Touted as another "iPhone killer", the Motorola DROID is an impressive Android-powered smartphone released for Verizon Wireless. It fully embraces the benefits of the open platform by offering users a stunning display, an enhanced interface, integrated messaging management plus loads of Google services, making it a highly competitive rival against other touchscreen devices on the market.The DROID is a touchscreen slider featuring a large 3.7-inch high-resolution display on the front, which explains its big size (4.6" H x 2.4" W x 0.5" D) and heavy weight (6 ounces). There are three home screens that you can customize with widgets and integrate with Facebook and Twitter for status updates. Using either the virtual keyboard with haptic feedback or the slide-out full QWERTY keyboard, typing messages is smooth and easy.
One of the flagship features Android 2.0 brings to the DROID is the Microsoft Exchange synchronization for email, calendar and contacts, as well as other POP3 and IMAP email accounts. Both Gmail and Exchange emails offer push delivery to your inbox. As a Google phone, it supports Google Talk for instant messaging. Of course, you can always find other IM and Twitter apps on the Android Market.
Another enhancement is the Web browser. Not only does it support HTML5, it is also ready for Flash Player 10.1 (available in 2010). The improved browser allows users to add visual bookmarks and toggle between multiple windows, giving you a PC-like browsing experience.
The Droid excels in its GPS and location services as well. The new Google Maps Navigation app (BETA) offers a lot more than text-based instructions. With Google Maps with Street View and Latitude, you can get voice-guided turn-by-turn directions, satellite imagery, geographic information on map and high-resolution photos of the streets. Furthermore, you will find other Google services such as Google Quick Search Box, Google Search By Voice, and Android Market for downloading free and paid apps.
As for the multimedia functions, the Droid features a built-in media player that is very similar to those found on Android devices. It supports a wide range of file formats, including MP3, AAC, MPEG-4, WAV, WMA and MIDI. You can stream video contents on the YouTube app and download songs via Amazon MP3 Store. The phone also sports with a 5-megapixel camera with dual LED flash, 4x zoom, auto-focus and DVD-quality video recording capabilities.
Applications can be stored in the phone’s integrated memory of 512MB ROM and 256MB RAM, while media files can be saved in a removable microSD card up to 32GB. Other indispensable elements include text and multimedia messaging, Wi-Fi, stereo Bluetooth, USB mass storage, visual voice mail, speaker-independent voice dialing and a standard 3.5mm audio jack.
The Motorola Droid is a powerhouse for communication, entertainment and location services. Incorporated with a sleek design, a gorgeous screen, Google's services and Android's expanding marketplace, it is definitely the most advanced and powerful device on Verizon’s fast network to date.
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