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The Dorid was once considered as the saver of the business of its mother company, boosted the life of Android, and was initially tagged as the anti iPhone. Two years after, the phone using a name licensed by Lucasfilm, the Motorola Droid is struggling in a market where it can only hang onto its QWERTY appeal and the brand equity.

Hardware

The new Motorola Droid does not have the lip anymore which gives you a clue that there is a keyboard tucked somewhere. The new design makes use of an uninterrupted front and odd corners seen before with their Droid RAZR. The company is taking a break from their traditional thin phone come and get it theme but they might have missed some things that will lure the consumers in. It has some good points though.

The phone is a bit large at 5×2.65×0.5 inches but you might be surprised that it is quite comfortable to hold. It is also 0.5 ounce heavier than its older sibling the Droid 3. The phone now is also sans the familiar polished frame and rubber back cover but is now encased by a plastic body. It feels solid but plastic is still plastic.

It has a 8 megapixel camera on the back and a 1.3MP partner in front. Pretty much every spaces is occupied with HDMI and USB sockets, volume rocker, headphone jack, and power button that you can easily trace on the sides.

On the plus side, the keyboard is where the money went on the design. The QWERTY keyboard will give consumers an improved experience when they use the keyboard. The keyboard of the Droid 4 can most likely be classified as one of the best in the market.

Software

This phone runs on Gingerbread 2.3.6 and most likely will be updated to Ice Cream Sandwich soon. If you are familiar with the environment, the platform gives you the consistent experience you can expect. The real estate is still the same where you can sort the apps depending on your preference or display the whole collection. Expect a ton of bloatware though. Motorola has also included Smart Actions which basically learns the user’s habits and automatically adjust to these so the battery can be optimally used.

Conclusion

The phone is not for you if you are after the looks and the flashiness. It is more for the power users who can make most of the flagship keyboard and access to the LTE networks. It is pretty cheap too at $200 with contract .

At first glance the Motorola Jewel cellphone looks just like a huge jewel and it is not amazing to see why girls are crazy after this mobile phone. A shine surface along with a undetectable mirror display is what makes up the surface of this mobile. Add to it the animated screensavers that seem to hover on the surface of this cell phone and you’ll know why this mobile, irrespective of having just a 2 megapixel camera is a great hit. At 90 x 48 x 16 mm at weight just 95 grams, this is the perfect mobile phone for carrying in a purse. Talktime is up to 6 hours with battery standby up to 388 hours.

This mobile ships with 25 Mbytes memory plus microSD memory card (up to 4 Gbytes). Connectivity with other devices is via Bluetooth and USB 2.0. For Internet use there are GPRS & EDGE. This mobile boasts of hands free speakerphone and can send messages in SMS, MMS and email. Users love its picture caller ID and its screensavers and animated wallpaper. Main display is a 262,000 colors TFT at 320 x 240 pixels and the external display is 65,000 colors OLED at 128 x 160 pixels. The video camera supports 15 frames per second at 176 x 144 pixels, with 4x digital zoom, MPEG4 format