14 DAY TRIAL // The Android 2.0-based Motorola DROID has already been announced officially as available starting with November 6, and most of you might have already learned about the goodies that it is set to deliver to users, as well as about the user experience one would get from it. However, the full specification list of DROID hasn't been looked at since the phone was known as the Motorola Sholes, and we should get through it once again.
What the Motorola Droid comes to the market with includes a 3.7-inch capacitive touchscreen display that boasts a 854 x 480 pixel resolution (WVGA) and a 16:9 aspect ratio, an Arm Cortex A8 processor clocked at 550MHz, a 5-megapixel photo snapper with auto focus, dual-LED flash and DVD-quality video capture capabilities, a side-sliding full QWERTY keyboard, and a microSD memory card slot with support for up to 32GB of additional storage space.
When it comes to the connectivity options of the phone, we should mention 800/1900, CDMA EVDO rev A, as well as Bluetooth v2.1+EDR, Wi-Fi (802.11b/g) capabilities, USB 2.0 High Speed, and a 3.5mm headset jack. The Motorola Droid comes with an audio player that supports AMR-NB/WB, MP3, WAV, AAC, AAC+, eAAC+, WMA file formats, with a video player with support for MPEG-4, H.263, H.264 files, and aGPS and sGPS functionality.
The feature list of this device includes the Android 2.0 operating system, a full HTML5 Browser (Flash 10 ready), SMS / MMS / IM capabilities, Google Maps Navigator, email support (Gmail, Exchange, IMAP, POP, Macmail, Gmail, MSN Hotmail, Yahoo and AOL), optimized YouTube uploading, multi-tasking capabilities, homescreen customization options, voice-activated search, multi-touch capabilities, and more.
The Motorola DROID measures 60.00 x 115.80 x 13.70 mm (2.4 x 4.6 x 0.5 inches) and weighs 169 g / 6 oz. It packs inside a 1400 mAh battery that can offer up to 385 minutes / 6.4 hours of continuous usage time, or 270 hours / 11.25 days of standby time. The phone also comes with 3-axis accelerometer, speakerphone, noise reduction capabilities, proximity, ambient light and eCompass sensors, haptic feedback, dedicated keys and a virtual keyboard, as well as support for a wide range of Google services.