It’s hard to look at the DROID without looking at the company which brought the device to life. Motorola: for years the name has been synonymous with… well, disappointment. Over the past year or so, we’ve seen Motorola beating its way back into the mainstream through a series of smart plays: first embracing Android as a platform, then shucking off the weight of Windows Mobile and finally bringing some desirable (and high profile) devices to market.
With the DROID, the company has perhaps created its most attractive and intriguing piece of technology yet. So we must pose these questions: is this the phone which will catapult Android into the mainstream? Is it the device that will pull Motorola back from the brink? And — most importantly — is it the lynchpin Google and Verizon have needed to challenge the leader in mindshare in the smartphone market? These are the type of questions which require time to be answered…

Droid's Outer Look

Curved Menu Bar

Lock Screen & Home Screen
HERE ARE THE FEATURES OF DROID
OPERATING SYSTEM:
ANDROID™ PLATFORM
Android™ 2.0
BAND:
CDMA 1X 800/1900, EVDO rev. A
CAMERA:
Image stabilization, real-time color effects, scene modes, location tagging
MEGAPIXELS
5 MP
DIGITAL ZOOM
4x
FLASH
Dual LED
FOCUS
Automatic
IMAGE EDITING TOOLS
Cropping, rotating, Geo Tagging
VIDEO AND SOUND:
MUSIC PLAYER
VIDEO CAPABLE
VIDEO CAPTURE
PLAYABLE FORMATS
AAC, H.263, H.264, MP3, MPEG-4, WAV, WMA, eAAC+, OGG, AMR WB, AMR NB, AAC+, MIDI
STREAMING MEDIA
Audio, Video
VIDEO CAPTURE RATE
DVD quality (720×480 resolution) up to 24 fps capture; up to 30 fps playback
BATTERY TYPE:
1400 mAh Li Ion
STANDBY TIME2
up to 270 hrs.
WEB BROWSER:
Webkit HTML5 with geo location and multiple windows, Adobe with Flash Player 10.1(TM) Ready (for release date see Adobe.com)
WEB ACCESS
ACCESSORY COMPATIBILITY:
HEADSET JACK
3.5 mm
HEARING AID COMPATIBLE
Rated for M3, T3; TalkBack, KickBack and SoundBack menu readout
TEXT TELEPHONE (TTY) COMPATIBILITY
CALLING:
CALLER ID
On main display, Picture ID, Ringer ID
SPEAKERPHONE
ADVANCED SPEECH RECOGNITION
AUTOMATIC REDIAL
CALL WAITING
CONFERENCE CALLING3
Group call
EMERGENCY DIAL
MUTE CALL
NOISE REDUCTION
Dual microphone noise reduction
PHONE BOOK
Unified contact list (Gmail™, Exchange, Facebook™)
SPEED DIAL
Direct dial shortcut, direct message shortcut
VIBRACALL
VOICE DIALING
WAIT AND PAUSE DIALING
GOOGLE MOBILE SERVICES:
ANDROID MARKET™
GMAIL™
GOOGLE CALENDAR™
GOOGLE CONTACT SYNC™
GOOGLE LATITUDE™
GOOGLE MAPS STREET VIEW
GOOGLE MAPS™
GOOGLE MAPS™ NAVIGATION BETA
GOOGLE QUICK SEARCH BOX™
GOOGLE SEARCH™ BY VOICE
GOOGLE TALK™
YOUTUBE™
INTERFACE:
NAVIGATION TOOL
Directional key with center select
OPERATING SYSTEM
Android™ 2.0
BACKLIGHT
Yes
CUSTOM NAVIGATION
Multiple, customizable home screens (three)
DEDICATED KEYS
Volume control, Camera, Back, Search, Menu, Power/Lock, Home
HAPTIC FEEDBACK
KEYPAD LOCK
LIGHT-RESPONSIVE DISPLAY
QWERTY KEYBOARD
TOUCH SCREEN
VIRTUAL KEYBOARD
VOICE COMMANDS
PHYSICAL:
DISPLAY TYPE
TFT
COLORS
Licorice w/brown sugar accents
DISPLAY SIZE
3.7″; WVGA (480 x 854 pixels); 16:9 widescreen
WEIGHT
6 oz.; 169 g
SIZE (H X W X D)
2.4 x 4.6 x .5 in.; 60.00 x 115.80 x 13.70 mm
ANTENNA TYPE
Internal
FORM FACTOR
Slider
TECHNOLOGY:
ACCELEROMETER
Yes
NETWORKS3
CDMA 1X 800/1900, EVDO rev A
PROCESSOR SPEED
Arm® Cortex™ A8 processor 550 mHz
REMOVABLE MEMORY
16 GB microSD pre-installed; supports up to 32 GB microSD expandable
SENSORS
Proximity, ambient light and eCompass