DROID by Motorola - Android phone - Motorola USA. Motorola DROID first hands-on! (update: video, impressions, more. Motorola DROID review. 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. While the industry-stalwart made cellphones sexy with the RAZR, the days which followed have not been especially fruitful or compelling. 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. Forging an alliance with both Verizon and Google, Motorola has come up with a second compelling reason to count the phonemaker down, but certainly not out, while the other two giants have finally found a seemingly worthy device to position against the iPhone. Hardware Internals Display Keyboard Camera. Motorola Droid live review | Android Atlas. Editors' note: That's it for our live review! Over the next few days we will continue to test the Droid, including the GPS and battery life, and add in final results. For now, here is our . Hooray! We finally have the in our hands. We're starting now and will continue posting our analysis this afternoon until we have a full rated review. 12:30 p.m., PTDesign At first glance you might not think that the Motorola Droid's design amounts to much. Of course, with a large display the Droid is rather big (4.56 inches by 2.36 inches by 0.54 inch), but that's a small price to pay for the top-notch display. 1:15 p.m.
Outside of the upgrades from Android 2.0 and the Droid-specific tweaks, the basic interface will be familiar to Android users. Below the Droid's display are four touch controls: Back, Home, Search, and Menu. 1:55 p.m. When you open the Droid to display the physical keyboard, the screen orientation will change automatically. Most importantly, though, the browser feels faster. How-to: hack your own DROID dock with magnets and cardboard. Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 announced, we go hands-on. The first Android device from Sony Ericsson may have undergone an upgrade in the naming department, jumping from X3 all the way to XPERIA X10 (probably to avoid confusion with Nokia's X3 handset), but what lies under the hood is reassuringly in line with what we've been hearing. That is to say, a 1GHz Snapdragon chip from Qualcomm, wide 4-inch capacitive touch display, 8.1 megapixel camera with LED flash, and a thoroughly tricked out Android skin named Rachael.
Sony Ericsson stressed to us the symbiotic importance of both the new flagship device and "open OS" UI -- the X10 was presented as the patriarch of a whole new family of handsets, which we can expect to see in the first half of 2010, all sporting the beauty of Rachael and perhaps helping to bridge the gap between featurephones and, well, more advanced featurephones. So don't be shy, come along past the break to see our uncensored first impressions of both, along with hands-on video and pictures. See all photos 77 Photos 5 Photos. Sony Ericsson Rachael teaser video plays with our hearts. New Sony Ericsson Rachael UI video hits, still looks nothing lik. HTC confirmed to be cooking up Android 2.0 update for Hero, othe.