Motorola announces Droid 3

Another Droid has seen the light. No reason to change the Droid name when Droid has established itself as one of the most feature packed Android smartphone model. 

 

Compared to the Droid 2, Droid 3 has got a larger 4 inch display with higher resolution, increased the camera resolution from 5 to 8 megapixel and it has a dual core 1GHz processor. The look and feel seems to be very similar to the Droid 2.
The Droid 3 is available on Verizon in the US. As with the Droid 2, a global model might be released later.
Motorola Droid 3 highlights

• Size: 123.3 x 64.1 x 12.9 mm
• Weight: 184 gram
• 4 inch touch screen display, 540 x 960 pixel resolution, 16 million colours, Corning Gorilla Glass
• Dual core 1 GHz processor
• 8 megapixel camera
• 1080p video recording
• Full QWERTY keyboard (worlds thinnest QWERTY model)
• Networks: GSM 850/900/1800/1900, CDMA 800/1900, WCDMA 850/1900/2100, HSPA 10.2 Mbps, CDMA EV-DO Release A
• aGPS
• Memory: 16 GB storage. Expandable with microSD card up to 32 GB. 48 GB in total
• Android 2.3 Gingerbread
• WiFi, DLNA
• Bluetooth 2.1
• HDMI (HDMI cable not included)
• Battery: 1540 mAh
• Standby time: 300 hours
• Talk time: 550 minutes
• Sensors: Accelerometer, Proximity, ambient light and eCompass

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Motorola announces Droid X2 4.3 inch dual-core smartphone

Motorola today announced the DROID X2 Android smartphone with dual-core processor

Motorola joins the dual-core market are releasing the successor to the popular Droid X from last year. The most noticeable improvements over the original Droid X is the increased display resolution and a dual-core processor. The Droid X2 will get the same 4.3 inch display size, but the resolution increases from 480x854 to 540x960 pixels. A combination of such large 4.3 screen and high resolution is something only a handful of other phones can offer. For example the Motorola Bionic or HTC Sensation. The drawback in having such a large display is of course increased power consumption and added weight. Motorola Droid X2 is 155 gram heavy and has  220 hours standby time.
Motorola Droid X2 highlights

• Dual-core 1 GHz processor
• 4.3 inch touch display, 540 x 960 pixel resolution, Gorilla Glass
• 8 megapixel camera, LED flash
• Android 2.2 Froyo which will be upgradable to Android 2.3 Gingerbread later
• HDMI out. Mirror mode
• Networks: CDMA 800 / CDMA 1900 (Verizon)
• Wi-Fi with Mobile Hotspot
• 512 MB RAM. 8 GB internal storage. Expandable with microSD card. 8 GB card inclued
• SWYPE virtual keyboard
• 1540 mAh battery. Standby time: 220 hours, talktime: 480 minutes
• aGPS
• Bluetooth

The Motorola Droid X2 will be available on Verizon on later this week

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