Category: (Wireless)
1 new, starting at $49.99
The first Android-powered phone for Verizon Wireless, the 3G-enabled Motorola DROID smartphone offers a full package of powerful mobile connectivity--from easy access to all your social networks and viewing of full Web sites to spoken turn-by-turn directions thanks to the new Google Maps with Navigation Beta app. One of the thinnest full-QWERTY slider phones available, the Motorola DROID also features a high-resolution 3.7-inch touchscreen display and a virtual onscreen keyboard that auto-rotates depending on the phone's orientation. And you'll be able to capture high-resolution images and DVD-quality videos on the go with its 5-megapixel camera with flash.
 The Motorola DROID offers the powerful Android 2.0 operating system, fast and reliable Verizon Wireless 3G connectivity, and a wealth of Google Mobile services--including the new Google Maps with Navigation app. |
In addition to 3G connectivity, the DROID offers Wi-Fi networking (802.11b/g) for accessing home and business networks as well as hotspots while on the go and Bluetooth connectivity for both hands-free devices and stereo music streaming. Other features include memory expansion via microSD memory cards (a 16 GB card is included with the device), threaded text and picture messaging for seamless on-the-go conversations, Visual Voicemail capabilities, 3.5mm headset jack, and up to 6.4 hours of talk time.
Here are just a few of the things that the Motorola DROID can do for you:
 Other features include a 3.7-inch touchscreen, slide-out full QWERTY keyboard, real HTML web browsing, Bluetooth stereo music streaming, microSD memory expansion (with included 16 GB card), and access to both personal and corporate email (see larger image). |
 See a schematic of all the controls. |
Vital Statistics
The Motorola DROID weighs 5.96 ounces and measures 4.56 x 2.36 x
0.54 inches. Its 1400 mAh lithium-ion battery is rated at up to
6.4 hours of talk time, and up to 270 hours (11.25 days) of
standby time. It runs on the CDMA 800/1900 frequencies as well as
EV–DO, Rev A 3G frequencies.
What's in the Box
Motorola DROID handset, rechargeable battery, wall/USB charger,
16 GB microSD card, quick start guide, user manual
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Too Good to be TrueReviewed by Aaron E. Elliott, 2010-03-03
This phone is awesome, too bad I will to purchase at Best Buy for a
higher price. After placing my order through amazon, a week later
my order gets canceled with no warning. I already have an existing
account with Verizon so whats the problem Amazon !! Of course
Amazon cannot do anything after that..
-Frustration-
It doesn't get any betterReviewed by J. Derry, 2010-03-02
This is the phone I have been looking for. It does just about
anything any normal person could want it to, and it does it faster
than any phone I have seen, including the iPhone.
The browser is faster. The one slight negative here is that it uses
the mobile site for a couple of news/sports sites. When Droid gets
the update to Android 2.1, that should clear up that issue. Media
platforms work wonderful. YouTube video is as fast and looks as
good as if I am using it on my PC. Not quite as many game apps as
iPhone, but still hundreds to choose from.
There have been many complaints about the size of the keyboard.
That was one thing that I was worried about. Turns out I never use
the thing. I never thought I would WANT to use an on-screen
keyboard, but this one is so good, I never feel the need to slide
the phone open. And, if you decide you would rather have bigger
keys, you can download a free app that will help you out.
The biggest plus is that its service provider is Verizon. As much
as I wanted an iPhone the past couple of years, I could not get
myself to switch to AT&T. This phone made it worth the wait.
Have had it for a month. No dropped calls (except when talking to
friends with an iPhone and it dropped on their end), no missed
texts, very rarely in a spot without 3G service.
It's almost perfect. And when it gets the update next month and
Flash shortly after that, it WILL be perfect.
