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First Preview of the Motorola Droid Handset

Posted October 23, 2009 at 11:06pm by iClarified · 8896 views
The BoyGeniusReport has published a preview of the upcoming Motorola Droid handset.

The phone features a 550MHz Texas Instruments OMAP3430 processor, separate PowerVR GPU, 256MB of RAM, CDMA Rev A., Wi-Fi, GPS, a digital magnetometer, accelerometer, proximity sensors, a 5 megapixel autofocus camera with dual-LED flash, notification LED, four touch-sensitive navigation buttons, a slide-out full QWERTY keyboard, 3.5mm headset jack, and microUSB port.

BGR declares the phone a great success; however, they do comment that it still doesn't compete with the iPhone.

The Droid isn’t an iPhone competitor because nothing at this point in time is an iPhone competitor besides the new iPhone. And things don’t have to be right now. Everyone can eat. So will the Motorola Droid be successful? Absolutely, we think. It will eat in to BlackBerry sales, Windows Mobile sales, and positively murder any lingering Palm Pre sales. It’s that good.

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