moto droid

John Player

i cant wait for this, i just gotta find a reason to justify a new phone now.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPYM-XTqcec

elderlemon

Great ad from Verizon - they are going after the android market full tilt and this is good for all android users.

I think the phone is good but I'd prefer my senseUI on top to make it really shine.

John Player wrote: »

i cant wait for this, i just gotta find a reason to justify a new phone now.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPYM-XTqcec

jason.clark

whoa! this is verizon's new add directed to AT&T and iPhone. Just found out about this on twitter. The moto droid looks promising indeed.

Professey Chin

Am I the only one who thought of this straight away

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k7nsBoqJ6s8

strecker

Whoa... After a Hands-On With The Droid BoyGeniusReport are totally smitten: "Most Impressive Device Since The iPhone"...."simply amazing"

http://www.boygeniusreport.com/2009/10/19/motorola-droid-hands-on/

Professey Chin

strecker wrote: »

Whoa... After a Hands-On With The Droid BoyGeniusReport are totally smitten: "Most Impressive Device Since The iPhone"...."simply amazing"

http://www.boygeniusreport.com/2009/10/19/motorola-droid-hands-on/

Wouldnt be hard :pac:

strecker

Ultimate Chin wrote: »

Wouldnt be hard :pac:

Hahaha Darn, I forgot, yeah, You're right, of course!

Venom

Kinda fugly looking phone imho.

strecker

Venom wrote: »

Kinda fugly looking phone imho.

Well, it carries the universal ugly-warning logo: Motorola

Oafley Jones

Looks very impressive, but as noted above it won't win any beauty pageants, you can pretty much count on Moto always making an ugly phone.

boardswalker

Interesting.
What do you look for in a phone - form or function?

Venom

boardswalker wrote: »

Interesting.
What do you look for in a phone - form or function?

Personally I want both and ugly design getting by concept stage is kinda lame imho.

GeneticDeviant

this looks the business imo but id be wary of buying a motorola again, had several in the past and all been problematic to say the least. Anyone know what specs this badboy packs?

Brian

I quite like the look of it. Also, for a slider it's amazingly thin.

http://www.boygeniusreport.com/2009/10/23/motorola-droid-preview/

Rsaeire

It makes me feel similar to how I felt when I saw the first Android handset, the G1; meh. While the specs are impressive for an Android handset, it doesn't look like I would have expected. In saying that, it appears the handset on the BGR is a prototype, so the final version may yet change.

Easy Rider

I actually like the look of it, kind of industrial look, decent specs, thin for a phone with a keyboard...can see the specs here from motorola website, was taken down since but some guy caught them...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6vd7SglA91A&feature=player_embedded

strecker

Easy Rider wrote: »

I actually like the look of it, kind of industrial look, decent specs, thin for a phone with a keyboard...can see the specs here from motorola website, was taken down since but some guy caught them...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6vd7SglA91A&feature=player_embedded

Same here...
I like my iiphong for some 'limited' chores, but the sleek'n'slippery slab-form is just no good for prolonged use imho...who knows? Could be moto's 'return' from the phombie-realm? Good luck

Brian

Love the gold detail on the back here



The phone, according to Motorola, is Liquorice w/ brown sugar accents.

Like it :P

Brian

There's some discussion whether or not the phone actually has a dedicated GPU here... it's confusing.

http://discuss.gdgt.com/motorola/droid/general/550MHz-or-Keyboard-deal-breaker-/

mkennedy

Here are the specs:
http://pdadb.net/index.php?m=specs&id=2011&view=1&c=motorola_droid___tao_a855_motorola_sholes

Interesting (if somewhat less than attractive) device.

Rsaeire

I thought those of you who have been drooling over the Droid would be interested in this hands-on.

Brian

Looks great. I can't wait for a GSM version.

Brian

Why isn't this thread going nuts?

Easy Rider

I think it looks great and I would love for a network to pick it up over here...wonder what the unlocked cost will be in Europe if and when it comes over here..?

