Droid Launch: Is This The Start of The Android Revolution? - Politics and Business

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Droid Launch: Is This The Start of The Android Revolution?

via Shrinkage Is Good by Jonathan Rivers on 11/5/09

With its large, vibrant 3.7 inch WVGA (854 x 480 pixels), the Motorola Droid hits the shelves today, ready for the Android-hungry masses. Beyond its sharp display, the Droid comes with free turn-by-turn GPS, a fast Web browser, 5.0 megapixel camera — the Droid may just yet live up to its buzz and hype.

Motorola Droid Specifications:

Appearance and Size:

Phone style: Slider

Antenna: Internal

Color: Licorice

Height: 2.36 inches

Width: 4.53 inches

Depth: 0.54 inches

(Slightly taller than an iPhone 3GS and slightly thicker. One of the thinnest QWERTY-slider out there).

Display

Display Color support: 16,777,216 colors

Display resolution: 854 x 480 pixel

Display screen size: 3.7 inches

Multi-touch capacitive touchscreen, LCD TFT

Camera

Integrated 5.0 Megapixel Camera, Auto-focus support with Camera Flash and Video Capture

Camera Features: Real-time color effects, scene modes, location tagging, and image stabilization

Power & Connectivity

Li-ion battery with 270 hours standby time and 385 minutes talk time.

Bluetooth v2.1 support, Wi-Fi 802.11g and 802.11b

Cellular band & frequency support: EVDO, CDMA 1900, CDMA 800

Memory, RAM, CPU & GPU

256 MB RAM, 512 ROM

Included 16 GB MicroSD (up to 32 GB)

550 MHz ARM Cortext A8 CPU

PowerVR SGX 530 GPU

Audio & Video Support

Integrated audio player supporting:

AMR-NB, AMR-WB, OGG, AAC, MP3, eAAC+, MIDI, WAV, AAC Plus

Integrated video player supporting:

H.263, H.264, WMV, MPEG4

Ringtone support: AAC Plus, eAAC+, MP3, AAC

Other Functionality

Android 2.0 mobile operating system

Calling features: Call barring, ...

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