Motorola Droid 2 Review
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Motorola Droid 2 Review / Motorola Milestone XT720 Review
This is a small review of the Motorola XT720, also known as the Motorola Droid 2. After the success of the Motorola Droid, Motorola has adopted Android wholeheartedly. It has announced both the new Motorola Droid X and Motorola Droid 2. The Droid 2 will also be known as the Motorola Milestone XT720.
Motorola Droid 2 Specifications
- Dimensions: 116 x 60.9 x 10.9 mm
- Weight: 139 gms
- Display: 3.7 inch TFT capacitive touchscreen, 480 x 854 pixels, 16 M colors
- Processor: ARM Cortex A8, 1 GHz
- RAM: 512 MB RAM
- ROM: 512 MB ROM
- Memory: 150 MB internal, upto 32 GB microSD
- Operating System: Android 2.1 Eclair
- Connectivity: GPRS, EDGE, 3G HSDPA, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g with DLNA, Bluetooth 2.1 with A2DP
- Camera: 8 MP camera, 3264 x 2448 pixels withautofocus, xenon flash
- Radio: Stereo FM Radio with RDS
- GPS: GPS with A-GPS
- Battery: Li-Po battery, 1390 mAh
Design
The Motorola Droid 2 has a stylish asymmetrical design which looks like it’s straight out of a sci-fi film. It has a 3.7 inch TFT capacitive touchscreen display on the front face with a resolution of 480 x 854 pixels with four touch sensitive buttons: Menu, Home, Back and Search below it. It also has touch sensitive camera buttons to the right of the display. The display quality seems great but a AMOLED displayw ould have been better.
OS and Hardware
The Motorola Droid 2 (Milestone XT720) will be powered by the Android 2.1 OS. It will probably get an upgrade to Android 2.2 soon after its release. It sports the best in mobile hardware: ARM Cortex A8 1 GHz processor and 512 MB RAM. It has 150 MB internal memory and supports upto 32 GB microSD cards.
Multimedia
The Droid 2 has an excellent display which will be great for watching movies. It supports MP3, WAV, WMA, AAC+ audio playback as well as 3GP, MP4, WMV, H.263, H.264 video playback. It will also have an HDMI slot and a stereo FM radio with RDS.
The Droid 2 will have a 8 MP camera with a image capture resolution of 3264 x 2448 pixels. It will have autofocus and a Xenon flash and will also sport features like geotagging, face detection and smile detection. The 8 MP camera has excellent image capture quality. It can also record 720p video at 24 FPS.
Connectivity
The Motorola Droid 2 has all the standard connectivity options GPRS, EDGE, 3G HSDPA and Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g with DLNA. It also has Bluetooth 2.1 with A2DP and microUSB 2.0 connectivity. It also comes with a GPS transceiver with A-GPS support.
It will be powered by a standard 1390 mAh Li-Po battery which has a rated talktime of about 8 hrs.
Conclusion
It is one of the best Android smartphones. You could also consider the HTC Desire and the Samsung Galaxy S in this price range.
July 18th, 2010 at 3:05 pm
but this is more a spec-listing than a review, right ? on the moto europe hp they say the xt720 has just 550mhz cpu and 256mb ram. greez
July 20th, 2010 at 5:32 am
The Motorola DROID continues to present new possibilities day-to-day. I’ve had it for about 10 months and We’ve had a Blackberry attached to my entire body because September 1998. Getting connected is a important aspect of my lifestyle so I’m constantly reachable by loved ones and co-workers. I’m a bit addicted towards Market place for DROID Applications. When the device had unlimited memory I would test the capacity. I feel this OS would be the way of the future and intend to grow with all of you to understand it as a result of and through. Thanks to the write-up.
August 15th, 2010 at 6:03 am
Even as I like a physical keyboard, after coping with the Samsung Captivate for about 15 minutes, it is arduous to move back. Right now I am debating whether or not to go to Verizon for the Droid X, pass to Dash for the EVO, or stick with AT&T for the Captivate…choices, decisions.
November 3rd, 2010 at 8:43 am
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