Brian

Likely >€500
Full retail price with Verizon is said to be $550. A word of forewarning - Verizon is a CDMA network. If you buy a Motorola Droid from the USA [VZW], regardless of whether or not you can do a hardware unlock, it will not work as it is not GSM like all Irish/European/Everyone-but-Verizon-and-I-think-some-networks-in-Japan service providers.

There is a GSM version in the works.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fSyy-uGv-JA

Points to note :
Silver detailing instead of gold.
Pinch to zoom; not found on VZW version.

Rsaeire

Engadget have their review up.

Engadget wrote:

It's easily the best Android phone to date...

mobius42

Engadget wrote:

It's easily the best Android phone to date...

That's damning it with faint praise! Also, is this really better than the Hero? The Sense UI fills a lot of holes in the stock Android functionality like multitouch etc. and the Hero is getting Android 2.0 as well.

I've seen so much hype about this phone and I just don't understand it. Apart from the new Google GPS stuff, I don't see anything here that hasn't been in every other Android phone released. I had to laugh at them advertising double tap to zoom in the browser; every other touch smartphone has had that for years! Am I missing something?

clacks

Well if I had a choice the Sony X3 seems damn sexy. Snapdragon ARM processor running at 1Ghz, an 8 megapixel camera and a very snazzy screen with Android 2.0. It'll probably cost an arm and a leg, but that still leaves me 1 arm and 1 leg.

mkennedy

Rsaeire wrote: »

Engadget have their review up.

Thanks for that.

"but it will make a lot of serious geeks seriously happy -- and that's good enough for us" seems to be the take home message.

13 mm thick for a slider qwerty is pretty good.
They went easy on its looks- it's not unattractive i guess.

As for the beefed up Google GPS, this looks interesting and increasingly a threat to 3rd party satnav but they said that it was free- doesn't it still need a data connection.

Also 10000 apps is a lot but they still seemed to think Android lacked good apps. How true is this i wonder.

mkennedy

clacks wrote: »

^LOL.
Positive thinking.

If i didn't read it incorrectly, that engadget review says the Droid doesn't do multitouch.
That seems to be a drawback.

This isn't true for Android generally is it?

Easy Rider

Yeah, the Sony X3 or X10 whatever they are going to call it looks great, but knowing Sony what will the price be? Really want to upgrade to an Android based phone, betweem the Hero, Droid or X3...interesting to see how to battery holds up with the X3 so much power...

Brian

mkennedy wrote: »

As for the beefed up Google GPS, this looks interesting and increasingly a threat to 3rd party satnav but they said that it was free- doesn't it still need a data connection.

The Google Navigation app can pre-cache your route with your home wifi connection before you leave, so if you don't deviate too far from the route you will not need a data connection.

mkennedy wrote: »

If i didn't read it incorrectly, that engadget review says the Droid doesn't do multitouch.
That seems to be a drawback.

This isn't true for Android generally is it?

It's a software issue. The Droid is certainly capable of multitouch - it has a capacitive screen after all. The reasoning is somewhat of a mystery, but it's probably to do with Apple and patents. However, if you look at the video I posted of the GSM version it does have multitouch ... so there's hope for Europe at least :pac:

mkennedy

Baza210 wrote: »

The Google Navigation app can pre-cache your route with your home wifi connection before you leave, so if you don't deviate too far from the route you will not need a data connection.

It's a software issue. The Droid is certainly capable of multitouch - it has a capacitive screen after all. The reasoning is somewhat of a mystery, but it's probably to do with Apple and patents. However, if you look at the video I posted of the GSM version it does have multitouch ... so there's hope for Europe at least :pac:

OK thanks.

clacks

Easy Rider wrote: »

Yeah, the Sony X3 or X10 whatever they are going to call it looks great, but knowing Sony what will the price be? Really want to upgrade to an Android based phone, betweem the Hero, Droid or X3...interesting to see how to battery holds up with the X3 so much power...

