MotoX provides.

So this is the first I've heard of the upcoming NFC plastic tokens which automatically keep your phone unlocked.

If you're too busy to build those Moto, I could handle that for you. And I'm in the Chicago area...

[Edit] Looks like they are just making an appearance today.

Motorola Skip. Also comes with three dots (NFC stickers) to put by your bedside, etc.

http://motorola-blog.blogspot.com/2013/08/hello-skip-goodbye...

They really need to get their shit together on the Moto X website and store. I am in the market for a new phone and after reading that article, I'm ready to buy it, but I've spent the last 10 minutes going around and around on their website trying to figure out if there is a way to order/preorder. They don't mention when it'll be available and most of the material is written as if it's available now.

The only clue I have is that the marketing page for it only has a "Notify" button prominently displayed where I'd expect a "buy" button (weird verb choice in "Notify", btw...) and that button takes me to a page that makes me think I'm just signing up for generic motorola marketing junk. They even have it listed in the store for $199 and when you click "buy" you're just taken back to the stupid marketing page.

They'd have my money right now and I'd be happily waiting a few weeks to receive my phone if not for this experience. They got this handjob of an article from wired and no way for readers to act on it. How did they screw this up?

Thank you Wired Magazine for a 5 page google ad.