Motorola MILESTONE

Announced: 2009, November

For

• Great browser
• Pinch and zoom multi-touch
• slick screen
• High pixel densitiy screen, over 265ppi
• Judder free UI
• QWERTY keyboard
• Slim frame

Against

• Poor camera
• Too little RAM memory
• Slow processor
• Unsightly lip below keys
• No Android overlay

The Milestone has been one of the more anticipated handsets for our sector. In fact after poking around a bit into the gray market and other the international as well I found that the handset is selling quite well and Motorola is back! Razer be damned.  But the Milestone may be getting great ratings across the bar but it is far from being the perfect handset, take a closer look.  The GSM variant of the Motorola DROID sports a dual-band 3G support for Europe and Asia. It runs on Google's open-source Android OS 2.0 and packs a large 3.7-inch touchscreen, 5MP camera, microSDHC slot, Wi-Fi and GPS. It has a side-sliding design that allows for a four-row QWERTY keyboard. ilestone certainly shows that if Motorola could come up with a decent looking design for its next Android handset it would have a real peach on its hands.  

Specification

Physical Specification
Handset Weight	165 g
Handset Dimensions	115.8 x 60 x 13.7 mm
Form Factor	Side-Slider
Display
Size	480 x 854 pixels, 3.7 inches
Pixel density:	265ppi
Touch Screen	Yes, Capacitive, Multi-touch
Type	TFT capacitive touchscreen
Colors	256k
Features	Corning Gorilla Glass
Secondary Display	No
Camera / Imaging / Video
Camera	Yes 5.0 Megapixel
Resolution	2592 x 1944 pixels
Zoom	Yes
Flash	LED, dual-LED flash
Camera features	Geo tagging, autofocus
Secondary Camera	No
Video	Yes, D1 (720x480 pixels)@24fps
HD	No
Media
Audio	Yes: MP3/eAAC+/WAV/WMA9 player
Video	Yes: MP4/H.264/H.263/WMV9 player
Video Streaming	Yes
Ringtones	Polyphonic (64 channels), MP3
FM Radio	Yes
Headphone Jack	Yes: 3.5mm
Connectivity
Bluetooth	Yes: v2.1 with A2DP
Irda	No
Wlan/Wi-fi	Yes: WIFI 802.11 b/g/n
USB	Yes: USB 2.0
GPS	yes
Internet browsing
Browser	Yes,Supports: HTML Adobe Flash
Built-in online services	Facebook, YouTube, Flickr, Twitter
Messaging
SMS	YES
MMS	Yes
Instant Messaging	Yes
Email	YES
Hardware
System chip
Processor	Single core, 600 MHz Cortex-A8
GPU	PowerVR SGX530
Memory
System memory	133 MB storage, 256 MB RAM
External Memory	Yes, MicroSD up to 32 GB
Platform
OS	Android OS, v2.1 (Eclair), upgradable to v2.2
Network/Data
Frequency Bands	GSM : 850/900/1800/1900 MHz HSDPA : 850 / 900 / 1900/2100 MHz
GPRS	Class 12 (4+1/3+2/2+3/1+4 slots), 32 - 48 kbps
EDGE	Class 12
3G	Yes, HSDPA, 10.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps
Battery
Type	Li - Ion
Capacity	1400 mAh
Standby	Up to 350 h
Talktime	Up to 6 h 30 min
Other features
Sensors	Accelerometer, Compass, Proximity sensor
Input	QWERTY Keyboard