We've been dying to get our hands on the Motorola Milestone (aka Droid in the US) since the moment we heard it was announced.
Boy oh boy, this phone sure has a lot to live up to. Not only is it the most powerful Android phone on the market, but now it has the audacity to claim it is a phone without compromises? We'll just have to see about that!
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A pause for effect
There she is, popping her glossy black head over the cardboard like a handkerchief in your jacket pocket.
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Nik-naks
No great surprises in the box; a charger, a manual, CD with software, etc. Oh, and the phone of course!
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Pause for effect
The Milestone feels nice to hold. It's not too thick or heavy and it's not slippery at all. Good first impression.
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It's alive!
Here we are at the home screen. For what it's worth, the boot time of the Milestone is considerably faster than any of HTC's Android smartphones. The lock screen is a cute touch too, the semi-circle rotates like an old rotary phone dialler.
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Phone home
After the fuss we heard about Motorola's fancy MotoBlur home screen system on the Moto CLIQ, it is a tad disappointing to discover a bare-bones build of Android, even if it is Android 2.0.
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Appiness is a warm Droid
This actually describes our experience quite accurately. After downloading and playing with a few apps the Milestone started to get almost uncomfortably warm.
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Obligatory firmware photo
In case any of you doubted for a moment that this is what we say it is. Why y'all gotta be haters?
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Droid does: QWERTY
This keyboard will be one of the key reasons people will choose the Milestone over its many competitors. It's a big, well-spaced keyboard and easy to use.
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Droid does: 5-megapixel camera
...with an LED flash! Looking forward to testing this camera out over the next couple of weeks.
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Mass memory
Like most Android phones released so far, the Milestone doesn't ship with a large-sized portion of internal memory, but Motorola is generous enough to include an 8GB card.
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