Geek Review: The new Motorola “DROID” phone

This week in the US, Verizon Wireless released one of the most anticipated devices (second to the Google G1 of course) to date: the Motorola DROID.

This is at the same time a comeback from Motorola whose reputation for phones that suck have been pretty bad lately.

Here’s a summary of Pros & Cons:

PROS

1. Highly responsive touch-screen
2. Android 2.0 OS gives users a higher degree of customization through widgets and other tools.
3. The DROID’s display (3.7in) is the largest (yup, larger than the iPhone’s too), good sharpness and brightness.
4. Responsive virtual keyboard and a real backlit QWERTY keyboard.
5. Verizon’s 3G network has fewer dropped calls, better messaging, Web email and customer support, than any other carrier in the US.
6. 5 mega-pixel camera with easy-share features to Facebook, email, SMS, Picassa or Bluetooth data.

CONS

1. Multi-touch only available in certain applications
2. The iPhone’s display’s is still the best quality.
3. Device search function is limited to contacts, music and documents (it doesn’t search calendar and email).
4. The Android Marketplace has around 10,000 applications. The iPhone’s App Store has more than 100,000.
5. Comes with Google Maps Navigation, but it’s still an early beta that doesn’t contest with other phones at the moment.

Other Features:

• $199.99 with a 2 year activation
• DVD Quality audio/video playback
• 3.5mm audio jack
• 16GB pre-installed memory
• 32GB expandable memory
• 13.7mm thick
• 3G network capable
• WiFi 802.11G/B
• USB 2.0
• WVGA 854×480 resolution screen
• Fast Cortex A8 processor

http://www.droiddoes.com