Gadgets and Gizmos » Android 2.0 http://www.gadget-gizmos.com Best gadgets and gizmos review site on the net Fri, 03 Sep 2010 12:43:57 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Motorola Droid out on 6th November http://www.gadget-gizmos.com/2009/10/motorola-droid-out-on-6th-november/ http://www.gadget-gizmos.com/2009/10/motorola-droid-out-on-6th-november/#comments Wed, 28 Oct 2009 18:19:49 +0000 udit http://www.gadget-gizmos.com/?p=380 Motorola Droid Apps

Motorola Droid Apps

Verizon will start selling the Motorola Droid from Nov. 6 onwards for $199.99. The phone would be available with a 2 year contract. The pricing of the Droid is very competitive and is equal to that of the iPhone’s basic model.

Motorola Droid enjoys a strong backing of Google, as the Droid is the first phone to run on Android 2.0 the latest version of Google’s Android operating system.

The Android operating system by Google is an open platform which can be customized my any developer giving Motorola Droid Apps that edge over any other phone in the market. The Motorola Droid Apps will contain a free Google application known as Google Maps Navigation, which currently works only on devices which are running on the Android 2.0 operating system.

Google Maps application has the functionality to call turn by turn directions, while providing visual guides such as high resolution photographs of streets & satellite imagery.

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Motorola Droid

Motorola Droid is likely by Android handset that Verizon would be soon offering. The handset which was expected to be named Motorola Shloes or Motorola Tao will be called Motorolla Droid.

Few of the expected features of Motorola Droid are:
- QWERTY thumbboard (something like that of the Motorola CLIQ)
- Motorola Droid would be the 1st phone to be powered by Android 2.0.
- Native Sync Support for Facebook & Exchange
- An all new Maps Application
- A new UI makeover
- 5-megapixel camera with night shot capabilities
- High-Resolution screen (possibly a resolution of 800 x 480 pixels (WVGA)) similar to Acer’s Liquid

Motorola Droid is likely to be available in stores by the 30th of October. The phone is likely to be priced at around $199 with a 2 yr contract. The market has high expectations from the Motorola Droid. Lets see what Verizon & Motorola have got for us!

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