Perhaps no phone yet is the real iPhone killer, although many of them claim to be one. Anyway, here comes the Motorola Droid, a slim sliding smartphone with full QWERTY, and runs Android 2.0, should be a potential iPhone killer waiting to be unleashed.
The Motorola Droid also features a 5-megapixel camera and a 3.7-inch capacitive touch display. Despite the sliding feature and the QWERTY, the Droid comes in very slim body that is only slightly thicker than the iPhone 3GS. The Moto Droid is backed by competent hardware that makes it a strong competitor to the iPhone 3GS and Palm Pre. It’s also powered by the same TI OMAP3430 processor that powers the iPhone 3GS. BGR has got hands-on for the Droid, and given a number of positives such as slimmest QWERTY slider and fastest Android device. Read more below.
- It’s thin. Just slightly thicker than an iPhone 3GS and the thinnest QWERTY-slider we’ve ever seen.
- It is the fastest Android device we’ve ever used. (It’s running a TI OMAP3430 processor)
- The feel of the device is very reminiscent of the OQO 02 model computer. Just smaller. It’s metal with a non-spring-assisted slide, very sturdy, and half soft-touch plastic.
- Awesome capacitive display. Plus it’s huge. Easily the best screen we’ve ever seen on an Android handset, and an amazing screen overall.
- The QWERTY keyboard is actually pretty usable and has a soft-touch rubberized finish. We’ve been told the keyboard design isn’t final on this unit, thus the two no-shows.
- Have we mentioned this phone flies? It’s the Android device to beat, and easily the most impressive. From what we’ve been told, Google had a direct hand in the Motorola Droid. Something to the point of almost dictating every move Motorola made when designing and making the phone. Interesting, huh?
- There’s a desktop cradle/charger that will ship with the Motorola Droid that we’ve been playing around with. It turns your Droid into a “multimedia station” and displays local weather, the time, etc.
- No one wants to listen, but it makes the CLIQ looks like a child’s toy (partly because it is, and partly because the Droid, even in its non-final form, is the most impressive phone we’ve used since the iPhone. It’s positively amazing).
via gadgetlite
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