DROID by Motorola for Verizon

Posted Friday, October 30th, 2009 at 9:26 am by 14 Comments
DROID by Motorola for Verizon
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Verizon Wireless jumped on the Android bandwagon debuting one of Motorola’s first Android Phones called DROID! A quick roundup of impressive features: more internal memory and 16MB SD Card (G1 192MB, DROID 256MB), larger 3.7″ screen with higher resolution (480 x 854), slimmer than other Android phones (0.5″, iPhone is slimmer at 0.48″) , slider with full QWERTY keyboard, 3.5mm headset jack (Yay!), 5 megapixel camera with digital zoom and flash, plus more!

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Video: DROID by Motorola

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RDviTGDCvGM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPYM-XTqcec (Check out witty response vid)

P.S. I like the competitive ad campaign Verizon is unleashing on AT&T and Apple. “There’s a map for that…” and “iDon’t…” classic :-P

Below are technical specs for the DROID by Motorola:

General
Experience Premium messaging and multimedia
Form Factor Side slide keyboard
Operating System Android v2.0
Android API Level 5
Input Types Capacitive touch screenDirectional pad

Home/Menu/Back/Search touch-sensitive buttons

Physical keyboard

Virtual keyboard

Display
Physical Resolution 480 x 854 (WVGA)
Number of Colors Up to 16M
Pixel Density 240 dpi
Connectivity
WAN: Voice Bands CDMA 800/1900
WAN: Data Bearers EVDO Rev. A
Wireless LAN 802.11b/g802.11i (WPA2)

WEP

WPA

Bluetooth Version 2.1 + EDR
Bluetooth Class 2
Bluetooth Profiles A2DP 1.2AVRCP 1.2

GAP

HFP 1.5

HSP

OPP 1.1

PBAP 1.0

SDAP

SDP

SPP

USB USB 2.0 High SpeedMicro USB connector
Headset Jack 3.5 mmStereo out

Mic

Media
Camera Resolution 5 megapixels
Image Capture Resolution (max) 2592 x 1936
Camera Features AutofocusColor effects

Flash (dual LED)

Geotagging

Image stabilization

Picture quality

Scenes

White balance

Camera Digital Zoom (max) 4x
Image Capture Formats JPEG w/EXIF 2.2
Image Viewing Formats Android core media formats
Video Recording Formats Android core media formatsH.264
Video Recording Resolution 720 x 480 (D1)
Video Recording Frame Rate 24 fps
Video Playback Formats Android core media formats
Video Playback Resolution 720 x 480 (D1)
Video Playback Frame Rate 30 fps
Audio Recording Formats AACAndroid core media formats
Audio Playback Formats Android core media formatsWMA
Streaming Formats AACAAC+

AMR-NB

H.263

H.264

MPEG-4

Digital Rights Management OMA DRM 1.0 forward lock for images and music
Speakers Receiver speakerStereo speakers
Processor and memory
Processor TI OMAP3430
Processor Clock Speed Up to 600 MHz
RAM 256 MB
Flash ROM 512 MB
User Storage Available (max) 256 MB
Memory Card Type microSDHC, Class 6FAT32
Memory Card Size Supported (max) 32 GB
Sensors
Accelerometer 3-axisFour-way screen rotation
Magnetometer Yes
Proximity Sensor Yes
Ambient Light Sensor Yes
Additional features
Web Android WebKit browser
Location Services Assisted GPS for enhanced 911E-Compass

Standalone GPS w/internal antenna

Voice Activation DialingShortcuts
Optional Android Packages Included android.locationandroid.media

android.net.wifi

android.opengl

Vibrate Notification Yes
Messaging IMSMS

MMS

Email Protocols Exchange ActiveSync 2003 and 2007IMAP4

POP3

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14 Responses to “DROID by Motorola for Verizon”

  1. Andrew says:

    I really love the droid, it looks ultra awesome. Now only if they’d offer a gsm version for t-mobile. :) (I hate verizon and would never, ever switch).