I'd stay clear of the Hero. it's using that ancient 528Mhz processor that slows up once you have a few apps open. I'm using a HTC Magic for a few months now and love it, but I'm itching to try out either the X3, the Droid or even the Acer Liquid(Snapdragon). The Acer would be my third choice but I reckon it'll be under 400 Euro, so I'd imagine way cheaper than the Sony.

Brian

http://www.boygeniusreport.com/2009/11/01/motorola-droid-headed-to-germany-as-the-motorola-milestone/

Droid for €404 in Germany.

Bluefoam

Droid is going to be called milestone in germany. Being launched on o2 on 9th november. Article is on gizmodo, can't link from my mobile.

Skud

Bluefoam wrote: »

Droid is going to be called milestone in germany. Being launched on o2 on 9th november. Article is on gizmodo, can't link from my mobile.

http://gizmodo.com/5394549/droid-in-deutschland-you-shall-be-called-milestone

Oafley Jones

Bluefoam wrote: »

Droid is going to be called milestone in germany. Being launched on o2 on 9th november. Article is on gizmodo, can't link from my mobile.

Not a fan of the name Droid, but knowing some marketing types I think milestone is a interesting choice given the phone's bulk.

Rsaeire

Oafley Jones wrote: »

Not a fan of the name Droid, but knowing some marketing types I think milestone is a interesting choice given the phone's bulk.

To be fair, given it has a slide out keyboard, it's relatively svelt.

Brian

The questions in response to that is "is the keyboard worth it? how gorram thin would it be without the keyboard?!" since the keyboard has been the main gripe of pretty much every review.

clacks

Up for pre-order on expansys.com (not expansys.ie for some strange reason) @ 450 pound.
I ordered one. Presume they'll deliver to Ireland. Apparently it will ship in 6 days..We'll see.

http://www.expansys.com/d.aspx?i=190234

talking_walnut

I'm liking the look of this. Very tempted to splash the cash... I'd love to know what network will have it in Ireland.

Looks like it'll be called the Milestone in Europe and it will do multitouch! http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/02/motorola-milestone-does-what-droidont/

Matt Bauer

talking_walnut wrote: »

I'm liking the look of this. Very tempted to splash the cash... I'd love to know what network will have it in Ireland.

Looks like it'll be called the Milestone in Europe and it will do multitouch! http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/02/motorola-milestone-does-what-droidont/

There's a great review of Droid here:

http://www.suntimes.com/technology/ihnatko/1867831,ihnatko-verizon-droid-iphone-110509.article

Apparently it's almost good enough to give up the iPhone for. Truly a milestone.

Yenwod

On opening weekend, Verizon sold 100,000 Motorola Droid smartphones in America

http://www.coated.com/100000-motorola-droid-smartphones-sold-11100008/


Looks like the specs on this phone are great but I duno, it looks really ugly...and I'm going to stick to that since I only oredered a HTC Hero the other day and don't want to be looking at other phones in regret :P

BaconZombie

Anybody know if Vodafone are going to be carrying this phone?

Brian

Yenwod wrote: »

http://www.coated.com/100000-motorola-droid-smartphones-sold-11100008/


Looks like the specs on this phone are great but I duno, it looks really ugly...and I'm going to stick to that since I only oredered a HTC Hero the other day and don't want to be looking at other phones in regret :P

You keep telling yourself that :P

I like the look of it.

clacks

Just ordered a Motorola Milestone from Clove http://bit.ly/4wFHD9. Their stock is due in on December 7th. Seems to have gone up 20 quid in the meantime. Anyway, still cheaper than Expansys.

muckwarrior

So has anyone managed to get their hands on one yet? Will expansys.co.uk deliver them here?

Stokolan

Im in the process of buying from expansys. Just had to send of proof of where i lived a pat of their security. Also they charging Irish vat rate on it

mkennedy

Stokolan wrote: »

Im in the process of buying from expansys. Just had to send of proof of where i lived a pat of their security. Also they charging Irish vat rate on it

How much?