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Motorola Droid

The Motorola Droid - the first ever Verizon Android Phone - exploded onto the mobile market with an incredibly successful ad campaign that brought Android to the masses. With a huge and vibrant touchscreen, solid metal body, full QWERTY keyboard, 5MP camera with flash and auto-focus, 3.5mm headset jack, Wi-Fi, GPS and an amazingly powerful processor, the Motorola Droid quickly became both Verizon and Android's flagship phone upon launch. the Motorola Droid is the first Android Phone to comes loaded with Android 2.0 - the latest and greatest version of the operating system that includes Google Navigation, Voice Search and much more. All of this is packed into a phone that can EASILY fit into your pocket. It is only SLIGHTLY thicker than the iPhone but it is SO much more powerful.

Motorola Droid Design

Design and display

Motorola Droid DisplayAt first glance, you might not think the Motorola Droid's design amounts to much. Its build is rather dull and the sharp angles result in a boxy look. But this is a smartphone with a lot of surprises, the biggest being the positively gorgeous WVGA display. At 3.7 inches, it surpasses even the iPhone and is firmly in the bounds of what we consider to be an acceptable size for a touch-screen display. Color support is generous (16 million hues) and the resolution (440x854 pixels) is some of the richest we've seen. We aren't kidding when we say that this display is bright and brilliant with vibrant colors and sharp graphics. It also lends itself well to the welcome Android 2.0 interface updates
Of course, with such a large display, the Droid is rather big (4.56 inches tall by 2.36 inches wide by 0.54 inch thick), but that's a small price to pay for the top-notch display. You'll notice that the Droid is heavy (5.96 ounces) compared with other smartphones, but the trim design keeps it portable.

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Motorola Droid Keypad Features

Keypad and controls

Motorola Droid Keypad displayBelow the Droid's display are four touch controls: Back, Home, Search, and Menu. They perform the same functions as on other Android phones, with the search and menu keys being the most useful. The former activates Google search with just one press, and the latter opens relevant menu commands for various handset modes and features.
In a baffling change from previous devices, the Droid does not have a physical Talk control. Instead, you'll have to access the calling functions through a widget on the display. For example, you have to close the browser if you want to make a call while viewing a Web page. The phone dialer interface is mostly the same. The buttons are square rather than round, but you get access to your call log, voice mail, contacts list, and favorites.

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Motorola Droid Features

Android 2.0 Software

Motorola Droid Android 2.0 SoftwareThe Motorola Droid offers a number of the same core features as previous Android devices, such as the HTC Hero and the Samsung Moment. However, it's distinct in that the Droid is the first smartphone to run Android 2.0, which brings a crop of new features and interface enhancements. The home screen and main menu on Motorola Droid don't look terribly different from, say, the T-Mobile MyTouch 3G's at a glance. However, as you use the device, you'll notice subtle changes and enhancements that make the user interface a bit more refined and streamlined; the gorgeous display doesn't hurt, either.

Also, although it's a Motorola phone, the Droid does not use the MotoBlur software that we saw on the Motorola Cliq. Part of the reason is that the Droid is targeted for a bit of a different audience than the Cliq (read: older, more business-oriented) so it didn't really jibe with the experience that Moto and Verizon want to offer to its customers, and we think that was a good decision. In MotoBlur's place, there is a Facebook widget on the Droid that you can use to update your own status and scroll through your friends' updates. Other preloaded widgets and shortcuts include YouTube, a corporate calendar, and something called "Power Control" where you can turn on/off your wireless connections, adjust brightness, and so forth--quite handy.
Some other minor changes include the slightly revamped onscreen dialer, as well a new lock screen that features a sliding curve that allows you to unlock the phone as well as adjust the its volume simply by dragging your finger from one side of the screen to the other.

Motorola Droid Applications

Popular Motorolla Android Applications

While the number of Android applications is dwarfed by the number available for the iPhone/iPod Touch, the number of Android apps is growing fast and are estimated to number over 10,000 in Google's Android Market. Below is a list of some of the more popular apps available for your droid'

Twidroid - This is a Twitter client for Android phones. It is available in a basic free version and a pro version which costs about $5 and adds support for more than one account, integrates bit.ly, allows video posting and more features. The free version offers basic viewing and sending of tweets, following and unfollowing users, and other standard Twitter client features.

ShopSavvy lets Droid X users scan an item's bar code in a store and get instant information on that item - including price listings for other stores and online.

Meebo for Android - Meebo is a free app which offers instant messaging and Twitter integration. AIM, MSN, Yahoo, MySpace IM, Google Talk, Jabber and ICQ are supported.

Sherpa - Sherpa is a free app which suggests new places to visit based on your current location. The program learns your likes and dislikes and points out local restaurants, attractions and stores you may enjoy.

