Mobile phones continue to evolve, even as the technology that made them possible continues to make new developments on a regular basis the norm for the current pace of the mobile race. Mobile phones have indeed made it a long way, from the early days of only being needed by executives who had to make business calls on the spot from anywhere to the modern times of being hot personal items for people from all walks of life – and this can be seen to be reflected in the capabilities infused in them by newer technology in both the hardware and software categories.
Veteran communications company Motorola has put its latest bid in the smartphone race with a powerful new unit that is one of the most anticipated releases of 2009. The recent release of Motorola’s Droid through Verizon Wireless gives Motorola an Android OS-powered phone that can ans is being marketed as alternative. Looking at the specs of the sleek but powerful new mobile, it’s not hard to see why this can certainly be the case. Everything about it seems to establish it as a unique entity in the smartphone race, from the way its angular and sleek housing structure distinguishes it from the rounded and curved smartphones it runs with to its true keyboard and strong engine.
The Droid’s 3.7-inch screen dominates its sliding top half, with four buttons decking out the bottom of the display. The lower half of the unit is a QWERTY keyboard, which clicks into place when fully extended. The QWERTY has a five-way rocker just to the right of it, as opposed to the CLIQ unit’s controls being found on its left. A headphone jack and power button are found at the top of the phone, and the right edge has a volume rocker and camera button. The placement alone of these features seems to deliberately distinguish the Droid from its competition, but what’s under the hood does the same as well and more.
The Droid runs on an Arm Cortex A8 CPU, downclocked to 550MHz from 600MHz and supported by 256MB of RAM as well as 512MB ROM. While this processor – similar to that of other units like the Palm Pre – seems to be slightly faster for basic tasks, it has been noted to lag somewhat when paging through screens and the like. However, running 3D games has been said to be a generally smoother experience. Along with this, the speed of navigation and general ease of use give the Droid’s processing engine a good and solid rep.
The Droid’s 3.7-inch touch screen boasts a 480 x 854 resolution and considerable responsiveness, easily as much as its closest Android contemporaries. The large screen also comfortable displays webpages well, making the web experience a pleasant and welcome one on the Droid. However, the Android 2.0 coming standard with the Droid does not allow for multitouch functionality so far; this may follow on later with updates though. At the moment, the intuitive and easily-read keyboard compensates reasonably and allows the user to have a functional and working Droid experience.
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