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Motorola Droid for Verizon
December 4th, 2009
Well, after all of the hoopla, the Verizon Droid is out on the market. This is a phone that will give the iPhone a run for its money. Check out the deals for the Droid phone here.
The Droid by Motorola for Verizon Wireless is a Touch Screen, QWERTY slider smartphone that has gained early attention for its super fast speeds. Featuring Google’s Android 2.0 operating system, the Droid has a desktop-like web experience and is fully customizable with apps downloaded from the Android Market.
Android is how Google has decided to participate in this arena. The features in this phone a very similar to the features its uses in the new Verizon Hub.
The integrated GPS and eCompass can be used with Google Maps Navigation and other location-based apps, geo-location web search, and even geo-tagging photos. Beyond geo-tagging, the Droid’s DVD-quality 5.0 megapixel camera/ camcorder also has auto-stabilization, flash, zoom and editing tools. You can share videos and photos either online or via multimedia messaging. The Droid by Motorola has everything you would expect a smartphone to do plus a few gizmos you’d never expect.
Highlights
- Highlight-A Touch Screen, QWERTY Keyboard Slider Smartphone Featuring Android 2.0
- Highlight-Fully Customizable With Thousands Of Apps Downloadable From The Android Market
- Highlight-Advanced 5.0 Megapixel Camera/ Camcorder With Geo-tagging, Flash, Edit Tools, and More
- Highlight-Lots Of Your Favorite Apps, Like Google Maps and Facebook, Pre-installed
- Highlight-Integrated GPS Supports Google Maps Navigation and Other Location-based and Navigation Apps
- Highlight-Amazing 3.7" Light-responsive Color Display Is Perfect For Watching Videos
- Highlight-Fast 3G and WiFi Support For Streaming Multimedia Like YouTube Videos
What’s In The Box
- Additional Items Included-Battery, Wall Charger, User Guide
Messaging Features
- Email Client-Yes, Supports Corporate (Microsoft Exchange) and Web-based Email Including Gmail, Yahoo! and Hotmail
- Multimedia Messaging-Yes, Send and Receive Picture and Video Messages
- Text Messaging (SMS)-Yes, Send and Receive Text Messages
- Instant Messenger-Yes, IM Chat With Your Favorite Mobile Instant Messenger Service, Google Talk Pre-installed
- HTML Web Browsing-Yes, Desktop-like Experience To Surf The Web With Advanced Features Like Geo-location
Entertainment
- Custom Ringtones-Yes
- MP3 Player-Yes, Media Player With Advanced Features For Quality Music and Video Experience
- Streaming Multimedia Support-Yes, Stream Music and Videos (Like YouTube) Online With 3G Speeds
- Customizable Graphics-Yes
- Picture Caller ID-Yes
- MP3 Ringtones-Yes
- Ringer Profiles-Yes
- Facebook-Yes, Pre-installed
- MySpace-Yes, Downloadable
- Twitter-Yes
- Games-Yes
Digital Camera
- Camera Megapixels-5.0 Megapixels
- Capture Modes-Yes, Multiple Capture Modes Including Scenes, Color Effects, and More
- Zoom-Yes, 4x Digital Zoom
- Editing Tools-Yes, On-board Image Editing Tools Including Cropping, Rotating and Geo-tagging
- Digital Camera-Yes, Advanced 5.0 Megapixel Camera/ Camcorder With Image Stabilization, Flash, Auto-focus and More
- Geo-Tagging-Yes
- Video Capture / Camcorder-Yes, Record 24fps Video Clips (DVD Quality) To Share Online Or Via MultiMedia Messaging
- High-End Camera-Yes, Advanced Camera/ Camcorder Features
- Dedicated Camera Key-Yes
Advanced Features
- Google-Yes, Android 2.0
- QWERTY Keyboard-Yes, Slide-out Full QWERTY Keyboard For Fast, Accurate Typing
- Attachment Viewing (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)-Yes, Email Attachment and Browser Document Viewer For Microsoft Office and PDF Documents
- Bluetooth Stereo Headset (A2DP)-Yes, Stream Quality Stereo Sound Wirelessly With Stereo Bluetooth-capable Headphones (Not Included)
- Bluetooth Wireless Technology-Yes, v2.1+EDR To Connect Wirelessly To Other Bluetooth Devices (Car Kits, Headsets, PCs, and More)
- GPS Services Support-Yes, GPS Supports Location-based Services (Google Maps, Latitude, eCompass, and More Pre-installed)
- Voice-driven Menus-Yes
- PC Synchronization-Yes
Core Features
- Alarm-Yes
- Calendar-Yes, Support For Corporate (Exchange) Calendar and Google Calendar
- Speakerphone-Yes
- Voice-activated Dialing-Yes
- Vibrate-Yes
- Calculator-Yes
- Style-QWERTY Slider and Touch Screen
- Color Main Display-3.7", 480 x 854 Pixels, WVGA TFT Light-responsive Color Display
- Color-Licorice (Black) With Brown Sugar Accents
- To-Do List-Yes
- Voice Memo-Yes
- PDA Device-Yes
Battery
- Talk Time-Up To 6.4 Hours
- Battery Type-Li-Ion
- Standby Time-Up To 11.3 Days
Technical Specifications
- Network Compatibility-CDMA 800, 1900
- Data Download Speed-3G/ EVDO Rev. A, 1XRTT
- 3G Data Speeds-Yes, Where Available
- Platform / Operating System-Android 2.0
- Compatible Carrier-Verizon Wireless
- Predictive Text Entry-Yes
- WiFi-Yes, WiFi (802.11 b,g) To Connect To Personal and Corporate Wireless Networks (Hotspots)
- Micro-USB Port-Yes
- Standard 3.5mm Stereo Headset Jack-Yes
- Hearing Aid Compatible-Yes, M3/T3
- TTY Compatible-Yes
- Touch Screen-Yes, Touch Screen With Haptic Feedback, Accelerometer, and Proximity and Ambient Light Sensors
- Weight-6.0 oz
- Dimensions-2.4" x 4.6" x 0.5"
- Expandable Memory Capacity-Store More Music, Photos and Videos With Up To A 32GB microSD Memory Card (16GB Card Pre-installed)
- Multiple Numbers Per Name-Yes
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