  2. Gary Wilkes says:

    The Droid seems to lack the innovative styling that was the big seller for the Razr, but still, it’s nice to not have to depend too much on the touch screen — I’d say it was a good move by Verizon

  3. Otter says:

    Awkward question: can you load iTunes onto a Droid? After all, I do have iTunes on my PC and I would like to have the same music on my “smartphone.”

    • Android Tapp says:

      Actually a good question. There’s currently no good iTunes player on Android but you can load your DRM-free MP3s onto the phone and use a selection of music player apps.

  4. mike says:

    This is the best phone verizon has offered sense the first Env. Wasn’t sold on the touch screen phones until I got the droid.

  5. Kevin Droid Salmon says:

    I had the iphone since day one. Five months ago I trashed my iphone and went back to Blackberry. last night I decided to checkout the droid. So far this is one of the best phones I have ever had. It does everything both Iphone and Berry does with more options. We can call it a Hybrid.

    Otter, get doubletwist for all your itunes synching needs. It is very easy to use and it’s free. The interface looks exactly like itunes. http://www.doubletwist.com

    • Craig says:

      I feel the same way and had the exact same thing happen. Had Verizon with a Blackberry, dumped it for the Iphone and two months later came crawling back to Verizon because ATT F%$cking blows!!!!! I travel all over the country and anyone who says ATT is better hasnt left there major metropolitan area. Neway, I got another Blackberry Curve and when this came out I decided to give it a try because the browser on the Berrys sucks. Its the perfect combo of Iphone, Blackberry, and even the ability to kill apps like WM phones. The perfect combo in my opinion.

  6. cookiemomster says:

    I have had the Droid for a week and I love it. I can’t believe how capable it is. I feel it was money well spent.

  7. John says:

    I just got my Droid last week and I’m enjoying it too.. I had a few Palm devices and my last was my Palm TX which I had from inception to this summer.. the Droid is a lot like having my dream Palm integrated with a phone…

    Saying that, it’s not perfect.. i don’t like the pull out keyboard.. I was good with Grafiti handwriting and I guess I’ll get better on this…

    The Contacts app is supposed to sync my Gmail account, my Facebook account and my transferred phone numbers.. but for SOME contact, all the data was transferred and for other contacts, only some of the info was synched.. some of the contacts show “unsynched” but I don’t know why….

    I wish I could store often used text sentences like I did with my Verison Razr but there is nothing analobous…. I wish Contacts was more tied to the calendar. i wish birthdays and other anniversaries would show up on the calendar, like when I had my Palm…

    Other than that… I’m enjoying it.. battery life is great….

    • jcruse says:

      @John: The same thing happened to me with Unsynced contacts on my Droid and then it wouldn’t sync with my Gmail acct. I took my gmail and facebook accts out of my contacts by disabling the sync and deleted all the unsynced/phone only contacts manually. I reconnected the Gmail sync and haven’t had an issue since. Also, if you get Handcent SMS to replace Messaging, you can add quicktexts easily under the settings menu.

      This phone is the best that I’ve ever owned! And I love how people are ditching on Verizon for their plan pricing. The funny thing is that my wife and I pay the same for our 2 Android phones that a few of my employees pay for their plans with 2 iPhones on them. Great phone. Great service company. Finally, a combo I can enjoy.

  8. ryan says:

    best phone ever. i can do anytinhg and everything on my droid. SNES, NES, Gmaeboy, download books to it, music, fun little apps. gps, real time maps,tons of storage space. get it and get it now. oh yea, and app sales are low because all the ones you really want OR NEED ARE FREE. theres just a lot of greedy programmers that want to get paid for the same thing you can get free.

  9. Ginny says:

    I love my droid. I have dial up at home and no other option. the internet on my phone is faster than my dial up. I can pay my bills on this phone and do anything I want to. I’m hooked!!!

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