Loving my Droid!Reviewed by C. Caballero, 2010-03-02
I won't go into all the specs because everyone else has. But coming from the iphone I finally think there is a smartphone good enough to challenge it. I was tired of unreliable calling from AT&T and went back to Verizon. After trying a Palm Pre Plus, it was a good phone but a little small in screen size (although beautiful) and could not hang with tiny keyboard. I exchanged it for the Droid and boy what a difference. I had my iphone jailbroken to customize, etc. The Droid does everything right out of the box! The google apps are awesome, including google voice, navigation (which is totally FREE) and one of my favorites is Google Sky where you can go outside at night and through your GPS location it maps out the names of stars and planets above you, very cool app. The Android Market is like the apps store with Apple except most of the apps are free or cheap, it is not bloated with a million useless apps, and the best part if its a paid app you try it for 24 hours and if you don't like it you uninstall it and are not charged for it, that alone is awesome! I honestly think you cannot go wrong with any Android phone, it's opening up a whole new direction to smartphones. I am thoroughly loving my Droid and am not even looking back. Sold my iphone last week without regret. You will love this phone. And if you are a gadget person, you can do so much with this phone that we could go on for days. So happy I made the decision to try it. I love this phone.
Super Mulitmedia Smart Phone with Everything You NeedReviewed by J. Flaherty, 2010-03-01
The droid is a great phone. The call quality is super good. Get's a great signal, where my LG enV didn't. The GPS kills it! My fav app is My Tracks. There are plenty of apps in the Marketplace that do everything you need to have done, plus some... Screen is big and bright. Speaker is a bit crusty when it is really loud on speaker phone, but it's not a boom-box. However, you can hear sound well through it. The slide out keyboard is worthless. I think I have used it twice. There is no ? mark on it! I mean, that's perty basic. The onscreen keyboard is great. The Droid shoots great video and pics. 3G is fast enough for everything I have used it for, even SKYPE CALLS! That's right VOIP! Verizon works better in the rural environment, where I live, than it does in the city... but there is WiFi everywhere in the city. I like the integration with my gmail account and calendar. I am more than happy with this purchase. Great phone overall.
Solid, good phoneReviewed by Sharath Bulusu, 2010-02-28
Full disclosure: I work for Google and used the Droid while helping
test it when I used to live in the San Francisco bay area (but I
don't work for the Android team).
The pros:
1) screen resolution: the large 854 x 480 pixels screen is really
nice to read long emails, articles and some games do a good job of
taking advantage of the extra pixels.
2) speaker! I never thought I would say this but the Droid speaker
is way, way, way better than any other phone speaker I have ever
heard. Not the iphone, not the nexus one... no other phone on the
market comes close.
3) software - iPhone wins UX-wise in my opinion, but for a
power-user the Android OS is very difficult to beat. It could do
better in terms of discoverability but there a lot of things that
make it good for a power-user:
* Background processes - twitter, sports scores, blogs, IM, email,
etc all refreshed in the background so when I am in a place with
slow / no network I still have all the information that I
need.
* Google Maps! Hands down the BEST geo app on any mobile platform.
You have to use the turn-by-turn GPS directions to believe how good
they are - and best of all the directions can work in the
background. So I can use the droid to listen to music via the aux
input in my car and know that Google Maps will tell me when my exit
is coming up.
* Google Voice! The software I miss the most in the UK now. The
beauty is that even I never remembered the phone number for my
droid - along with all my contacts I just treated it as if it had
the same number as my GV account. SMS, voicemail, outgoing calls
(domestic & intl) - all worked flawlessly. Caveat: you need a
data connection to use this seamlessly but Verizon took care of
that way better than AT&T used to on my iPhone, Blackberry and
Nexus One.
* Widgets - there is nothing like this on the iPhone (surprising
given that they have widgets in Mac OS X's dashboard). Funnily, I
think that widgets are useless on the Mac but I think they are
almost indispensable on a phone.
* A2DP bluetooth support - for those of you that like bluetooth
headphones (not just headsets but proper stereo headphones).
4) Network - Verizon simply kicks AT&T's ass.
The cons:
1) Keyboard layout - I am not a huge fan of physical keyboards but
I don't mind them either. But I don't particularly care for the
keyboard layout on the droid.
2) Camera - compared to the Nexus One the Droid's camera is
disappointing.
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