Pandora on Android - Pandora is a version of the popular online streaming music service. You can personalize stations based on your favorite artists, songs and styles

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Motorola Droid Contacts Features

E-mail, calendar, and contacts

Motorola Droid Multimedia Docking StationPerhaps one of the top highlights of Android 2.0 is the expanded capabilities of the personal information management tools, including e-mail, calendar, and contacts.

The Droid now offers native Microsoft Exchange synchronization out of the box for e-mail, calendar, and contacts, in addition to support for Gmail and POP3 and IMAP accounts. Note that only Exchange and Gmail offer push delivery, while POP3 and IMAP messages are retrieved at user-specified time intervals, starting at every 5 minutes up to every hour. With Android 2.0, you can have messages from various accounts displayed in one unified in-box; messages are color-coded by account so you can visually differentiate them at a glance. Of course, you can also choose to separate them if you like to keep your personal and work lives separate.

Unfortunately (well, depending on your preference), it doesn't appear that you can combine work and personal calendars as you can on the Palm Pre. Instead, you'll find separate apps for your corporate calendar and your personal one. The corporate calendar is full featured in that you can send messages to meeting attendees, see who has RSVP'd to an event, and/or create your own invites and have it all synced back to your PC.
With the support for various accounts, contact management could get a bit dodgy, but the Droid offers a pretty smart contact management system. Similar to the Palm WebOS Synergy feature, the Droid merges contact information from various accounts, Exchange, Gmail, and Facebook, and combines them on a single contact card for an individual. When you pull up a contact, you'll then be able to see the contact's Facebook status, photos, various e-mail addresses, IM handles, and so forth.

There's also a handy Quick Contact feature: you simply tap on a contact's photo and a toolbar offers you the various ways to get in touch with that person. It's also smart in that you can choose to sync all your Facebook contacts or just those who are already in your contacts database.

Motorola Droid Tips

Motorola Droid Tricks and Shortcuts

With the Motorola Droid reaching the masses, it was only a matter of time before users started looking for tips and tricks about their new and powerful phone. Here are a few of the many Motorola Droid tips that I have found very useful.

Hide the keypad. If you have no use for the touch keypad that appears on your screen, you can hide it by flicking them down. If you want to bring up the keypad, tap the field.

Use Phone Number. This trick was implemented in phones for a while now, but it is still worth mentioning. If you receive an email or an SMS with a phone number, you can click and hold that number to bring up a menu. This menu will let you save the number, send an SMS to it, etc.

Copy / Paste. Make sure you make use of the copy/paste feature when it is needed. It can really help you when moving text around. Select a text field, go to Edit Text->Copy/Paste.

Select A Single Word. If you want to select a single word so you can copy/paste, double click that word. Than you can use the method above to copy/paste.

Website Shortcuts. If you are constantly visiting a certain website, you might want to add a shortcut on the home screen for it. If this is the case, bookmark that website, go back to the home screen, tap somewhere and hold it down. The menu that will appear will give you the info you need for creating a shortcut.

Pinpoint Locations. When somebody sends you an address over an email, just click and hold that address to look it up in Google Maps.

Quick Silence Swipe the screen to the left to put the Droid in silence mode.

Insert special character: Press ALT + Spacebar
Highlight text: Press Shift and roll Trackball
Turn on all caps: Press Shift Twice
Delete entire line of text: Press ALT + Delete
Move cursor to end or beginning of text: Press Alt while scrolling Trackball
Insert a Tab space: Press Alt + Q

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Motorola Droid Review

The good: The Motorola Droid boasts a gorgeous display and the benefits of Android 2.0, including a faster Web browser, Google Maps Navigation app, and better messaging and contact management. It also offers excellent call quality, long talk time, and improved speed over previous Android devices.

The bad: The QWERTY keyboard feels flat and the dialpad control is restricted to the home screen. Music and video capabilities still trail behind the competition. Dual-mode functionality for world-roaming capabilities would have been a nice addition. The Droid does not support Bluetooth voice dialing.

The bottom line: Despite some design issues and a couple of missing features, the Motorola Droid is the most powerful and fastest Google Android device to date. It fully embraces the openness of the Android platform and offers Verizon customers a smartphone that certainly rivals the other touch-screen devices on the market.

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  • Phillyfreeze69 Apr 13, 2012 @ 7:56 pm | delete
    The Motorola Droid is an amazing telecommunications device...I will definitely consider making this model my first smartphone purchase.
  • jacinto888 Dec 5, 2011 @ 12:31 pm | delete
    I had this phone, it is a great phone and very durable!
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  • TeamDealStartsHere May 18, 2011 @ 5:42 pm | delete
    I definitely wasn't a fan of the Droid when it first came out, but it was interesting to see how they basically dominated the market!
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    I have heard from some friends that this is a great phone. I think the only drawback to me is there is no ipod. I really like that feature on my Iphone. Excellent lens you built here. Please visit mine because it is being built based on user feedback. http://www.squidoo.com/smartphone-technology-plus thank you so much.
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