Motorola DROID Goes Official, First Phone to Use Android 2.0
October 28, 2009
Motorola and Verizon Wireless finally spill out the first smartphone that runs the latest Android 2.0 platform - the new Motorola DROID. Featuring high-speed Internet browsing, voice-activated search, customizable large screen, access to Android apps and widgets and of course Verizon’s 3G mobile network capability. Arriving on Nov.6 at all Verizon Wireless stores, the Motorola DROID is going to give the iPhone a solid competition.
Design-wise, the Motorola DROID features solid exterior, intelligent interior, thinnest form factor for a slider phone with full QWERTY keyboard.
Feature-wise, here are some of the great things that the Motorola DROID offer:
- Access the Internet via 3G or Wi-Fi via a multi-window HTML browser
- USe e-mail, Google maps, play videos in widescreen format on a 3.7-inch high-res screen with 854 pixels width
- Customizable with Android apps available for download at the Android Market
- Perform Google search faster through voice-activated functionality and location-based feature
- Take photos using a 5 megapixel camera resolution with dual-LED flash, autofocus and image stabilization
- Capture playback DVD-quality video
- Integrated Gmail and Microsoft Exchange push
- Google Maps Navigation
The Motorola DROID is also pre-loaded with various useful apps including - Google Maps, Gmail, YouTube, Google Talk, Android Market, Calendar, Amazon MP3 Store, and Verizon Wireless Visual Voice Mail.
The Motorola DROID will be available for $199.99 with a new two-year Verizon Wireless contract.
